Anyone who has bought one of my add-ons previously knows that I like to release sneak peeks of things when I get close to release so... hey, here's a sneak peek:
New status editor apperance:
There will no longer be an option to Post to Twitter or Facebook on a per status update basis. However, these two grey icons indicate the status of your link to the services. (I think this scales better for when new services e.g. Google+ are added in the future). Grey is unlinked and clicking the icon takes you to the new dedicated page for managing Status Updates:
This is clearly unfinished and the text needs to change and... wait, why's there two character counts on the status update block?
One has 82 characters remaining and one says 25 characters remaning. Well, the one with 82 characters is correct. This is why: When you actually write a tweet at Twitter.com. All http:// URLs are shortened to 20 characters using their t.co shortening service (21 for https URLs). This add-on now counts URLs in the same way as Twitter. So that really long 77 character URL there is only being registered as 20 characters long as once it is posted on Twitter, it will only be 20 characters long
Credit where it is due, cclaerhout (Cédric) has been a massive help to me with this. Also, there's a little .js script to calculate the characters that was written by Twitter themselves so I cannot take credit for that.
Once linked you have some new settings:
That's right... this new version will allow you to Tweet / Post when you update your status, or when you post a thread, or when you get awarded a trophy.
Here's a view of what the status editor drop down looks like when one of the services is connected, by the way. I am contemplating having another icon state to indicate when the accounts are linked, but status updates are switched off...
There will be an option to turn this off, but by default, all status updates will be trimmed to allow for a URL to the content to be added (again, it only counts as 20 characters):
And that's it for now
Right I've got more work to do!
EDIT: Oh, by the way... this has all entirely been written from scratch and does not rely on any third party libraries. It makes it completely lightweight and ultimately easier to debug.
EDIT 2: Trophy awarded tweet:
EDIT 3: New thread:
I have a desire to call this add-on something different... I was originally thinking about Status Tweeter and Status FB Poster but I'm not keen... Any ideas welcome...
New status editor apperance:
There will no longer be an option to Post to Twitter or Facebook on a per status update basis. However, these two grey icons indicate the status of your link to the services. (I think this scales better for when new services e.g. Google+ are added in the future). Grey is unlinked and clicking the icon takes you to the new dedicated page for managing Status Updates:
This is clearly unfinished and the text needs to change and... wait, why's there two character counts on the status update block?
One has 82 characters remaining and one says 25 characters remaning. Well, the one with 82 characters is correct. This is why: When you actually write a tweet at Twitter.com. All http:// URLs are shortened to 20 characters using their t.co shortening service (21 for https URLs). This add-on now counts URLs in the same way as Twitter. So that really long 77 character URL there is only being registered as 20 characters long as once it is posted on Twitter, it will only be 20 characters long
Credit where it is due, cclaerhout (Cédric) has been a massive help to me with this. Also, there's a little .js script to calculate the characters that was written by Twitter themselves so I cannot take credit for that.Once linked you have some new settings:
That's right... this new version will allow you to Tweet / Post when you update your status, or when you post a thread, or when you get awarded a trophy.
Here's a view of what the status editor drop down looks like when one of the services is connected, by the way. I am contemplating having another icon state to indicate when the accounts are linked, but status updates are switched off...
There will be an option to turn this off, but by default, all status updates will be trimmed to allow for a URL to the content to be added (again, it only counts as 20 characters):
And that's it for now
Right I've got more work to do!EDIT: Oh, by the way... this has all entirely been written from scratch and does not rely on any third party libraries. It makes it completely lightweight and ultimately easier to debug.
EDIT 2: Trophy awarded tweet:
EDIT 3: New thread:
I have a desire to call this add-on something different... I was originally thinking about Status Tweeter and Status FB Poster but I'm not keen... Any ideas welcome...
