TwittyTunes is a Firefox extension that works with FoxyTunes that allows users to post currently playing songs to Twitter.

Features:

• plug-in allows submission of “currently listening to” songs to Twitter
• plug-in also allows for regular updates to Twitter as well as tweets about websites visited
• character countdown
• requires FoxyTunes in order to submit “currently playing music” to Twitter

The Good:

TwittyTunes functions well enough as a regular Twitter updater, with an added bonus of allowing you to submit tweets about music you are currently listening to on FoxyTunes. It isn’t fancy, but gets the job done.

The Not-so-Good:

The real purpose of TwittyTunes is to work with FoxyTunes. Beyond that it is functional, but its utility is limited. That’s not a problem, but it is something users should probably know before getting too excited about it.

Tweetwave.com rates it: ★★

twitbin is a Firefox plug-in Twitter client.

Features:

• simple and easy-to-use UI
• user configured preferences
• all Twitter operations supported

The Good:

twitbin is an easy-to-use, basic Twitter client plug-in for Firefox. All the usual Twitter operations are supported (tweet, @reply, DM, retweet and favorites). You can view your friends’ timeline or the public timeline. Avatars are supported.

The Not-so-Good:

twitbin seems to be rather basic, overall. There is no search feature, and it only supports one Twitter account at a time. You can view your stats on friends/followers, but you have to drill down into the tabs to get there. At present, advertising appears in the timeline you are viewing every 20 tweets, and some folks may find that bothersome.

Tweetwave.com rates it: ♦♦

Twitter Line is a Firefox plug-in that allows users to post tweets and display their timeline as a headline ticker.

Features:

• displays avatar and Twitter status as headline ticker in Firefox
• ability to post tweets and @replies, mark favorites
• login with Twitter username and password

The Good:

Twitter Line is an easy to install Firefox plug-in. The UI is good looking (if not a little tiny). The ticker display shows avatar, tweet, client/service used to tweet and time stamp. You can also easily post a tweet or @reply from Twitter Line with a character countdown to keep you honest.

The Not-so-Good:

Twitter Line actually does a pretty good job. There have been several upgrades/updates along the way to address various issues, and the developer seems committed to keeping that up. The developer is Japanese, so we have a bit of Japanglish in the user’s guide, but we don’t mind: the fact that there is a detailed user’s guide for this plug-in is a huge bonus.

Tweetwave.com rates it: ♦♦♦

Twitzer is a Firefox plug-in which lets users post tweets longer than 140 characters.

Features:

• Firefox plug-in overlays Twitter.com to shorten tweets over 140 characters
• right-click to execute tweet shortening
• link to entire tweet by shortxt.com

The Good:

Twitzer is another of the tweet-shortening apps out there, and it does a good job. Successive releases have added features and fixed wee bugs. When viewing with Firefox, all of the work is done right within the Twitter site.

The Not-so-Good:

While the tweet shortening to less than 140 characters works well, Twitzer (like other such apps) will cut off your tweet right in the middle of a word and then provide the link. It is really a stylistic complaint, and not a serious one at that. Of course, Twitzer only works with Firefox, but we view that as a positive thing.

Tweetwave.com rates it: ♦♦♦

Twitter Tools is a plug-in that creates an integration between your WordPress blog and your twitter account. Pull your tweets into your blog and create new tweets on blog posts and from within WordPress.

Features:

• Archive your Twitter tweets (downloaded every 15 minutes);
• Create a blog post from each of your tweets;
• Create a daily digest post of your tweets;
• Create a tweet on Twitter whenever you post in your blog, with a link to the blog post;
• Post a tweet from your sidebar;
• Post a tweet from the WP Admin screens;
• Pass your tweets along to another service (via API hook).

The Good:

Twitter Tools is a great plug-in for Wordpress blogs, allowing users to tweet directly from their blog sidebar or admin area, create a blog post from a tweet and generate tweets from blog posts. There is a good level of customization available as well.

The Not-so-Good:

One of the features of Twitter Tools is to allow for creation of a daily digest blog post from tweets. Sounds great, except that there is an enormous bug living in that part of Twitter Tools (or perhaps many, many smaller ones) so that sometimes dozens of duplicate posts are created. Further, it does not appear that this will be resolved any time soon, as the developer has not prioritized it (fair enough - working on it for free).

Tweetwave.com rates it: ♦♦♦