Seesmic is making another play for the desktop today, this time not with the originally anticipated integration of Facebook with TwhirlTwhirl reviews[img src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1237798206" caption="" credit="" alt="Twhirl reviews"] functionality, but with a completely new product instead — Seesmic Desktop.
The new Seesmic Desktop is a dream application for the frequent status updater, group lover, and social media meme tracker alike, and now includes support for multiple columns that can be rearranged via drag-and-drop, custom and manageable groups, a left navigation bar for managing multiple accounts and searches, and even the ability to snap images via webcam for posting to TwitpicTwitPic reviews[img src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_09.png?1237798206" caption="" credit="" alt="TwitPic reviews"]. All of this activity is now conveniently residing within one window.
To take advantage of the just released preview version, you have to be a member of Team Seesmic (you can sign up here), but after you download and install the new AIR app, you can add multiple Twitter accounts and unlimited columns to the Twitter-only desktop client.
Seesmic Desktop aims to make both one-column and multi-column lovers happy at the same time. From a single column view, users can scan search results, Twitter accounts, replies, private messages, and groups using the left hand navigation bar. Each item on the left can also be detached as its own column. Whether that be your group of pre-defined friends, favorite search results, or sent messages, there aren't many limitations when it comes to the type and number of columns you can create in Seesmic Desktop.
While you're keeping busy managing multiple accounts and search queries, don't forget to pay attention to the new URL shortener options — Digg's new shortener is included — userlists (Seesmic Desktop's name for groups), and the fact that duplicate tweets (across multiple Twitter accounts) are nonexistent.
In the never ending battle for your desktop, the real winner isn't Seesmic or TweetDeckTweetDeck reviews[img src="http://static1.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1237798206" caption="" credit="" alt="TweetDeck reviews"], but rather you, the end user. Both applications offer extremely similar and yet dissimilar ways to interface with Facebook and Twitter, with each developing its own passionate user base.