Using Photoshop, I mocked up where I want to go next with the
beautiful river stuff.
http://scripting.com/images/2011/02/10/nextStepInRivers.gif
All I did was split the page horizontally and add a box where I can
add a message to my output stream. I already have the back-end for
this completed and debugged. I have a UI, but it's a pretty ugly HTML
form. The goal is to integrate the two.
Here's a screen shot of the form I'm actually using, that's
functional.
http://scripting.com/images/2011/02/10/messageEditor.gif
Note about the editor.
1. The pop-up menu says which feed the item goes to. I can manage more
than one.
2. The full link is entered in its own box.
3. There's a link to the feed (the white-on-orange XML icon).
4. There's a link that pings TwitterFeed saying the feed has updated.
5. The number is a count of the characters in the box. I'm going to
allow you to set a limit and it will turn red whne you go over the
limit. (Not implemented yet.)
There's also a message area, to the right of the popup-menu, but since
there is no message being displayed you can't see it. This is for
confirmation messages like "Updated feed" or "Successfully pinged
TwitterFeed."
I see this evolving quite a bit, but this is the core functionality.
With these two pieces integrated, there will be the equivalent of a
Twitter client that only uses RSS to communicate.
I would love it if Nicolas or Martin or someone new worked with me on
adapting the River viewer so it had this UI gadget at the top.
Dave