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craig — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:20:42 -0000

I really like using Tweetdeck and how they continue to develop it. This sounds like a good program but not sure if it's worth changing for.

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Rex Hammock — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:49:15 -0000

I'm getting addicted to Nambu using the "middle" view option. (It has three UI options that you get to by clicking icons up in the top left corner. The "middle" icon takes you to a UI that looks just like an RSS news reader.)

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Beth Gramling Sanders — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:41:29 -0000

This could be the one thing that might lure me away from Nambu. Looks amazing. I'll be trying it out tomorrow.

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EricaJoy — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:54:00 -0000

I, like many others, love Nambu. Since Nambu is already thinking ahead and planning for future FriendFeed support, I think I'll keep using it. :)

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Gunny Wallen — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:19:00 -0000

I'm looking forward to this app. I like Nambu but I'm always looking for something new.

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Bob Walder — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:53:00 -0000

Robert: I have a big thing against Air (and other such "bloat tools"), so would always choose a native app like Nambu or Tweetie. If you opt for the multi-column mode of Nambue (and you can choose a more "Tweetie-fied" look if you prefer) then you get something that looks (to me) a lot like Tweetdeck and certainly fills your monitor

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jstrellner — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:33:38 -0000

If Twitter bought any Twitter client, they would buy TweetDeck. One of Twitters original investors was Betaworks, and Betworks also invested in TweetDeck. Betaworks seems to always cross promote the different apps that they own, they also have a history of their portfolio companies buying their other portfolio companies.

StockTwits, bit.ly both included as defaults in TweetDeck, both backed by Betaworks. Summize, bought by Twitter; Summize, also backed by Betaworks.

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patrickj — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:56:05 -0000

Thanks for this post. I'm a huge Tweetie fan on the iPhone, have seen the atebits video, and am very much looking forward to seeing this on Monday. I'm glad to hear you like what you've seen. I hope this is priced reasonably ...

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Arthur Alston — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:53:12 -0000

Don't hold your breath for group support in Tweetie - the Tweetie author spells this out in a recent blog post http://blog.atebits.com/200...

He also talks about the OAuth issue in a separate blog post:
http://blog.atebits.com/200...

If you are in to groups on a Mac client, and you don't like using Air, try Nambu. I don't know about a non-Air client on the PC that supports groups.

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Bob Knightly — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:40:07 -0000

Looks awesome, but no grouping?

Grouping is the feature which makes twitter usable from a reader perspective.

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Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:29:10 -0000

he means Twitter OAuth not OAuth in general..

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Jalada — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:23:00 -0000

Regarding the lack of groups. From what I've seen @atebits holds values in certain things (e.g. defaulting to via: rather than RT). However he did make RT an option in the end, so perhaps he'll do the same for groups? Anyway. I'm looking forward to this - anything to get away from AIR apps, though I use Twitterfall most of the time anyway.

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evantravers — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:42:19 -0000

That's like saying email will buy outlook.

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Leather ♥ Donut — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:40:00 -0000

If OAuth is still so "beta/alpha", why is it that FF's implementation seems to work just fine?

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coldbrew — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:34:00 -0000

Stay: Say what you will, but my understanding is that Twitter's OAuth is 'textbook' with respect to the spec. Not sure past experience is relevant in this context.

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Jesse Stay — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:20:00 -0000

Leather, OAuth is still *very* beta. I have a hard enough time with the stuff Twitter has that's not in beta, but until we can expect not to have the code changed every week it doesn't make sense to implement OAuth. It's still very buggy.

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Leather ♥ Donut — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:19:00 -0000

How is it that NONE of these clients are using OAuth??!?!? Seriously, people need to get with the program already.

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Amani — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:14:00 -0000

What about setting up groups (re:Tweetdeck) so you can organize your twitter feed? That seems like that is the one thing that is missing.

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hardaway — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:08:45 -0000

I have never liked Tweetdeck, which took up both real estate and resources. But I will have a problem with Tweetie, too, unless it supports FF and identi.ca, as Seesmic desktop does. Ultimately, I want a one-stop shop. But I guess I'm not the market.

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coldbrew — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:46:00 -0000

I prefer desktop applications for almost everything, but I thought I was in the minority on that. Everyone seems more interested in web-based mail/IM, but dedicated applications for Twitter are so often trumpeted. I'm not sure what to think about that, but I know I'd like to see a really nice application for XMPP(does Twitter still support this?) and SIP that is extensible. AIR is a memory hog, so Tweetdeck et al. are not acceptable.

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Len Kendall — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:11:24 -0000

So now I have to buy a Mac?? I love Tweetie on my iphone. Hopefully it will recieve some PC-ification. I def. agree that Tweetdeck taking over your whole screen is annoying.

Len "I'm Still a PC for now" Kendall

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Brandon Titus — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:49:00 -0000

Mike: Don't think Twitter will ever buy a client. Especially one without a Windows component. Robert: I really like Nambu so far. I've never really gotten into Tweetdeck, something about the UI is weird. Tweetie looks pretty cool but the lack of groups is a huge problem for me.

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bjtitus — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:45:52 -0000

I'm really enjoying Nambu. I didn't really get into TweetDeck too much. I think it was something about the UI (not to mention the slowness).

I like Tweetie but no groups is a big problem. I was hoping the iPhone Tweetie would get groups at some point as well. Maybe they'll both get it at the same time.

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bjtitus — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:36:44 -0000

Seriously doubt it. I can't imagine twitter really buying any client. It just doesn't make sense in my opinion. Not to mention, they would ONLY do it if there was a windows version.

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Robert Scoble — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:08:00 -0000

Bob: I like the "take over your screen" approach of TweetDeck better. Why? I have a whole computer dedicated to running it. Nambu is interesting, but I got used to TweetDeck and didn't see much of a reason to switch.