Trendy Desktop Beta Release --- Now Online

Download Trendy Desktop Beta Release --- Now Online at: http://sites.google.com/site/jacobayienda/ or Download Direct at http://sites.google.com/site/jacobayienda/trendy-desktop/TrendyInst_Beta.zip... This is only for testing purposes still going to iron out key issues later. Enjoy!

Some tips, comments and questions... - Customizable lists [like what you already have - News, Sports, Celebs etc" would be good - What criteria is used to determine the suggested users? - The "latest" tweets retreieved were tweeted yesterday! - Si you include a pane, maybe on the side, for displaying images from yfrog, twitpic etc and perhaps vidz from youtube, youtu.be, vimeo etc Otherwise I think you've started off well :) On 16 April 2010 19:35, Jacob Ayienda <jacobayienda@gmail.com> wrote:
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This is only for testing purposes still going to iron out key issues later.
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Thanks simon for your suggestions. I also answer some of your questions... 1. Customizable lists [like what you already have - News, Sports, Celebs etc" would be good - The idea was to group users on twitter such as @KTNKenya or @NTVKenya into News cartegory and so forth. Problem is that it would be better if somebody can do this voluntary organized as twitter Lists and all the application does is to reference. Im currently focused on fixing bugs and key features and the Lists may take too much time. 2. What criteria is used to determine the suggested users? - Its based on a weighted criteria that depends on a) the number of tweets (minus spam) a user sends out within the given time frame b) the number of mentions a user gets within other conversations (minus spam and minus multiple or repeat statements i.e @user @user @user @user.. only counts as one) c) Initially the total number of tweets made by a user were considered but somebody raised the issue that some users though having a huge volume of tweets were no longer actively tweeting.So it no longer counts. d) the number key word statements in a tweet (i dont wont to get into specifics to avoid manipulation). This basically determines the relevance of the tweet and is going to matter a lot later on when i add a feature to filter conversations by relevance. 3. The "latest" tweets retreieved were tweeted yesterday! - This is one of the bugs im trying to fix. Apparently the twitter Api is rate limited for the number of api calls made within an hour especially for applications not registered with twitter. Im currently in the process of submitting the app for approval by twitter, but this may take upto a week. There is also the problem of twitter downtime, the application simply reverts to the most recent cache of tweets that is what you actually see. 4. Si you include a pane, maybe on the side, for displaying images from yfrog, twitpic etc and perhaps vidz from youtube, youtu.be, vimeo etc - This is a major feature im currently working on and it may makethe final realease. OTHER FEATURES / ROADMAP AS SUGGESTED BY OTHER USERS INCLUDE: - groups similar posts into conversations based on relevance of the content - trending topics and conversations from your home timeline Download Trendy Desktop Beta Release --- Now Online at: http://sites.google.com/site/jacobayienda/ or Download Direct at http://sites.google.com/site/jacobayienda/trendy-desktop/TrendyInst_Beta.zip...
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