The New Seesmic Desktop

I downloaded / upgraded Version 0.2.0 last friday and had a chance to play with it this weekend.  http://d.seesmic.com/seesmic/SeesmicDesktop-0.2-rc2.air

I was at the original LIVE Launch at Seesmic HQ, tried it out and wasn’t happy about it’s wonkyness – That was then.  Today is a different story.

The biggest change?  Facebook. You can now pull the updates from all your friends and put that on a single column.  You can selectively push updates to Facebook.

I like the “Like” function as well.  If I see a wall update I “Like” I can “Like” it directly from the Seesmic Desktop.  I cannot leave a comment on it (yet), apparently that’s soon to come.

Adding a new source or stream of content to my already overcrowded following might not be a good idea.  That’s why the biggest reason I use it (or TweetDeck) is to slow down the stream.  I do that by adding certain people to a group.  (In TweetDeck it’s a Group, in Seesmic Desktop it’s a UserList.)  My “SlowStream” group consists of 100 or so people I want to make sure I have a better chance of engaging with.

Remember, the Seesmic Desktop is still a work in progress.

My current list of changes I would like to see is…

• Auto lookup of @ (I’ve become spoiled by this feature in TweetDeck).
• Auto add of Hashtags, If I reply to a tweet with a hashtag I want my tweet to auto add that hashtag.
• The ability to @ multiple people easily.
• Video Integration – why not?  They have the power of Seesmic behind them.

What would you like to see them add next?

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