BeTwittered – I first mentioned BeTwittered in passing in my Social Bankruptcy post. It is one of many clients for Twitter, the popular micro-blog.
I haven’t used it for the past few months (Socialthing has become my favorite/easiest way to monitor all the social thingies) but I decided to have another peek at BeTwittered this weekend just to see what’s new.
Wow, it has come a long ways since I last checked! If you’re an iGoogle and Twitter user, you really should give the Google Gadget version a look. Nice stuff.
iGoogle – Speaking of iGoogle… want to experience the next version? Browse to the site and then paste this into your address bar:
javascript:_dlsetp('v2=1');
(source: CyberNet News)
Dropbox (beta) – Dropbox is my (current) favorite online storage application (last mention). One consistent complaint I’ve seen about it, however, revolves around the fixed location for your sync’d files. While it doesn’t bother me much, I know it drives some other folks batty.
There’s now a beta version (announced in this forum post) that will allow you to move your Dropbox location to anywhere on your PC or Mac. Linux version following closely behind.
Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 – I’ve been dabbling with Internet Explorer beta 2 this weekend. Generally I like it (the colored tab grouping is, imho, brilliant!). I’ve had to use compatibility mode for just a few sites (netvibes and Google Reader leap to mind) but most sites seem to be working just fine.
One major issue I have though: There is a huge pause when a link is opened in a new tab. The sort of delay that causes one to wonder, “did I really click the link or did I miss?”.
Minor issue? Be careful of the “Suggested Sites” feature. While it could be cool to use, you’re sending all your browsing history to a 3rd party (presumably Microsoft in this case) so make sure you’re comfortable with that…
Other than that, though, it’s not too bad. Worth a look if you’re on a Windows machine.
Digsby (beta) – not much to add to my last post about Digsby, but I’m still loving the beta versions. Memory usage is staying low and stability keeps increasing. Great multi-protocol IM client with some very handy features around Twitter, Facebook and email notifications.
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