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Yes, Thunderbird is able to do basic functions of twitter. In
deet you cannot handle direct messages with it but it is for me a
great thing for getting an overview over the last tweets.
Greetings,
Wolfram
Am 20.10.2017 um 00:33 schrieb
Christopher-Mark Gilland:
Wait...
Thunderbird can do Twitter?
How did we get off on Thunderbird
when I was talking about using a Twitter client. Did I miss
something?
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Christopher Gilland
Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 19,
2017 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list]
Twitter?
Hi,
I like twidge when I want to post a Link quickly. I also use
Thunderbird
Chat and dabr.co.uk,
Greetings,
Wolfram
Am 19.10.2017 um 22:34 schrieb B. Henry:
> While corebird is certainly accessible I find it less than
intuitive and even after having used it on and off, (much more
off/keep reading to understand
> a bit more), for 2 or more years I just find it inefficient
compared to CLI alternatives.
> For readiing tweets corebird is fine, and I like it alright
for this, and for posting new tweets, status updates if you
prefer that term, again it's
> easy and I have no complaints, but I do a lot of RTing, and
post replies to stuff others post and myself as a way to
continue thoughts that just can
> not be well explained in 140 chars, no I've not been
invited to use the new 280 char format, maybe this is not even
being tested in Mexico, and these
> interactions are far less user friendly, and even when I've
used corebird for a few sessions over a period of a couple or
three days I find that I am
> still almost as dissatisfied as I was when I first started
using the app. Again, it is possible to use, I can't think of
any issues where accessibility
> is terrible or completely lacking, but it just is not
comfortable..
> Last I checked it appeared that corebird was not being
actively developed, i.e. I do not have much hope that
functionality will be streamlined, the app
> wilil become more flexible or customizable, etc. If I am
wrong and development is going on and I missed it or it has
recently resumed, please consider
> one OT post or mail me off list to let me know what's up.
> There are three command line alternatives that are much
more efficient to use, certainly for me, but in most ways I'd
say in objective terms, not to
> mention that the twitter website is quite easy to use and
has been now for quite some time. I am talking the standard
twitter site, not mobile, and
> using firefox with horca. I do not do this a lot, so
something may have changed, but I'm almost always happy to
pleasantly surprised with the
> responsiveness, and the keyboard shortcuts make it easy to
do some things I never or seldom do.
> I can use the mobilie site with old school txt based
browsers as well, but this is a bit slower in most cases.
> For basic stuff one can set up bitlbee to work with their
twitter account. If you spend time on irc then bitlbee is worth
looking in to. I use it with
> irssi, but it is mostly irc client agnostic. There are some
bitlbee pakages that are pidgin specific, but I've not looked in
to them/will let someone
> else comment on what is optimized, added or changed in
these packages compared with the standard bitlbee pkgs.
> The most effective of all the options that I have found
for tweeting is a program called oysttyer, the continuation of
the great work done with ttyer.
> Ttyer still works, or did a couple of days ago when I just
spaced out and started it instead of oysttyer, but has no
advantages over oysttyer, so other
> than advanced documentation that almost if not 100% applies
to oysttyer, (not yet ported over to oysttyer web site(s) yet),
and a dependency that has
> ttytter in its name new users can just think oysttyer.
> Another nice option is twidge. Twidge is not as flexible as
oysttyer, but can be a bit easier to usefor some situations I
think as one does not have to
> have it taking up a console or terminal window. You just
type a command and get what you want, e.g. most recent tweets in
your timeline, your latest
> replies and or mentions, dms etc, or you can post something
new.
> All three of these twitter clients make use of custoom
tweet codes, i.e. 2 or three symbol codes that you use to
refference a tweet so that it is either
> retweeted, replied to, put in your favorites, likes I guess
they are called now, or get the rest of a conversation thread
where a tweet is found.
> This is ot for here, and well explained in help and
documentation manuals, but a couple of examples may help give
you the idea if you have never used
> these programs or had them explained to you.
> I can type oysttyer and start the program, and after it
tells you if you have logged in, what your posting rate limits
are or if you are using the
> streaming api, and checks for updates you will start
hearing your time line, latest dms and replies. You can
configure this differently, but the above
> would be typical. You can also have keywords in your
configuration and oysttyer will use them for saved searches.
> You can just type a new tweet and press enter, and I have
my oysttyer set up to require a confirmation before posting as I
can hit enter by mistake, or
> decide the second after I pressed it that my tweet is just
a bit too radical for acheiving my desired responses, remember
how something should be
> spelled or what ever, so I have to type y and hit enter
again before my tweet is sent out.
> If I want to reply to a tweet I use its oysttyer and
session specific tweet code, e.g.
> /reply g7 You can't be serious, none of those guys knows as
much as your dog, the prez even less #SpinTillYouLie
#PantsOnFire
> and the correct username is prepended, and the correct
metadata is used so that your reply appears how and where it
should.
> You can also put a list of your friends/followers in to
your config file and not have to type their whole username to
include them, e.g.
> @Be
> press tab and if you only have one person on your list whos
handle starts with Be the name is filled in, use more letters if
there are several that
> start with Be, so I pressed enter after typing @Yo and
@BeautifulGeniusLady is written for me and I can finish the
tweet directed at them.
> /search BurtHenry
> will return the most recent tweets from me or that mention
me, and you can put +5 to just see the latest 5 tweets that
match what ever you are asking
> for with your command.
> You can also use oysttyer options to run commands, post
tweets, etc as a one off event if you do not want a program
window open, and to save on tyhping
> I make aliases for the things I do most, e.g.
> twos "Just wanted to show u how to use #oysttyer"
> would post my tweet test inside the quotes. The twos is the
alias I imade for updating my status, i.e. posting a new tweet.
> I have bash_alias files where I put all such typing saving
commands, but if you prefer you can include aliases in your
~/.bashrc file, either way the
> line to use my command would be
> alias twos='oysttyer -status="'
> I made 2 and 3 symbol aliases for the twidge commands I
most run as well, and this is just the tip of the iceberg as to
what can be done.
> You could easily have your timeline checked every
10minutes and put on screen and/or written to a file you can
read when you want to, and have oysttyer
> check for replies and mentions every 5 minutes. You could
have a searches for Orca, Vinux, Linux accessibility, and great
guitar run every few hours.
> There are extensions you can download that will give extra
functionality as well. Years ago I had some tweets read to me
when they came in using a
> different voice than the one I used with Orca and Speakup.
> Writing extensions to add functionality is probably beyond
the average user's ability to do with out some serious study and
practice, but all three of
> the programs I mention can be used with ease by most people
with in a few minutes of installing them, and Storm has a
website that automates writing and
> customization of a oysttyer configuration file, so you can
get a solid basic setup with out even having to learn about
available options.
> You can also use the long tweet codes that are standard
across all ways to interface with twitter, so you can interact
with a tweet or conversation that
> oysttyer has never seen itself, I think this may be true
for the other aps I mention, but I'd have to check to be sure
there as I seldom need to use
> this method.
> Got to bust a move now, but I strongly reccomdnd spending a
few minutes to try any or better yet all three of the CLI
options I have mentioned here, and
> a few twitter sessions to get the feel for their use. I'm
very busy these days, but am working on a few odds and ends that
will make using oysttyer
> more transparent and even
> easier than it is out of the box, and I'll post an update
sometime in the future re this and a couple other things that
should make life easier for
> screenreader users.
>
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