2007-12

I wrote a small Quicksilver plugin to send messages to Twitter directly.

Advantages

• Easy to install. No additional software required to be installed
• Configurable via Quicksilver Preference
• You can send messages containing non-ASCII characters

Download

QSTwitter.zip (1.2) (2008.01.23)

Environment

Tested under Leopard 10.5.1, Quicksilver B53 3814.

Install

Unzip the downloaded file and double-click it. that’s all !

Configuration

You will find “Twitter option” in the Quicksilver preference pane. Enter your screen name and password there.

Usage

1. Activate Quicksilver (by Ctrl-SPACE or so)
2. type . (period/dot) key to enter text input mode
3. type a message
4. hit TAB to move into Action
5. type “Twitter”
6. return !

The more familar you are with it, the faster you can send messages than ever.

Screencast

Seeing is Believing, as you know I don’t know why the video is collapsing for first 15 seconds. Sorry for inconvinience.

Code

You can see the code in CodeRepos.

License

Considering…

Restriction

• I could not post messages throught HTTP proxy. Let me know if anyone succeeded to make it.

ChangeLog

• 1.2 (2008.01.23) : fixes the bug that ‘+’ is not shown in status, uses pretty girl icon .
• 1.1 (2007.12.22) : now it shows “QSTwitter” in your post on “from …” .
• 1.0 (2007.12.13) : initial release.

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There seems no comprehensive documents to develop Quicksilver plugin as far as I searched. In order to share my experience to avoid falling into pitfalls, I will write an tutorial developing a Quicksilver plugin under up-to-date environment later.