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Fri, 21 May 2010 13:38:00 +0000

[...] previously written about using TweetDeck. I love that tool but lately it’s been a bit buggy. I suspect it’s a Twitter problem, [...]

By: Andrea J. Stenberg

Andrea J. Stenberg — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:37 +0000

Thanks Iain for jumping in to help. Helene, I agree that the notifications are distracting. I’m easily enough distracted without having something shiny and new popping up every few minutes.

When you shut down TweetDeck, you probably didn’t close it completely. Go to the hidden icons section of your Windows toolbar and you’ll see the TweetDeck icon, which you’ll need to turn off there.

It does that because the default setting is to “hide the notification area” when the close button is hit.

If you want TweetDeck to turn off entirely you need to change the settings. Also in the settings section, under the “General” tab, go to the bottom. You’ll see “Close button should” with a toggle switch. Simply change it to “quit application” and it will shut down completely when you hit the “x” at the top.

Andrea

By: Iain Reid

Iain Reid — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:59:34 +0000

Helene,

The notifications can be controlled by going to setting in the top right of the Tweetdeck window. Then, go to “Notifications” and then you will see the 2 notification windows. Clicking on the text to the windows will change it from “off” to “on”.

Hope this helps.

By: Helene Desruisseaux

Helene Desruisseaux — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:49:30 +0000

Update on my last post: exiting of Tweetdeck doesn’t stop the flashing tweets. Neither does closing down the browser. That leaves restarting my computer.

Hum…I think I’ve just fired Tweetdeck.

By: Helene Desruisseaux

Helene Desruisseaux — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:41:24 +0000

Great info, Andrea.

I just upgraded and there is one feature that is driving me nuts; the tweets that appear in the top right corner of my screen while I’m doing other things. Wonder how they can be disabled? If not, I won’t be using TweetDeck much because it’s too distracting.

By: Randy Kemp

Randy Kemp — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:23:00 +0000

I actually prefer Seesmic Desktop to TweetDeck

By: Nancy Fraser

Nancy Fraser — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:02:56 +0000

Looks very easy to use and great new tools. I switched to Hootsuite who also announced some soon to be released new features(Facebook, Linkin and Ping.fm connections) but Tweetdeck with these new features is something I will definitely take a second look at.

By: Rhea

Rhea — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:58:30 +0000

Good video. I hadn’t checked out the new Tweetdeck yet.