socialmedian: TwitZap: Never Refresh Twitter Again

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Apr 13, 2009

Summary

TwitZap is a new web-based Twitter client that focuses on 3 major features, all very neat.

First, it lets you tweet (very fast, under 800ms, they claim) even when Twitter is slow or down. Your messages will get through on TwitZap, and they will be relayed to Twitter as soon as possible.

Another important feature is search channels. On Twitter Twitter reviews, you can click on your username in the menu on the right side to see all mentions of it; this practice is usually called a “vanity search.” TwitZap lets you do that for any term you want. If you want to always be able to quickly search for terms “social media”, “job”, and “Trent Reznor”, you can easily add them to the menu.

Finally, unlike Twitter, TwitZap’s site is updated automatically and in real time, at the speed you choose with the little bar in the upper left corner. Turn the knob all the way left, and the updates will be paused. This is a nice improvement from Twitter’s standard page which has to be updated manually.

Although still in beta (what isn’t these days), TwitZap offers a nice blend of fea

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