There are a ton of Twitter clients - applications which let you use Twitter instead of needing to goto twitter.com to tweet - available, and I’ve tried most, if not all of them (for the Mac at least). I’ve had some good experiences, and some bad ones. But from this I have a pretty good idea of which is the best.
Now, first and foremost, I’m not a fan of paying to do something which should be free. So basically no Twitter apps which cost money I consider to be worth it. That being said, what is the Twitter app that I preferred? Well, quite simply it’s Twhirl.
Twhirl not only looks good (in my opinion), but it’s very functional. Any link you post is instantly turned into a tinyurl.com link which is nice. The interface is very intuitive. And best of all, it’s cross-platform.
Twhirl was programmed in Adobe Air, which is a programming language Adobe is pioneering that any OS can run (well, only Windows and Mac OS X have official version at the moment, Linux is only in beta).
Some niceties that Twhirl provides are:
A very customizable notification system: Basically if you want to be notified at a certain time, Twhirl can probable do it.
Integration with Jaiku and Pownce: While you cannot view your friends pownces or jaiku messages, you can post to those services simultaneously with your tweets.
Configure the interface: Although I cannot figure out how to change its theme, you can change things like opacity, font type, size, etc.
I consider Twhirl to be one of the best, if not the best Twitter client you can use. Try it out if you haven’t been satisfied with what you’re currently using.
