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By: Anthony Mitchell

Anthony Mitchell — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:23:53 +0000

Seesmic is certainly winning prizes and making a name for itself. They are currently locked in a head-to-head competition with Meebo and Seattle-based BulkRegister as the most difficult websites to use for the 10% of American men with some form of colorblindness.

The difference between them is that I’m never giving any money to Seesmic.

By: Curt Grymala

Curt Grymala — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:24:38 +0000

@NextMoon – Thanks for the tip. Not quite live syncing, but I might give it a shot when I feel froggy.

@Herb – Thanks for the follow-up. I installed Seesmic Desktop 0.3 last night and noticed that you are absolutely correct. In that version, you can post to multiple Twitter accounts and Facebook at the same time. Thanks for making me (and Clay :)) aware of that.

By: Herb

Herb — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:35:21 +0000

Curt – I don’t know who Clay is, either! Sorry about that.

And, you are correct. I was indeed referencing the 0.3 version.

By: Curt Grymala

Curt Grymala — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:53:29 +0000

@Loic – Thanks for the tip. I just submitted my name and e-mail address. I made sure to include the version numbers in the review (even though I typed the TweetDeck version number incorrectly) because both projects are releasing new versions so quickly.

@Herb – I’m not sure who Clay is, but I’ll respond.

Please show me in the screen shot I took of Seesmic Desktop 0.2.1 where those checkboxes are. All I see is a dropdown menu to choose your accounts. Are you sure you’re not referring to the 0.3 version Loic talked about in the comment above yours?

By: NextMoon

NextMoon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:23:41 +0000

Re “syncing” Seesmic settings (eg, groups) across computers, I sent a query to @AskSeemic, and they responded with this: “Try taking a look at this http://bit.ly/QoQaQ let me know if this helps – thanks!”

I’ve also found Seesmic’s support to be excellent — quick responses appropriate to the questions, and they have a Feedback section on their website, which they use as a basis for future updates.

By: Herb

Herb — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:14:28 +0000

@Clay – In re posting to Facebook and Twitter at the same time, you can select MULTIPLE check boxes and thereby simultaneously post to multiple accounts (including Facebook).

By: Loic

Loic — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:56:52 +0000

thanks for the review Curt. We had Facebook comments support on an update for many weeks already, just hit the “@” on any avatar of a Facebook update.

we allow posting to multiple accounts and Facebook as well as support for bit.ly in v0.3 which you can get by subscribing to TeamSeesmic, just leave your name and email on desktop.seesmic.com and you will get 0.3 instantly.

well noted for the other features you want :)

By: Curt Grymala

Curt Grymala — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:01:38 +0000

@Herb – I’m very curious to see how Seesmic Desktop allows you to post the same status update through Twitter and Facebook at the same time. The only option I see is to choose one at a time from the “dropdown” menu next to “Share As”

I do see the option to view your Facebook updates in a separate column. I honestly can’t remember if that’s what I meant or not, but thank you for pointing that out.

I also now see the little arrow on the right side of the Facebook updates that allows you to comment on the post. I also noticed that that’s what the “@” symbol does in Seesmic. I never would have guessed that. I’m glad you pointed out that it is possible. However, that also means that it’s apparently not possible to tweet someone’s Facebook update through Twitter, unless I’m missing something else.

Thank you for pointing those things out. If you tell me that there is a way to preview short URLs in Seesmic, I may very well make the switch.

By: Curt Grymala

Curt Grymala — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:46:14 +0000

@Owen – You’re absolutely right on both counts. The TweetDeck version used for this comparison was 0.26.2, not 0.6.2. Also, I completely overlooked those little arrows that re-order the columns. Thank you for pointing that out.

@Andrew – Thanks for your perspective. That’s good to know.

By: Herb

Herb — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:43:31 +0000

Actually, Seesmic Desktop *will* let you post the same status update to Facebook and (multiple) Twitter accounts… and it *will* let you comment on a Facebook updates… and you *can* view the Facebook feed in a separate column (not sure if that’s what you meant when you said “your updates”).

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:14:36 +0000

I have been playing tweetdeck against seesmic all week. For a single user I think tweetdeck wins – especially now they have launched their iPhone app – blows tweetie away – however..as someone who works in social media and has several different twitter accounts – seesmic wins hands down. Tweetdeck ui for multiple accounts is only evident when tweeting whereas the side bar on seemic allows for clean navigation between accounts – a big plus for me. I’m hoping Lois can deliver a stunning iPhone app and I won’t have to chew up my api calls.

On a different note – single users might want to check out mixero – I haven’t played with my beta yet but it looks very cool.

By: Owen Brunette

Owen Brunette — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:28:56 +0000

I think you missed a 2 out of the TweetDeck version number. It sounds like you have the latest version v0.26.2

You can re-order the TweetDeck columns using the small arrow buttons at the bottom of each column. The column order is preserved from one session to the next.