Just yesterday I wrote about the Twitter client TweetDeck. If that isn’t really your cup of tea, because it’s too bloated, then Twhirl might just do the trick for you. It’s easily installed (especially if you already have Adobe Air) and includes pretty much everything one may need. It offers features such as shortening URLs, adding images, searching tweets and cross-postings of your updates to sites such as Facebook. Although I didn’t have enough time to test all these features yet, it looks like a promising alternative to TweetDeck.

In the long run I will most likely stumble across more and more clients like these, but if you find searching for the best Twitter client as exhausting as I do, I suggest you decide what you really need and what saves you time through easy handling of the application. When you then find a Twitter client (for example one of the two I suggested) you’re happy with, stick to it. That said, this shouldn’t stop you from trying other applications every now and then, as clients will evolve and new ones possibly suit your needs even more. Overall you shouldn’t forget the most important thing: enjoy twittering.