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A comment on the idea "Adding Groups or Stacks to Tweetie for Mac" in atebits:

Well we could do that. Sure.

But let's also hope Loren takes all this on board and reconsiders any lines in the sand he may or may not have drawn. It seems to be a big deal to some people. – Jonathan Wight, on April 20, 2009 15:13

A comment on the idea "Saved searches in left sidebar" in atebits:

(Window menu/Open in New Window). they clutter up what would be a nice simple UI though. – Jonathan Wight, on April 20, 2009 15:10

Jonathan Wight replied on April 20, 2009 15:09 to the idea "Saved searches in left sidebar" in atebits:

No one has mentioned "Torn off Search Pages" yet?

It isn't perfect but it is a saved search. (Kinda/sorta)

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There's no need for APIs from Twitter in order to have groups. EventBox has a "groups-like" feature in the way of Smart Folders. You add users to Smart Folders and it simply filters existing Tweets in the timeline to only include the Tweets by those users. No API calls are made because they're already there.

This is just pure stubborness by the developer to not include the feature that virtually every Twitter user wants. Unfortunately, it wrecks an otherwise spectacular Twitter desktop app.

Jonathan Wight marked one of Simon Ings' replies in atebits as useful. Simon Ings replied to the idea "Adding Groups or Stacks to Tweetie for Mac".

Jonathan Wight replied on April 20, 2009 14:39 to the idea "Saved searches in left sidebar" in atebits:

The mockups are OK - but really I'd like to see the list of searches available IN the sidebar and not just accessible FROM the sidebar.

This is one of those features that a "pro" twitter client should have. Without it a twitter client is just a personal app. I wonder how atebits sees his app.

Jonathan Wight replied on April 20, 2009 14:38 to the idea "Auto-Complete Twitter Names" in atebits:

This is one of the nicest features in Lounge.app

Jonathan Wight replied on April 20, 2009 14:36 to the idea "Adding Groups or Stacks to Tweetie for Mac" in atebits:

Yeah this is a big deal. In fact a ground breaker. Right now tweetie for mac is just a better twitterffic (significantly better). Groups and saved searches are the two features of a "pro" twitter app that a lot of people can't live without.

Yes I know atebit's stance on it - but still.

Jonathan Wight started following the idea "Adding Groups or Stacks to Tweetie for Mac" in atebits.

Jonathan Wight replied on March 25, 2009 12:54 to the problem "Check for Update menu title incorrect." in Red Sweater:

Ha. Well you've obviously put thought into the exact form of the menu item (unlike the people who leave the boilerplate "About MyApp" in their menu...). So I can't ask for more than that.

I'll leave it at that.

Good luck with the new release.

Jonathan Wight marked one of redsweater's replies in Red Sweater as useful. redsweater replied to the problem "Check for Update menu title incorrect.".

Jonathan Wight reported a problem in Red Sweater on March 25, 2009 12:35:

Check for Update menu title incorrect.

This is such an anal bug I can't believe I'm reporting it... But here goes anyway...

The "Check for Update" menu item should probably read "Check for Updates...". The ellipsis signifies that the menu item will present further UI and/or require further user action. And "Check for Update" just sounds wrong. The pluralised version sounds better (to my ears at least).

Told you that was anal.

A comment on the idea "Floating below applications." in Second Gear:

Again geektool _seems_ to the right thing. Open Source too. – Jonathan Wight, on August 21, 2008 22:22

Jonathan Wight replied on August 21, 2008 22:21 to the idea "Floating below applications." in Second Gear:

And FWIW the right float level is attained by Geektool. Above desktop picture, below finder icons.

Thanks!

Jonathan Wight marked one of kdbdallas' replies in Second Gear as useful. kdbdallas replied to the idea "Floating below applications.".

Jonathan Wight replied on August 21, 2008 22:07 to the idea "Floating below applications." in Second Gear:

Oh yeah. Kinda like Stattoo: http://www.panic.com/stattoo/ but with less suck. (thanks to http://twitter.com/kdbdallas/statuses...)

schwa@toxicsoftware.com shared an idea in Second Gear on August 21, 2008 22:01:

Floating below applications.

I'd like the main window to float just above the desktop picture, but below Finder icons. I do not want the window floating above any application windows. I also don't want it clickable.

The idea is I want it to be always present during the day, so I can see it - but not be bothered with it. I dont want to have to remember to activate or deactivate it. I just want it there when I close an application's window.

I don't mind if this is a secret NSUserDefaults - in fact that would be perfect - because I could then experiment with the window level myself.