Twitbin - use Twitter in a Firefox sidebar

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Twitbin - use Twitter in a Firefox sidebar

by Dolores Parker May 5th 2007

Tools for Twitter are cropping up all over the place to help you get your Twitter ~~addiction~~ game on. Twitbin is one of those ~~enablers~~ tools. As an extension in your Firefox browser, it allows you to post Twitter messages (or tweets as they are called) within the browser and receive tweets as well.

Once you download the extension, the Twitbin icon shows up in your browser. When you click on it, Twitbin opens as a sidebar and displays a toolbar. The gear icon allows you to set your preferences, either public or friend streams, and auto refresh settings.

The home icon lets you log into Twitter and once you do that, Twitbin streams your tweets. Sweet. When you close Twitbin, it stops gathering your tweets, and when you reopen, it will restart the tweet stream.

Twitbin works on Windows and Mac OS X, and possibly Linux as well (anyone test it out yet?). Stay tuned for a comprehensive "All things Twitter" post coming soon.

Tags: download, firefox, micro blogging, MicroBlogging, technology, twitbin, twitter, twitteriffic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Rob said 2:35PM on 5-05-2007

It works just fine in Ubuntu 7.04.

Brian Breslin said 9:52PM on 5-05-2007

Hey Dolores,
Thanks for the mention. We had one user email us with a screenshot running in Ubuntu. So far its working everywhere. I havent seen if it works in ffox 1.5x though...
We're doing some upgrades over the next few days to make it more intuitive.

if you have any questions, email me brian at twitbin.com

Thanks!

archer said 12:32AM on 5-06-2007

haven't tried it, but have been using tweetbar http://mikedemers.net/2007/03/19/announcing-tweetbar/ which has performed these functions flawlesly

archer said 12:41AM on 5-06-2007

...wish i could comment flawleSSly

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