–Ant.
@Raindawg on Twitter

–Ant.
@Raindawg on Twitter

My only complaint really about Hootsuite is that it doesn't yet (as far as I know) distribute tweets over a time frame as it competitor Tweetlater does. I wish it had that functionality.

Additionally, they just rolled out a UI revamp last week that in my mind, clutters up the screen terribly. Too much vertical real estate consumed by tabs, footers, etc which cannot be minimized. Their UX team should try using it on a laptop or netbook screen.

All in all, I think Hootsuite is a great posting tool and urge you to consider it if you have not already.

My only complaint really about Hootsuite is that it doesn't yet (as far as I know) distribute tweets over a time frame as it competitor Tweetlater does. I wish it had that functionality.

Additionally, they just rolled out a UI revamp last week that in my mind, clutters up the screen terribly. Too much vertical real estate consumed by tabs, footers, etc which cannot be minimized. Their UX team should try using it on a laptop or netbook screen.

All in all, I think Hootsuite is a great posting tool and urge you to consider it if you have not already.

“After a day with @hootsuite I can't use it. You can't follow conversations. This is at the heart of twitter. Back to @tweetie for mac.”

Hootsuite says on GetSatisfaction that it's due to the search.twitter.com API not including the tweet_id (which used to be in search but is no longer – which in itself is odd).

Tweetie Mac, on the other hand, does provide conversation threading even on search results.

So add this to the list of why you don't like browser-based twitter clients because I'm not sure any of them can provide one of the most important features of twitter – conversation threading.

- Bone

“After a day with @hootsuite I can't use it. You can't follow conversations. This is at the heart of twitter. Back to @tweetie for mac.”

Hootsuite says on GetSatisfaction that it's due to the search.twitter.com API not including the tweet_id (which used to be in search but is no longer – which in itself is odd).

Tweetie Mac, on the other hand, does provide conversation threading even on search results.

So add this to the list of why you don't like browser-based twitter clients because I'm not sure any of them can provide one of the most important features of twitter – conversation threading.

- Bone

–Ant.
@Raindawg on Twitter

My only complaint really about Hootsuite is that it doesn't yet (as far as I know) distribute tweets over a time frame as it competitor Tweetlater does. I wish it had that functionality.

Additionally, they just rolled out a UI revamp last week that in my mind, clutters up the screen terribly. Too much vertical real estate consumed by tabs, footers, etc which cannot be minimized. Their UX team should try using it on a laptop or netbook screen.

All in all, I think Hootsuite is a great posting tool and urge you to consider it if you have not already.

“After a day with @hootsuite I can't use it. You can't follow conversations. This is at the heart of twitter. Back to @tweetie for mac.”

Hootsuite says on GetSatisfaction that it's due to the search.twitter.com API not including the tweet_id (which used to be in search but is no longer – which in itself is odd).

Tweetie Mac, on the other hand, does provide conversation threading even on search results.

So add this to the list of why you don't like browser-based twitter clients because I'm not sure any of them can provide one of the most important features of twitter – conversation threading.

- Bone

I'll have to give Fluid and Prism a try (thanks @atomicpoet!). The audio alerts haven't worked on any of my accounts (to my knowledge) — unless I'm missing something.

The text entry field concern is more with the top margin, and is really more about getting used to it. I guess the simplest way of saying it is that I'm not accustomed to seeing a data entry far so far “up and to the left.” My eye expects that area to be useless header info and for key content to be about 1/3 of the way down the screen.

All in all, HootSuite is a nice option. I'll definitely give it a fair shake as my client of choice.