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5 Improvements that need to hit TweetDeck

Published on May 6, 2010 in Articles. 0 Comments

I love Twitter. I have tweeted since 2006 and I honestly don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. As time progressed and all the excellent Twitter apps hit the market one really stood out (ignoring the fact that I use Tweetie from my iPhone). TweetDeck really hit a home run when it launched. It is without a doubt the total Twitter App package. Columns and all sorts of little features that make it my default to interact with the service.

Truth be told though it needs some updating. Thanks to a faithful tweet I made about this issue it was confirmed that a new update was coming and some of my wish list items would be included. Either way, there are a few more. Here is a list of the top 5 TweetDeck improvements I would love to see.

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Proposed Mock Up for Twitter’s new Retweet Feature

Published on September 19, 2009 in Hype & Leaks. 2 Comments

Retweets are coming to Twitter sooner than expected. Formerly it was handled by placing a simple RT and copy and pasting the tweet as your own. Now Twitter has stepped in and developed an entire system for it. You will soon see your friend’s buddy icons below your original post if they chose to retweet.

Seems like a pro and a con. If you use something like TweetDeck then it doesn’t matter but this will clutter up the streamline design of Twitter’s home feed. As a pro it will make things easier to follow and to keep track of.

I am not sure however if retweets will show up in your @reply’s section. Only time will tell. Until then here is the proposed mock up of the new Twitter Retweet layout.

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