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Sobees Builds Slick FriendFeed Desktop App


FriendFeed has become a pretty fast hit, and since launching its API not too long ago, there are a number of pretty excited developers out there. As an aggregation tool, FriendFeed does its job pretty darn well. A development group called Sobees thought that layering in a bit more interactivity could be helpful for FriendFeed users. And why not dress it up in a desktop application to make it extra sleek and accessible?

sobees-s.pngAs Sobees is in private beta, you'll need an invite code to download its FriendFeed application, which is actually called bTittleTattle. Once you've got that, you'll need Windows XP and .NET in order to run the app. That's a lot to ask from a crowd that readily uses FriendFeed, but some of you will find that it's worth the trouble. While FriendFeed does offer filtering options, these aren't the most helpful by way of search, and only go down one layer into any user's feed updates.

bTittleTattle can dig down a little deeper, which puts you in a more resourceful recommendation realm where users can get more value from their friends' updates. bTittleTattle's interconnected modules help you organize feeds and friends' incoming content in a way that's beneficial to you, in a sense aggregating information from multiple followers, where you can then take out the data you want to see, through customization options. Of course, one of the best features of a desktop app is its availability offline.

Seeing as Seesmic acquired Twitter-supporting desktop app Twhirl not too long ago, the demand may be increased for similar applications that heavily support and help customize the loads of information that's being published through services like FriendFeed.

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