Tag Archives: Alert Thingy

Feedalizr Updates, Still Not A Competitor

Feedalizr, the first Friendfeed AIR app to be released, has released an update to their client. However, it’s a bit of a disappointment compared to Alert Thingy (app review), Twhirl (app review), and bTT (app review). Changes Twitter integration Filtering options Comment/Like items The Experience Sucks Sorry to put it so frankly, but it does. [...]

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bTT Friendfeed App Gets A Makeover

bTT is a remake of bTittleTattle, one of the first Friendfeed desktop apps to be released. Developed by Sobees, they’ve taken some huge hints and integrated Twitter into bTT and also made some changes.       Improvements Improved UI redesign Font adjustment options Sort by service options Show/Hide comments Twitt It/Friendfeed It No duplicates (yay!) Slideshow [...]

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The FriendFeed Desktop Apps Disappoint Me

Both Alert Thingy and, very recently, Twhirl, have pushed out grand updates for both Twitter/Friendfeed desktop clients. However, I’m utterly disappointed in them both.        Alert Thingy Updates Twitter and Friendfeed updates in the same window Twitter integration Flickr integration More themes TinyURL integration Ok great. These are all really neat integrations. Regardless of all [...]

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Alert Thingy Should Stay In Its Own Lane

  Sarah Perez recently wrote a solid article reviewing the updates of Alert Thingy, an AIR app for Friendfeed. What made the article so interesting for me were her suggestions of what Alert Thingy should integrate in their future releases. The features she requested are being echoed loudly throughout the Friendfeed community, especially amongst those [...]

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Alert Thingy Desktop App Wasn’t Worth The Wait

A few days ago, Sobees released their Friendfeed desktop app (bTittleTattle) and there were many complaints and suggestions for the app. However, everyone was still holding their breath for Alert Thingy, a Friendfeed desktop app with an interface similar to Twhirl. When it previewed on TechCrunch, the most obvious reason for the hold out seemed [...]

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