Tweetie for Mac
So, on a whim, as a result of a tweet from someone, I downloaded Tweetie for Mac to see how it compared to other Mac OS X Twitter clients (such as Twitterific, TweetDeck, et cetera).
At first glance the interface is extremely sleek. This is a great example of Mac UI design that works. The interface is broken up into a left bar which holds your accounts and a subnav that allows you to view your timeline, your mentions, your messages and also to search twitter, and the right portion which displays the relevant content. All transitions are seamless and very pretty as you click around the navigation.
Where this app really breaks out over other applications is the support for multiple twitter accounts. I myself have a twitter account for personal use and also one for my business. My business twitter account has been somewhat neglected as a result of lack of support for multiple twitter accounts in twitter clients and my laziness. I find myself doing a lot of things during the day and one of the things I’d rather not be doing is bouncing around the twitter website logging into one account and then another- running the risk of posting information to the wrong account. It does happen.
The only downside I can see in using tweetie over any other twitter client for Mac OS X, is the lack of support for Growl notifications and the inability to create custom client-side groups, a la TweetDeck. Although, there is some discussion dealing with both issues: Talk of Growl integration on the atebits getsatisfaction page and more on the client-side groups on the atebits blog.) Those things aside I’d have to give Tweetie a solid recommendation to anyone looking to streamline their twitter experience.
More info on Tweetie for Mac, and the other applications atebits has created, just jump over to http://www.atebits.com/. They’re running an introductory special until May 4th, 2009, on atebits.com where you can purchase Tweetie for Mac for $14.95 as opposed to the usual $19.95. Go grab it and support small developers!
