Twextter

We’ve had a good long look at the user interface for Twextter and we’ve made some major modifications to the user interface today, making it even easier to use.

There’s a new login box on the main page (rather than having a separate login window) that disappears to reveal the stats box when you successfully login. There were one or two users having trouble getting the login window to appear so we’ve changed it to be temporarily part of the main window. As soon as you login, it disappears and you’re done with it.

All the other features remain as before however, we’ve added a few creature comforts to make it easier to work with for netbooks.

For starters, there’s a lot less mouse work required. Login details can be down without the mouse (enter your username, tab to the password entry, type in your password and hit the enter key). As soon as you’re done, the Tweet Post box gets “right of way” and you’re ready to go. Just type in your Tweet and press the Enter key. Easy.

With this version we’ve also moved to version 0.2 - we think it’s faster and more responsive than before so some little speed up mods we’ve made may just help it be faster again.

This version is available now on the download page for Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 Beta. The Linux version will be available shortly.

Are you using Twextter? Have ideas on what would make it a better Twitter client for you to use?

Well, don’t be quiet about it - let us know.

Twextter will always been a netbook client first, which means that whatever we add will be designed so that Twextter still looks good on a small 1024×600-pixel screen - but that won’t stop us from adding new features in so if you’ve got an idea for something you’d like to see.

We’re considering some new ideas to shrink the interface more but if you like it how it is, let us know.

So if you have a suggestion or feedback (be nice…), email it to - ideas <at> twextter . darrenyates . com . au.

Thanks to those who pointed out the download link for the Linux version was broken.

All should now be fixed.

Enjoy.

One of the advanced features starting to get a following in Twitter is the idea of hashtags. These allow Twitter users to join “groups” despite the fact that Twitter isn’t really designed to handle it.

You can get more information on hashtags from http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Hashtags and from WildApricot’s Tech Blog.

Hashtags make it easier to follow big events.

Twextter allows you to search Twitter’s archive for hashtagged updates. And you don’t even have to have a Twitter account. Simply click on the Search tab, type in the username or hashtag you wish to search and either hit the Enter key or press Search. Twextter will come back with the latest 20 tweets for that topic or person and you can page through older tweets.