Trowl 0.5.3 Preview
Mageuzi
Apologies for it being so quiet lately -- the holidays have a knack
for putting small projects like this on the back burner! I've been
working on 0.5.3 when time allowed, and I think it's ready for some
testing by those eager to try out some new stuff.
The big addition in this version is lists support. Under settings, in
addition to the usual list of friends, you also have the option of
seeing the lists you've created or subscribe to. Right now, it isn't
possible to see who is a part of the list, but I will probably either
sneak this into the final version, or wait until 0.5.4.
Any lists you select will have its tweets growled in exactly the same
manner as when you select friends. The only difference to note is
that it appears Twitter does not include retweets in lists. If you
wish to get retweets from a user, you will need to select them on the
friend list too -- I'm not entirely sure why Twitter implemented it
this way.
Other than lists support, I have made minor changes and bug fixes.
The changelog follows if you're interested in the details. I was
hoping to add the ability to growl tweets that match certain search
keywords, but other developers have reported inconsistent results when
using the APIs for searching. So, I'm going to hold off on that for a
version or two, to see if things straighten out.
Anyway, if you find any bugs or have any suggestions, please send them
along! Thanks for trying out 0.5.3, and thanks for using Trowl!
Screenshot: http://mageuzi.com/trowl/settings_053.png
Download: http://mageuzi.com/trowl/trowl053-dev.zip
0.5.3 Changelog:
NEW: Lists support. The Friends list now has two tabs: Friends and
Lists. Friends is the list
of people you follow, just like previous versions. Lists shows
all lists you have
created or subscribe to. Simply check off the lists whose tweets
you want growled.
* Just like with friends, @replies won't be growled if the
"Do not growl tweets that are @replies to others" option is
set.
* Twitter filters out official retweets in lists. If you want
retweets,
you will still need to select the friend on the friends
list as well.
IMPROVED: New Tweet screen enhancements.
* New Layout
* CTRL-A selects all text. CTRL-ENTER sends your
tweet.
* If you include the old-style "RT" tag in a mention,
it will be treated as
an old-style retweet, and not an @reply.
IMPROVED: New error type: 404 Not Found. This is the error being
returned primarily by a
Twitter bug when trying to retrieve friends. If you get this
error when Trowl is
trying to retrieve your friends, it is due to this bug.
Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
IMPROVED: Made timestamp estimates a bit more realistic.
(i.e. a tweet sent 1 hour 50 minutes ago will no longer say
"about 1 hour ago")
BUG FIX: Added some code to get New Tweet screen to more reliably be
top-most when opened.
BUG FIX: Last used account on New Tweet screen won't be saved if it's
a reply/retweet/DM.
BUG FIX: Improvements to how "Select All/None" checkbox is handled.
devfuel
Mageuzi
trying out the pre-release! As always, let me know if you come across
any bugs.
I'm going to focus on the notification properties, and growling
twitter search results, for the next release.