MetroTwit - the best Twitter Client for Windows?
While I am waiting upon my new Mac mini to arrive along with my new display, keyboard and mouse, I have had an empty desk so I decided that I would dig out my old Dell Optiplex GX620 USFF Pentium 4 machine to use for some basic Windows tasks.
Now - I have been suprised by the sheer speed of this machine so I have been using it on a daily basis as my primary (and only) desktop, but as I was used to OS X, I had no choice but to use the default Twitter web application as there is no "Twitter for Windows" application.
I have never really been a fan of TweetDeck (before and after Twitter took over) so I decided to hop onto Google, and do my research.
While stuck in a Google search loop, I finally found MetroTwit. It looked amazing, and so I hit the download button on the MetroTwit website.
Once installed, you will be greeted with a Metro UI-themed window - as expected. What can I say? It looks amazing, and is very quick when posting/loading tweets. The application lets you change the UI style and background colors. The default scheme is black text on white with blue highlights, but I like the white on black with blue highlights...if you understand what I mean.
The application boasts many user-customizable settings as well as pop-up notifications.
The only real con I could say is the minimum window width. I prefer the single column Twitter clients like Twitter for Mac which maintain a thin profile. This is why I don't like TweetDeck. While it does have width limitation, you can still manage columns so it doesn't take up all of your screen.
I can't recommend this application any more. It's quick, completely free, looks amazing, and so customizable.
Try it out at www.metrotwit.com.
Daniel S