My Favourite Twitter Desktop Application

For many people, myself included, logging into the Twitter website on a regular basis can be quite boring and frustrating. Far better to have your Twitter feed on your desktop like an instant message (IM) tool so you can see the latest tweets as they come in and still get on with your work when nothing new is happening.

With this in mind I went searching for some desktop Twitter tools and see which worked well for me.

The first application I tried was Tweetr which is available both for PCs and Macs and, like most Twitter-related applications, is free to use.

I have to admit that I really like Tweetr. The box is reasonably small and unobtrusive, yet clear and simple in it’s layout. Furthermore whenever a new tweet is added by someone I am following, I get a little popup appearing in the top right of my screen to tell me about it which is nice.

Basic tweeting is nice and easy because you just need to type into the box at the bottom and you’re done. It also gives you the opportunity to upload files or images by clicking on the simple icons at the top of the page.