Comments on: Smack Down: Seesmic vs TweetDeck vs Nambu

By: Vicente Delpaggio

Vicente Delpaggio — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:04:16 +0000

Extremely interesting post thank you for writing it I have added your blog to my favorites and will check back.

By: Trisha Miller

Trisha Miller — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:01:19 +0000

Thanks Gary – I’m glad you found this helpful! I’m still using Seesmic Desktop as my primary Twitter client, but soon I’ll be posting a review of the Seesmic Web app (which I’m currently still testing). I haven’t seen anything yet that makes me want to switch to the Seesmic Web app, but it does seem cool and I’m sure there are some folks who’d prefer it over the Seesmic desktop client.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:28:17 +0000

Thank you! It is so hard to find reviews for mac software, particularly new, niche products. You have no idea how thrilled I was to find your article on my first search.

I too have been disappointed with Tweetdeck, but I don’t have a lot of time for trial and error with new apps – thanks for helping me make up my mind.

Go Mac people!

By: Trisha

Trisha — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:19:46 +0000

@Teri – WOW! Excellent addition to this post – thank you for taking the time to share your experiences with those products! Based on your comments I’m going to give Hootsuite a try.

I had the same experience with Tweetdeck, and also found it hard to read and problems with freezes, but I understand the newest version has fixed that, so I may try it again. I also have read that the latest release of Nambu has fixed the “jumping around” problem that I had so I will likely give Nambu another try as well.

Currently I’m still using Seesmic and still pretty pleased with it overall – no problems except that I would like it even better if I could make the font larger – I’m told that may be in an update.

I’ll probably do a follow up post in another couple of months when I’ve had a chance to try a few new apps, and re-test these.

Thanks again for stopping by and commenting!

By: Teri

Teri — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:27:19 +0000

Trisha,
Nice post, glad I found it!
I have not used Nambu (yet) will check it out.
My twitter/mac experience thus far:
Seesmic~Never tried, tweets about the app problems kept me away.
Destroytwitter~Great app for Mac, horrible name. I really liked it and found it to be easy to use. But, found out followers will unfollow when there is an issue with Twitter. And point fingers at you too!
Tweetdeck.~up in the air about this. still. Used it but found the interface to depressing. Also, didn’t like if you had multiple accounts, sometimes you tweeted to one you hadn’t chosen. Maybe just me….
Hootsuite~good for scheduled tweets, multiple accounts, etc. and the “hootlet” is good for sharing links. Not so great for realtime tweets. Refreshing always.
Currently using:
Hootsuite for hootlet and multiple account scheduled tweets, tweetdeck for live tweets.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:49:54 +0000

@whygreenberg – thanks for the update! I may give Nambu a try again…..I’ve been using Seesmic now for a couple of weeks, and even though I am also no fan of the AIR platform (and not an Adobe fan in general) it does seem to work well and be very stable. Not a single spinning beach ball yet, no crashes (knock wood), and it doesn’t seem to hog resources either.

Overall I’m pretty pleased with Seesmic, but I am always on the lookout for what’s out there and willing to try anything, if for no other reason than to give my readers my own honest opinion – ‘cuz that’s me, I’m a giver

By: whygreenberg

whygreenberg — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:53:08 +0000

Here’s the heads-up…after recent updates, Nambu no longer jumps when new tweets are added to the timeline. It remains at where ever you last were. Funny thing is, my partner and I have had plenty of unstable/spinning beach ball/crashes with Nambu. He’s switched to Tweetdeck. I’m still on Nambu b/c I don’t want to run AIR. But Seesmic does seem an enticing option.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:06:07 +0000

@Ranier – thanks for the solution to Donna’s problem – I’m sure that will help others too!

@DaveAndDeb – I know what you mean about Nambu – I really loved it – I would be very interested in hearing if you have the same problem with it jumping about while your scrolling and trying to read….(or is it just me?)….

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:59:44 +0000

Thanks for the review

I’ve been using Twhirl and like it. It’s compact and doesn’t take up a ton of space like TweetDeck. It’s short and sweet and gets to the point. You can link Twhirl to Twitter, Friendfeed, Seesmic, and a few others. I’ll give Seesmic a try to see how I like it.

By: Dave and Deb

Dave and Deb — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:33:11 +0000

Oh NO, I just switched from TweedDeck to Nambu. I will now have to switch to Seesmic. You see, I love your advice, so whatever you do I do:) But seriously, I had problems with TweetDeck,it kept posting my tweets twice. Luckily people were nice enough to inform me about it because the last thing I want to do is annoy people on Twitter. I just set up my account with Nambu yesterday and finally got my groups in order, so I think that I will try it for a week or so. But I bet, I will be right behind you and on Seesmic next week. I always seem to be one step behind when it comes to Twitter:)