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by Michelle Lentz

So, on the heels of Nambu and then Seesmic Desktop, Tweetdeck has released some updates.

Of course. I would have too, if I were Tweetdeck. Here are the changes I’ve seen announced:

• Memory Drain. According to the email, memory usage will be capped so you can have your Tweetdeck always on. Apparently Tweetdeck is working with Adobe to fix the problem of the constant drain on memory. From the Tweetdeck blog:

We know that many of our users have been experiencing problems with TweetDeck gobbling up memory and not releasing it.  The memory leak issue has forced some users to re-start TweetDeck regularly and we’re really sorry about that.  We’ve been listening and working hard, together with Adobe, making improvements to TweetDeck to fix the memory leak. Today we’re delighted to be able to tell you that the memory leak has been plugged and now the latest version of TweetDeck will peak at a certain level and won’t go any higher.  So you can leave your TweetDeck running all day, all night, or forever if you really want to.

• Inclusion of the new Digg URL shortener and in-app preview of shortened URLs
• Support for Spotify URLs (open the Spotify player to play music from a tweeted link)
• In-app preview of Twitpic images
• Facebook integration for Facebook status updates (but no commenting or “like” options)
• Integration with 12seconds to record and share 12-second video clips from within Tweetdeck
• Option to have usernames auto-complete in the tweet box.
• Option to automatically include hashtags when replying to messages.
• Removing unread counter at top of each column.

I’m going to hang in there with Seesmic Desktop – I’m already pretty attached to it – but I wasn’t a Tweetdeck user to begin with. This is a smart move on Tweetdeck’s part and should successfully keep their users from migrating to Seesmic out of curiosity.

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by Michelle Lentz

Today I discovered Nambu for Twitter and I really like it. I’ve been an avid user of Twhirl because it let me manage multiple accounts so easily. I was just never a Tweetdeck fan. Most of my friends are rabid Tweetdeck users though, and I think Nambu nicely provides advantages of both. Nambu is a Mac only tool though, so those of you on a PC will have to stick with Tweetdeck.

Still in beta, Nambu allows you to set up multiple Twitter accounts and then have different views. Like in Tweetdeck, you have the option for Groups for filtering, as well as for self-selected Columns (home, direct messages, mentions, sent). If you have more than one account, you can intersperse the columns as well.

Personally, I’m not a column fan – it takes up too much space on my desktop. But Nambu gives me an option that takes up as much room as two Twhirl windows, but still gives me access to all the great stuff available in columns – it’s a single column plus a list.

I can easily see when there are new tweets, new mentions, or new direct messages to either account. I also like the option to view all the links that have come through recently. Just like on Twitter.com, you can create and save your own searches as well as view the latest trends. One of the neatest features is threaded replies. I can finally follow a bit of a conversation.

Nambu supports Twitter, Friendfeed, Identica and is working on Ping.fm support.

From my limited use of the beta today, I have a few requests. I’d love to be able to turn off the notification pop-ups except for replies and direct messages. On that same thought, I’d love if replies and direct messages had a sound option. Finally, support for Facebook, somehow, would also be great.

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