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"When Seesmic Desktop first launched we thought it had great potential to be a threat to TweetDeck. Then after adding Facebook integration, we were convinced that it was indeed a fierce rival.\nNow, just a few short weeks later, Seesmic Desktop has released yet another update, and we remain impressed. The update, available now, fixes a few minor bugs, but adds in some key features we've been craving: Facebook commenting, Twitter spam reporting, additional image options, spellcheck, and even Tweetshrink support to auto-condense 140 plus character updates.\n\nCosmetically, Seesmic Desktop doesn't look much different. But it's the new hidden gems that make this baby sing. Now, your Facebook updates column includes a little arrow that when clicked lets you view an entire conversation thread, like, and even comment on the item. We especially love this particular feature update because it gives us a more well-rounded Facebook experience, without any additional cluttering of the UI.\n\nAlso now on deck is spell check. Former Twhirl users, like myself, have probably missed that little red line that subtly warns you before you embarrass yourself on Twitter.  No longer my friends. Plus, if you take a closer look at the status update box, you'll notice a shrink text option. If your pending tweet is more than 140 characters, just click that little sucker and watch it mince your words into a more appropriate form for Twitter.\n\nYou'll also notice additional nifty features when you mouse over a user's avatar and click on the gear icon. Most notable is the report spam option. Now anytime Twitter spam hits your stream, you can quickly report it right from Seesmic Desktop (i.e. - an auto-generated DM to Twitter's @spam account).  Plus, you can also take advantage of that ever-powerful block feature.\nWe're pleased as peaches with today's new additions, and we're also impressed with the speed and agility that Seesmic has demonstrated in pushing out changes. We have to wonder, what will TweetDeck do next to answer?\nAnd in case you're curious, here's the full list of improvements in v.0.2.1:\n\n- Ability to view and enter comments into Facebook- Added spellcheck feature with the ability to enable and disable- Now supporting pikchur and yfrog to share images on Twitter- Added spam reporting feature to help send spam warnings to Twitter's @spam account- Ability to block users who are following you on Twitter- Ability to use Tweetshrink before sending messages (see http://tweetshrink.com/about)- Access to view favorites within your Twitter account timeline- Improved profile enhancements (added follow/unfollow within a profile along with the ability to reply and direct message)- Option to start Seesmic Desktop at login- Verification dialog box upon deletions of Userlists, Searches- For OSX: Added standard buttons for OSX and improved idle CPU usage- Displayed version information in update tab\nBug fixes\n- Fix posting to Facebook with non-US characters- Issues with same usernames showing multiple times - solved- Issues with not removing messages when account is removed - solved\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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