Mark, Thanks ever so much for the app recommendation. I've been wanting an app like this that would notify me from a hash tag for awhile now. This will come in handy for the local bus company when they send out bus route changes or delays and use a hash tag on each alert. I can also think of other uses.
Wayne On 5/25/16, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am cross-posting this. > > Well, I have a couple of things to report along with a recommendation of a > fabulous free app that is designed to do one thing and to do it well; you > guessed it, to follow Twitter hash tags. > > First, however, after reading Jonathan's reply, I discovered how to save a > search in Twitterific. This is a very nice feature of the app. > > Second, subsequently, after returning to the native Twitter app, I > discovered that the app, itself, appears to save recent searches. And > although I could see and activate the saved search, I created from within > Twitterific, the native Twitter app does not appear to allow one to > actually > save searches. Interesting, eh? > > Finally, upon doing an app store search from my iPhone, in the US store, I > came across a free app called Tag Stalker. > > I am delighted to report that this app is VoiceOver accessible, complete > with push notification options. > > This app is remarkably simple with only five things that VoiceOver users > should keep in mind: > 1. > There is an advertisement banner across the top that reads as a long string > of numbers. Just ignore this line as it will not be read unless you touch > it. > > 2. > It is not necessary to type in the hash tag symbol. > > 3. > The search results list of hash tags is auto-populating. This is to say, > as > you type, a list of already-in-use hash tags will appear just below the > edit > field. Simply find the one you seek and single-finger, double-tap to > activate the search. > > 4. > There are only two tabs, located on the bottom row of the app. The tab on > the left is Favorites and the tab on the right is Search. When you first > open the app, the Favorites list will be displayed. If you have not yet > saved any Favorites, the area will be empty. This can be a little > confusing > to a VoiceOver user. Simply activate the Search tab and begin exploring. > > 5. > In the upper right corner of the search results list is the button that > allows you to save the search to your Favorites area; as far as I can tell, > this is the only un / mislabeled button in the app. That's pretty much all > there is to the app. > > If you find Tag Stalker as useful as I, please write a review in the app > store being certain to comment on VoiceOver accessibility. > > Happy Twitter hash tag surfing to us all. > > Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My website: www.wayneism.com My book list: www.wayneism.com/books.php -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
