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euanandrews 2010-01-17 10:10
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwould (Post 477706)
the issue is not simply me not liking avatars, it is a question of how much development effort it would take to do any sensible implementation combined with it's effect on performance.
at the moment each tweet is a couple of hundred bytes. but an avatar pic is likely to be a couple of k, so adding the pick is massively adding to the memory usage per tweet.
you have to spawn threads to download the images. then figure out some storage. unless you want to download them fresh everytime. but if you store them you need some strategy to check for updates.
then i'd have to figure out how to get the cell renderer to actually show the images.
all so you there can be a little picture taking up screen space.
I understand your arguement...but please see the flip side...

I think your app has the potential to be the Maemo version of Gravity...you could make money, I certainly would be willing to pay for a decent twitter app...

But that said...its not only got to be usable, but pretty...and avatars and icons add that element.

Please consider it.

Otherwise, thank you for your prompt response, appreciate your comments

dwould 2010-01-17 22:38
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by stobbsc (Post 477717)
awesome thanks for search tip.
I think there might be a bug with the search notification. i always get a message saying new tweets for search blah blah blah. but when i check there aren't any new tweets.

Once again really thanks for the app
yeah, at the moment search is always a complete refresh. it throws away previous results and starts again. i suppose i could keep things but it hard to avoid duplicates. since it is something where the search criteria can change everytime. it was just easiest to discard and refresh. hence everytiime it gets 20 hits.

dwould 2010-01-17 22:44
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by euanandrews (Post 477749)
I understand your arguement...but please see the flip side...

I think your app has the potential to be the Maemo version of Gravity...you could make money, I certainly would be willing to pay for a decent twitter app...

But that said...its not only got to be usable, but pretty...and avatars and icons add that element.

Please consider it.

Otherwise, thank you for your prompt response, appreciate your comments
sadly part of the conditions my employer placed on me getting involved in an opensource project was that i wouldn't make any money from it.
not sure how enforcable that is, but in any case ast i heard you couldn't gwt anything into the ovi store unless you are a company.

i do want to add icons, and work on things that will make it better for my usage. and it is open source, so i haven't ruled out others submitting features that I've not bothered to implement.

stlpaul 2010-01-20 02:07
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
I can't install on my N900, it says python-simplejson is missing. Is that normal?

dwould 2010-01-20 08:12
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by stlpaul (Post 483381)
I can't install on my N900, it says python-simplejson is missing. Is that normal?
no that's not normal. the python-simplejson library should be availiable from the standard Extras repository. perhaps a temporary failure with that repository? you could check it's not disabled for any reason.

stlpaul 2010-01-21 20:53
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwould (Post 483740)
no that's not normal. the python-simplejson library should be availiable from the standard Extras repository. perhaps a temporary failure with that repository? you could check it's not disabled for any reason.
You were right. Everything installed properly now. It must have been related to the servers being down over the weekend. Sorry for the false alarm! :)

RevdKathy 2010-01-23 20:43
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Where should I go to give formal feedback on this app? I've been using it regularly for a while now, and would like to give it a positive vote. :)

dwould 2010-01-24 13:03
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RevdKathy (Post 490962)
Where should I go to give formal feedback on this app? I've been using it regularly for a while now, and would like to give it a positive vote. :)
generally for any package you can go here: http://maemo.org/packages/
searc for the package you want to feed back on, select the version/repo combination and on that veraion you can vote and leave comments.

so for the most recent witter that is http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...itter/0.2.1-8/

however, everytime i upload a new version to testing it effectively loses the history of votes for a preious version.
which i find slightly weird.
and i am hoping to upload another big update at leas to devel later today. and assuming i can resolve some issues I'd promote to testing later in the week.

feedback on issues is always helpful, but I'm inclined to say hold off on votes until i have a version that looks good enough to be in extras.

RevdKathy 2010-01-24 16:56
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Ok, Tell me when you want me to vote.

I put Witter on my homescreen alongside Mauku, since one was 'stable' and the other still in development. In practice, over the last couple of weeks I've found I no longer use Mauku at all: I simply prefer Witter. It has a better range of features - I am viewing DMs, mentions and search. It's slightly slower - you said that was down to it being python. To be honest, I notice it less now. Could optifying python have improved that?

Anyway, I'd like to vote for it because I find it excellent. :)

Edit - I just installed the new version: love the interface!

dwould 2010-01-24 19:00
Re: witter - a python twitter client
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RevdKathy (Post 492106)
Edit - I just installed the new version: love the interface!
Wow you are on the ball then, I was just coming to advertise it..

0.2.2 the all new iconified witter:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/...129a4304_o.png

See my blog for full change history
http://danielwould.wordpress.com/witter


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