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Hello, folks.

I started to create a new twitter client using Python, with PyGTK and the twitter-python libraries. It started as a desktop application, but fortunately it ran in my N800 tablet too, so I'm starting to make little modifications to it so I can use it both in my machine and my tablet.

The interface is kind of geek-oriented... My long-term project is not having just a twitter client. I want to create some kind of emacs-like text editor over which we can develop all sorts of small applications. The idea is having this text-based interface but built with modern tools. Python instead of LISP, and made for graphical environments from start. I named the project "Zine".

Text-based applications are getting more and more difficult to use in graphical applications... I was very angry with my console twitter application, TTYtter, because I cannot run readline with unicode characters! Come on, it's almost 2010 already... Emacs can be built for the tablet, but it's hard to install. So I'm looking for something like these tools, but that won't have all the small incompatibilities with modern stuff. (TTYtter, btw, doesn't run on the NITs too.)

I am excited about bringing my program to maemo because right now we do have Mauku, but it has its issues. I love many aspects of it (I stole the message colors! ), but I think I'm not the only dissatisfied user. And I was quite lazy to get involved in the development instead of starting something from scracth.

Zine twitter has a quite unfriendly interface. It works with text commands, like TTYtter. And right now there are no plans to fix that aspect... But it can do reply, and open urls.

Right now the page to get it is http://www.lti.pcs.usp.br/~nwerneck/zine. I would love to hear if anybody try out!...

Nice that you're contributing. Thanks. But, if you have issues with a certain application (in this case, Mauku), don't just state that you (or others) have supposed issues. Let the developer know what you think could benefit from improvement. There's always room for multiple apps that do the same things. No need to put others down without being specific about why.

Tim

Speaking of Twitter, I'm finding that the web app Tweetree (www.tweetree.com) works very well on my N800 and N810.

Well, sorry, I don't mean to put anybody down. I've seen other users criticizing Mauku for one or another reason, and it was never a big deal. It lacks URL shortening, for example, everybody know that, it's an old item in the wishlist.

I even offered to help in its development previously, but turns out I don't have much experience in large collective projects for that... And more importantly: many of the problems are already gone in version 2.0, but it doens't have a Diablo version (yet).

How can I send an Auto Direct Message on Twitter? Many times on Twitter I will follow someone who sounds interesting. Sometimes I will get a Direct Message right after I click the follow button. I was wondering If there was any way to setup an "ADM" (Auto Direct Message) to be sent out to any one that follows me?
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My problem Mauku is that it won't connect with ANY of my Twitter accounts. And I see nothing wrong with the settings.

http://hack-the-n900.tumblr.com/post...ation-for-n900

I've been using it for a long time

To me, Twitter isn't Twitter without search and saved searches.

To me, retweeting is a must. A good Twitter program should make retweeting easy.

yes, shortening urls is helpful.

I often suspect that the people developing twitter clients for tablets here are not really using Twitter for what it is meant to be.

Tweetdeck is the most common power user Tweet program, I think.

Twitterfall is another nice one.

Power Twitter, a Firefox addon, is another nice one.

My idea of Twitter was born during the #iranelection Twitter explosion, so it may be different than how others think of Twitter.