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Mixero 
Initial release May 1, 2009 Stable release 0.57 / August 24, 2010 Development status Active [1] Operating system Cross-platform Platform Adobe AIR Available in English, German, Spanish, Czech, Italian, French, Korean, Portuguese, Nederlands, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese Type Twitter and Facebook client Website mixero.com Mixero is an Adobe AIR desktop Twitter and Facebook client application [2][3]. It replaces the conventional Twitter web interface and allows users to send and receive tweets and view profiles. It is compatible with the most popular desktop operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.[4] An iPhone version was released on the 14th October 2009.[5] Facebook integration was added on the 3rd December 2009.[6] Mixero allows users to customize, filter and organize all their twitter activity [7].
'Reducing the noise' concept
All the main features and tools in Mixero revolve around the concept of 'Reducing the noise' introduced by Erick Schonfeld in 2008.[8] He noted that one of the main problems of Lifestreaming systems like Twitter is information overload that clutters the desktop and renders such services unusable. Mixero was the first application to respond to the need of reducing the noise with features[9] like ActiveList[10], Filtering[11], Contexts[12].
Another step towards reducing the noise is Mixero' attitude to screen space consumption. While most of the Twitter clients try to consume as much space as possible to present data, Mixero can be turned into Avatar Mode that effectively minimizes the application to just the users avatar and the channel icons. This little icon cluster stays on top of the desktop and shows when new items are received.[13]
References
- ^ "Hands on with Mixero: A Flexible, Customizable Twitter Client". AppScout. http://www.appscout.com/2010/04/hands_on_with_mixero_a_flexibl.php.
- ^ "Manage Twitter and Facebook Accounts using Mixero". Online Tech Tips. http://www.online-tech-tips.com/free-software-downloads/manage-twitter-and-facebook/.
- ^ "Twitter and Facebook on your Desktop using Mixero". Techie Buzz. http://techie-buzz.com/social-networking/twitter-and-facebook-on-your-desktop-using-mixero.html.
- ^ "Mixero Desktop". Mixero. http://www.mixero.com/desktop.html.
- ^ "Mixero Blog:Mixero is now live in the App Store.". Mixero. http://www.mixero.com/blog/?p=341.
- ^ "Mixero Blog:Facebook integration.". Mixero. http://www.mixero.com/blog/?p=382.
- ^ "Mixero on Revision3 Free Software". Revision3. http://revision3.com/tekzilla/wonder-ipad/free-software-mixero-#segment-3142.
- ^ "Web 3.0 Will Be About Reducing the Noise—And Twhirl Isn't Helping". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2008/04/17/web-30-will-be-about-reducing-the-noise%E2%80%94and-twhirl-isnt-helping/.
- ^ "Filtering Twitter's Noise with Mixero". ReadWriteWeb. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mixero.php.
- ^ "Mixero Manual - ActiveList". Mixero. http://www.mixero.com/man.html#ActiveList.
- ^ "Mixero Manual - Filtering". Mixero. http://www.mixero.com/man.html#Filtering.
- ^ "Mixero Manual - Contexts". Mixero. http://www.mixero.com/man.html#Contexts.
- ^ "Mixero – another Twitter desktop app". TotallyIncorrect. http://totallyincorrect.com/2009/06/mixero-another-twitter-desktop-app/.
External links
Twitter Clients List of Twitter services and applications · Brizzly · HootSuite · HOSEbird · Mixero · Seesmic(Seesmic Twhirl) · SimplyTweet · Tween · TweetDeck · Tweetie · Twitdom · Twitterrific
People Jack Dorsey (executive chairman) · Evan Williams (director) · Biz Stone (creative officer) · Dick Costolo (CEO)Other Twitter usage · Favstar · Twitoaster · TwitPic · Golden Tweet AwardCategories:- Social networking services
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