Deceptively simple.
That is what I have come to think now that I have tried the new twitter interface application which goes by the name of Brizzly. After managing to wrangle an invite to the beta I logged into the application. I have been poking around for a few hours now playing with the functions of the application. The following are my observations, likes and dislikes from this experience:
Settings:
Standard and Wide format. gives you the ability to shrink the display space or widen it up. I really liked this. Both Formats were quite adequate however i preferred wide format which seemed to be the default anyway.
Up to 5 twitter accounts can be added. I was unable to test this. call me dumb but I could not figure out how to log out of one twitter account as was instructed. without getting disconnected from the application. this feature still has some way to go.
I would like the ability to change the look and feel of the application in this section. A couple of colour schemes would to choose from would be nice. Sorry guys, you have not even released this en masse and you are already hassled for more features!
The Terms of Service. is probably fairly standard, I amk a little concerned that they say that they may pass information on to third parties. there should be an opt out somewhere in the settings section for this.
The help section is the same as everyone else’s in the industry. pretty useless. But what do you really need to know? I liked the API section and will be playing with this functionality more when I have more time. here is an example:
http://pics.brizzly.com/thumb_sm_5Y3jpg produces:
cool! and also very useful.
The Main Screen
Trends and News
very well thought out. This is a very useful feature and could be considered the ace in the hole for the application. A human touch added to the interface definitely distinguishes it above that of the twitter web interface.
Trends are explained as well which for non Americans especially is a big bonus.
Timeline
Tweets are presented in a fairly normal way. There may be more whitespace or something but it seems a little cleaner and easier to read.
Media in Timeline.
One of the best features is the ability to see media right there in the timeline. I have seen pictures and video in the timeline. The first time I nearly fell off my chair.
DM as chat.!
Isn’t that what we wanted all along? Dm has so much potential but seems to be completely underutilised. The Brizzly boys have come up with this chat like box that give you the ability to use DM just like you would use IM. I was able to test this out and was really surprised how well it worked.
Other features
As a 64bit ubuntu user I have been limited by the ability of Air apps to catch up to this O/S so I have been unable to use tweetdeck.Brizzly is a lifesaver to me. After using brizzly for the past couple of hours I would definately use it in preference to any appliacation i have tried so far including Tweetdeck and Twitter web interface.
As I said in my opening line, Deceptively Simple. The design is very elegant as to make it appear so. Full marks to the designers. I am sure the few minor bugs I noted will be fixed before the application gets too much older. My prediction is this application will go viral and get a huge fan base. I am one already.
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