Top 7 Twitter Apps For Your Computer
I’ve installed 7 multi-platform twitter apps in my laptop computer to try out which among those Twitter apps works the best. This little experiment might help you guys out there in choosing the right Twitter App for you. Well here you go.
- Snitter - This one is the best among the rest. It is a desktop application which has a lot of nice friendly features. I love the notifications which appears on the lower left corner of the screen because it’s real unobtrusive whenever you are browsing or working. When you minimize the application it stays on the system tray and not on the taskbar. It has a lot of nice features like the slick and green interface, the cool auto-update and the fast response and refresh time. I suggest you install this on your computer. It requires Adobe AIR.
- twhirl - This is a multi-account Twitter application based on AIR. Features include nice interface, keyboard shortcuts, auto-refresh and auto-connect. One thing that I don’t like about this one is the hidden status textbox . I think the textbox should always be visible.
- Twitteroo - before Snitter came out, I was using this one. It has nice features like font resizing, transparency, sound notifications and built-in URL shortening. One thing I don’t like about this is that it responds very slow. The interface also needs some improvement.
- Tweetr - This application looks nice and works nice. You can send webcam photos instantly and send files by drag and drop. It supports URL shortening too which you can setup under Settings. One thing I don’t like about it is the very small input textbox. They could’ve added 2 more lines.
- Twitty Tunes - A Firefox add-on, this one lets you post currently playing music, websites, youtube videos and your custom message. Of course you’ll be needing the Firefox browser to install this one. It just enables you to post and not view your past statuses which sucks.
- Twit Bin - Another Firefox plugin, this one lets you post twitter statuses within your browser. Though not the best, it gets the job done. It shows the recent and public statuses which is what is important, at least, for me.
- Twinja AIR - Obviously built for AIR, this twitter client has a nice black interface which lets you post your statuses directly from your desktop. What I don’t like about this is that it isn’t resizable, well horizontally. It has also very small fonts and small avatars which is really not friendly on the eyes.
So there you go. My conclusion is please use Snitter because it’s the best among any twitter application out there. Thanks.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Thanks for the info! I might try Snitter in my laptop. I like the fact that it’s a desktop application. That way I don’t have to open my browser every time.
I tried the twitter app in Google desktop before. But that one was obtrusive so I got rid of it hehe
November 30th, 2007 at 12:59 am
How about spaz?
http://funkatron.com/index.php/site/comments/spaz_a_twitter_client_for_mac_os_x_windows_and_linux/
November 30th, 2007 at 8:48 am
@eMac: I’ve installed Spaz but it doesn’t work with my computer. So I left it out of the list.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Personally i like to twitter via MirandaIM and GoogleTalk.