Widget Watch: Twitterlex update brings Growl notifications, more

Brett Taylor has update Twitterlex, his Dashboard widget that is still my favorite UI for using Twitter, to v1.1 with some handy features and one major addition: Growl notifications. Updates from friends are now passed through Growl, letting you stay on top of what's going on with minimal workflow intrusion (tip: if you want to shut off these notifications, you can do it through the Growl System Preferences pane). Other enhancements include the widget updating itself only every 5 minutes while in the background, update notifications for new versions and a warning when your status is near or at Twitter's SMS-friendly character limit.

It may not be quite as sexy as the Icon Factory's Twitterrific that we mentioned, but Twitterlex's functionality is light years ahead for this blogger.