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Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Scott Barrington — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:43:15 -0000

seesmic is fantastic!

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Herbert Reininger — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:57:28 -0000

I guess I'm an exception here too, I don't like TweetDeck AND Seesmic.

Not for their functionality, that's cool, columns and all, but for the very poor interface design in both applications. The more applications I see it seems the Adobe AIR platform is a giant dead end when it comes to user interface design. Why does almost everything have to be non-standard, be it PC or Mac?

I strongly believe keeping it simple is always better. As an aside, I never liked white text on black, it starts irritating my eyes after a while. I know I can change that, but why should I have to?

In a perfect world I would love to have a mesh of Seesmic and TweetDeck, all in the polished interface design of Tweetie.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

tasarhane — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:10:56 -0000

seesmic is pretty good with multiple accounts..

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

CLARINE GARDNER — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:00:12 -0000

I would love to try these cool features but I can't even get tweetdeck to download. Keep getting error 2032 what is that?

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Billy Girlardo — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:08:03 -0000

I wish this article was in tabular form.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

sergi_bosch — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:59:14 -0000

i've got an off-topic question for you and the other readers:
how do you chose whether to make your links "_blank" or "_self"? i notice your link to seesmic desktop in this article is a pop out; whereas in the Beak article tonite [here: http://bacn.me/43/d], the link to Beak [here: http://bacn.me/43e] is " _self" (figuratively). i don't mind either.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Sarina — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:42:56 -0000

Look out for Tweetie Desktop!!!!

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Jereld Hamilton — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:53:35 -0000

I'm going to give Seesmic a shot since I need to manage multiple accounts.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Regina — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:58:21 -0000

Really? I'm surprised. I sent a Seesmic vs. TweetDeck tweet tonight (it wasn't even to "@askseesmic" and @askseesmic replied to me within minutes.

Based on how responsive they were to me, I can't help but think there is a really good explanation as to why you didn't get a reply.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

TimMoore — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:12:59 -0000

Great review Jennifer, thanks! I use SD for multiple accounts, but that is the only reason why. Otherwise I would be on TD. (That is until the next round of features on both are released, then the flopping begins again!)

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Sean McColgan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:50:26 -0000

Finally got round to testing out Seemic Desktop (love Twhirl). Experiencing a major bug with this release - multiple crashes on Win Vista - configuration/accounts/searches/groups wiped out everytime on restart.

From inital testing - things I'd like to see on the roadmap - ability to drag n drop users to "user groups", double click search delete, ability for notifications to be full messages from specified usergroups.

Untill bugs are ironed out won't be switching from Twhirl just yet.

Random thought - I wonder if we will see correlation in an increase in 2nd monitor purchase/usage as the "friend/contact browser" becomes a more mainstream utility? TweetDeck/Seemic Desktop use up your whole screen real estate...

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Sue — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:10:51 -0000

I've used Tweet Deck and as much as I did like the interface I have to say I didn't like the fact that it clogged up the system with all the crap it loaded. Something which I have gotten a liking to however has been Tweet Grid however because it is a simple interface, easy to set your grid layout to however many hash channels you want and you can do the same exact thing done in Twitter except through Tweet Grid.

What I like about Tweet Grid is it doesn't load down your system with all the excessive programs because it doesn't need a fancy interface to run like Adobe Air. In essence, the end user must be happy with what they are using and for right now, I think I will wait until Tweet Deck can cut out some of the excessive coding so it doesn't bog the system down.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

dykerepublic.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:39 -0000

Can you change font size in Seesmic? That is one thing I dislike about TweetDeck--the font is too small and no way to change it.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Rex — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:25:42 -0000

I gotta say that I downloaded TweetDeck @ your recomendation and the first error was that it would not connect. I head to their Feedback site and do a search and there are plenty of discussion from others about this problem and no one at TweetDeck has answered any of the requests for help...

Heading to Seesmic now.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Carl Black — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:31:10 -0000

Seesmic does not support "in reply to." I asked @askseesmic hen they would support this and got no response. That alone was reason for me to close the program and never launch it again. This is a major part of the API spec that they've apparently ignored or implemented improperly.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Gerard McGarry — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:07:20 -0000

I think the key feature both need is Twhirl's use of the ping.fm API to cross-post to other services. That'll be the feature that keeps me using Twhirl.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

theroyaltyclub — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:32:57 -0000

i think DestroyTwitter owns both these apps

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Jennifer Van Grove — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:33:18 -0000

Jeff...to second Rodney's point, TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop only exist because of Twitter, it's not as if there's an easy to connect to other users on the same application, and if there was, what's the point? You can do it via Twitter - that's where the user base is.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

tina h. — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:20:47 -0000

when will there be a twitter client that saves column groups and other settings server side so that you can have the same user experience on multiple computers? so many other popular web 2.0 services offer this kind of thing, so why does it not exist yet for twitter? it boggles the mind

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

Facebook User — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:10:18 -0000

There is actually a very easy way to see your own tweets in TweetDeck. First, delete the @replies column. To replace it, simply do a search for your user name. This will bring up all @replies, tweets that weren't meant to be @replies but missed the sign, AND you own tweets.

Do this, and TweetDeck is the best thing out there for single account users.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

PETER — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:06:58 -0000

NARROW-CASTING POWER TO THE PEOPLE, USE IT SPARINGLY.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

traeblain — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:41:35 -0000

Honestly, I'm a little sad at the transition from Twhirl to Seesmic Desktop. In fact, I'd rather see them add the features they have in SD and place them into Twhirl's interface. I've really thought the only thing that Twhirl really needed to match features of TweetDeck were "Tabbed" lists. So if you had multiple accounts, it would lie in the nice little interface under a tab, similar to how it handles saved searches. Then integrate Seesmic for Facebook into they systems and you're golden.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

seanmacdhai — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:47:32 -0000

yah, TweetDeck rules... especially since they now integrated Facebook, and the new Digg URL shortener. I can now use one interface for all my important stuff.

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

jorgeblanco — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:18:59 -0000

For now the usage of any of them depends on the needs of the user. Anybody with two or more accounts to manage will flee to seesmic desktop in a second. I just wish they make seesmic as easy and efficient as tweetdeck. To me it seems the seesmic UI is bloated and slow... but it might be just me...

Re: Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop

wordsforliving — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:37:01 -0000

I tried to test out Nambu (I have a Mac) and after installing, it doesn't even open for me. I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I prefer the single-column simplicity of Twhirl. I just do not care for the multi-column apps.