We’re happy to launch, at Google I/O, the preview version of Seesmic Desktop 2, a complete re-design of the already popular social management desktop application. Based on Silverlight 4's powerful development platform, this application - for both Mac OS and Windows - supports a plugin environment which lets you to customize the client to fit your needs. 

To install preview version of the new Seesmic Desktop, just click on this link: http://d.seesmic.com/sdp/sd2/install.html

Plugin architecture to customize your needs

Within the new platform, every feature, tool and social service (including Twitter, Facebook and Google Buzz) can be integrated as a "plugin" within the application, in an attempt to open the platform to allow for complete social support.

This preview version comes preinstalled with some basic features such as multiple Twitter accounts and Facebook, but also comes with innovative services such as Google Buzz and Socialwok, a social networking application that integrates with Google Apps.  

Look for other plugins to become available very soon in our next version. If you’re interested in building a plugin, join us now at http://devwiki.seesmic.com/ and come join our mailing list to chat with other developers: http://groups.google.com/group/seesmic-desktop-dev . We’ll be looking to plan dev meetups in the future, so stay tuned!

Smooth User Interface and Customized Backgrounds

Taking the best interface features from our previous versions of Seesmic Desktop, SD2 provides a smooth, fluid and light experience.  Extend the capabilities by customizing your background with the color of your choice, or use the unique backgrounds provided from Red Bull. Look for more in our next version!

Directory and Channels

Taking the popular features of our mainstream desktop in Seesmic Look, we’ve carried the directory and channels into Seesmic Desktop.  The Directory provides a simple and easy way to navigate Twitter through an organized list of several popular Twitter accounts in categories like News, Sports, Politics and Celebrities. 

Channels provides a simple, authoritative, aggregated view of a brand’s activity across Twitter making it easy for any user to discover and navigate the breadth of activity the brand has going on Twitter.

We’re extremely excited about this next generation of Seesmic Desktop, and we’re looking forward at expanding the capabilities with a plugin platform. Look for the number of options to grow very soon, as we have been working with a number of developers and partners who are building installable plugins that will enhance the way you manage your stream and online presence.