About TwitteReader

TwitteReader is a web application that was designed in order to Twitter users be able to keep track of which messages they have already read and mark and unmark them.

Its design is based on Google Reader. I use Google Reader all the time to keep my feeds organized and mark messages read and unread as I want and, although it is very simple, it is also very well built. Simple design, simple interaction but great features. So instead of re-inventing the wheel, I built an application based on those principals: simple but functional.

BETA v0.5

Features:
  1. Offline marking and unmarking read messages
  2. Page system
  3. Shortcut keys r-refresh, k/arrow-up->up, j/arrow-down->down, arrow-left/page-up->newer page and arrow-right/page-down->older page
  4. No signup required
  5. Update Twitter (send messages) and reply to users
  6. Delete updates
  7. Favorite and unfavorite messages
  8. Message parser
  9. Messages auto-reload each 5 minutes
It's still in beta version as I want to keep adding features and, of course, fixing bugs.

Still to do:
  1. parse date
  2. UTF-8 symbols list so users can insert them in their updates
  3. smiles parser
  4. hide read messages
  5. space-bar jumps to the first unread message (same as GR)
  6. friends list - be able to read 1 user messages
Fixed bugs and addons:
  1. one integrated bridge between TwitteReader and Twitter
  2. retwitt friend's messages
  3. mark all messages, from a page, as read
  4. writing update messages in the middle of a reload, bug fixed. Cba http://en.c-ba.org/
  5. when any message is expanded, arrow-up starts from bottom to top, arrow-down starts from top to bottom
  6. message parser fixed
  7. new shortcuts added: arrow-up->up, arrow-down->down, arrow-left/page-up->newer page and arrow-right/page-down->older page
  8. "message sent from TwitteReader" source added
  9. safari profile image url parsing
  10. shortcuts (keys) interface interaction optimized. Some bugs fixed
  11. shortcuts now working on IE (7 at least)
  12. install instructions for self hosting released
  13. after some feedback I've set mysql_real_escape_string() to all comunication variables
  14. message parser updated. Well parsed urls and @username links
  15. delete (own) messages now available
  16. works on smaller screens now. Key interface was getting scroller to jump around
  17. remember username feature added. Also, if you have save passwords on your browser, when username is inserted, it can fill in your password automatically and if there is a username and password it auto-logins
  18. create/remove favorite now available
  19. @username links bug fixed
  20. reply feature working
  21. number of characters left reset after submited update
  22. reply icon added. Soon available
  23. favorite status icon added. Soon editable
  24. unique link to message added to the options bar
  25. signup isn't required anymore. Twitter users login with their username and password and start reading right away
  26. update Twitter over TwitteReader is now available. Just like in Twitter, you have your 140 characters to write and the update button
  27. 'r' key, shortcut for refresh button added
  28. code reviewed and commented. Stable beta version 0.23 zipped and shared
  29. page system added. Each page has its own unread counter
  30. when users delete messages, the system now detects them and delete their record on the database as well
  31. marking system was remade. It is now based on offline marking (and unmarking) and on refresh or on leave of the "read" page, it will store the marks online. Much faster user interface and only one AJAX communication with the server
Known bugs:
  1. none
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