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Seesmic Desktop: The Shadow TweetDeck Needs to Fear

By Ven On July 5, 2010 Under Opinions, Product Reviews, Reviews

Seesmic DesktopI tried Seesmic Desktop alongside of TweetDeck for a short period of time and it didn’t take long for me to realize that Seesmic Desktop and TweetDeck are shadows of each other. If you look at the two clients side-by-side, you can barely tell the difference. Seesmic looks a lot like TweetDeck and has most of the same features. Each client also has features the other lacks, which makes it very hard to chose between them. Even as I write this review, I find myself once again waffling between the two clients. Sometimes, TweetDeck works better for me, but at other times, Seesmic is the better fit.

These are some of the features Seesmic Desktop has in common with TweetDeck:

  • Handles multiple Twitter accounts.
  • Support for multiple URL shortening services.
  • In program profile viewer with the ability to follow, unfollow, and block.
  • Support for saved searches.
  • Support for unlimited columns.
  • Support for posting a single message to multiple accounts.
  • Single column view mode.

These are the features Seesmic Desktop lacks:

  • The ability to view images within the program itself rather than opening via the browser.
  • Support for trending topics and tag clouds via TwitScoop.
  • Support for groups
  • Support for scheduled tweets.
  • Short URL Previews.
  • No support for MySpace, Foursquare, or LinkedIn.
  • No support for global filtering.
  • Ability to change the programs color scheme.

Here are some of the features that Seesmic Desktop has in its favor:

  • Handy navigation bar on the left, which can be expanded or collapsed as needed.
  • Option to control the width of the columns. (I LOVE this feature.)
  • The “Home” column which combines tweets from all accounts into a single column, a nice feature if you like it, can be closed if you don’t.
  • Support for a larger number of URL shortening services than TweetDeck.
  • Much less annoying notification sound than TweetDeck. Still no support for changing the notification sound though.
  • Better font than TweetDeck.

The good news is that Seesmic Desktop is fairly new and still in the development process, so there is always the possibility that, if they implement the missing TweetDeck features and  continue to add features that TweetDeck lacks,  it could very well end up being a much better client than TweetDeck. It’s too early to tell, but I will definitely be keeping an eye on both in the future.

I’d love to hear your opinion. Which client do you like better and why?

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