Its a notifier for the most part but, you can reply to tweets straight from the app.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 11, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > 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. > 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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