[dossy]

Hi,

I'm about to wrap up Blackbird (dossy.org/twitter/blackbird/), a Twitter client for BlackBerry smartphones, version 0.5 but before I do, I'd like some more thorough beta testing.

You can download the pre-release 0.5 beta here:

dossy.org/twitter/blackbird/beta/Blackbird.jad

Follow me on Twitter (@dossy) and send me your feedback, or email me at dossy at panoptic.com.

Thanks, everyone!

[funkyp56]

after closing the program, i get error: Uncaught exception:object already exists

[gshine666]

I ran it once but didn't log in, trying to run it again gives the same uncaught exemption error.

[dossy]

Originally Posted by funkyp56

after closing the program, i get error: Uncaught exception:object already exists

Sorry about that - that's been fixed. Re-download the Blackbird.jad (same URL).

Any other issues?

[havanahjoe]

I just downloaded this on my Bold and I was able to log in and pull my Friends Timeline and my Replies. I sent an update and it went through just fine.

So far it works

Now I'm going to add some comments as to what I'd like to see in a Twitter client, but these are my opinions and I mean no offense and I appreciate any work anyone does.

I'd like a Twitter client that shows my friends timeline on the main screen and allows me to update right from that same screen. I would like it to automatically refresh the timeline after I post an update and I would like it to refresh it every certain time. It'd be great to get a new message count like all other blackberry apps (but I think this is not very easy to do or maybe even impossible since only official RIM apps do it) and also get a sound notification.

Thanks again!

[dossy]

Originally Posted by havanahjoe

I'd like a Twitter client that shows my friends timeline on the main screen and allows me to update right from that same screen. I would like it to automatically refresh the timeline after I post an update and I would like it to refresh it every certain time. It'd be great to get a new message count like all other blackberry apps (but I think this is not very easy to do or maybe even impossible since only official RIM apps do it) and also get a sound notification.

Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it.

I've had lots of mixed suggestions as to what should be on the main screen, mostly Friends Timeline vs. Public Timeline. I agree with you: I think it should be the Friends Timeline.

Auto-refreshing after an update could be a bit too frequent, esp. for more active Twitter users. However, I definitely plan to implement an auto-refresh.

The "new message count/indicator" would be nice, but yeah, finding the relevant API would be the trick. Should be able to look through the docs, or at least decompile whatever apps can do it.

Sound notification ... while it sounds like a good idea, it's likely to be the most annoying feature, too. I'll add that to the wishlist, though.