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A lot of Tweeple (Twitter users) are using desktop and mobile clients like seesmic, tweetdeck, twhirl and tweetie, but I don't find a lot of reviews and stats on Web-based Twitter clients. With it's killer API, and average Web UI, I think more developers should bring on Web clients that re-mash Twitter. Best of all you don't have to download anything to clutter up your hard drive. Here are the ones that I found: TwitIQ http://twitiq.com A "Smarter Twitter" client provides a clean interface and layout to tweets, trends and friends. The multiple account management features is great if you represent multiple "Tweeple" across more that 1 Twitter account. TwitIQ also lets you track content via "channels". A channel might be based on a keyword search, hashtag or user and is useful as a targeting tool. TwitZap http://www.twitzap.com TwitZap is almost a clone of the standard Twitter/home with an additional search feature that enables you to "channel" Twitter content based on tags, keywords or users that you want to keep tabs on. It's good for searching, but the TwitZap interface is lacking on other management features. Basic stuff that a Web client should have like following friends or posting tweets. It does let you easily hop over to Twitter to manage your account from there. TweetGrid http://tweetgrid.com TweetGrid is a not so pretty, yet super-flexible Web client that lets you control the layout and Twitter content. It is a dashboard-style interface whereby you can control what Twitter snippets you want to see and search. I've found it to be slow recently -- although this may be a result of the Twitter API getting bogged down. TweetVisor http://tweetvisor.com TweetVisor provides a somewhat cluttered, yet very useful interface that lets you manage Twitter and take advantage of widgets. In focus are quick views to your friends timeline, replies and direct messages. There are 2 layout templates ("tweetvisor" and "deck") that provide variation. I happen to prefer the deck layout since it provides a list of trending topics in a focal point that is noticable, but not it the way. It also, offers integration with TinyUrl and TweetShrink so that you can easily shorten your urls or extend your tweets as needed. TwitPic integration makes it easy to post pics in your tweets. Tweetium http://tweetium.com This is a clean, lightweight interface to Twitter that is packed with features. If you have more time, check out the complete list of Twitter apps here: http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Apps. Blending Mix also compiled a more complete list of Twitter clients in Jan 2009.
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