Request: Twitter notifications
 

I just got a second hand HTC Hero as a work phone. One of the things I really like is Peep, which is Twitter that runs in the background and if you get a notification, like a mention or a direct message, an icon pops up in the taskbar to let you know.

Is there anything like this for Maemo 5? I installed the Mauku widget but not only would it not load any tweets, saying i'd exceeded or something, it also wiped all the widgets from my desktop when i uninstalled it. I use Witter as a Twitter app, but do we have, or is anyone working on, something that gives notifications like a background daemon?

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

rt now only witter works with twitter notifications

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

You could try khweeteur. It has notifications and you can set the search interval.

You might like it. It's in extras-testing though.


http://khertan.net/news/2010/09/24/khweeteur_0.0.36
http://khertan.net/khweeteur

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

I did have that installed actually but got rid of it because at the time it lacked some of the more important features that i use in Twitter, and Witter covers them. The only thing the N900 seems to be missing from my own perspective is the social network - not universally of course, the contact and chat integration is second to none, i just mean the social network update side of things.

I could just leave Witter open, but what I like about Peep in Android is that you don't see it, i didn't even open it (so god knows if and how to turn it off, Android gives me a headache when it comes to settings) and I'd love Maemo to have something similar, just like an SMS notification when you get a mention without having an app open

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

There's a Twitter plugin for Conversations, but when last I tried it it was VERY battery intensive and doesn't seem to be under active development, or at least to have been updated in ages. Which is a shame...

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

I considered that but i don't want all my twitter contacts in my address book to be honest, if it just did conversations it'd be perfect

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

Acording to this post, importing into Contacts is optional. I haven't used it (or Twitter) for ages, so I cna't say how well it works. I should also have said earlier, the pugin is in -devel so may cause problems, install at your own risk etc.

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

I got into the game late but I believe the twitter plugin for Conversations no longer works due to different authorization for twitter. At least that has been my finding since trying to add it in.

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

i use a transport on my ejabberd server, and do all twitter through xmpp. If that is beyond you, maybe you can try tweet.im, it is the same thing.

Re: Request: Twitter notifications
 

Not heard of that, can you explain what it is and how it works?