As we are pretty much spoilt for chice when it comes to twitter apps these days, I thought I would give a couple a spin to see how they fare…
Here are the contenders, TweetDeck, DestroyTwitter and Feedalizr…
While this is not an exhaustive review of each, it does highlight what I like and dislike about each of them…
TweetDeck is probably the one out of the three that I have used most, and for good reason, not only can I use it for twitter, you can use it for facebook as well (note: you can also use it for MySpace)!!! This will allow a user to save time as facebook and twitter can be updated at the same time… It is also possible to comment and like facebook status updates in TweetDeck…
In its latest incarnation, TweetDeck pops up a notification window on screen together with a preview of the tweet or facebook status update for your ease of reference…
TweetDeck is also very well laid out as you can view all your columns at the same time (laid out side by side)…
It may be because of this that its resource usage is the highest of the three apps listed here…
DestroyTwitter is a lightweight twitter app that uses tabs to keep the clutter to the absolute minimum…
As I mentioned earlier, DestroyTwitter is a lightweight app… So lightweight in fact that it consumes the lowest resources out of all three apps… I would highly recommend this for netbook users…
However, do not be fooled by its minimalist appearance, it has all the bells and whistles that the other apps have and it suports multiple accounts!!!
Unfortunately, DestroyTwitter doesn’t do facebook so it does not meet the requirement of some users who want one app to update both their facebook and their twtter at the same time…
Feedalizr could be best described as a mashup of both TweetDeck and DestroyTwitter… It has a very clean and streamlined minimalist interface and it does more than just twitter!!!
It also has notifications to alert you of new updates!!!
The notifications are less obstructive compared to the TweetDeck ones due to their relatively smaller size and also let you know via icons as to the type of update it is (for example, in the above sample notification, there is a twitter log to alert you that the update came via twitter)…
Overall, all three apps are very nice and work well… I hope this little comparo helps you narrow down your choices when it comes to which app to use… Take note however, that the best way to find out which app suits you best is to use it yourself for at least a couple days…
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