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"After having done two FriendFeed lists - the top 10 Web applications for FriendFeed and 7 essential GreaseMonkey scripts for FriendFeed - we thought we'd do one more to round out the collection. Here are 7 popular desktop applications for FriendFeed that will let you comment or like an item without leaving your application window, update to FriendFeed and Twitter, and much more.\nWhich one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments.\nAlert Thingy\n\n\n\nAlert Thingy is a popular FriendFeed desktop application that has been around for quite some time. Check out our head-to-head comparison of Alert Thingy and twhirl. In it we discuss Alert Thingy's nicer formatting, comment features, theme support, posting to FriendFeed and Twitter directly from the client without using two separate windows, and more. Alert Thingy is definitely one of the best in this bunch.\nbTT\n\n\n\nbTT has a few irritants while installing - it requires .NET Framework 3.5 and during startup it will take a minute or so 'authenticating the application.' If you can stand these, the rest is a breeze. The application allows you to comment and like an entry without leaving the main application window. You can show or hide comments and filter entries by number of likes or comments. There is a black theme and a paper theme as well. I also just love the way the application flips itself between the settings page and the main application window.\nFeedalizr\n\n\n\nFeedalizr brings in some interesting features like uploading videos from your webcam to your FriendFeed stream directly from Feedalizr, posting pictures to Flickr, and more. It also has impressive tab features including opening a new tab when you click on a friend's name or icon to show entries from that particular friend. The application's design is neat and very smooth - definitely among the best in this collection.\nMySocial 24/7 AIR\n\n\n\nMySocial 24/7 AIR is the AIR version of the MySocial 24/7 Firefox extension. Currently it is in its alpha and you might not find running the application very smooth. MySocial 24/7 AIR will let you update your Twitter and read your FriendFeed updates. You can like any FriendFeed entry, and bookmark and comment as well. There are separate tabs for Friends, Me, Everyone, and Twitter. The built-in movie/picture viewer is impressive and allows you to view content without launching a browser.\nPosty\n\n\n\nPosty is another AIR desktop application that lets you update your FriendFeed, Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Tumblr, and Identica. These services are displayed in tabs in the Posty application. However, Posty also allows you to update all these services simultaneously. Instead of going to each tab, you can simply go to the Posty tab, write your entry, select one or more services to update that entry to, and click 'post.' That's all. \nThis application looks neat and simple to use, and is not cluttered. You can choose from six font colors, as well as font sizes. I even like its logo. However, you still realize the need for themes. Plus, whenever you open a new page, the page takes around 5-12 seconds to load and display the entries, which can be quite irritating if you are in a rush.\ntwhirl\n\n\n\ntwhirl has often been compared to Alert Thingy by many in the blogosphere. While it has all the basics intact, some of the features that set it apart, which we mentioned earlier as well, are that you can squeeze the twhirl window into a narrower width, hide it when minimized, and set the opacity, font, refresh times, etc. It also supports multiple FriendFeed accounts. While a normal FriendFeed user would be satisfied with twhirl, it is seen more as a desktop application for Twitter, which is also apparent from the number of features it has for Twitter like cross-post Twitter updates to other networks, post images to Twitpic, search Twitter, etc.\nFluid and Chrome\n\n\n\nFluid and Chrome, though not the typical FriendFeed desktop applications, allow you to create a FriendFeed SSB (Site Specific Browser), or a FriendFeed shortcut on your system's status bar or desktop, using the FriendFeed icon. Fluid is for Mac, while the hot Google browser is currently working only on Windows."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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