[BLOG] Making your own twitter client: Part 3 WITH SCREENS

MiracleManS

So, after a few hours of piddling around with this thing, I've finally got something I'm willing to show to the world.

Currently, I have the ability to do a few things:

-Get my friends timeline
-Get replies
-Get direct messages
-Get the public timeline

Still to add (in order of importance):

-button to post a tweet instead of hitting enter
-ability to double click/click a button to reply
-Add an actual menu for login information and options for layout
-tiny urls (this is going to be a bitch)
-parsing html encodes into their actual entities (haven't looked hard, but I'm hoping theres a library that does this already)
-Ability to track hash tags in your friends/followed individuals (this is going to be interesting, and I'm not sure I'll be able to do it in the near future)


Due to the size constraints that happen with a netbook, I've had to become a little creative with the screen real-estate. So far, I think it's doing ok, but definitely needs some work. That said, the preliminary layout is definitely something I consider good enough to work with.

Every time you request an update of some sort (DMs, replies, friends, public) the main window [that has a scroll bar] is deleted and refreshed. Presenting you with current, up-to-date info.

So, instead of more talking, here's the screen shot (remember, this is made to work on a 1024x600 screen):



Update!!! Following some suggestions and ideas from my girlfriend's brother, I have updated the layout. COMPARE!!!!

Thrax

Are you sure tinyurls will be a bitch? Bit.ly has an API.

MiracleManS

I think the primary problem is going to be making the text fields rich and actually parsing the urls. I've played with the bit.ly API, and its great, I just know that having a clickable url in my text fields is going to be a PITA.