Nambu: Beautiful Microblogging Client

This post doesn’t fit the usual content of this blog but I think the application definitely deserves a mention here. Anyway, I am talking about a new microblogging client I came across yesterday: Nambu. Yeah, another client in an already crowded market. Though Nambu is a little different to other clients because it is a real Mac OS X application while most other clients are cross platform ones, thanks to Adobe AIR.

Currently, Nambu only supports Twitter (multiple accounts) but forthcoming releases will also support Identi.ca, FriendFeed, and Ping.fm. At least those services are already part of the settings menu.

Well, here are some screenshots, so you’ll get a better idea of what Nambu looks like:

Combined View

This is the standard view of Nambu. Clean and slick interface without much distraction. However the next view is currently my favourite one, the sidebar view:

Sidebar View

I have added some descriptions, so hopefully they make sense. :)
As you can see tr.im (URL shortener) and pic.im (image upload) are integrated, groups are available, and even sent and received links are collected. If you click on hashtags a new search will be created automatically and if you click a member’s name you can view their profile in a separate window. From there you can follow them, see their tweets and followers.

If you are using TweetDeck and are already accustomed to its multi column view, well, Nambu has it as well:

Multi Column View

I will test Nambu for a few more days. Maybe it will even replace TweetDeck. Although still in beta, it looks very promising already.

Tags: Adobe, Client, Mac, Mac OS X, Microblogging, Nambu, Twitter

  • From time to time I use the Nambu iPhone application. It already supports Twitter, FriendFeed, pic.im, tr.im, Ping.fm, Identi.ca and ... Laconia :-)

    I really love it. What I'm missing with all microblogging clients - iPhone or not - is displaying a timeline independent of a particular service.

    I want one and only timeline with all entries of my contacts of Twitter, identi.ca, ... because I don't care where they posted an entry and I don't want to switch my eye focus on different windows.

    It's not the service that is importants - it's my friends ;-)
  • Wise words, Frank! :)

    However, if there was a unified timeline across different services, the client had to eleminate doppel tweets, dents,... Some people cross post the same stuff to all those services.
  • You'r absolutely right! But I still want one timeline :-)
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