TweetDeck is like an onion, the more and more you dabble in it, the more features you uncover and use. Because of this constant discovery, remembering when and how to utilize the variety of Twitter management tools can be a bit disconcerting. If you have forgotten how to use one of the management tools showcased in this Twitter client, however, the help and support options are excellent for quickly recovering needed information.
We love the streamlined design of this Twitter client, and we love the ease of navigation even more. Although there are many tabs and buttons to choose from, they are all logically grouped together in various locations throughout the Twitter desktop client, making everything easy to find and easy to use.
Adding your friends, colleagues and others you follow to groups or lists is a fantastic feature, terrific for organization, and it is a straightforward way to locate information within this Twitter client. At the bottom of every tweet, located next to the posting title, is a little plus sign. By clicking this plus sign, you are directed to the groups/lists window. Simply type the tag for your list (entertainment, food, hobbies, etc.) and move to adding list members. Adding new groups is easy. Moving people to those groups even easier: drag and drop, save list, done.
Features
This Twitter client boasts a long list of features that help you stay connected to the world around you with ease.
Columns – Keeping up with
friends, trends, fashion news and entertainment can be exhausting, but
simply by using the five-column setup within this Twitter client keeps
everything organized and easy to manage. If the five-column layout is
just too much, you can always delete columns or whittle down the
interface to a single panel, the choice is yours.
Trending column – The
trending column is a powerful Twitter client tool that can literally
take you around the world tracking what is hot and what is not. Users
can trend worldwide, or set the trends to specific locations (Seattle,
Australia, Sao Paulo, London, etc.) We LOVE this Twitter management
feature.
Recommendations – The
TweetDeck column is yet another favorite feature in this Twitter client.
Depending on what or who you are already following, TweetDeck makes
suggestions on who to follow next. This is a great way to network with
companies or people you wouldn't have usually sought out on your own,
creating networking opportunities you might not even have been aware of.
Located at the bottom of each column, several settings choices are available for that specific column:
Arrow – Shift columns left or right
Cloud – Show what is popular (trending) in each column
Eye – Mark all updates as being seen
Scissors – Clear seen updates
Trash Can – Clear All
Currently, Twitter has a 140-character limit for all tweets.
TweetDeck abides by this rule, yes, but it has pushed the boundaries
with the option of cross-posting any update to Google Buzz. Type as much
as you want; 140 characters will be sent to your Twitter account, and a
GoogleBuzz link will also be inserted for those who choose to read on.If you would like to keep within the traditional Twitter client character limit, however, "TweetShrink" may just become your new best friend. Just as the name implies, this feature takes a tweet with too many characters and shortens it as much as possible. For example, we typed, "Going to see the opera tonight with friends…" As the entire Tweet was too long, TweetShrink helped us along by transforming our well-written sentence to this: "Going 2 C the opera 2nite w/friends…"
You can view photos and videos within your TweetDeck columns, or you can choose to open photo links in a separate web page. The process of uploading pictures with this tool is pretty standard. By accessing the "setting" options, you elect exactly which service you would like to use to upload your images to Twitter. Only one service can be selected at a time, and your options include:
- TwitPic
- yfrog
- Plixi
- Posterous
- Mobypicture
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