Thursday, November 10, 2011

TweetDeck Beta: Twitter app comes to Windows

For my part, I think that we lack good Twitter client for Windows. The more beautiful and more functional are concentrated in OS X, Apple's operating system, while the windows platform is outside the party. Luckily the devs of TweetDeck have observed this situation and are to launch a version of TweetDeck for Windows.


The TweetDeck Beta for Windows is in the square for download. The arquivinho. Exe is just over 12 MB, so you can quickly download any broadband connection. The installation, just as occurs with a few clicks and without those third-party applications offered grudgingly.

After installing, the first screen that appears is the authorization of the account on Twitter. The Echofon right away is fully translated into Portuguese in Brazil. Fair, even when we think of the translation functions of the application were made there in iOS. Probably there was not much to translate.


Pretty simple, as you can see. An application is not exactly pretty, complete with a display of tweets up poor. But it works. The page refresh happens from time to time, and you can perform actions as a favorite quick tweet or reply to someone with a single click.

Another important point: the RT. TweetDeck Beta has the options to RT pattern, one in which the other person's avatar appears to his followers, and the RT to comment, which pulls the Echofon tweet RT @ nome_d0_arroba a tavern in front, and also positions the text cursor in front of it. Very practical.

The Echofon Windows offers traditional tabs for replies and DMs. You also have the view of lists, for those who like to follow certain groups of Twitter users. It also works well, so I could see.


RT with comments or traditional
No reporting on news in your Twitter account. At least not as in the Lion's Dock, counter with news and so on. The staff of Naan, the developer of application, chose to adopt a subtle change in the interface of the app: the buttons for Home, mentions, DMs, search lists and turn blue when you have something new that you have not seen.

Finally, but still interesting: TweetDeck for Windows automatically disables notifications for iOS Echofon when running. The thinking goes something like this: if the guy is on the computer following the microblog, why the hell warn you on the phone? It makes sense.

Echofon The system allows the Gates arrobas boring silence. Both a resource and to avoid reading things from someone who still deserves a permanent unfollow. It also has to block the display of tweets published from a particular application (see, Foursquare?) Or hashtag.

So far I have enjoyed the Echofon in my humble Windows 7. It could be prettier, but it is certainly functional. And that much better app based on Adobe Air lame that you have encountered there.