Twittastic makes sharing pictures, files over Twitter simple

Desktop Twitter clients are a dime a dozen. But Twittastic Beta has a few features that really make it stand out from the crowd. This Twitter client for Windows does all the usual things, allowing you to see the latest updates from your friends, check direct messages or replies and send your own replies. For some reason there's no button for sending direct messages.

But Twittastic really shines when you want to share pictures or other files with your friends. The program features integration with Twitipic for image uploads and Drop.io for everything else. Want to share a document? Just click the Stuff button and select "Send a File." It will be uploaded to Drop.io and a link will be added to the text box. "Send a Picture" will do something similar, but using Twitpic. You can also drag and drop any file from your desktop or Windows Explorer into the desktop to upload it.

You don't have to stop at just sending images already saved on your PC. If you choose to send a screenshot, Twittastic will bring up a utility to let you capture a screenshot from your computer and automatically upload it to Twitpic. Or you can send an image from your webcam.

Twittastic also features integration with tweetshrink, which is a service that will help you stay within Twitter's 140 character limit by shortening certain words the same way the TweetDeck Twitter client does.

[via Technix Update]

Tags: freeware, tweettastic, twitter, twitter-client