![]() While not on the business side, Flipboard may also be in trouble thanks to a particular clause in the new API: If Twitter decides TweetDeck is losing too much ground, Hootsuite could find itself in the crosshairs.įurthermore, what happens if ( read: when) Twitter decides to expand into enterprise? Suddenly, Hootsuite would be a direct competitor, paving the way for Twitter to strangle a superior business-owner tool and replace it with its own undeveloped hatchling. While TweetDeck leads Hootsuite in market share, Hootsuite is growing rapidly-and if online reviews by several prominent bloggers are any indication, that’s because it’s the better app. Sure, Hootsuite doesn’t compete directly with Twitter but as a syndication app, it does compete with TweetDeck, an app that Twitter acquired back in 2011. HS is not a consumer client, so they don’t apply. Those API rules apply to consumer clients that compete directly with Twitter. I’d add one more word to the end of that statement: yet. But having taken this first fateful step, what’s to stop the service from dragging other kinds of apps with Twitter integration to the chopping block? Hootsuite Hootsuite, a popular social media management tool with an enterprise focus, had this to say about Twitter’s policy changes: While some of the restrictions don’t present much of an issue, others have software developers worried.Īccording to Twitter, the new rules apply mostly to apps that “mimic or reproduce the mainstream Twitter consumer client experience”-Echofon, Tweetbot, etc. Those changes range from new limits on data refresh rates to an overall user cap for third-party apps. Windows doesn’t get maximized (case with me) may be a bug for Echofon to look out.Įchofon Windows client works on Windows XP/Vista/7/7 (64-bit).The Internet is in an uproar over recent changes Twitter has made to its API in response to third-party software developers. Not too bad considering its first beta release, still needs improvement on end of the user interface. Mark as Unread – Ctrl + K Add Image – Ctrl +IĪdd Geo Location – Ctrl +L Exit – Ctrl +W Jump to Unread – Ctrl + J My Profile – Ctrl +Shift +U Refresh Timeline – Ctrl + R Go to User – Ctrl + U Security: Want your tweets to travel through a secure connection, Echofon uses SSL for authentication, but these requests may be slow, you can enable “use SSL for all request” option present in the ‘Advanced’ tab. You can enable sync for iPhone from “Accounts” tab and prevent iPhone notifications under “Advanced” tab. You can configure this client options to get tweets for every minute, two, three and five minutes. You can open preferences from Echofon menu. If you read some tweets on Windows, you can read tweets right after them on your iPhone.Įchofon for Windows preferences, Security, iPhone sync settings Syncing with iPhone: Unread tweets sync with your iPhone. Image previews don’t open inline, instead they open in browser something for Echofon to fix (or may be it’s not working for me ). You can switch to another account by clicking Echofon menu>User>go to User *use Ctrl + U shortcut instead) and enter the user name you want to switch to.Įasiest way is click on the profile icon at the bottom and select the account to switch to, isn’t that easy?. You can add multiple accounts from the preferences and switch between them easily. ![]() You can reply, send DM (if the user follows you), block that user or his retweets. You can click on a User to view his profile and tweets in a new window, here you can able to follow/unfollow, check his lists and favorited tweets. it can do most of things you do, but can’t see your password, hence safe to authorize this app.įrom Echofon interface, for your account apart from timeline display, you can check your mentions, DMs you sent, your saved searches, search box and trending topics of your county also shown ![]() Update: Echofon for Windows has been discontinued and the app is no longer available for download from their website.Īfter installing the Echofon on Windows, you need to authorize with your twitter account, clicking on “Authorize with Twitter” opens a pop up window, enter your your username and password and click ‘ authorize app’ button.Įchofon can – see the people you follow, read tweets from your timeline, updates your profile, post tweets for you, access your DMs. We’re not covering posts on Twitter tips and apps, but we’ve covered a few in the past, there are many Twitter clients for browsers as well Windows available on internet, Echofon much popular Twitter app available for iPhone and Firefox is now available as a Twitter desktop Client for Windows too as Echofon for Windows.
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