November 2006 Archives
Updated with a couple of bug fixes, and the ability to post to Twitter from the gadget. All, erm, none of you currently using the gadget should upgrade. (Thanks to the Googlebot for downloading a copy, though. That made me feel better.)
OK, here's my first ever "gadget" release.
If you're one of the (estimated to be as many as three) people who use Twitter and are running Windows Vista, download the widget, drag it onto your sidebar or desktop, set your email address and password on the settings screen, and you should get a regularly updated flow of your friends' statuses.
Hello world! I'm writing a Twitter gadget for the Windows Vista sidebar.
I had a stab at creating one for Google Desktop a few weeks ago, but due to limitations in the Twitter API I was unsuccessful. Spurred on by the lovely OSX Dashboard widgets Twidget and Twitgit, I had a stab at Microsoft's gadget format, and despite it being a bit shit and barely documented, I've had more luck.
Currently, I've got a FUNCTIONAL_BUT_UGLY implementation in place, which I will upload shortly. Prettification, bugzapping, and improvementizing will all take place over the weekend.
(Oh, and the name is a truncation of Twitter gadget, obviously, and in no way related to the apparent slang term for a lady's front-bottom.)
