The Lightness of Twitter

One of the things I’ve noticed about using Twitter is its “lightness.” Once you’re using Twitter’s microblogging service, you’re not tied to or heavily dependent on any particular Twitter client. You can use the default Twitter web interface, or you can try other web UIs that improve on Twitter shortfalls like Ginx.

There are Twitter clients for mobile platforms like Twitterriffic or Tweetie for the iPhone. And there are a ton of desktop clients such as Tweetdeck and Twhirl.

With all these various client apps, you can easily switch without losing much. Because Twitter is so light and specific in functionality, trying out various apps ain’t nothing (try changing email clients – what a pain). I’ve now switched to Twhril since it better manages multiple Twitter accounts, but I also use the Twitter web and Ginx web interfaces and Tweetie while mobile.