The issue of of redirecting from /home to /timeline/home and carrying over ?status=hello+world was fixed this afternoon. Or at least it was for me. If it still does not work for you try bringing it up on gsfn [1].
[1] http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter/topics/redirect_from_home_to_timeline_home_drops_get_params On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 18:35, Rodney <[email protected]> wrote: > > With the new layout with the #sidey search bar the http://twitter.com/home > page forwards to http://twitter.com/timeline/home > > This breaks those links that are pre-filling the tweet by linking to / > home > > So before this would work: > > http://twitter.com/home?status=hello+world > > But on the new @home page with the search in the sidebar, it doesn't > work (doesn't prefill the input box). It has to be: > > http://twitter.com/timeline/home?status=hello+world > > On the Twitter Support page where it talks about the new "mentions" > instead of @replies it has a link that says "Take me back to > Twitter.com" > http://help.twitter.com/portal > > But that "Take me back to Twitter.com" links to: > http://twitter.com/timeline/home > (which gives a 404 for users who *don't* have the new #sidey > searchbar) > > All of that to say, which will be the correct way to link going > forward? I know there's a few apps that prefill the box for the user > that may need to be updated. > -- Abraham Williams | Hacker | http://abrah.am @poseurtech | http://the.hackerconundrum.com Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States
