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Chirp is a stunning Windows Twitter client, if you have tons of ram
Normally I wouldn't write about an application that uses somewhere between five and ten times the memory it likely should, but Chirp is just so damn pretty.
Right now I'm using Pidgin-Twitter, which doesn't look this good until you have three or four pints. While Pidgin might not be much to look at, at least it doesn't use anywhere close to 100Mb of memory.
No, I'm not kidding.
Fire up Chirp, and you'll see memory usage in task manager rocket past that mark. On my system, it peaked at 204Mb for a few seconds, and then fell back to a more reasonable 114Mb - still a bit much for a Twitter client.
I'm really hoping that the developers can sort this out, though, because Chirp's visuals are fantastic, and it's one of the nicest desktop Twitter apps I've used. No functionality has been missed, with support for updates, direct messages, replies, retweets, profile viewing, and favorites.
In all honesty, I've got more than enough memory to spare for running Chirp. It's just offputting because other applications - like Photoshop, Firefox, or Chrome - can do an awful lot more than interface with Twitter using the same amount.
Still, Chirp is worth a look based on the interface alone. It's the kind of eye candy not normally seen in Windows applications. If you'd like to see some more screens before you take the plunge, check the gallery after the break.
Chirp is a free download, and you'll also need .net installed to try it out.
Right now I'm using Pidgin-Twitter, which doesn't look this good until you have three or four pints. While Pidgin might not be much to look at, at least it doesn't use anywhere close to 100Mb of memory.
No, I'm not kidding.
Fire up Chirp, and you'll see memory usage in task manager rocket past that mark. On my system, it peaked at 204Mb for a few seconds, and then fell back to a more reasonable 114Mb - still a bit much for a Twitter client.
I'm really hoping that the developers can sort this out, though, because Chirp's visuals are fantastic, and it's one of the nicest desktop Twitter apps I've used. No functionality has been missed, with support for updates, direct messages, replies, retweets, profile viewing, and favorites.
In all honesty, I've got more than enough memory to spare for running Chirp. It's just offputting because other applications - like Photoshop, Firefox, or Chrome - can do an awful lot more than interface with Twitter using the same amount.
Still, Chirp is worth a look based on the interface alone. It's the kind of eye candy not normally seen in Windows applications. If you'd like to see some more screens before you take the plunge, check the gallery after the break.
Chirp is a free download, and you'll also need .net installed to try it out.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsPTFeb 5th 2009 2:19PM
Its called Blu now I believe
Anyways it's a great client, but the ram issue is true, it uses up too much ram memory...
LinkArchive.infoFeb 5th 2009 2:40PM
Yep, it's called Blu now..
About the ram issue, I would go buy a gig or two for it (damn, it's pretty) xD
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ryanincFeb 5th 2009 3:12PM
Wow, that is one beautiful app. It's hanging at 114MB at the moment, which is way too much to keep it on all the time, but when I'm just web browsing, it shouldn't be a problem. It's way too pretty to just never use. :-)
CameronFeb 5th 2009 3:17PM
Knew there was a reason to get that 8GB of RAM. Its not this though.
xxdesmusxxFeb 5th 2009 3:32PM
Is there no way to actually resize the window? ...that can't really be correct, right?
Tomi B.Feb 5th 2009 3:50PM
Since this is a .NET application, you'll see higher memory usage in Task Manager than with a native application, but doesn't necessarily mean it's using all of that. There's a pretty good explanation here:
http://www.itwriting.com/dotnetmem.php
Bernardo FarahFeb 5th 2009 4:41PM
Oh my god, they make such sexy products. I'll give up a bit of RAM for such beautiful design.
Can anyone email me at ber@techscription.com if there are more producers of software like this?
josearoldanFeb 5th 2009 5:47PM
get ready to receive lots and lots of spam, posting your email on a public website is NEVER something smart....
Bernardo FarahFeb 5th 2009 6:06PM
Funny thing is that since I've used Gmail, I've never had spam, despite all the places where my email address is posted. So it doesn't really concern me that much.
Worst case scenario, I change my address, as it's my own domain ^^
JonFeb 9th 2009 4:12PM
I have blu running right now, it has never gone over 30MB. Does the amount of followers/following count towards the RAM usage?
SteelCougar307Feb 16th 2009 4:35PM
Witty is a similar Twitter client, though it lacks a couple features like favorites. It is under active development, though. It also requires .NET. http://code.google.com/p/wittytwitter/
hewaswrongFeb 18th 2009 1:16AM
You may want to try Twittle as well. http://twittle.net Right now it's using about 30mb of memory and you can actually change the size of the window (unlike blu).