In a world where Twitter clients are the new “Hello World,” why Buzzbird?
What makes Buzzbird unique? Why the heck should you care? Does the world need yet another Twitter client?
Buzzbird is 100% Free, 100% Open Source
You read that right. Free as in beer. Free as in freedom. Free as in ad-free. Free as in free from being pestered to upgrade to a paid version with the features you actually want. In fact, if Buzzbird is missing a feature that you want, and you know Javascript and/or CSS and/or XML, then you can even feel free to add it yourself!
No Third-Party Runtimes
Adobe AIR? Never heard of it. JavaFX? Nope. If you want to run Buzzbird, you install Buzzbird. That’s it. No bulky third-party runtimes to update and maintain. Buzzbird is built on Mozilla’s XUL platform, the same technology that is used in the Firefox Web Browser, Thunderbird E-mail client, and Songbird Media Player, which means Buzzbird can be multi-platform and still run natively.
Speaking of Multi-Platform…
…got a computer? There’s a very good chance Buzzbird runs on it. Buzzbird is built for Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux. And because it’s not built with a third-party runtime, it won’t look like a foreign invader-from-another-OS on your desktop. Check out the screenshots to see what I mean.
Features
Here’s what Buzzbird supports today:
- Multiple Account Support
- Selective filter views (can choose Timeline, @mentions, direct mentions)
- Retweet, Reply, Unfollow, and Favorite button on each Tweet
- Built-in URL Shortening (currently via is.gd)
- Menu to insert emoji in tweets
- Read/Unread count in status bar
- Click on a users avatar to see more information about them, or to follow/unfollow them.
