I'd check whether the lack of native window frame around app doesn't spoil the behavior of UI controls.
Super-cool app Snook. Never a letdown.
Very slick! Not sure I want to have yet another runtime environment loaded up on the ol' PC, though.
This is a great app! Would love to be able to customize the colour scheme (hint, hint) - a dark Vista-like would be ideal. Keep up the excellent work.
@Jonathan: nice app!
@Riddle: according to Mike Chambers, the current UI controls are temporary for the alpha release. So, while I haven't seen anything for sure, there's hope that we'll get native (or at least nicer looking) scrollbars, etc. when AIR 1.0 is released.
@Jonathan: was browsing the source and noticed that you used the AIR URLLoader class as opposed to jQuery's ajax methods - any particular reason?
A couple of issues I've noticed:
1. If you close the app and then reopen it, it doesn't remember username and password.
2. You can't use a scroll-wheel to scroll through tweets.
3. I assume a settings pane is planned? Would be nice to be able to set a refresh rate...
Otherwise, so far so good :)
@Lewis: indeed, I'll have a write up about AIR shortly.
Re: ugly controls and lack of scroll-wheel are unfortunately due to Adobe AIR and I have no control over it. I seriously hope this gets fixed in the next version.
@Steve Fleischer: yup, custom colour schemes are in the works. I've built the app to make skinning really easy but haven't decided if I want prebuilt choices (easy) or allow users to import their own (harder).
@Matt Grayson: the very first thing I tried was jQuery but was getting errors. At the time I thought it was do to incompatibility or some cross-domain security issue but in retrospect, the error was probably something else entirely. I had already switched the code over by that point and never bothered to switch back. I may do it anyways to see if it solves an error I've been running into.
@Chris Harrison: indeed, a settings pane is most definitely planned. It'll have the ability to turn sound on and off, change refresh time, and change colour schemes. The scroll-wheel as mentioned is an AIR issue and I'm anticipating the new version of AIR will solve that. The username/password stuff will likely go in at the same time the settings pane goes in.
Thanks all for the positive comments!
Nice stuff Jonathon, look forward to playing around with Snitter when I get a chance.
I noticed from the screenshot that you're returning the "from twitteriffic" and "from web" etc with peoples tweets. Do you mind if I ask how you're retrieving that, is it from the API, or some other magic that you're performing ;)
Looks good, Jonathan. My sister's dog is named Snitter, after a character in the plague dogs.
@Dean: it's in the API. No magic here. :) Now to get Snitter added to that list.
If you're going to go Windows, go C#/.NET imo ;-)
@ Jonathan: Awesome to see more HTML-based AIR applications. Nice work! If you want access to the weekly private AIR builds, please let me know. We have some great new features rolled into the next public beta if you're inclined to wait.
@Riddle: Yes, the UI control skins are only temporary. An update to the appearance is (currently) scheduled for the next beta. The same goes for text controls/appearance, which were bare bones placeholders in AIR Beta 1.
@ Chris Harrison: Scroll wheel support is also planned for the next public AIR beta drop.
@ Travis Cline: It'd be great to hear more constructive feedback from the Linux community. Please feel free to contact me directly. That being said, our latest build for Flash Player, which now includes hardware acceleration for H.264 video playback, and is now only a week old, was released for Windows, Mac and Linux at the same time. We've committed to AIR on Linux as well, though for the 1.0, this will be staggered. We'll have other great Linux news coming from our MAX conference in early October as well.
Regards,
Kevin Hoyt
Platform Evangelist
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Amazing, I'm downloading it now. I've been looking for a replacement for the other PC twitter apps because, like you, I've found them to lack certain things.
Adobe FTW! Nice to see more and more Adobe employees engaging in discussions like these. I can't wait for the next AIR beta!
@Jonathon thanks, probably should have just checked myself, looks as though its been added to the api since the last time I inspected the feeds
Thought you'd like to know: posts from Snitter are showing up as coming from Snitter on Twitter now... Keep up the great work Jonathan!
Great, Jonathan!
Works fantastic, I'm waiting for new features :)
Snook's twitter lol:P Twitter's site yes has some problems, not with the func's though but the site itself, and it hells my Firefox like Sms.ac does. Waiting for the success of your personal Twitter:)
You called Twitter bastards. That's so unsportsmanlike. And awesome!
Wow. Beautiful comments formatting. You are my design god now. :)
Just dropping by from TBE to check out your comments that I read about in a post.
Well the reason Twitter is problematic is because they built it on Rails.
salam
Nice Work. A great little application.
Cool :) just installed it and tweetin
I'm a flash developer hoping to make a smooth transition into AIR deving
I'm still more than doubting AIR. I think Adobe's commitment/respect of gnu/linux users and open source is more than an open question.