The Inquisitr: Tweetdeck vs Twhirl: It’s a very hard call
Boredcollegekid
· 10 months ago
Odd I've always found Twhirl to be a good looking client, namely the black magic theme (the default one is terrible though). Even though I got even screen space on the desktop I near liked tweetdeck taking up all the space it does and the single window view comes off as terrible to me.
John
· 10 months ago
I prefer Tweetdeck personally, but I am also using Twhirl to work with FriendFeed and Identi.ca. I am new to Twhirl, so just exploring its features.
Loic Lemeur
· 10 months ago
thank you Duncan for this post. We're working hard.
PeterS
· 10 months ago
It was a tough call, but in the end I settled on the smaller simplicity of Twhirl.
figstreetstudio
· 10 months ago
Thanks, this article saved a lot of time looking at both programs and gave me more time to Tweet about my art. JKS
matt john
· 10 months ago
I'm using TweetDeck and really liking it for personal use. I only have one account and don't follow a TON of people. I really love having twitscoop as well, great feature.
I havn't used Twhirl so I can't comment on it but by the graphic shown the looks are rather similar aren't they?
dave powell
· 10 months ago
If all I wanted to do is Tweet (or if I followed about 1500 users)...then TweetDeck would be great!
Unfortunately, I do occasionally have to work...and Twhirl affords a much nicer form-factor. It quietly sits in the BG or sits in it's transparent state on my desktop. Much less obtrusive.
redhat
· 10 months ago
I just started using both Tweetdeck and Twhirl, and both have advantages and disadvantages. I use the former for its groups and to check my replies. The latter posts to http://ping.fm/ and allows me to follow FriendFeed. Before this I was using TwitterFox which I just found irritating. In my browser I use, TwitBar, PowerTwitter and TwitKit.
I did find that running them both means I hit the API rate limit quite fast, which means to tweaking with the settings. And as I don't check the follow feed in Tweetdeck I set the reply and dm to update more often than the follow feed, and the other way around in Twhirl.
As I said I will probably not choose, I like to use the best features of all the applications mentioned in this comment.
TweetDeck
· 10 months ago
Maybe it's' just my system but TweetDeck seems to take a ton of memory (89mb just after starting up the client). It has a nice UI and all but that's a serious drag for systems with limited resources...
Rick Martin
· 10 months ago
Twhirl's Seesmic capability makes it more than just a twitter client. It can do video messages and twitter messages.
Tweetdeck cannot.
If Seesmic ever goes mainstream, as twitter did once it was liberated from the browser, Tweetdeck will be a distant memory.
Mark Evans
· 10 months ago
Great review! I like and use both TweetDeck and Thwirl for different reasons. I posted on it here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/c9zarg
NowVoyager
· 9 months ago
As you stated, if you have multiple accounts, Twhirl is the winner. That point should be stressed. Tweetdeck would be a massive mess with multiple accounts in it's current incarnation. I personally love Twhirl's Black Magic theme. Twhirl is compact, it gives me alerts when I need them. It gives me a "fly in" of my most recent tweets, replies and DM'S, then disappears so that I can continue working. I love Twhirl. Just one gyrlz opinion.
Chris
· 8 months ago
Support for multiple Twitter accounts cant be very far away in Tweet deck.
As far as archive of your own messages, simply set up a search filter in its own column in TweetDeck for your user name (without the @ incase people forget to add it) then any tweet and reply to your tweet will show up in its own column. I have a similar filter set up for our business URL = instant notification of conversations around your business/brand.
So that really only leaves customising the audio notifications, which is a tiny addition that TweetDeck could (will) easily add.
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JKS
I havn't used Twhirl so I can't comment on it but by the graphic shown the looks are rather similar aren't they?
Unfortunately, I do occasionally have to work...and Twhirl affords a much nicer form-factor. It quietly sits in the BG or sits in it's transparent state on my desktop. Much less obtrusive.
I did find that running them both means I hit the API rate limit quite fast, which means to tweaking with the settings. And as I don't check the follow feed in Tweetdeck I set the reply and dm to update more often than the follow feed, and the other way around in Twhirl.
As I said I will probably not choose, I like to use the best features of all the applications mentioned in this comment.
It can do video messages and twitter messages.
Tweetdeck cannot.
If Seesmic ever goes mainstream, as twitter did once it was liberated from the browser, Tweetdeck will be a distant memory.
As far as archive of your own messages, simply set up a search filter in its own column in TweetDeck for your user name (without the @ incase people forget to add it) then any tweet and reply to your tweet will show up in its own column. I have a similar filter set up for our business URL = instant notification of conversations around your business/brand.
So that really only leaves customising the audio notifications, which is a tiny addition that TweetDeck could (will) easily add.
TweetDeck FTW!