What is a Twitter Client? It is the software running on your PC, Mac or iPhone that enables you to post and read Twitter Posts.
Quite a variety of different clients are available with different attributes and specific features, I have tried a few including Twitterific, Twitterlicious, Tweetie, Twhirl and TweetDeck.
- Twhirl – small desktop application for Windows PC’s and Mac’s using Adobe Air platform, you can resize as a sidebar and get on with some work whilst keeping an eye on Tweets, has shorten Url, lookup and search functions as well as the usual @reply, directmessage (DM’s) and favourite buttons. Very stable and highlights replies and DM’s in a different background colour. Can connect to multiple Twitter and FriendFeed accounts. Link to Twhirl website
- TweetDeck – a more sophisticated desktop client for established power Twitter user’s again running on Windows PC’s and Mac’s using the Adobe Air platform. Includes a larger few of all your Tweets, Replies and DM’s. Good array of buttons for favourites, twittScoop, TwitPic, shorten Url (with a great choice of URL shortening systems including, tinyurl, bitly, budURL, eweri, hex.io, idek.net, is.gd, lin.cr, POPrl, snipurl, twurl, urlBorg and zi.ma). Link to TweetDeck download