Would you be keen to put Particls v2 into an AIR application? You can keep the existing web-based version you've got, just make the AIR application point to the URL. Then simply put the @Particls notifications amongst the other notifications that come up in Particls v2.

DAMN ! I cannot believe that you cannot put in a request to increase the DM limit. The Particls service was a great idea that has now died. Please @Al3x @Twitter, can you make an exception?

I dislike the idea of an IM giving me these notifications, I use IM for chatting and getting Twitter to deliver messages through an IM feels wrong and dirty. I've tried the Skype method, didn't like it.