Friday, July 18, 2008

First Look at Tweenky, Gmail-like Interface for Twitter


I'm really happy for the Twitter/Summize partnership because I loved the real-time feature on Summize (a necessary one), which I guess will be integrated on Twitter stream anytime soon.



Gladly, I don't have to wait till it happens. I've tested a new service that giving me so much more than Twitter itself. Tweenky is not yet another Twitter tool that we usually see, it's a full management that built under consideration that you use twitter on your daily basis, so everything that needs to make your life easier, is already there.

Apart from the regular activities you already can do with twitter, there is this list of features in addition:
  • Updates in real-time - Auto refresh (you can choose to disable it)
  • Quick links that matters to you (search terms with your name)
  • Folders - That you'll be able to manage with your favorite tweets
  • Reatweet - Instantly copy-paste someone else twitter
  • Create shorter links without leaving the site
On top of all that, a very clean Gmail like interface that makes it so easy to understand and work with. I always thought it is smart to build applications based on email platform look - Definitely giving the feeling you already know what to do before you actually do it.

You can find most of these features on Twhirl BTW, but Tweenky is for people who don't want to download anything to their computer, or for those who like to tweet mostly from the web. Last week I wrote about Twitkit - a nifty FF extension that also enables you to see updates in real-time, but Tweenky gives you a better view of your friends updates, plus much more.

The site is still in close beta mode, but you are welcome to tweet any feedback (bug reports, and especially feature requests) to @derek. Here are some of mine:
  1. Hebrew support
  2. Drag & drop a tweet to a certain folder
  3. Ability to add links to the quick list
Check out some of the screenshots and tell me what you think:






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posted by Orli Yakuel at 12:37 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger Derek said...

Regarding your suggestions
#1) Hmm... have never done any localization in web development, but the site is small enough that it might be a good place to start.
#2) You aren't the first to give that suggestion, so I'll definitely look into it.
#3) I think there's a bug that prevents some users from having a "Quick Links" folder that you can add items to. It will definitely be there for all users on launch.


"On top of all that, a very clean Gmail like interface that makes it so easy to understand and work with. I always thought it is smart to build applications based on email platform look - Definitely giving the feeling you already know what to do before you actually do it."

Thanks. I love GMail's UI and think they set the bar for an interface which you use to communicate via text on the web, so I thought why not apply that to Twitter? You'll also see elements of Google Reader in Tweenky as well. Really, the application is designed specifically for GMail users who are also power Twitter users, which luckily, is much of the Twitter audience!

Everyone, if you want to stay up date with the latest Tweenky info, beta invites, launch info, please follow @tweenky.

Thanks,
@derek

1:43 AM  

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