[program-l] Re: McTwit 2.5 released
- From: "Corbett, James" <James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:19:45 -0400
Jamal:
...just for general background, have you ever kept track of the total
number of hours you put into a product? That would include the analysis
phase as well as development. I ask because I'm working on a new version
of my Traxx application and have kept a running total and it would scare
you if you knew how much time / free time goes into these types of apps.
The new version of Traxx has nearly 800 hours of my own time in it... If
I break it down to a couple of hours a night, maybe a few more on the
weekends and then vacation I shudder.
J.
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Subject: [program-l] McTwit 2.5 released
McTwit
Version 2.5
October 15, 2009
McTwit is a free, open source client for Twitter -- the second-most
popular networking site after Facebook. McTwit works on almost any
version of Windows, including 64-bit versions and the new Windows 7.
The text-based nature of Twitter and its open programming interface has
enabled McTwit to become a full-featured client that is keyboard and
screen reader-friendly. An executable installer is available at
http://EmpowermentZone.com/mtsetup.exe
A zip archive that may be extracted onto portable media is available at
http://EmpowermentZone.com/mtsetup.zip
McTwit now has a greatly expanded Utilities menu. It offers handy ways
of getting useful information, which is obtained mostly from third-party
web services rather than from twitter.com, itself. Most are still
directly Twitter-related, though a few are general-purpose conveniences.
The new utilities are as follows:
Common URLs - Show a list of the 100 most commonly referenced URLs on
Twitter at the time. These typically point to news stories that people
have been retweeting.
Driving Directions - Input a starting and ending location, and get a
list of steps to get there by car (a blind person might share this with
a friend or cab driver). The location may be specified as a street
address in any country.
Feed Find - Get a list of RSS and ATOM feeds made available by a web
site, e.g., by pointing to a URL in a tweet. A hotkey then lets you
open a feed at the cursor position.
Hash Tag Lookup - Get definitions of hash tags (a word preceded by the #
symbol). People on Twitter use these to annotate messages for easier
categorizing and searching.
Language Translation - Translate a tweet in another language, or any
text you specify, between about 100 different languages. You can
quickly understand what a foreign phrase means or how to write it.
Members of Congress - Get a list of House and Senate members for a zip
code, with various data about them including committee assignments and
contact information, including Twitter screen name if available.
Neighborhood Search - Search for places near a location, e.g.,
restaurants with a particular cuisine near an address you are visiting
(anywhere in the world).
Original URL - Get the original version of a URL that was shortened for
sharing in a tweet.
People Search - Search for people on Twitter, e.g., an old classmate to
reconnect with.
Short URL - Get a shortened version of a URL so you can share it in a
tweet and have more text to type within the 140 character limit.
Trend Topics - Get a list of topics that are currently popular on
Twitter.
User Stats - Get a variety of statistics about a user, e.g., average
tweets per day and hash tags used, in order to help you decide whether
to follow him or her on Twitter.
Weather Check - Get a summary of current and forecasted conditions for
any location.
Jamal
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