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 My friend Nick responded to my tweet about using Twitterific, Twitterfon, Tweetie, Tweetdeck, and now Birdfeed by asking which I liked the best. I responded:

Hard to say. I’ve used Twitterfon the most, as it has local caching and shows me # of mentions and DMs in the tabs (so I don’t needlessly check). But it’s slow to boot up and now has an annoying ad. Also only supports one account.

Tweetie has a great UI feel to it, supports multiple accounts, is fast, but no local caching, no notifications

Birdfeed is like Tweetie, but with local caching.

Tweetdeck supports groups, which is awesome, but I surprised myself by not really needing groups. I think how I use twitter on my phone – “snacking” – means I’d rather scan the whole stream than deal with groups. Also, it’s buggy and crashes (at least, v1.0 did).

I tried Twitterific once last year, hated the UI, and abandoned it.

My ideal app would:

• Support local caching, so I could read stored tweets while on the subway or plane.
• Have a little notification count that tells me when I have new mentions or DMs.
• Support multiple accounts
• Allow me to publish a status update to multiple accounts at once.

On a related note, I’m dying for a Postling iPhone app, but we gotta launch v1.0 first. Prioritize! Really, it’s probably #3 or #4 on my list (as of right now. By next week, who knows.)

 My friend Nick responded to my tweet about using Twitterific, Twitterfon, Tweetie, Tweetdeck, and now Birdfeed by asking which I liked the best. I responded:

Hard to say. I’ve used Twitterfon the most, as it has local caching and shows me # of mentions and DMs in the tabs (so I don’t needlessly check). But it’s slow to boot up and now has an annoying ad. Also only supports one account.

Tweetie has a great UI feel to it, supports multiple accounts, is fast, but no local caching, no notifications

Birdfeed is like Tweetie, but with local caching.

Tweetdeck supports groups, which is awesome, but I surprised myself by not really needing groups. I think how I use twitter on my phone – “snacking” – means I’d rather scan the whole stream than deal with groups. Also, it’s buggy and crashes (at least, v1.0 did).

I tried Twitterific once last year, hated the UI, and abandoned it.

My ideal app would:

• Support local caching, so I could read stored tweets while on the subway or plane.
• Have a little notification count that tells me when I have new mentions or DMs.
• Support multiple accounts
• Allow me to publish a status update to multiple accounts at once.

On a related note, I’m dying for a Postling iPhone app, but we gotta launch v1.0 first. Prioritize! Really, it’s probably #3 or #4 on my list (as of right now. By next week, who knows.)