I use Twitter and while they have a feature-rich website I prefer to use a client application. It feels faster and I can use the style of interface I prefer. What do I mean by that? Take a look at this TweetDeck screenshot. This app is a popular Twitter client. It’s far too complex for me. I loathe their aesthetic and interface design. There are too many buttons, too much information, too many features crammed into one window.

I previously used Tweetie and loved it, but it hasn’t been updated in a long time and lacks features I’d like. @nzkoz recommended Echofon to me and it’s excellent. Here’s a screenshot:

This is the style of interface I like. Minimal, clean, useful. I can dig down and get more information when required. If anything I’d like to trim more things from the UI. I don’t need to know that you tweeted “via Twitterpants v1.2” or “via foursquare”. See that green pin by the Geonet tweet? That means the tweet has a geolocation tag. I click on the pin and get this window:

It happens that I was visiting friends on Two Chain Road around Christmas, so a quick NYE text was called for. Fortunately the family was doing fine.

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