Lifehacker’s App Directory is a new and growing directory of recommendations for the best applications and tools in a number of given categories. Of course, if you have a favourite we missed, be sure to share it with us in the comments. There are quite a few others, most of which run on AIR, and most of which don’t really differentiate themselves from the pack, but these should give you a good start into looking for a Windows Twitter client. Other notable clients include the feature-filled Seesmic, the minimalistic DestroyTwitter, and the unconventional Sobees. It does already have URL shortening, URL previews, autocomplete for usernames and hashtags, themes, and notifications. It isn’t quite as feature-filled as TweetDeck, but it’s young, and they’re still building it up day by day. MetroTwit is becoming a popular choice, and with good reason - it’s got a very beautiful UI, based off of Windows Phone 7’s Metru UI. Even if you don’t use Chrome, just create an application shortcut out of it, use it separately, and you’ve got yourself a nice, feature-filled Twitter client.

Plus, it isn’t an AIR app, so if that turns you off about TweetDeck, you might be much happier with the Chrome version.

While TweetDeck Desktop definitely has some desktop-only features and is more customisable, TweetDeck for Chrome seems to be getting a lot of attention from the developers, boasting some exclusive features like inline image previews. OK, it’s kind of weird to say that it’s competition, but they are two different apps. The first client that I’d say competes with TweetDeck is, strangely, TweetDeck for Chrome. If you don’t like TweetDeck, you have a few other clients available to you.

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