Comments on: Twitter client apps need to step it up a notch http://www.lorenheiny.com/2008/06/15/twitter-client-apps-need-to-step-it-up-a-notch/ Loren Heiny Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:14:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: LCH http://www.lorenheiny.com/2008/06/15/twitter-client-apps-need-to-step-it-up-a-notch/#comment-4105 LCH Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:48:55 +0000 http://www.lorenheiny.com/2008/06/15/twitter-client-apps-need-to-step-it-up-a-notch/#comment-4105 Thanks I haven't tried Twixxer. (http://twixxer.com/) From the Twixxer site: "Twixxer is a photo and video sharing component for Twitter.com users who are normally restricted to text-only updates that contain links to media. It is comprised of a browser add-on and a web service." Works inside Firefox. Sounds great. I'd like to see it as a desktop app. That would be much more useful to me. Great to see someone going in this direction. Thanks I haven’t tried Twixxer. (http://twixxer.com/) From the Twixxer site: “Twixxer is a photo and video sharing component for Twitter.com users who are normally restricted to text-only updates that contain links to media. It is comprised of a browser add-on and a web service.” Works inside Firefox.

Sounds great. I’d like to see it as a desktop app. That would be much more useful to me.

Great to see someone going in this direction.

]]> By: Brian http://www.lorenheiny.com/2008/06/15/twitter-client-apps-need-to-step-it-up-a-notch/#comment-4104 Brian Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:31:36 +0000 http://www.lorenheiny.com/2008/06/15/twitter-client-apps-need-to-step-it-up-a-notch/#comment-4104 Have you seen Twixxer? It's a plug-in for Firefox users. It does a lot of what you're talking about, but only on the web. It shows Flickr thumbnails inline, and embeds video players for YouTube and Viddler videos. It's also a URL-shortening service that displays the destination URL for shortened URLs below tweets (not quite as snazzy as a thumbnail preview, but at least you know what domain you're being sent to). I built Twixxer a few months ago, and its functionality will be available in a desktop application that is currently in development. Also, inline photos, videos, and link destination previews are only scratching the surface of what I think a desktop application should be able to do. I don't expect the developers of Snitter, Twhirl, or Twitteriffic to built all the features I want to see. That's why I'm building my own. Have you seen Twixxer? It’s a plug-in for Firefox users. It does a lot of what you’re talking about, but only on the web. It shows Flickr thumbnails inline, and embeds video players for YouTube and Viddler videos. It’s also a URL-shortening service that displays the destination URL for shortened URLs below tweets (not quite as snazzy as a thumbnail preview, but at least you know what domain you’re being sent to).

I built Twixxer a few months ago, and its functionality will be available in a desktop application that is currently in development.

Also, inline photos, videos, and link destination previews are only scratching the surface of what I think a desktop application should be able to do. I don’t expect the developers of Snitter, Twhirl, or Twitteriffic to built all the features I want to see. That’s why I’m building my own.

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