Props to TwitterFox. As the name implies, TwitterFox is an extension that allows you to manage a twitter account from within the Firefox browser.
After installing and configuring the extension, TwitterFox works silently in the background aggregating tweets until you are ready to read them. To see all the new activity, just click on the TwitterFox icon located in the status bar at the bottom of the browser screen.
TwitterFox is a simple and clean alternative to twhirl or TweetDeck, which are applications that need to be installed on a local drive. I prefer embedding Twitter activity within the browser as it seems more accessible and efficient than running a separate stand-alone application. The greatest strength of the lightweight application is the ability to manage multiple Twitter ID’s quickly.
As Twitter gains in popularity and the resulting noise gets harder to filter, TwitterFox might not remain as a viable solution, but for now simple rules the day. Give it a try.
