A lot has happened since the quite beta launch of our favorite little Twitter app. Times they are a-changin’.

The first difference you’re likely to notice is the dynamic ‘Find a Friend’ search feature. Inspired by Facebook, this will help you quickly find just the right person you’re looking for. Subfeatures to this cool gizmo include:

• Keeping friends already selected in your box at all times, so you have solid tabs on who all you’ve invited.
• The ability to search user names and real names listed in profile. (Example: if @rundle is your friend, you can type in “Dan” as in “Dan Rundle” and you’ll see “rundle” appear as a name choice.) So now, even if you can’t remember their username, if they’ve put their real name in their profile, you can bring them up.
• A new “See All Friends” option. Let’s face it, if you have 2,000 friends – you have a lot of thumbnail pictures and data to download simultaneously. So, Twitterpool gives you the first 250 friends on your list, with a “See all ______ friends” option at the bottom of the scroll bar. Warning, if you select this, the first several searches will work a little slow. It’ll pick up quickly once everything is cached, but you’ll need just a tad bit o’ patience.
• The feature caches your friends, so the next time you login, it only finds and updates new friends. In other words, the first time you login, things may be a little slow. After that – it’ll be a breeze.

The 2nd big update you’ll see if that now you can insert an event name and date/time to the Google Map. So instead of taking your whole message giving the basics, the Google Map preview will now do all that for you. You now have 120 characters to be much more creative.

But the big news is the amazing new RSVP feature. Georg, Leslie, and Jared have worked tirelessly on this and put up with my whip-cracking, perfectionist ways. When someone twitterpools you, you’ll receive a tinyURL (our very own WURL). With earlier version of Twitterpool, this would lead you to a link on maps.google, but not anymore. Now it brings you back to Twitterpool to RSVP. Here are the highlights:

• The ability to check “Yes,” “No,” or “Maybe” to whether you’ll be coming.
• A chance to customize a reply message to the person who twitterpooled you.
• A preview Google Map to the left with the event name, time, and address.
• The option of getting diretions to and from the place of the Twitterpool.
• The original sender of the Twitterpools will receive a direct message from the recipient with the Yes/No/Maybe + Custom reply.

We have to admit, we’re a little proud of the RSVP feature. It took quite a bit of work to get right . . . but we believe it’ll be a very rewarding addition.

So enjoy! We know there are still a few bugs, so please feel free to report any bugs to us.

Thanks so much for using Twitterpool. If it’s of any use to you and makes your life on Twitter cooler in any way, we’re super thrilled to be a part of it!

Cheers!

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