TweetDeck release v0.33.0 of their popular Twitter desktop client. The changes are a plenty.

A huge raft of improvements in functionality. A brand new API monitor that looks at each of your columns you have open, my poor iPhone picture below.

The amount of media that can be played or viewed from directly within TweetDeck has increased, most notably YouTube. The image below shows you some of the new features within TweetDeck.

I have always loved the ability to use 12Seconds from within TweetDeck.

There is still the ability to monitor and post to your Facebook. You can also keep track on your MySpace and LinkedIn.

The only improvement I would love to see in TweetDeck would be the ability to collapse the columns.

Go play with TweetDeck, there are loads of hidden features that I have not touched on. You can find TweetDeck here. I did notice this version of TweetDeck seems quicker. This must be due to the new way it interacts with the Twitter API.

New video below on all the new functions of TweetDeck.

The HUGE TweetDeck changelog below:

FIXED: bitly.tv links get autoshortened
IMPROVED: The download size of the app is now 2.0MB from 2.7MB
UPDATED: The Tweet Panel is now locked whilst a tweet is sending
FIXED: Double byte characters (eg Chinese, Japanese) not working in the search box.
FIXED: Character count sometimes not shown
FIXED: Clicking the ‘You are now following’ message downloads an old version of TD
UPDATED: Using reply all, the person you are replying to is now always first
FIXED: Long search column names in dialog boxes hide some buttons
FIXED: YFrog images don’t take notice of the ‘Open in browser’ option
FIXED: App doesn’t take focus when clicking on the sys tray icon
ADDED: Show full size profile pic when clicking on smaller version in profile panel
UPDATED: Show ‘Add To Group’ at bottom of profile panel regardless of whether we’re following person or not
UPDATED: Multiple monitor support improved massively
ADDED: Allow TweetDeck to be used in fullscreen mode (F11 in Windows only)
UPDATED: Escape now closes image preview windows
FIXED: Tweet Panel account labels are not updated when twitter username changes
ADDED: Add UT: to the prefixes we strip off of location in the profile panel
FIXED: Minimise during image preview causes problems
FIXED: TD recognising # within a URL as a hashtag
FIXED: We should now be recognising a wider range of URLs, hashtags, and mentions correctly. I
UPDATED: Clearer display of error messages
CHANGED: Now using oAuth calls behind the scenes to take advantage of increased API limit
CHANGED: URLs with ” immediately after aren’t linkified.
FIXED: Red background remains after URL shortening
ADDED: Add “retweeted by me” into stream on app start
FIXED: After TweetShrink/translate operation, red background disappears even if > 140
CHANGED: Remember tweet panel state on app restart
ADDED: In-app preview of YouTube, Mobypicture, Twitgoo, Posterous & Flickr media
ADDED: Upload to Mobypicture image sharing service
FIXED: On initial startup, clicking reply, RT etc does not place cursor in update box
FIXED: LinkedIn profile pictures not being shown
CHANGED: Moved Twitter library to use oAuth
FIXED: Translating a tweet renders links inactive
FIXED: Translate only works in one direction
ADDED: Column navigator at bottom of screen
ADDED: Option to “Allow TweetDeck to manage my API limit” which uses intelligent algorithms to control and manage your API limit
CHANGED: Twitter API-specific settings moved to new “Twitter Updates” tab under Settings
ADDED: Ability to edit search terms for Search columns
ADDED: Ability to add search columns for searches stored on Twitter.com as well as TweetDeck
CHANGED: Links are now clickable without the http:// prefix
FIXED: Clicking ‘Close’ in autocomplete should have same effect as pressing ‘Esc’
CHANGED: Email addresses in updates are now linkified. Click the link to open a new message in your default email client
FIXED: Notifications appearing newest-oldest rather than oldest-newest
FIXED: Tweets in profile panels do not show geo-location pins
CHANGED: Resetting your twitter password in TD will now force a refresh all columns
FIXED: Improvements in LinkedIn API handling

Today another BBC TV show, The One Show took time out to wax lyrical about Twitter. But I am not sure that this report got the idea of Twitter right. I think it was lazy and a little misleading on what and why Twitter is. Ok it explains the mechanics of Twitter “what are you doing”

My concern is the celebrity element taking over Twitter. By this I mean the UK celebrity element the C’ list celebrity. You only have to watch the embedded video and see Richard Bacon’s primary concern is the numbers of followers that @stephenfry and @wossy have (both respected tweeters by me).

We in the UK tend to Twitter differently to say Twitter users in the USA. I think we tend to be more personal and use it as more of chat and blog advertising place than a network to advance careers etc. Of course that is a sweeping statement and not true for all UK and USA users.

My concern about the UK media coverage of Twitter is that I think most of the UK media don’t get what Twitter is. One media guy explained to me that Twitter is for updating your FaceBook status, so yes he totally got it (insert sarcasm just there).

There are TV shows in the UK that have Twitter just right @workinglunch is one of them. It is a perfect platform for a show with a news agenda. Look at the news networks in the USA, most have Twitter accounts and interact with their Twitter audience.

I love the fact that Twitter is getting UK press but knowing our C’ list celebrities they will turn it into the bastard child of Myspace. They will use it to brag about “look I have more followers than you” etc.

Tech changes and evolves into something that the creator of that tech never imagined or intended. Twitter has evolved way beyond what it was originally intended for, it has spawned many apps and offshoots.

Twitter is a very personal thing to each of us tweeters, I just hope that the way certain TV shows in the UK are reporting on it does not turn it into the previously mentioned bastard child of Myspace.

I love Twitter and really hope our C’ list celebrities in the UK don’t fuck up our warm place

Me on Twitter

Watch the BBC The One Show report on Twitter and see if you have the same concerns as me.