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Regular Expression (RegExp) filtering for the timeline
This was a "power setting" in Twitterrific, and I would love to see it in Tweetie as well. By using a hidden command-line feature, you could filter out tweets that matched certain words. For example, a user can filter out a particular hashtag (#idol or #americanidol) or auto-generated tweets that contain consistent sets of words.
For details on how Twitterrific does it, see:
http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/index.php/2009/03/13/terminal-tip-twitterrific/
For details on how Twitterrific does it, see:
http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/index.php/2009/03/13/terminal-tip-twitterrific/
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Inappropriate?This is a good - but made me wonder - is there no search/filter for Tweetie at all? Seems like a big omission.
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Inappropriate?Twitterrific's filtering is great. I'm sure you guys can implement it with a slick UI (right-click a word, "Filter...")
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Inappropriate?I like this - but please try to make the UI fit both a permanent filter, and a temporary one. For example, I would want filter all SXSW tweets when I wasn't at SXSW - but only during the time SXSW was happening, and I would want to quickly add/remove/change those filters on the tweet window itself.
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Definitely. I think Twitterrific's solution, while more powerful with regular expressions, is overkill. I would be happy with a "Filters" panel in the settings where you could just add a list of words or hashtags, and any tweets that came in that contained any of those words would be hidden from view. -
Inappropriate?I would really like to see a filter feature, but would rather see it built into the the preferences or the interface itself.
Having a hidden regex filter seems a bit cumbersome and always seemed like a band-aide solution in Twitterriffic. Why make it so difficult? -
Inappropriate?Regex isn't very friendly for the masses, but seems like it would be a pretty easy add-on as an experiment. Being able to bring terms to focus (color highlight) we want to see and hide terms we're sick of seeing would give the reader commanding control over their stream. -
Inappropriate?I might suggest that the "spymaster" Twitter phenomenon makes some kind of RegEx tweet filtering all the more timely... please?
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Inappropriate?DestroyTwitter also has regex support and it works really well. Hopefully we get this implemented in some way in a future version of Tweetie. -
Inappropriate?Brilliant! With all the new games and apps with built-in tweeting, twitter is rapidly turning into the new myspace/facebook/LJ/aol ... I came to twitter to avoid all that noise, and now it's heer! -
Inappropriate?Tweet spam is just going to get worse as Twitter grows in popularity. I'm pretty sure that eventually tweet filtering is going to be considered a must-have for any Twitter client -- like junk mail filtering for an email client.
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Inappropriate?With the increasing amount of stupid Twitter giveaways and retweeting, it would definitely be nice to get filters in Tweetie. A simple word filter is fine for most, though it would be nice to have a full regex filter either through a hidden preference or an Advanced tab or something.
This is the feature I miss most from Twitterrific, and I would consider buying the full version of Tweetie if it were available only as a paid feature. One's sanity is definitely worth $20. (It would also be nice to see the same filters in the iPhone version, but I understand that may be trickier to include.)
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