MonkeyFly: Customise Your Twitter Easily and for Free
The Twitter homepage, while useful, is left in the dust when compared to the other alternative desktop applications out there and even some of the mobile apps. While it has the core functions it lacks in terms of productivity and extra features which could be so easily added.
A great ad-on for Chrome and Firefox called FlyMonkey pretty much fixes all of that. Below, you can see a screenshot of my Twitter with three columns, each serving it own purpose. This is done by adding features to your Twitter page (via a red ‘+’ sign above your screen). You can add extra columns for DMs, replies, mentions and an arsenal of different options.
They also integrated the Bit.ly URL shortener and Twitpic into Twitter. As you are typing a tweet, two options appear below called ‘Photo’ and ‘URL Shortener’. I found these very handy indeed.
So if you want to change your Twitter experience but don’t fancy moving to a third-party alternative, get FlyMonkey.
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It’s not bad, give Brizzly a try and see what you think.
Well, http://flymonkey.com is somebody’s pets, and monkeyfly.com is wrong too. I Googled it, and came up with the proper Chrome extension. Still trying to install, because I have to first “upgrade” to some Beta version of Chrome. Hoping it will be worth it.
Also, it is called “monkeyfly” by egoing. The three references to FlyMonkey are confusing. Maybe we could bring in the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz to straighten out this jumble. And I’m still trying to get Chrome Beta installed and the “monkeyfly” extension added. Not having fun yet!