Wow, glad Paul Moss mentioned that search thing, I was completely unaware. It truly is amazing how TweetDeck has yet to build export functionality. I've seen people use custom hacked scripts, but that's a dozen steps too many. It should be one: an export button. Especially, considering they store your lists online so you can sync them among TD installations, that's just mind-boggling to me. Todd, not sure what you mean by "Stingy API limits" but isn't that a Twitter thing, not a TD thing? I'm surprised they didn't just copy the only few remaining things Twhirl was doing that they weren't, i.e. sounds customization (as Paul mentioned). I'd much rather say "Can't wait to see TweetDeck perfect this feature" than "Can't wait to see TweetDeck add this feature." If these don't release before 2010... yikes. - Tyler Hayes from FriendFeed MT Plugin

I like that you're talking about lock-in by not allowing groups import/export. You seem to be the lone voice advocating data portability in the world of Twitter clients. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)