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A comment on the problem "Why is Twitter suddenly truncating my posts when I am within 140 characters?" in Twitter:

At the time of my post, there was *nothing* on the official Twitter status nor on ev's page nor on @twitter. It was added to the status blog, etc. afterward. The dev talk list is not something that Twitter provides us with a link to, so laypersons would not know to look there. We look at the "status" and "blog" links that Twitter provides us. Given the severity of the problem, they could have updated in a more timely manner. – missy, on September 25, 2008 12:46

mdy replied on September 25, 2008 03:21 to the problem "Why is Twitter suddenly truncating my posts when I am within 140 characters?" in Twitter:

Hello. In another thread (please click here to see, a Twitter representative, @crystal, has replied to say that the problem has been fixed.

If anyone continues to experience this problem, it would help to answer @crystal's follow-up questions in the other thread

CitrusFreak12 replied on September 25, 2008 02:16 to the problem "Why is Twitter suddenly truncating my posts when I am within 140 characters?" in Twitter:

Awesome, problem fixed in less than 24 hours (12 hours, if I'm not mistaken). Thanks!

Chris Thomson replied on September 24, 2008 22:49 to the problem "Why is Twitter suddenly truncating my posts when I am within 140 characters?" in Twitter:

FWIW, earlier today this was posted on the Twitter Status blog, and ev just posted a tweet saying the problem has been fixed. It was also acknowledged by @al3x, Twitter's API Lead, on Twitter, and on the Twitter Dev Talk list.

CitrusFreak12 replied on September 24, 2008 21:51 to the problem "Why is Twitter suddenly truncating my posts when I am within 140 characters?" in Twitter:

Yeah! What gives, Twitter staff! How *dare* you *post* your *feelings*! If I were you, Missy, I'd ask for my money back. Oh wait, I forget they provide this service to us free of charge. My bad. Me, I'm happy that they've addressed the issue and say they're working on the problem, and it will be fixed ASAP. That's professional enough for me, and I'm certainly getting my money's worth.

missy replied on September 24, 2008 19:01 to the problem "Why is Twitter suddenly truncating my posts when I am within 140 characters?" in Twitter:

CitrusFreak12, if you cannot view this, try creating a 140-character tweet that includes "quoted material." This will trigger it and you will see what we are talking about.

And still we wait to hear *nothing* official from twitter. How professional of them. They can't even be bothered to notify people that there is a KNOWN ISSUE?

Also, I think it's unfair for twitter staff members to come in here and add their "feeling" emoticon to the thread. It skews the results. The "feelings" emoticon should directly relate to the *users* who post here, *not* twitter staff!

CitrusFreak12 replied on September 24, 2008 18:52 to the problem "Why is Twitter suddenly truncating my posts when I am within 140 characters?" in Twitter:

Just chiming in. I've only seen the problem in my own tweets, though. That may be because nobody has posted a tweet long enough for the bug to manifest. My quotes aren't actually turning into the words & QUOT though, but a post of 140 characters does end up being shortened and having the ellipse link to view the full post.
Not worried, I know you guys will fix it eventually. Cheers!

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beiju replied on September 24, 2008 04:04 to the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

I don't have a way to use Opera Mini, but have you tried hahlo.com? It seems more AJAXy, but there's a chance it would work better with Opera than the Twitter site.

A comment on the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

Thanks for that. Whoever does the fix needs to know that Opera Mini is effectively a desktop browser viewed remotely, not a mobile browser, so they're not tempted to "solve" it by redirecting us to a mobile site. Most users install Opera Mini precisely in order to access desktop versions of sites and escape from the mobile ones, so being redirected would be an even worse problem - no access at all - than the current one of limited access. – timtfj, on September 23, 2008 13:36

A comment on the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

Simpler workaround for tweeting from new interface: assign http://twitter.com/home?status=@ to a speed dial. It gives a page showing the last 20 tweets, with a usable Update button and "@" as default text for the tweet. Or if desired, use some other default text in the link. Eg http://twitter.com/home?status=http:/... sets you up to fill in an is.gd link and send it.
Refreshing the page after sending restores the working button. – timtfj, on September 23, 2008 13:08

crystal replied on September 22, 2008 22:40 to the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

Thanks for the feedback guys, we've got a bug filed and we'll work on getting fixed as soon as we can.

A comment on the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

Well theoretically 7 is.gd links plus gaps of 3 chars, or 6 plus gaps of 7 chars, or 5 plus gaps of 13 chars. But 3 or 7 chars isn't much space to write descriptions of the links so I think 5 links is the practical limit ;-) I'll explain later how to set up Opera Mini for easy creation of is.gd links. – timtfj, on September 22, 2008 16:20

timtfj replied on September 22, 2008 16:10 to the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

I've now got a workaround. I'm on my phone ATM so more details on how to do it will follow later.

• Display a single tweet, by clicking "... hours ago". It appears with USABLE star/reply/delete icons. To send a normal tweet, just edit the "reply".
  
• Create a "menu tweet" like http://is.gd/2USo and assign it to an OM speed dial. The tweet links to usable parts of different Twitter sites. 5 17-char is.gd links will fit in one tweet.
  

A comment on the problem "My old tweet won't come off my profile page and update itself." in Twitter:

This worked for me, too. Thanks! – Michael Hanscom, on September 21, 2008 14:57

A comment on the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

Yes, that is indeed frustrating. I find browsing on my phone awkward and clumsy as it is... what more if I have to switch between two sites all the time!

I know it's possible to follow and unfollow in slandr.net using their (+) and (-) icons. But you have to be viewing a user's profile page to do it.

And while the friends list (what they call "Users") shows me the 100 most recently active friends, I can't act on the list; I still have to view the user's profile page to do anything.

Maybe if we ask @roelandp nicely, he'll consider adding a 'view favorites' page. 8-) – mdy, on September 19, 2008 23:53

A comment on the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

Another problem with m.slandr.net is that links in tweets (?some) get directed to the mobile versions of pages, e.g. for the Science Daily press releases, and the whole point of OM is that normally I can view the desktop version. So really I have to use the new broken Twitter interface for reading so I get the proper pages, then switch interfaces when I want to mark one a favourite (eg the tweet pointing to what I've just read). It's a nightmare. – timtfj, on September 19, 2008 23:52

A comment on the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

I can't use m.slandr.net on its own because (i) it can't view Favourites (ii) it currently can't manage followers/followees. Also it gives no indication of DMs which is why I missed yours earlier. I'm finding I have to alternate between m.slandr.net and twitter.com (mobile interface or bits of new interface). That's the worst thing really - not having one single, usable interface that does everything. – timtfj, on September 19, 2008 23:30

A comment on the problem "New Twitter interface unusable in Opera Mini" in Twitter:

timtfj, I've noticed that you've been using http://m.slandr.net -- does that work well as an alternative in the meantime? – mdy, on September 19, 2008 22:27

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