Comments on: 4 Good Alternatives to TweetDeck & Seesmic Desktop (Twitter Desktop Clients)

By: Mohammad Badi Irshid

Mohammad Badi Irshid — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:02:11 +0000

You forgot a great alternative http://twitzap.com

By: Alyssa Myers

Alyssa Myers — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:23:36 +0000

I’m looking for a Twitter app that will allow me to see Twitter streams of people in certain cities. Twitteriffic can do it on the iPhone, but not the desktop app. Any help?

By: barney

barney — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:27:17 +0000

OK, I’m gonna hafta differ on this one. I have other uses for my browser, but I still, at times, need to keep track of tweets.

On my system, TweetDeck uses less system resource than another browser instance. No, tabs won’t do … switching back and forth between tabs is ’bout the same as reloading the page each time I want to check.

TweetDeck can be set to a given automatic refresh interval, audible alert on refresh, and keyword- or handle-specific searches. So if it beeps, I take a quick glance, then act appropriately.

Web apps are fine, but when you need to have several available at the same time, the browser overhead can kill ya.

When you spend most of your day in a browser, little things like TweetDeck, Seesmic, et. al., can be great time-savers. Their benefit is greater than the resource cost.

By: Jbaer

Jbaer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:42:00 +0000

@jonathan cohen, you can use hoootsuite and create a column designated to the selective 10 people in mind..
with Hootsuite you can create “groups”
Hootsuite is the bomb to manage accounts and users.

good luck

By: Apfelchip

Apfelchip — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:58:24 +0000

Brizzly is awesome! It’s very useful that you can organize people in groups.
It also expands shortened URLs and shows thumbnails of images and videos.

By: christopher

christopher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:49:33 +0000

Try twittFilter.com It does scoring so that you can see only your top people

By: Sticky Media Group

Sticky Media Group — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:40:14 +0000

Hootsuite allows you to do this too, by building a list of your favourite people.

We use it for this purpose amongst others, and it’s pretty good. Haven’t tried JournoTwit, but give them both a go and see which suits you best.

By: ethnicomm

ethnicomm — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:20:16 +0000

Also suggest TweetFunnel and CoTweet.

By: Atul Sabnis

Atul Sabnis — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:02:02 +0000

Thanks Mahendra, as usual very useful article.

The HootSuite Co-worker tweet facility has a catch. See the last Q on their FAQ: “When I try to add my friend, HootSuite says they already have an account. What’s the deal?”

Also, I recommend iTweet.org if you are looking for a good web-client (no multiple accounts, however).

By: Web 2.0

Web 2.0 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:18:02 +0000

I have started to use HootSuite and I really recommend it