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Power Twitter is an add-on for Firefox that enhances your time on Twitter. Its many brilliant feature is being able to show videos and photos that users post as thumbnails rather than text links.
Furthermore, it expands URLs by looking beyond the shrunk URL and showing the final destination, and it has a handy shorten link button option that you can use to shorten links without having to leave Twitter.
Another neat feature is being able to “peek”. Basically, you can click any avatar of your friends, and Power Twitter will show you recent tweets from them, there follower stats, favorites, list, bio, etc… without having to leave your page.
Power Twitter’s ability to post photos is a fantastic addition to the Twitter interface. You can choose a picture and upload it to popular Twitter-sharing websites like Twitpic, Tweetphoto, YFrog, or Twitgoo. Power Twitter’s Top Friends function lets you go to any of your friends’ Twitter pages and make them a “Top Friend” by clicking on the “Add to Top Friends” option that shows up in the Twitter menu on the right side of the user interface. This application also helps you keep up with your Facebook friends and will show you recent tweets from your friends. Maximizing the Twitter experience with add-ons and interfaces like Power Twitter is part of the fun of Twitter.
