Check out the Twitter and FriendFeed combo. http://www.twibeo.com lets you share photos, videos, location and updates and it still has the unique simplicity which Twitter is know for. Check it out. http://www.twibeo.com
John Moore
· 7 months ago
Seesmic looks great but I'm not seeing it's popularity in the current Twitter client voting that's taking place here:
At this point Seesmic still has a lowly 2% of the vote for Best Twitter client with Tweetdeck the clear leader at the moment. While this could change it's worth noting that we're not yet seeing it as a popular choice.
I've used TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop - as well as Nambu - and my take is TweetDeck is still a superior product. It has a better interface, more intuitive and easier to use. And, frankly, I don't care about Facebook features.
JP Holecka
· 7 months ago
I like the app but feel it lacks polish and feels a bit clunky in areas. I also think the the interface elements are not as economic as TweetDeck and with the requirement of no less than three columns open at a time, efficiency is paramount. I check Facebook only every few hours so the feature set for FB do not interests me and I actually prefer the UI in the FB feed to 3rd party apps. It's close but my vote is still in the TweetDeck corner.
Jennic
· 7 months ago
Cool!! The fact that I can log in with multiple twitter accounts is a HUGE plus - going to give this a try! I liked twhirl, but it didn't have columns and group abilities.
Tweetdeck is awesome, however, for people who manages multiple twitter accounts - personal, business, etc etc - it doesn't offer that flexibility like twhirl does.
Seesmic might be the next leading app!
parasat
· 7 months ago
I'm still sticking with Twhirl, Seesmic's original microblogging/micromessaging app. It's far more robust, much more customizable and works with multiple Twitter, FriendFeed, and Identi.ca or even your own Laconi.ca installation. At least until Nambu ads those features, because frankly I've had it with Adobe Air's memory leaks and other quirks.
digideth
· 7 months ago
Are you ever going to talk about DestroyTwitter in one of your reviews or what?
I feel it is a much better app than both of those, yes it maybe for twitter only but that means it can be a better app since it doesn't need to waste anytime on the other services.
Quit being a follower by going with something that is at the top of the most used list. Make a stand and use a application that doesn't have million dollar funding behind it.
Lewis
· 7 months ago
The problem with Seesmic is the same problem with Teetdeck, and that is that they are both hideous AIR apps. Maybe they are 'good enough' for Windows users, but egads, AIR is gross. I'll stick with Tweetie for UI and Nambu for multi-column goodness and leave Seesmic/Tweetdeck to those who can't use Tweetie/Nambu.
Edwin Khodabakchian
· 7 months ago
Seesmic is definitely iterating fast. But I am wondering if an AIR app will ever be able to compete with Tweetie and Nambu. It will be an interesting race and with Loic being able to get some of the celebrities on his side, you never know.
jean pierre ranschaert
· 7 months ago
Seesmic offers a great deal more flexibility than many other twittering programs. Still, PeopleBrowzr beats all of them in this respect in my opinion and experience. Its lower position may be due to the necessary customization to tap its wide range of possibilities. This also means time investment but it is worth it. This cross polenisation is very interesting and promising in terms of harnessing the possibilities of social media, where the empasis in on the "social" rather than on the "media". Jean Pierre Ranschaert http://LIVErtising.vox.com @LIVErtising
Sean Dent
· 7 months ago
As a diehard Tweetdeck fan.. I can't say using Seesmic has any 'advantage'. It offers pretty much the same services, just with a lil flair? Maybe the color differences would be a nice added feature, but otherwise I'm not impressed. I actually uninstalled seesmic since tweetdeck already gave me everything it offered. Just my 2 cents.
Patty
· 7 months ago
I love Seesmic. I used TweetDeck in the past but think Seesmic is superior with support for multiple accounts, easier set-up and management of user lists, cleaner UI and better color choices. Now Facebook integration, very nice. My only complaint is it can be a bit buggy but for it's only a few months old so I'll give them a pass on that for now.
Kevin Whalen
· 7 months ago
The Seesmic Facebook integration is a pretty good start. I hear comments integration is coming in a few days.
MsMomentum
· 7 months ago
I actually decided to test these apps this morning to find out which one works better for me. I did not use the facebook features in either one. TweetDeck is still my app of choice for now because I prefer being able to make mass changes to my groups and ease of access to the features in general seems better.
I had both applications open at the same time for about an hour with the same number of columns (6) displayed in each. TweetDeck seemed to be using a little less memory. This is an issue for me. Since I can't seem to break my mega-tab Firefox habit, I need to minimize memory use with everything else.
I also appreciate little things in TweetDeck like the Twitter system status and update times info at the bottom of the screen. The API count became an issue for me during my testing. With TweetDeck I knew why my updates stopped. Lastly, (and I sometimes turn this off) I occasionally like to see the expanded information about shortened URLs before I go to the websites.
In fairness to Seesmic, there were some things about it that I wish TweetDeck had like the ease of switching views between the home page feed, my sent messages, and replies to me. I also like that different types of Tweets have a color coded background. Saving the groups and searches is also *really* nice. With TweetDeck if I close a group column, I have to recreate it.
If I could take a little of this and a little of that from each app, that would be as close to perfect as I need.
RahulC
· 7 months ago
The way twitter is going it seems it might become the next generation database company which will serve as a central repository to billions of data - some real-time some offline and companies developing tools around the repository to extract and use the data.
I think its the high time twitter define a new query language may be - tql
socialnerdia
· 7 months ago
Why would anyone have to switch when you can use both? Tweetdeck AND Seesmic Desktop together are the best option today.
I am the only one who is not too excited about this release?
While I have several "cross-platform" contacts (twitter and facebook), my user experience is quite different with each.
First off - my facebook interactions are engaging and highly social - but on a personal level. My desire to keep in touch with friends and family is facilitated greatly by FAcebook. It has been a wonderful place to catch up with old friends, hear about the lives of grade school friends, college buddies, etc. Additionally, there is no immediacy to the updates I see from my facebook friends.
Twitter, on the other hand, for me, is all about absorbing. Someone said it best when they described using twitter as going to school. I follow a fair number of "experts" in the industry, and I find it invaluable for keep on top of trends, etc.
I don't need to see a single stream of updates from both platforms in one place. Facebook is personal, and twitter provides me with a constant stream of information for learning purposes. Maybe some day I will interact with the the twitter experts I follow. But I don't see that happening in the near future, and even if I did, the subject matter would be professional and research related.
Thoughts? I call it the practice of "engaging" versus the practice of "absorbing". And I don't want to do that in one place.
SEOserpent | Marty Martin
· 7 months ago
Really? I've used Seesmic and it's still too buggy for me to dump Tweetdeck and has a couple of features missing I like in Tweetdeck.
frank barry
· 7 months ago
Seesmic just got my business over Tweetdeck. Seesmic is more intuitive, looks better and has the same core features. Seesmic also does some things MUCH better than Tweetdeck, the navigation on the left makes Seesmic far more usable than Tweetdeck.
urlreviews
· 7 months ago
seesmic desktop only starts every other time for me, it will linger in my task manager but never actually start up, so I dropped it.
Josh
· 7 months ago
I would drop Tweetdeck in a second if Seesmic desktop had a filter function on the main timeline, search and friends. Until then I will use both.
Mike MacLeod
· 7 months ago
Why isn't PeopleBrowsr getting any love? It has all the features of TweetDeck or Seesmic, plus way more.
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At this point Seesmic still has a lowly 2% of the vote for Best Twitter client with Tweetdeck the clear leader at the moment. While this could change it's worth noting that we're not yet seeing it as a popular choice.
John
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I liked twhirl, but it didn't have columns and group abilities.
Tweetdeck is awesome, however, for people who manages multiple twitter accounts - personal, business, etc etc - it doesn't offer that flexibility like twhirl does.
Seesmic might be the next leading app!
I feel it is a much better app than both of those, yes it maybe for twitter only but that means it can be a better app since it doesn't need to waste anytime on the other services.
Quit being a follower by going with something that is at the top of the most used list. Make a stand and use a application that doesn't have million dollar funding behind it.
Jean Pierre Ranschaert
http://LIVErtising.vox.com
@LIVErtising
Maybe the color differences would be a nice added feature, but otherwise I'm not impressed. I actually uninstalled seesmic since tweetdeck already gave me everything it offered.
Just my 2 cents.
I had both applications open at the same time for about an hour with the same number of columns (6) displayed in each. TweetDeck seemed to be using a little less memory. This is an issue for me. Since I can't seem to break my mega-tab Firefox habit, I need to minimize memory use with everything else.
I also appreciate little things in TweetDeck like the Twitter system status and update times info at the bottom of the screen. The API count became an issue for me during my testing. With TweetDeck I knew why my updates stopped. Lastly, (and I sometimes turn this off) I occasionally like to see the expanded information about shortened URLs before I go to the websites.
In fairness to Seesmic, there were some things about it that I wish TweetDeck had like the ease of switching views between the home page feed, my sent messages, and replies to me. I also like that different types of Tweets have a color coded background. Saving the groups and searches is also *really* nice. With TweetDeck if I close a group column, I have to recreate it.
If I could take a little of this and a little of that from each app, that would be as close to perfect as I need.
I think its the high time twitter define a new query language may be - tql
www.socialnerdia.com
While I have several "cross-platform" contacts (twitter and facebook), my user experience is quite different with each.
First off - my facebook interactions are engaging and highly social - but on a personal level. My desire to keep in touch with friends and family is facilitated greatly by FAcebook. It has been a wonderful place to catch up with old friends, hear about the lives of grade school friends, college buddies, etc. Additionally, there is no immediacy to the updates I see from my facebook friends.
Twitter, on the other hand, for me, is all about absorbing. Someone said it best when they described using twitter as going to school. I follow a fair number of "experts" in the industry, and I find it invaluable for keep on top of trends, etc.
I don't need to see a single stream of updates from both platforms in one place. Facebook is personal, and twitter provides me with a constant stream of information for learning purposes. Maybe some day I will interact with the the twitter experts I follow. But I don't see that happening in the near future, and even if I did, the subject matter would be professional and research related.
Thoughts? I call it the practice of "engaging" versus the practice of "absorbing". And I don't want to do that in one place.