Yammer Completely Reworks Its Desktop Client. I Can Feel My Productivity Increasing Already.
But while Yammer as a service is great, its popular desktop client (from which most messages are sent) has left something to be desired: It’s been a fairly basic AIR app that lacks some of Yammer’s core functionality, like search and filtering through replies, and also looked a little clunky. But tonight, that changes. Yammer is releasing a new client that offers a slew of much-needed improvements, and looks much nicer to boot.
The new client retain’s Yammer’s key features, updating with new posts from your colleagues as they come in. But it’s much sleeker, sporting an interface that reminds me of Tweetie, the slick Twitter client for Mac. The app now features integrated search, the ability to jump between Yammer accounts on the fly, improved notifications, spell-check, and support for viewing different threads in multiple windows. In short, if you use Yammer, you’re going to want to grab this ASAP.