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Seesmic for Windows - first thoughts

I'll keep it short and sweet rather than bore y'all with an in-depth review:

Pros:

  • Cleaner interface than Tweetdeck
  • Efficient synching with the Twitter API (doesn't max out your limited API calls)
  • Great in-line "post update" text field - link shortening and photo uploading are seamless
  • Search function works well
  • Native Twitter list support
Cons:
  • Often has issues identifying exactly what Tweet it is you are clicking on (selects the wrong one on right click sometimes - wierd!)
  • No "reply to all" function
  • Not able to directly select Tweet text content for copy-and-paste
  • No notifications
  • No "follow/unfollow user" option
All in all, I prefer it to Tweetdeck.

This application's a welcome break from the typical Tweetdeck-assault-on-the-eyes and has actually encouraged me to read more than one list of Tweets at a time.

Lack of notifications and "follow/unfollow user" functionality is a bit of a kick in the teeth for the time being, but hey, it is a very early beta build after all!

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