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Announcing TwitNotes - a Twitter plug-in for Notes 8

The below screenshot should speak for itself but in case it doesn't let me explain... Last night and tonight I have been writing a Twitter plug-in for the Notes 8 Standard sidebar. I got tired of using BeTwittered and really wanted a real Notes 8 sidebar plug-in as I have some other ideas I want to incorporate. Once I finalize the plug-in tomorrow and get it on an update site you can install it if you're interested.

Initial features:

  • Pure SWT application
  • Integration with the Accounts API
  • Preferences via Notes 8 Preference pages (auto refresh (yes/no), refresh interval, number of posts to show, refresh after posting).
  • Shows the Twitter profile image of the poster.
  • Posts to Twitter.

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Posted by Mikkel Heisterberg on 21 March 2008 00:18:00 CET #


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Re: Announcing TwitNotes - a Twitter plug-in for Notes 8

Comment from Yancy Lent on 21 March 2008 01:28:46 CET #
Very Cool!
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Re: Announcing TwitNotes - a Twitter plug-in for Notes 8

Comment from Stuart McIntyre on 21 March 2008 06:36:55 CET #
Hey, Mikkel. That looks excellent.  I too have given up on BeTwittered and gone back to using Snitter or Twhirl, so I'll be interested to see how well your plug-in works.
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Re: Announcing TwitNotes - a Twitter plug-in for Notes 8

Comment from Chris Whisonant on 21 March 2008 14:52:15 CET #
If you want to, just send me the update site. I think there's a public server we can use... ;)
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Re: Announcing TwitNotes - a Twitter plug-in for Notes 8

Comment from Mikkel Heisterberg on 21 March 2008 17:36:41 CET #
Chris, if you already did the Notes id's couldn't you just create the update site database and then I could simply replicate it / update it on your server?
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Comment from Adam Gartenberg on 21 March 2008 17:09:11 CET #
Very cool!  (Although you need to get some more friends there, buddy :)

Have you tried the plugin from Sametime yet?
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Comment from Mikkel Heisterberg on 21 March 2008 17:15:16 CET #
Definitely need more friends - my mom always told me so! :-) As for the Sametime one I haven't. Do you have a link?
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Comment from Mikkel Heisterberg on 21 March 2008 18:26:42 CET #
Ahh now I understand the question... :-) Nope - not yet but it's Expeditor ready so I don't see why it shouldn't run there as well. The extension points are all the same. There could be something with the Account API but I don't think so.
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Re: Announcing TwitNotes - a Twitter plug-in for Notes 8

Comment from Chris Reckling on 21 March 2008 17:12:03 CET #

Very nice! and only a couple of days to write?

Chris

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Re: Announcing TwitNotes - a Twitter plug-in for Notes 8

Comment from Mikkel Heisterberg on 21 March 2008 17:14:34 CET #
Until now I think I have spent 12-15 hours. Besides needing a Twitter client for Notes 8 I'm going to use it to show of ways of doing stuff in sidebar plug-ins/composite applications so I'm going to spend more time than absolutely necessary.
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Comment from Keith Brooks on 21 March 2008 22:14:33 CET #

very cool. I have bene in contact with betwittered and he has been updating pieces of code for me and the 801 client.

But this sounds better let us knwo where to get it or email me.

twitter as lotusevangelist

 

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Re: Announcing TwitNotes - a Twitter plug-in for Notes 8

Comment from Frank Jania on 21 March 2008 22:30:45 CET #
Cool Cool! I'll want to try it out!
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