Whilst I would totally agree with you normally, and hesitate to enter into such a discussion, I think Qwitter is a brilliant application, and I would certainly love to see it, or something like it on the mac. I use Yorufukurou at the moment, and have not yet tried anything else. I find it a bit clunky, and not really intuitive--and I can't consistently reply to tweets!
Vaughn. On 11/07/2011, at 10:30 AM, James Malone wrote: > While I appreciate the work you are doing there Jonothan, I still > don't completely see the need for something that doesn't display > tweets as you read them, and focus on the blind comunity. I for one > refuse to use blindness apps for the most part, because it sort of > makes us look stupid. Its almost like saying, > "Hey, apparently blind people can't use my twitter app, because there > is one little checkbox that isn't where it should be and its not > described enough, therefore I need to waste pointless time looking > then changing it, just so there can be that perfect kept in a shell > zone once more." > and I mean really, does anyone really care these days if your tweeting > at work? Hey, I know heaps of people that do this, and most people > aren't stupid. As long as you get your work done and can have a good > tweet, then why not. Hell, apple will probably end up integrating a > Twitter client into Mac OS at some stage. Anyway, rant over. > > On 7/11/11, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> with boxcar for Mac, you can reply to mentions and DMs from anywhere. All >> you need to do is assign a keyboard shortcut to bring it up in the boxcar >> app. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> >> >> On Jul 10, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Ashley Cox wrote: >> >>> Yes, agreed. Perhaps, if someone were to create the twitter application I >>> describe below (how about calling it tweeter?), there could be a keystroke >>> that was global, that when pressed would pop up a dialog in which you >>> could compose a tweet. >>> I do find sometimes that the ability to read tweets from anywhere is, >>> while great, distracting >>> Perhaps another keystroke could be added that popped up a dialog with the >>> timeline >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/07/2011 13:18, Missy Hoppe wrote: >>>> Very well said. The only thing I'd like to add is that the thing I like >>>> best about qwitter is that it runs in the background; >>>> you can just use it where-ever you are on the computer without having to >>>> alt-tab to it first. So, if you're writing a >>>> document, or playing a game for example, you can just check tweets >>>> without losing your place in whatever program you were in. >>>> Apart from that particular convenience, Yorufukuru on the mac does meet >>>> my needs quite adequately. >>>> Anyway, what is described below sounds perfect to me, but if qwitter were >>>> to be ported to the mac somehow, I'd only use it >>>> over what is already available because of its ability to just run in the >>>> background. I hope that makes some kind of sense. >>>> Missy >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ashley Cox >>>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 5:46 AM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Porting qwitter to mac? >>>> >>>> I see what you're saying. The only reason I wanted to see a port of >>>> qwitter was simply because it provides features that most of the other >>>> twitter clients do not, or if they provide those features they are >>>> either more hidden away or in the wrong place. >>>> >>>> It would be great if someone would write a twitter client that had 4 >>>> columns lined up; timeline, direct messages, mentions, and sent. Then >>>> you could add more columns for specific people who you are interested >>>> in, so only there tweets showed up. Then a simple tweet box. The ability >>>> to follow people, unfollow people, and a button to go to their twitter >>>> profile. You could customise the time before new tweets are received. >>>> >>>> >>>> That's it; that, in my oppinion, would be the perfect twitter client. >>>> Many of the other clients (including qwitter itself) have a lot of >>>> unnecessary features. For example, not to diss qwitter in any way, but >>>> who needs to do a bing search from a twitter client? If I wanted audio >>>> tweets, I would use one of the services already available... and my >>>> twitter client definetly doesn't need a stopwatch build in. >>>> >>>> >>>> Just my thoughts. >>>> On 10/07/2011 10:20, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Look, i don't want to diss your product, Jonathan but i must ask the >>>>> list this: Do we really need a blind specific Twitter >>>> client? Wasn't it so that we chose the Mac platform to get away from >>>> blind specific solutions and be more standard, thus >>>> being able to more easily communicate with sighted people on equal terms? >>>> I can understand the need for one or more blind >>>> specific solutions in the PC world, but here? Am i naive, stupid, living >>>> on another planet? >>>>> /Krister >>>>> >>>>> 9 jul 2011 kl. 19.41 skrev Jonathan Chacón Barbero: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> there are some problems to develop a ported version of Qwitter: >>>>>> >>>>>> * keystroke management is very different in OSX than Windows... We have >>>>>> to rewrite all modules about keyboard >>>>>> * window dialog management is very different in OSX. >>>>>> * there are few diferences in IO file system for OSX and Windows >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> well, I have a good news... I'm developing Blindtweet for OSX. It is a >>>>>> twitter client for OSX managed using keystrokes and >>>> it uses speech capabilityes to show the twiter information. >>>>>> I hope finish it for september and it will be in the Mac app store >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Jonathan Chacón Barbero >>>>>> Accessibility, usability and new technologies consultant >>>>>> >>>>>> Phone: +34 679953948 >>>>>> e-Mail: jonathan.cha...@telefonica.net >>>>>> Blog: http://www.programaraciegas.es >>>>>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jonathanchacon >>>>>> LinkedIn: http://es.linkedin.com/in/jonathanchacon >>>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.chacon.barbero >>>>>> Messenger: tyf...@hotmail.com >>>>>> Skype: Tyflos_ >>>>>> FaceTime: jonathan.cha...@telefonica.net >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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