mark.bockenstedt.net » Video Reviews http://mark.bockenstedt.net Tech Tips, How-To's, and Miscellaneous Geekery Tue, 19 May 2009 03:05:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Under Review: gTwitter http://mark.bockenstedt.net/2008/09/17/under-review-gtwitter/ http://mark.bockenstedt.net/2008/09/17/under-review-gtwitter/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:30:02 +0000 Mark http://mark.bockenstedt.net/?p=370 gTwitter is a Twitter client for Linux written in Mono/C# and uses GTK+ for the GUI, which was inspired by the Mac client Twitterific. The version being tested is 1.0 beta, released in June 2007. According to the project’s homepage, gTwitter is currently “under heavy development”.

I wrote a text review of the gTwitter application over at Microblink, so feel free to check out the full review there. Here’s a recap of the scores I gave it:

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Overall Impression:

In my testing, I couldn’t find anything that set gTwitter apart from other Linux clients (to compare apples to apples) or anything that would give me any reason to use it. If you’re looking for a Twitter application for Linux, there is at least one nominally better option. Unless you need a desktop application, I recommend sticking with the web interface or taking your chances on an AIR client.

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I wrote a text review of the Twitux application over at Microblink, so feel free to check out the full review there. Here’s a recap of the scores I gave Twitux:

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Overall Impression:

I have a hard time justifying giving this app a 2.5 because I don’t feel like it gives me any incentive to use it instead of the web interface. I really wanted to like Twitux because I know there are so many Linux users out there looking for a good desktop client. The simple, painful truth is that Twitux gives me no reason to want to use it.

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I also put together a screencast going over some of the basics of Twitux to give you an idea of what the application looks like.


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