Lowcountry Geek

My two cents on the #NewTwitter is that I find it bulky and will continue not to use Twitter.com other than for those random occasions when I have to.

One of the most annoying things is that it doesn't auto-refresh and offer a true live stream but instead requires me to click to update.

As long as Tweetdeck remains a free service I'll probably stick with that on the PC and Droid. 

I won't get into all of the ins and outs of the #NewTwitter, but something I've found as it was rolled out to me this morning that was not covered with the official Twitter announcement (at least not that I saw) is that the new layout drastically narrows the rails and subsequently eliminates a large portion of the area that was open to a custom background.

The rails are so narrow that designing anything worthwhile in those sections will be very difficult and really not of much use.

Before

After 

Very excited about the release of the beta version of Tweetdeck for Android today.

I've been using Twidroyd on my Verizon Incredible to manage all of my Twitter accounts and have been semi pleased with it. Had considered paying for the Hootsuite for Android app, but am glad I waited to see what Tweetdeck comes up with.

I'll be sure to hop all over this release today and shoot a review up here ASAP.