It seems TweetDeck did an upgrade today! My TweetDeck Review.

Well there is good news and bad news!!! Here’s what I found…

THE GOOD NEWS

• Groups Fixed  – Used to crash creating a new group, especially for high volume users
• TweetShrink – Reduces the number of characters in a tweet
• Upload a Photo – You can now upload your photos to TwitPic in TweetDeck (nice!)
• Multiple Accounts – Post, follow, reply from multiple accounts easily
• Popular – Shows whats popular in a particular column
• Max Tweets – Max tweets per API has been increased from 100 to 200 max
• Auto Complete – Auto completes usernames (dont care for this feature)
• TweetDeck Recommends – Apparently TweetDeck now has a celebrity section
• In Reply – “in reply to” has been fixed. It even opens a separate column now showing full convo

These are just a few of the immediate changes I noticed. Overall, I like what they have done. TweetDeck is constantly updating and staying on top of the game. Kudos to TweetDeck and a JOB WELL DONE! My only wish is that you add a Winamp controller in the bottom bar so I can control my music while tweeting without leaving the app!! If you feel real “froggy” add Blip interface or a “Foxy” tunes type controller to post songs.

THE BAD NEWS

Apparently TweetDeck has added some sponsor ads. I know, I know!!!  I am seeing hundreds of complaints about how a Blink 182 image is now their TweetDeck background and have no means of changing it. This is odd because I still have not seen the Blink 182 image on my TweetDeck after updating. Here is a screenshot…

As you can see, no annoying Blink 182 ad.

I updated this morning and checked out the new features and instantly checked to see the the Groups were fixed and the “in reply to” was fixed. Thankfully they both were. I love the group feature because you can add a “Friends” group and follow all the tweets of your favorite tweeple. Then I started seeing the complaints about the Blink 182 and how it made things difficult to read.

So how to remove the Blink 182 ad?

The only reason I can think of is that I had a custom color scheme prior to the update. As you can see, I use a black border, a wonderfully nice green in the background and black text with white highlights. If you wish to use my TweetDeck color scheme it is: BG1: 000000  BG2: 6E9578  INPUT: CCCCCC  TXT1: 000000  TXT2: FFFFFF. If you used the default color scheme, you’re probably seeing the ad. I recommend to change your color scheme, hopefully resolving and removing the ad. I have also heard through Twitter that some are having success removing the ad by uninstalling and reinstalling TweetDeck. I recommend this as a last resort only!!!

Well that’s my .02!

@nationwideclass