Comments on: My new project: Silverlight Twitter App http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/ Seattle Geek with lots to say. Thu, 03 May 2012 09:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Twilver: A new Silverlight Twitter App [Twilver: A new Silverlight Twitter App] | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130167 Twilver: A new Silverlight Twitter App [Twilver: A new Silverlight Twitter App] | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play Fri, 29 May 2009 23:45:17 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130167 [...] Brandon Paddock has built a new Silverlight application called Twilver using the Silverlight 3.0 Beta SDK. To try it out, you go to Twilver.Cloudapp.net, an Azure ASP .NET page which hosts the Twilver control. [...] [...] Brandon Paddock has built a new Silverlight application called Twilver using the Silverlight 3.0 Beta SDK. To try it out, you go to Twilver.Cloudapp.net, an Azure ASP .NET page which hosts the Twilver control. [...]

]]> By: Avatar X http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130160 Avatar X Fri, 29 May 2009 09:58:17 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130160 two bad your Silverlight 2 port will be short lived with the announcement of SL3 launching in july. everyone thought it would be at PDC09... but awesome news on you making a Windows Gadget version! keep up the good work two bad your Silverlight 2 port will be short lived with the announcement of SL3 launching in july. everyone thought it would be at PDC09…

but awesome news on you making a Windows Gadget version!

keep up the good work

]]> By: My new project: Silverlight Twitter App « Windows 7 Help - Tutorials, News, Software & More! http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130157 My new project: Silverlight Twitter App « Windows 7 Help - Tutorials, News, Software & More! Fri, 29 May 2009 01:45:51 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130157 [...] Here is the original: My new project: Silverlight Twitter App [...] [...] Here is the original: My new project: Silverlight Twitter App [...]

]]> By: Twilver: A new Silverlight Twitter App | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130153 Twilver: A new Silverlight Twitter App | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play Thu, 28 May 2009 15:45:18 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130153 [...] Brandon Paddock has built a new Silverlight application called Twilver using the Silverlight 3.0 Beta SDK. To try it out, you go to Twilver.Cloudapp.net, an Azure ASP .NET page which hosts the Twilver control. [...] [...] Brandon Paddock has built a new Silverlight application called Twilver using the Silverlight 3.0 Beta SDK. To try it out, you go to Twilver.Cloudapp.net, an Azure ASP .NET page which hosts the Twilver control. [...]

]]> By: Avatar X http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130124 Avatar X Mon, 25 May 2009 22:48:12 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130124 sure i will Brandon. and i forgot comment that it was cool to see you using the OAuth gateway. sure i will Brandon. and i forgot comment that it was cool to see you using the OAuth gateway.

]]> By: Brandon http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130121 Brandon Mon, 25 May 2009 19:33:17 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130121 Avatar X - The layout code is still very basic :) I very much intend to allow resizing / zooming, and will be sure to support more lines of text. Keep an eye out for updates soon! Avatar X -

The layout code is still very basic :) I very much intend to allow resizing / zooming, and will be sure to support more lines of text. Keep an eye out for updates soon!

]]> By: Brandon http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130120 Brandon Mon, 25 May 2009 19:32:16 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130120 Thanks for the comments guys! Martin - I never see your credentials in the current model. I just see the access tokens provisioned by Twitter for my application via OAuth. Most other Twitter apps still use Basic authentication, but Twitter recently launched their OAuth support (in "beta" which is probably why we sometimes see sporadic login failures), and are strongly encouraging any new apps to adopt it. Anyway, I blogged about the current architecture of Twilver here: http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/25/twilver-authentication-model/ As for the sporadic login problems, I will likely add some retry logic (as well as caching of retrieved tweets) very soon which should minimize or eliminate their impact. Thanks for the comments guys!

Martin -

I never see your credentials in the current model. I just see the access tokens provisioned by Twitter for my application via OAuth.

Most other Twitter apps still use Basic authentication, but Twitter recently launched their OAuth support (in “beta” which is probably why we sometimes see sporadic login failures), and are strongly encouraging any new apps to adopt it.

Anyway, I blogged about the current architecture of Twilver here:

http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/25/twilver-authentication-model/

As for the sporadic login problems, I will likely add some retry logic (as well as caching of retrieved tweets) very soon which should minimize or eliminate their impact.

]]> By: Brandon Paddock's Blog » Blog Archive » Twilver authentication models http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130119 Brandon Paddock's Blog » Blog Archive » Twilver authentication models Mon, 25 May 2009 19:28:37 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130119 [...] had some questions in the comments about how I built Twilver, so here’s a quick overview of how the app works.  Of course this is still [...] [...] had some questions in the comments about how I built Twilver, so here’s a quick overview of how the app works.  Of course this is still [...]

]]> By: Avatar X http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130118 Avatar X Mon, 25 May 2009 18:35:13 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130118 the login problem seems to be minimal now and the only other two problems i can see are: 1.-you seem to have set a single line break and defined that a tweet can only occupy 2 lines of height?. please allow for a second line break and that it can occupy 3 lines of height. That is so the window can be resized as the user see fit and get a more app like experience 2.-for some reason the user picons (personal icon/photo) don't always render. ---- p.S: maybe you will find this pic amusing. i took it from a test i did of Twilver. http://screencast.com/t/pvVqAmaFHZv the login problem seems to be minimal now and the only other two problems i can see are:

1.-you seem to have set a single line break and defined that a tweet can only occupy 2 lines of height?. please allow for a second line break and that it can occupy 3 lines of height.

That is so the window can be resized as the user see fit and get a more app like experience

2.-for some reason the user picons (personal icon/photo) don’t always render.

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p.S: maybe you will find this pic amusing. i took it from a test i did of Twilver.

http://screencast.com/t/pvVqAmaFHZv

]]> By: Avatar X http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130117 Avatar X Mon, 25 May 2009 18:29:03 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130117 ah, not at all what i meant Brandon (on Martin comment about my comment). my only intention was to list the most spread projects and in the case of sl3 it is just you and TwitterBEIS. in the case of .NET clients then you have 10 project and from those 5 are the most rrecognizable or note worthy at this moment. just a summation. ah, not at all what i meant Brandon (on Martin comment about my comment).

my only intention was to list the most spread projects and in the case of sl3 it is just you and TwitterBEIS. in the case of .NET clients then you have 10 project and from those 5 are the most rrecognizable or note worthy at this moment. just a summation.

]]> By: Martin http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130115 Martin Mon, 25 May 2009 16:08:21 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130115 Unlike an Adobe AIR app, are you having to proxy all traffic through your Azure service, i.e. when I log in then I imagine you, as the author of the 'in-between' service, can see all my credentials and traffic? If that's the case then I think it's worth saying here, and if you've bypassed the restricted Cross-Site Scriptin behaviour of SL3 then that's worth saying too, i.e. how you did it! PS RE:Comment #1 is correct - there are many (many) open source Silverlight twitter clients that you can contribute too - another closed source 'ego-project' :-) isn't doing the technology any favors. Unlike an Adobe AIR app, are you having to proxy all traffic through your Azure service, i.e. when I log in then I imagine you, as the author of the ‘in-between’ service, can see all my credentials and traffic?

If that’s the case then I think it’s worth saying here, and if you’ve bypassed the restricted Cross-Site Scriptin behaviour of SL3 then that’s worth saying too, i.e. how you did it!

PS RE:Comment #1 is correct – there are many (many) open source Silverlight twitter clients that you can contribute too – another closed source ‘ego-project’ :-) isn’t doing the technology any favors.

]]> By: Mike Grace http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130114 Mike Grace Mon, 25 May 2009 14:06:43 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130114 Sounds like a fun project. I wonder how creating an app in Silverlight compares to creating apps in other languages. Personally I'm not much of a windows guy but it looks cool. Keep up the good work. Sounds like a fun project. I wonder how creating an app in Silverlight compares to creating apps in other languages. Personally I’m not much of a windows guy but it looks cool. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Shamasis Bhattacharya http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130112 Shamasis Bhattacharya Mon, 25 May 2009 05:26:17 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130112 Great work on Twilver. IMHO: It should also have the fanciful visuals that a @SilverLight app deserves. IMHHO: The name Twilver is cool. Great work on Twilver.

IMHO: It should also have the fanciful visuals that a @SilverLight app deserves.

IMHHO: The name Twilver is cool.

]]> By: Avatar X http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130111 Avatar X Mon, 25 May 2009 05:13:00 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130111 i saw the problem got to do with the auth tokens or so it seems. keep the good work man. i use the indexer gadget and it is one of my favorite utility Windows Gadgets i saw the problem got to do with the auth tokens or so it seems. keep the good work man. i use the indexer gadget and it is one of my favorite utility Windows Gadgets

]]> By: Avatar X http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/my-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/comment-page-1/#comment-130110 Avatar X Mon, 25 May 2009 05:01:01 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2009/05/24/chmy-new-project-silverlight-twitter-app/#comment-130110 i guess you have not seen the rest of the competition much. in terms of .NET Twitter clients there are several community laden ones that were pretty much done for personal use and those are not in need of a mention. but you already got a competitor actually. in SL3 there is TwitterBEIS, then in .NET/WPF you have TweetyBot, Witty, DigiTweet, Blu and bDule. the last two are pretty much the best ones are they are Top of the line ClickOnce enabled clients with effects and everything. i am glad to see Twilver as the addition in Silverlight based clients and i see that it is already for a good start and that it should catch up and pass over twitterBEIS in no time. right now you got some server error issues as once you install Twilver it is unable to load correctly most of the times. i guess you have not seen the rest of the competition much. in terms of .NET Twitter clients there are several community laden ones that were pretty much done for personal use and those are not in need of a mention. but you already got a competitor actually. in SL3 there is TwitterBEIS, then in .NET/WPF you have TweetyBot, Witty, DigiTweet, Blu and bDule. the last two are pretty much the best ones are they are Top of the line ClickOnce enabled clients with effects and everything.

i am glad to see Twilver as the addition in Silverlight based clients and i see that it is already for a good start and that it should catch up and pass over twitterBEIS in no time. right now you got some server error issues as once you install Twilver it is unable to load correctly most of the times.

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