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#1 Feb 1, 2009 3:42 am
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[App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
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Pwitter is a simple and elegant Twitter client for Mac, that is written in Cocoa. The application runs on only Leopard at the moment (although I have no plan to port it to Tiger, because the application heavily relies on Leopard features). Please report any bugs or feature requests to me (aki.sexy@gmail.com). I would really appreciate any feedback on the application to make it better.
List of features:
- General Twitter actions (download status updates, post statuses, post replies, send direct messages)
- All communications with Twitter server is encrypted using HTTPS
- Elegant and eye candy user interface with beautiful animation using Core Animation technology
- Ability to filter the status view with a keyword
- Ability to receive replies from people you don’t follow
- Ability to switch views between the normal view and the mini view (in case you need to track many tweets)
- Automatic update with Sparkle
- Growl notification support
- Menubar icon
- Ability to hide the dock icon
Click here to download
Detailed information can be found at: http://wiki.github.com/koroshiya1/pwitter
Last edited by koroshiya1 (Mar 11, 2009 5:25 am)
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#3 Feb 1, 2009 6:39 am
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
Adrian wrote:
Wow very very good could this prob will be replacing my twitterrific.
Thank you, its a keeper
Thanks. I hope more people will like the app :-)
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#5 Feb 1, 2009 6:55 am
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
Adrian wrote:
Yeah it replaced it for now
also posted on twitter that people should check this out
You need a menu for the statusbar because I have to use keyboard shortcuts to get to preferences and to quit.
Hmmm... I'm not sure what you mean exactly. In case you are talking about not being able to access the menu bar items when the dock icon is hidden, it is a normal behavior. I could actually add a menu to the menu bar icon to solve this issue (clicking the menu bar icon only causes the program to activate at the moment).
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#7 Feb 1, 2009 7:27 am
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
@Adrian I have implemented menu for the menubar icon, so you can perform actions when the dock icon is hidden (i.e. the menu bar is also hidden). The new version (0.7.1) is already up.
Thanks.
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#8 Feb 1, 2009 7:56 am
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
Jesus, that UI is horrifying!
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#9 Feb 1, 2009 9:10 am
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Yeah the UI is cluttered and confusing. Overall not cool.
Try moving the Reply Message and Web buttons up so its on the same line as the underlined text.
And most importantly get rid of that blue and red by replacing the blue with a dark dark blue, or grey, and the red with a dark bergundy.
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#12 Feb 1, 2009 2:53 pm
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
kmkl wrote:
Yeah the UI is cluttered and confusing. Overall not cool.
Try moving the Reply Message and Web buttons up so its on the same line as the underlined text.
And most importantly get rid of that blue and red by replacing the blue with a dark dark blue, or grey, and the red with a dark bergundy.
Thanks for suggestions. As for the buttons, moving them to the same line as the underlined text may cause some problem, because some people like to use application with small window, and moving the buttons will take away lots of space, making the underlined text unreadable. Can you possibly think of any idea to solve this issue? As for color of the tweets, the normal tweets are already gray (blue is for DM, red is for reply, gray for general tweets). I have changed the reply color and DM color so they are much darker, and it looks much nicer.
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#13 Feb 1, 2009 2:55 pm
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
albinoAZN wrote:
get rid of the aqua scrollbar and use small glyphs for reply/message/web and I'll be switching.
Thanks for the comment. However, I have not figured out a way to use BGHUD scroll bar for NSCollectionView. I would love to know how to do this, because aqua scroll bar has been bothering me since the start of the development.
Thanks.
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#14 Feb 1, 2009 3:39 pm
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
Version 0.7.2 is up (status color change and aqua scroll bar is replaced with BGHUD scroll bar).
I have also updated the screen shot with better and updated image.
Thanks.
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#16 Feb 1, 2009 5:31 pm
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Adrian wrote:
http://localhostr.com/files/cbcf3d/bado.png
Can you change the statusbar menu to only show when you command+click? Or have a second option to disable it?
Thanks for the suggestion. I have added a preference in the general tab that allows users to disable the menu bar icon menu. It will be included in the next version.
Thanks.
Edit: Thanks for pointing out the typo. It will be fixed in the next release (probably today)
Edit2: Version 0.7.3 is up
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#18 Feb 1, 2009 8:16 pm
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
albinoAZN wrote:
I think the app should looks a little more like this. Notice the Glyphs and the Text Insert Area.
http://kttns.org/mmjdk
Thank you so much for the suggestion! I love the way it looks. I will start working on the glyphs ASAP. What do you mean by the "Text Insert Area"? I don't see any difference in the text field for posting tweets.
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#20 Feb 1, 2009 8:22 pm
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
albinoAZN wrote:
notice the difference, here. Mine is on the bottom. (Don't mind how the text is different, just a photoshop mockup)
http://kttns.org/xnzzh
I see. So you want that tiny gap between the text field and the buttons closed. I will include the change in the next release (probably very soon).
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#22 Feb 1, 2009 8:33 pm
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
albinoAZN wrote:
nono, not that. The area where "What are you doing?" is a different color. The black line isn't the problem.
I see. Yeah, it looks cooler with darker colour. The change will be included in the next build.
Thanks.
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#24 Feb 1, 2009 10:31 pm
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Re: [App] Pwitter (Twitter client)
Pwitter version 0.7.4 is now available.
2 February 2009: (Version 0.7.4):
Improved: Darker post input field
Improved: Reply, DM, Web buttons are now replaced with small glyphs
Bug fixed: No sound effect was played when message was sent
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#25 Feb 1, 2009 11:49 pm
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In my opinion, this app needs some padding. Everything is incredibly cluttered, especially at the top. Everything should be a little more far from the edge. The "What are you doing" should be a little more vertically centered, as well.
Otherwise, I'm liking this. It's quite simple.
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