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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