One of the major advantages that Twitter has over its nearest competitors is the prevalence of 3rd party clients. These desktop applications enable you to interact with Twitter without visiting the web interface, and provide far greater functionality than the instant messaging option.
Jaiku is arguably Twitter’s closest competitor for the microblogging crown, and initially I had thought that no such clients were available. I’ve just discovered otherwise, and have been testing two of the available offerings – Jay-Q and Jaikuroo.
Unlike the most popular Twitter clients, which are built …