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Tweet Line user's guide

This is the user reference for Tweet Line

Index

  1. Requirements
  2. Version up issues
  3. Install
  4. Uninstall(remove)
  5. Getting start
  6. Main view
  7. Update
  8. Settings
  9. Append

Requirements

Tweet Line supports Firefox 3.5 or later versions. Tweet Line could not run on Firefox 3.1 or older versions and other browsers.

Install

You can install Tweet Line by the following steps.

  1. Click [Install Tweet Line] on the web site

  2. If you see a security notification on the top of browser, please click the [Allow] button to allow to install from this web site (www.greenspace.info).

  3. Click [install now] button on software installation dialog.

  4. The dialog let you to restart Firefox when download and install finish. after restart, Tweet Line is available on your toolbar.

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Uninstall (remove)

You can remove the Tweet Line by the following steps.

  1. Select [tools]-[Add-ons] menu, and open add-on dialog.
  2. Select [Tweet Line] in the list on the [extentions] and click the [uninstall] button.
  3. Restart Firefox after removing process has been done to complete uninstall.

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Getting start

First, [Start Tweet Line] button shows on the toolbar. Please click this button to start the Tweet Line.

Start Tweet Line

If you could not find Tweet Line toolbar, please make sure [Tweet Line] is chekced on the [view]-[Toolbars] menu.

Enter your Twitter's accunt and password on the fields click sign in button. (If you would like to keep this account for the next time, check the [save account].)

sign in

If signing in succeeds, Tweet Line changes to main view and begins to stream your Twitter time line.

main view

Tweet Line shows your timeline on the main view. Each update switches per 5 seconds. And Tweet Line asks Twitter to get new arrival updates every 90 seconds. (You can change the timing for switcing updates and asking to server on the settings dialog.)

main view

  1. User icon
  2. This user's status
  3. What application this user uses.
  4. Update time
  5. Current index / total number of downloaded statuses
  6. Toggle favorite
  7. Open update form
  8. Open update form to reply to this user
  9. Move to previous / next status. (Click with shift key then move per 5 updates and click with alt(option) key then move to first or last updates.)
  10. Open popup menu
  11. Collapse Tweet Line

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Update

You can also update (post) your status from Tweet Line. Please click the update button to open the 'update form'.

update form

  1. Add @reply user name that shows on main view.
  2. Add URL that is in current browser tab.
  3. Number of text length that you can input.
  4. Update text. (Note that the text is posted when you press the enter key. If you would like to input just a line break, please press the enter key with the shift or ctrl key.)
  5. Cancel update and close update panel.
  6. Update your status.

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Settings dialog

To open the 'Settings dialog' for customize Tweet Line, select [Settings...] menu on popup menu, or open [Add-ons] dialog ([Tools]-[Add-ons] menu) and click [option] button in Tweet Line item in the Extentions list.

Tweet Line Settings
  1. User account list.
  2. Add new user.
  3. Delete user that shows on the user account list(#1).
  4. Check it if you would like to sign in when click the 'Start Tweet Line' button.
  5. Set the interval to check new updates on the Twitter server.
  6. Display interval for switching updates on main view.
  7. Check if you would not like to switch to latest update when new arrival updates is coming.
  8. If you check this, Tweet Line shows notification when new arrival update is coming.
  9. If you check this, A suffix(_TL_) is added on your status when you update from Tweet Line.

Other specs

  • The number to query new updates to Twitter srever is limited and Tweet Line could not get new updates if your account expired this limitation.

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