I wrote a firefox extension that allows you to do this for my URL- shortening service. Of course, many other such extensions work fine too. I mostly just wanted the experience.
Feel free to check it out: http://2ze.us/ Shift wrote: > thanks, I once again had a feeling that was the case - too bad twitter > doesnt allow that functionality in the API I think it would be an > awesome idea and helpful too > > On Jun 17, 10:37 pm, Justyn <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you're looking to do this in an external app, it's certainly > > possible. If you're looking to add this functionality to twitter.com > > itself, you would need something like Abraham mentioned (a browser > > plugin). > > > > On Jun 17, 4:03 pm, Shift <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Guys > > > > > Just working on developing an idea/app for twitter and was hoping > > > anyone out there might shed some light on something i am stumpped on. > > > > > From within twitter i want to be able to post a link (say a shortened > > > URL to an article). which when clicked will span a lightbox (modal/ > > > inline popup) rather than opening a new window/tab with the article, > > > is this possible to do, does anyone know how to do it or direct me to > > > somewhere that i can get more info? > > > > > Anyones help is really appreciated a lot. > > > > > Thanks- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
