HelTweetica - new Mac Twitter app, and it's free

[atari1356]

HelTweetica looks pretty good... has a nice simple interface.

Plus, for those of us using the 2010 MacBook Pros, it doesn't switch on the NVidia 330m like Tweetie for Mac does.

Best of all, it's free.

Anybody else using this yet?

 

[miles01110]

Just downloaded it. Seems pretty standard with slim customization options as far as appearance (the white background is a little distracting), but it's free so you really can't complain. Nice find.

Edit: Why does Command+N open a new window instead of a new Tweet? This bugged me about Tweetie as well. Why can't my personal preferences for keyboard shortcuts be the same as everyone else's???!!!!!! grmbl grmbl

 

[forcemajeure]

can you explain me please about the switching?

what do u mean by switching in the new macbook pro? i have one and i got also tweetie, what does it mean? i don't see any switching by using tweetie

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Looks good.

 

[atari1356]

what do u mean by switching in the new macbook pro? i have one and i got also tweetie, what does it mean? i don't see any switching by using tweetie

On the 2010 MacBook Pros, Tweetie causes the automatic graphics switching to use the NVidia 330m (the faster, but more power consuming graphics card)... which is bad if you're running on battery and trying to conserve power.

There's a utility called gfxCardStatus that you can use to tell which graphics card your computer is currently using (and even force it to use a certain card if you want).

 

[forcemajeure]

thanks for the information.

 

[forcemajeure]

btw how do i know which card i'm using currently, i can see in the menu Card:NVIDIA but its not active (in grey) does it means that i'm using the other card?

 

[atari1356]

btw how do i know which card i'm using currently, i can see in the menu Card:NVIDIA but its not active (in grey) does it means that i'm using the other card?

That means you're using the NVidia card. The easiest way to tell is by the menu bar icon. It will show an "i" if you're on the Intel card, or "n" if you're using the NVidia.

 

[forcemajeure]

oh cool, i just noticed that's the icon is n

i wonder if i'll see i ? what do you recommend?

 

[forcemajeure]

What about Tweetdeck? any experience with it?

 

[sammy2066]

Good find!