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Jason DeBoer-Moran replied on October 06, 2008 19:51 to the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

I think this is a great idea!

A comment on the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

They're commenting about supporting twurl.nl as a URL-shortening service, actually. – Voyagerfan5761, on September 27, 2008 02:04

Shivian Balaris replied on September 27, 2008 01:13 to the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

Even more people are commenting over on the Ping.fm satisfaction page about integration with Twhirl, I told them to come here but it might be even more helpful to look at their interest too http://getsatisfaction.com/pingfm/top...

Andy replied on September 23, 2008 12:25 to the idea "Will there be an API that can be used by third-party applications?" in Live Oak 360:

This is absolutely in the works. We have already spoken to a couple of Twitter clients regarding their API needs and are working on our API. I expect this to be released sometime in October.

Thanks!

Andy

Randy J. Ray shared an idea in Live Oak 360 on September 23, 2008 09:08:

Will there be an API that can be used by third-party applications?

Services like is.gd, bit.ly, etc. have APIs that permit users to integrate those features with applications such as Twitter clients, etc. Will BudURL have such an API?

A comment on the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

I understand where everyone is coming from on this process. My thoughts are these:

Yes, if I could pay even up to like $10 ~$15 for a product that would connect to Ping.fm from something like Adobe Air and allow me to post using a character count (and really, that's ALL it needs to be) I'd be happy. If there were more bells and whistles, sure... but it doesn't need to have more (for me).

But Twhirl is not a paid service, it's free, and so we have to treat it as such - same as you would respect someone who *gives* you something... you don't often place more demands (not requests, demands) back upon them in return.

While, yes, this feels like something super-easy to implement (to me) and makes me slightly scratch my head going "really? it's still not implemented yet?" I also accept that Twhirl is free and therein I can't demand or require as much from it (if anything). All I can do is nicely request and make my voice heard.

At the same time, if I find a product that will allow me to do similar functions to Twhirl and is $10 ~ $15 AND posts to ping.fm ... I'd likely switch in a heartbeat and Twhirl would lose a diehard customer that promotes them every chance I can get.

It's just an honest part of the world about this situation. One I respect and admire, while also treating with honestly for both myself and the product I use and adore. – Shivian Balaris, on September 22, 2008 04:11

A comment on the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

Hey Ro11z, no worries, no offense taken. =) We just have to prioritize features right now. Everyone's comments and suggestions help in that process. The best thing you can do to affect the priority of a feature is to be sure and encourage anyone else you know who is interested in the feature to come here and click on "I like this idea". – Thomas Knoll, on September 22, 2008 04:04

A comment on the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

hey ild be willing and happy to pay for a client that gives me ease of use with all the services out there. so bringing the (its free) augument dont wash with me. its just they to remember ease of use more than fuctionality.

just look @ the iphone to see what i mean

dont mean any offence – Ro11z, on September 22, 2008 03:15

A comment on the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

Ro11z, while I appreciate your passion for this feature, I have to agree with Randy, that the demanding attitude is not inspirational. That said, we will not spite you... we simply have to weigh new features against all the other requests, and our internal roadmap. Sorry that we haven't been able to add this one quick enough. – Thomas Knoll, on September 22, 2008 01:01

A comment on the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

Twhirl is a free application. I happen to consider it one the best examples of an AIR cross-platform application to have yet be written and released (it's the only app that gives me a *truly* consistent interface across Linux, Mac OSX and Windows-- even Java apps like Eclipse, or Firefox/Thunderbird have noticeable differences on Mac OSX). But it is free, and we all benefit from that. This kind of demanding attitude doesn't inspire the developers to help you, I promise. As a developer of free software myself, I would be more likely to delay any feature you request with such a tone of voice just out of spite. – Randy J. Ray, on September 21, 2008 23:41

Ro11z replied on September 21, 2008 19:54 to the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

it realy is annoying that we STILL dont have Ping.fm support for saying Twhirl is not cross-platform. the moment they started playing with friendfeed and identi.ca they should have added Ping.fm for ease of use for the customers

i HATE having to repeat myself
i HATE having to repeat myself

Add Ping.fm already

A comment on the question "Desired ID/name is taken, but abandoned?" in Twitter:

Hello. Did you receive a confirmation email to acknowledge that your support ticket was received? – mdy, on September 20, 2008 22:09

Christian BS replied on September 20, 2008 16:38 to the question "Desired ID/name is taken, but abandoned?" in Twitter:

I did that, and the account was taken down, but I still cannot take than user name; twitter says that it is taken.

Tom Glenn started following the question "Desired ID/name is taken, but abandoned?" in Twitter.

Colin is fine started following the question "Desired ID/name is taken, but abandoned?" in Twitter.

Voyagerfan5761 replied on September 14, 2008 07:22 to the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

I just got this idea myself, and came here looking to post it. Good thing I searched first... :D

Anyway, I think it would be nice to be able to link a Ping.fm account to accounts on Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, Identi.ca, and FriendFeed, and have updates automatically cross-posted whenever I send a message to one account.

For example, if I have accounts configured for Twitter, FriendFeed, and Identi.ca, and I update in Twitter, I would like instead for my update to go to Ping.fm for distribution through my default ping set there. Same if I send a dent on Identi.ca or post a message on FriendFeed. Of course, the same logic employed in Twitter's current cross-posting support for Pownce and Jaiku would be useful (send @replies and directs directly [no pun intended] through the Twitter API).

Does my example make sense? Is it possible? A good/bad idea? Please let me know.

Randy J. Ray replied on September 12, 2008 20:12 to the idea "Ping.fm support" in Seesmic:

I would like to see this, too. Currently I either use the webpage, or I compose the message in twhirl, Ctrl-A+Ctrl-X, then paste it into an IM window. As a previous comment said, IM windows don't tell you how close you're getting to 140 chars.

Randy J. Ray reported a problem in Twitter on July 12, 2008 02:26:

Form at http://help.twitter.com/index.php?pg=request only refreshes the page

Using the form at http://help.twitter.com/index.php?pg=... to report a spammer (following the link from the FAQ page), every time I submit it it just refreshes the page. If the form is actually submitting, there's no indication of it that I can tell.

(Also, that form isn't very well-suited to reporting spammers in the first place.)

Randy J. Ray marked one of Todd's replies in Fluid as useful. Todd replied to the problem "Fluid apps open new windows in "default" browser rather than the SSB".