I'm still not clear what you can do with a Twitter client that you can't do with Twitter, which seems to work just fine here.
I can imagine you might be informed of other people's updates without having to refresh the page, but then it's going to be dinging at you, so I'd rather just press F5. I'm obviously missing something. Reg In message <[email protected]>, Bruce Toews <[email protected]> writes >Currently there are three popular choices for blind people wanting to >access Twitter with their PC. All three are equally accessible with a >screen reader. > >1. TWInbox: This is a mainstream application that integrates Twitter >with Outlook, treating incoming tweets as separate messages. Many people >who always have Outlok open anyway value this option. > >2. McTwit is written by Jamal, who is known for his scripts and for his >accessible programs. It was written with accessibility in mind and is >very popular. Though it can be used as a stand-alone program with no >scripts, Jeff Bishop has written scripts for McTwit that add >functionality, redefine keystrokes, and reorganize some of the program's >presentation. > >3. Qwitter is a program that runs in the background. Also written with >accessibility in mind, Qwitter allows for accessing of tweets from >anywhere using globally-defined hot keys. The program does not appear in >the alt-tab order and you do not need to be in a specific window to use >it. Qwitter does store old tweets, as Jeff has stated. The amount of >disk space this takes up is neglegeable, and it can come in handy when >you want to return to some information someone gave you a week ago. >Search and filter features available in a forthcoming release will only >add to the flexiblity this offers > >All of thse solutions offer the same basic functionality: reading >tweets, replying, sending direct messages, retweeting, etc. They all do >it in different ways. Qwitter and McTwit also make it easy to follow and >stop following people. They are also still very much in development, so >improvements can be expected. > >My personal preference is Qwitter, but any of these solutions will get >the job done, and your choice shouldb e based on which interface and set >of bells and whistles are important to you. Neither is less accessible >than the other. > >bruce > >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > >All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, >and can be searched through and sorted using the search >form at the bottom of the page. > >If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >[email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body >of the message. > -- Reg Webb Skype name regwebb Website: http://www.regwebb.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
