Windows Vista Sidebar gadget to read/write tweets. Formerly known as "Twitter Gadget" on Windows Live Gallery.

Features

• Automatic (60 second) and manual refresh
• Audio notification of new messages (new in 0.4)
• Resizeable, scrolling view (significantly improved in 0.3)
• Create new and reply to existing messages
• Keyboard shortcuts to submit (Ctrl+Enter) or cancel (Esc) a new tweet from the new message fly-out (new in 0.5 (Pre-Release))
• Logging for troubleshooting issues (new in 0.4)
• Automatically checks for updates (new in 0.5 (Pre-Release))

For more information, view the screenshot Walkthrough and/or refer to the Change Log.

Known Issues

• Clicking Name/Post New While Fly-out is Open Crashes Gadget -- Resolved in 0.4!
• Plus Sign Stripped from Message -- Resolved in 0.3!
• Gadget Errors When Added -- Resolved in 0.3!
• Once a user clicks on another twitter username to respond, all subsequent chirps have that user's name -- Resolved in 0.3!
• Message Fly-out Form Offset -- Resolved in 0.4!
• Predator Stealth Mode -- Found problem; planned for 0.6
• Problem With Special Characters -- Resolved in 0.4!
• Time is Wrong -- Resolved in 0.4!
• Numeric Passwords Trimmed -- Resolved in 0.4!
• New Message Fly-Out Too Small
• Vague Errors -- Resolved in 0.5 (Pre-Release)!
• Size of gadget not saved upon rebooting -- Resolved in 0.5 (Pre-Release)!
• URLs With Extra Characters Fail -- Resolved in 0.5 (Pre-Release)!
• Manual Refresh Not Working -- Resolved in 0.5 (Pre-Release)!
• All Text Displayed in Wingdings -- Resolved in 0.5 (Pre-Release)!

Spread the Word

We admit it. We love it when you talk behind our backs. Hopefully, it's all good. Here are some links that might be helpful to you.

Target	Shortened URL	Click Stats
On Windows Live Gallery	http://shrinkster.com/12hg	http://shrinkster.com/Track.aspx?AddressID=12hg
Current Release	http://shrinkster.com/12g3	http://shrinkster.com/Track.aspx?AddressID=12g3
Release 0.5	http://shrinkster.com/169z	http://shrinkster.com/Track.aspx?AddressID=169z
Release 0.4	http://shrinkster.com/132g	http://shrinkster.com/Track.aspx?AddressID=132g
Release 0.3	http://shrinkster.com/12kn	http://shrinkster.com/Track.aspx?AddressID=12kn
Discussion Forum	http://shrinkster.com/13kr	http://shrinkster.com/Track.aspx?AddressID=13kr
Issue Tracker	http://shrinkster.com/13ks	http://shrinkster.com/Track.aspx?AddressID= 13ks

Developer Resources

If you're interested in contributing or are simply looking at the code, the following resources may be helpful:

• Architecture - Overview of the key architecture of the gadget along with key design decisions

Chirpr on Twitter

Charles Schmidt (tatertoten)

Michael Flanakin (flanakin)