From: Jamal Mazrui [email protected] 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 Regards Steve Email: [email protected] MSN Messenger: [email protected] Skype: steve1963 Twitter: steve9782 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.
