This is for our readers who tweet actively. Sure most of you have heard of TweetDeck; most people consider it the best twitter client to date.
Well, there are two versions on both PCs and MACs. If you wonder which you would prefer, or just want to know the major differences between them, here they are in Pro-Con format!
ChromeDeck (Tweetdeck For Chrome)
Pros
- Aside the ‘composer drawer’ (that box where you type your tweet) you can also reply tweets/DMs in any column without losing a tweet in that box.
- You can check if a person is following back or not!
- You can drag your columns around easily, its a more tedious process on DesktopDeck.
- Smoother interface, doesn’t have a lot of errors that DesktopDeck has.
- Faster to install. Takes seconds.
- Share any page you’re on in TweetDeck by right-clicking and selecting the option.
Cons
- It doesn’t show the client a tweet was sent from (like a tweet saying “now at the movies” from web)
- Opens avatars in a separate window. Small issue, just thought to mention it.
- Doesn’t support drag-and-drop when adding pictures and videos to tweets, which DesktopDeck does.
- It requires the chrome browser, which most of you already have anyway.
DesktopDeck (Tweetdeck For Desktop)
Pros
- More complex than ChromeDeck. A Pro for the tech savvy.
- Capable of filtering tweets, putting read markers etc, hardly any of you use any of that stuff anyway.
- The most solid client I’ve ever used, and I’ve used more than a little. Simple point but it means a lot.
- Faster. Fastest.
Cons
- Uses up more memory. If your computer is a little slow, maybe not the way to go
- Uses up more network bandwidth. Replace ‘computer’ with ‘connection’ in previous point
- You can’t reply sent DMs. When you want to send someone a DM that hasn’t mentioned or ‘DM-ed’ you have to type their username. Click reply on a sent DM in ChromeDeck and it composes one to the receiver, DesktopDeck tries a ‘selfish’. Pet peeve, this one.
Conclusio
I prefer ChromeDeck but I use DesktopDeck more, because its solid (don’t underestimate that) and I don’t use the Chrome browser as much as I used to. If you’re an active user of the Google Chrome browser, the ChromeDeck is your way to go. Try both clients, observe what you’ve read here, choose one, or use both like I do
Another advice: If you’re not going to use ChromeDeck, uninstall it, it runs in the background each time you start the browser, using up more memory and bandwidth! Happy tweetdeck-ing!
PS: ChromeDeck works in the Rockmelt if you’re into that
Install ChromeDeck here (Via Google Chrome, obviously)
Download DesktopDeck here (Install the pre-requisite, Adobe Air)
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