Which Twitter app do you use? [closed]

Question

It seems like everyone is writing their own Twitter front-end application nowadays. So I must ask:

What is your preferred Twitter front-end management application?

Please discuss:

• Form Factor: Desktop, Mobile, Web based
• OS Support: Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc
• Killer Feature that made you convert

Please try to format your responses using the bullet points above. This way, we can all easily compare features.

Please list 1 app per response

Answer 1

Tweetdeck

• Form Factor: Desktop
• OS Support: All OSes that Adobe Air supports, and iPhone
• Killer Features that made me convert: Grouping users, column layout, Facebook integration, on-the-fly url shortening, universal access, mult-account support

Answer 2

http://twitter.com works just fine for me. Supports any platform and any OS.

For my iPhone I use Tweetie.

Answer 3

Tweetie for Mac and iPhone because the interface is efficient as well as aesthetically pleasing.

Answer 4

Twitterfox is a nice, simple interface integrated into Firefox.

Answer 5

Blu

• Form Factor: Desktop
• OS Support: I use it on Windows 7, but it's made for Vista
• Killer Feature: It looks fancy and has enough options to replace the on-site version.

As a reaction on the comment, yes there is also a version where the same app is called Chirp

Answer 6

Twitterific has a free version that's really good for the iPhone. I like it better than the Tweetdeck iPhone app.

Answer 7

I use Twhirl in XP and Windows 7 because it supports multiple accounts, looks nice and updates itself automatically via Adobe Air.

Answer 8

I use Seesmic.

• Desktop, web (Adobe AIR) (and iPhone "coming soon")
• Closer to Tweetdeck than Twhirl was
• Integrate facebook and twitter stream(s) in single timeline

Although I liked Twhirl better, it's no longer in development, so I'm just roughing it until Seesmic catches back up.

Answer 9

Nambu

• Form Factor: Desktop and Mobile
• OS Support: Mac, iPhone
• Feature: I like its native Mac interface, and its 'groups' feature and layout as well as saved search.

I used TwitterFon until the advertisements were added and became far more in-your-face. Sure, I could buy it, but I'm pretty much against paying for a program that is used to access a service that is free.

Answer 10

Tweetdeck is very good!

• Adobe Air (so cross platform)
• Group filtering
• Multiple-account support
• Facebook support
• All the typical URL shortening services etc.
• Synchronisation across as many machines as you'd like with a TweetDeck account
• iPhone app (which you can also sync to)

Most twitter clients have similar feature sets, so I find the best approach is to try out a couple and see which you like. I started out with Twhirl, then moved to TweetDeck for the group filtering stuff.

Answer 11

DestroyTwitter

• Form Factor: Desktop
• OS Support: Windows, Mac, Linux,
• Killer Feature that made you convert: minimalistic and responsive

Answer 12

On Android I use Twidroid

On the web I usually use http://ping.fm/ to post. I have also been known to use http://twitiq.com/ for its multi-account support.

Answer 13

I use a couple scripts I wrote in bash/perl using curl, the Twitter API and an XML parser. Whats nice is that the text comes up in my terminal so I can discreetly tweet and read my friend's timeline while I'm at work. I'll probally post the code later.

• Form Factor Terminal based
• OS Support Any OS that can run bash and perl in a terminal
• Killer Feature Everyone thinks I'm working when all I'm doing is reading Nathan Fillion's tweets

Answer 14

TwitterFon for the iPhone. I use the free version. The ads don't bother me.

I just noticed that the pro-version has Instapaper integration. That might be worth the upgrade.

Answer 15

twhirl

• Adobe AIR
• support TwitPic
• support short URLs

Twittle

• lightweight

Answer 16

Tweetdeck and the classic https://twitter.com/ web interface - still good enough.

Answer 17

Digsby is a multi-IM/email client that integrates beautifully into windows. Not sure how it does on other platforms (though they are supported)

Answer 18

Twitter Gadget

• Form Factor Web-based
• OS Support Anybody with a Web-browser, but I've only tried it in Firefox
• Killer Feature I use it running in my GMail, which I leave up all day. This way, I can use it at work, where the main Twitter web page is blocked and I don't want to install an app.

Answer 19

iTweet

• Form Factor: Desktop web client that implicitly proxies
• OS Support: OSes with browsers
• Killer Features that made me convert: Useful when Twitter.com is unreachable; has nice AJAXy profile inspection and maintenance.

Answer 20

tweet.im as the jabber bridge and then my normal Miranda IM client (used for jabber, icq, msn and so forth).

Any form factor with a jabber client, the killer feature was not having to use yet another social tool - but just get another "contact" in my regular IM contact list that echoes tweets I'm following and allowing me to easily tweet and do replies.

Answer 21

Twitterfall, so I don't have to hit refresh.

Answer 22

I use tweetvisor, it's web based, effeciant like tweetDeck, needs no installation (since I have no privileges to install software in the office) and it's works wherever you have a browser. these are some features it supports :

• Manage multiple accounts (personal, corporate etc.)
• Multi-column templates, with auto-refresh (replies, DMs, hot-topic and various timelines)
• Tabbed browsing (each user, trend, hashtag, stock ticker etc. has its own tab)
• Display conversation threads (to better understand friends’ tweets)
• Groups and user Tags (for categorizing your friends)
• Mouseover replies opens “in reply to” tweet Twtask, TweetShrink and MrTweet integrations Live Twitter trends list
• URLs preview, with world wide reactions via ContextVoice

and a lot of others.

Answer 23

Twirssi, which is a plugin for Irssi.

Puts all of my communication in one spot (when combined with Bitlbee)

Answer 24

For my Blackberry I use Tiny Twitter.

I already upvoted TweetDeck so no need to mention it here. :)

Answer 25

I just started using Gadfly (full dislosure: I work for the company whose people wrote the app). It's a silverlight 3.0 client that allows you to take the app out of browser, so it feels just like a desktop app. It is a slick-looking app with some great usability. It supports grouping just like tweetdeck, but also supports finding nearby tweeps based upon your IP address. They are implementing twitter ratings, which helps you find decent tweeps based upon who you vote up. Kind of like netflix ratings for twitter.

Form Factor: Desktop, Web

OS's: PC, Mac

Killer Features: Grouping, being able to bring the app out of browser, really slick UI

Answer 26

On my iPod Touch, I use Tweetie and Boxcar for push notifications.

I use Tweetdeck for my desktop client.

Answer 27

TweetDeck is excellent for following a large number of people. Works on Win, OSX, Linux and iPhone. Plus it synchronizes most of its settings to the cloud so you never lose anything between machines.

I also use Twitterberry on the Blackberry.

Answer 28

FeedDemon

Desktop RSS reader, pretty sure its windows only.

FD lets me follow the very few twitters I follow without actually having to join twitter or be involved with twitter any more than is absolutely necessary.

TL;DR: If you hate twitter but must use it, use your RSS reader.

Answer 29

Blu

Looks lovely and works like a charm.

Answer 30

When I am on my linux machine at home I use Twitterfox.

When I am on my blackberry I use Twitterberry and Ubertwitter. I haven't decided which one I like better. I'm leaning towards Ubertwitter, although it is a bit of a resource hog.

When I am at work I use the website.