Online Gaming News: TweetDeck v0.36 released, now with real-time Twitter streaming

Wednesday 3 November 2010

TweetDeck v0.36 released, now with real-time Twitter streaming

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Social Software, Twitter

TweetDeck's User Streams Preview introduced real-time Twitter streams to anyone who was willing to beta test, and now TweetDeck v0.36 is bringing it to the masses. This release merges the User Streams Preview with the "original" branch of the app, giving all users the option to view their friends' tweets in real time.

Real-time is on by default, so make sure to turn it off in preferences if you'd rather receive your tweets the old-fashioned way. If you do decide to go the real-time route, you may also want to adjust your popup notification settings to avoid getting spammed when tweets start coming in at warp speed. TweetDeck's official blog says there's also a mysterious "one more thing" in this release, supposedly enabling some kind of magical "cross-platform TweetDeck communication."

This update is also crucial because it supports Twitter's new system of numbering tweets, codenamed "Snowflake." Apps that don't support Snowflake will break after November 24th, so current TweetDeck users should make sure to snag v0.36 in the coming weeks.

TweetDeck v0.36 released, now with real-time Twitter streaming originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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