Is Boxcar for the mac like the one for the iphone in that it works only as a notifier, or is it a social networking client in its own right? /Krister
11 jul 2011 kl. 16.56 skrev Ricardo Walker: > No, > > This is true. Mainly because it works out of the status menu. Bought once > configured, Its a treat to use. Especially with twitter. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> I've wanted to use Boxcar for the mac, but someone told me it's kind of >> strange to get it configured correctly with voiceover. Is this a >> misassumption? >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 2:38 PM >> Subject: Re: Porting qwitter to mac? >> >> >> Hi, >> >> with boxcar for Mac, you can reply to mentions and DMs from anywhere. All >> you need to do is assign a keyboard shortcut to bring it up in the boxcar >> app. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> >> >> On Jul 10, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Ashley Cox wrote: >> >>> Yes, agreed. Perhaps, if someone were to create the twitter application I >>> describe below (how about calling it tweeter?), there could be a keystroke >>> that was global, that when pressed would pop up a dialog in which you could >>> compose a tweet. >>> I do find sometimes that the ability to read tweets from anywhere is, while >>> great, distracting >>> Perhaps another keystroke could be added that popped up a dialog with the >>> timeline >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/07/2011 13:18, Missy Hoppe wrote: >>>> Very well said. The only thing I'd like to add is that the thing I like >>>> best about qwitter is that it runs in the background; >>>> you can just use it where-ever you are on the computer without having to >>>> alt-tab to it first. So, if you're writing a >>>> document, or playing a game for example, you can just check tweets without >>>> losing your place in whatever program you were in. >>>> Apart from that particular convenience, Yorufukuru on the mac does meet my >>>> needs quite adequately. >>>> Anyway, what is described below sounds perfect to me, but if qwitter were >>>> to be ported to the mac somehow, I'd only use it >>>> over what is already available because of its ability to just run in the >>>> background. I hope that makes some kind of sense. >>>> Missy >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ashley Cox >>>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 5:46 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Porting qwitter to mac? >>>> >>>> I see what you're saying. The only reason I wanted to see a port of >>>> qwitter was simply because it provides features that most of the other >>>> twitter clients do not, or if they provide those features they are >>>> either more hidden away or in the wrong place. >>>> >>>> It would be great if someone would write a twitter client that had 4 >>>> columns lined up; timeline, direct messages, mentions, and sent. Then >>>> you could add more columns for specific people who you are interested >>>> in, so only there tweets showed up. Then a simple tweet box. The ability >>>> to follow people, unfollow people, and a button to go to their twitter >>>> profile. You could customise the time before new tweets are received. >>>> >>>> >>>> That's it; that, in my oppinion, would be the perfect twitter client. >>>> Many of the other clients (including qwitter itself) have a lot of >>>> unnecessary features. For example, not to diss qwitter in any way, but >>>> who needs to do a bing search from a twitter client? If I wanted audio >>>> tweets, I would use one of the services already available... and my >>>> twitter client definetly doesn't need a stopwatch build in. >>>> >>>> >>>> Just my thoughts. >>>> On 10/07/2011 10:20, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Look, i don't want to diss your product, Jonathan but i must ask the list >>>>> this: Do we really need a blind specific Twitter >>>> client? Wasn't it so that we chose the Mac platform to get away from blind >>>> specific solutions and be more standard, thus >>>> being able to more easily communicate with sighted people on equal terms? >>>> I can understand the need for one or more blind >>>> specific solutions in the PC world, but here? Am i naive, stupid, living >>>> on another planet? >>>>> /Krister >>>>> >>>>> 9 jul 2011 kl. 19.41 skrev Jonathan Chacón Barbero: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> there are some problems to develop a ported version of Qwitter: >>>>>> >>>>>> * keystroke management is very different in OSX than Windows... We have >>>>>> to rewrite all modules about keyboard >>>>>> * window dialog management is very different in OSX. >>>>>> * there are few diferences in IO file system for OSX and Windows >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> well, I have a good news... I'm developing Blindtweet for OSX. It is a >>>>>> twitter client for OSX managed using keystrokes and >>>> it uses speech capabilityes to show the twiter information. >>>>>> I hope finish it for september and it will be in the Mac app store >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Jonathan Chacón Barbero >>>>>> Accessibility, usability and new technologies consultant >>>>>> >>>>>> Phone: +34 679953948 >>>>>> e-Mail: [email protected] >>>>>> Blog: http://www.programaraciegas.es >>>>>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jonathanchacon >>>>>> LinkedIn: http://es.linkedin.com/in/jonathanchacon >>>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.chacon.barbero >>>>>> Messenger: [email protected] >>>>>> Skype: Tyflos_ >>>>>> FaceTime: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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