# Know of any Twitter Gadget

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-of-any-twitter-gadget/555392>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-of-any-twitter-gadget/555392 "2010-09-28T20:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-of-any-twitter-gadget/555392/1 "2010-09-28T20:34:15Z")

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I decided to try the Twitter thing, had a UserId for some time but wasn’t using it.

I though, umm, I wonder if there are gadgets I could leave on my desktop.

I’ve found and installed Twitter Explorer, seem OK, but obviously, I haven’t worked with it much yet.

I can see there’s more out there.

Anybody know of any other Twitter gadget they would recommend?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-of-any-twitter-gadget/555392/2 "2010-09-28T20:52:35Z")

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I don’t use it, but I believe TweetDeck can do what you want.

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-of-any-twitter-gadget/555392/3 "2010-09-28T20:55:47Z")

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Do you mean a method of accessing Twitter, not through the web page, but through the API? On a desktop Tweetdeck and Seesmic are both pretty good.