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 The next twitter client that I will review is TweetDeck. TweetDeck is by far my favorite application, though I don't use it regularly. I would, if I had a bigger screen and a bigger processor. I currently use DestroyTwitter because it uses about 10% less CPU on my powerbook on average than TweetDeck. But, on a macbook, it really doesn't make much of a difference. If I had a Macbook, I'd definitely be using TweetDeck. 

When you first start it up you see this, which is the standard view. Notice the Scroll Bar at the bottom of the window, that's because I have four columns open right now. You can have as many columns open at a time as you want, but for me, four is a nice number. Across the top is the options, which let you open more columns with the buttons in the top left of the window. In the top right are the refresh, single column, settings, and bug reporter button.  

When a new tweet comes in, this little notification window comes in and shows up above all of your other open applications, I don't like this notification system as much as DestroyTwitter, because it doesn't show you who the tweets are from, but just a count. 

One feature that TweetDeck does have that DestroyTwitter and other applications doesn't have is syncing. If you are running TweetDeck on your desktop and on your iPhone, as well as another computer, then you will see exactly the same columns on all three. Also, if you mark a tweet as read on one it shows as read on all other machines. That feature is amazing. 

One feature that TweetDeck has that no other twitter client does is integration with 12seconds.tv. that is a little 12 second video sharing site that I use quite frequently. Their integration into tweetdeck is a really helpful tool. 

Tweetdeck also has Twitpic integration, just like DestroyTwitter. It looks about the same, but is a little quicker. 

All in all, I'd rate TweetDeck a 4.8 out of 5.

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When a new tweet comes in, you see this window above all of your running applications to let you know. 

This little notification pane is extremely handy, especially when you are doing other things on your computer and want to keep up with what's going on. I do believe that this product's notification pane is much better than Growl or TweetDeck's notifications, because you can interact with the tweet within the notification pane. 

When you go to make a tweet, this is what comes up in the all tweets column, to allow you to do that. The Twitdoc button is changeable to be a Twitpic or yFrog button, so that you can upload an image or video. You can shorten URL's with ease, and shrink your Tweets so that it all fits. TweetDeck has this too, but it is faster in DestroyTwitter.

DestoryTwitter does contain Twitpic integration, and previews images within the application. this is useful, however it does not play videos in the application. 

All in all, this is a really great application, and I highly recommend it.

Next Up: TweetDeck.

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