Feature Of Tweetdeck

by Veena

Tweet Deck is a free software program supported by Adobe Air that you can download and install on your desktop. Like other Twitter applications it interfaces with the Twitter API to allow users to send and receive tweets and view profiles. It is the most popular Twitter application with a 19% market share as of June 2009, following only the official Twitter.com website with 45.70% share for posting new status updates.

It allows you to load your Twitter information into it and group into smaller sections (or panes) for you to work with. After installation, you will have to fill in your Twitter user name and password so that the program can log in to your Twitter account. Every time you open Tweet Deck, it will automatically load your information from Twitter into your Tweet Deck. Once you are logged in and it is loaded, you can update your status, read other tweets and reply or retweet right there within Tweet Deck.

Default panes contain “All Tweets” – All the people that you are following, “Replies” – All @ messages sent to your username, and “Direct Messages” – All personal messages sent to your username. More panes can be added by using Tweetdeck’s features, such as Groups, and can be rearranged by moving them to the left or the right.

Here’s a quick rundown of some of the great features of TweetDeck:

• Breaks down your Tweets into small manageable bites/ categories.
• You will never miss the @replies and you can keep a better track of all your conversations while still searching for keyword phrases, topics of interest or any other specific thing you want to keep updated on.
• Keep TweetDeck minimized in your taskbar and a little window will pop up and notify you if you’ve received tweets.
• There is no other app to beat TweetDeck for searching Twitter. You can set up a column to search any keywords or topics you like and TweetDeck keeps a running global search, powered my Summize, of your search terms. This is a must-have way to maximize the information and networking potential of Twitter.
• keeps track of both the Direct Messages you send and the Direct Messages you receive seperately
• Allows you to hover over the avatar of any tweet and reply, mark it as a favorite, DM or Retweet with the click of a button.
• You can shorten your Tweets if you run over 140 characters, right from the TweetDeck panel.

• It allows users to split the people they follow into groups, a very useful feature to many users. The client supports URL shortening which can be done on-the-fly.
• TweetDeck can also translate tweets into thirty-five different language.
• To save some typing effort, users can include a recent hashtag in their tweet simply by clicking on the Recent Hashtag button.

It is compatible with several operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. An iPhone version was released on the 19th June 2009. Originally, TweetDeck was aimed towards only Twitter but during 2009, the new versions were launched with integration of Facebook, Linkedin and MySpace and continue to be popular with an Alexa Rank of 4467 now.

Related articles:

• Best TweetDeck Tips, Tricks and Use Cases (techie-buzz.com)
• Twitter time management (stevebuttry.wordpress.com)
• TweetDeck Targets a Growing Audience: The Unemployed (readwriteweb.com)