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So, Seesmic acquired Twhirl, which obviously means that support for videos will be the next step for the fantastic AIR-based Twitter client. However, this acquisition also means that Twhirl's creator, Marco Kaiser, will now be working on the project full-time, and that we can expect even better support and many new features for the software. Being an avid user of Twhirl, here are five suggestions for features which I think would really make Twhirl even better:
[img src="" caption="" credit="" alt=""]1. Threaded conversations - Quotably is a great little application that threads your Twitter conversations, but on its own it seems a little out of place. This functionality would function so much better if integrated into a Twitter client like Twhirl; of course, it would have to be optional, so you can turn of the threads if you prefer the standard Twitter message stream.
2. File embedding - this is an obvious steal from Pownce, but Pownce pretty much took its entire concept from Twitter so I guess they won't mind. In Twhirl version 0.7.3. Twhirl gave us the ability to easily send images using Twitpic. Now, why couldn't the same thing be done with files, using some free online storage application?
3. Pulling updates from Jaiku/Pownce - Currently, Twhirl gives you the ability to crosspost your tweets to your Pownce and/or Jaiku accounts. However, you cannot follow the updates from your Pownce and Jaiku friends. Perhaps not many people are active both on Twitter and Pownce/Jaiku (I, for example, am), but it would be a nice touch, if for no other reason then to be consistent. Also, adding Tumblr to the crossposting list would be cool, too.
4. Faves & Groups - I'm following over 500 people on Twitter. At one point the saturation does become huge; receiving over 20 tweets every couple of minutes can be hard to follow. An option to mark certain users as favorites and display them with a special icon, or a different color would make things easier in some situations. A step further would be to create groups - sets of favorites like tech, friends, family. Again, Pownce already does this, and that's why Pownce is such a great service; I think it would be nice to have this option for Twitter, too.