There are all kinds of ways out there that you can post messages to your Twitter account, but I think the TwitterBar Firefox extension takes the cake when it comes down to ease-of-use. To send a message a little gray dot will appear next to the Go button, and when you hover over it with your mouse it will turn into the plus sign you see above. It will also tell you how many characters are left.
Clicking on the plus sign will send the message to your Twitter account, and the first time that you do this you’ll have to login. Alternatively you can have something immediately posted by typing –post at the end of the message. This “keyword” won’t be included in your post, but it will send a signal to the TwitterBar extension that you want the message posted without having to click on anything.
I know what you’re thinking… what if I hit the “plus” sign while there is a URL in the address bar? TwitterBar will go ahead and post it of course, but if it’s just a URL that the extension will add “Currently Browsing:” onto the beginning of the message. That way you can post your favorite websites to Twitter with just a single click.
Doesn’t it seem like the once-simple address bar is becoming unbelievably powerful? Not only can you post to Twitter, but you can also search Google using our homegrown CyberSearch extension. What will the address bar do next?
In Opera:
Now you can use Twitter from your Opera address bar. Use “post” before every message.
1. Go to Twitter.com
2. Right click in text box
3. Creater search…
4. Name: Twitter
Keywoard: post
5. OK
6. Done!
great extension… thanks for sharing
I have to admit… that’s awesome. I never thought to use the search functionality for the purpose of posting something. Very creative.
Very nice extension, though I prefer Twitterfox, where you can get an overview of recent messages and are also notified of new messages.
I find it amusing that in a world of Desktop environments we get excited about the amount of power to be found in a command line
Nevertheless, the command line is definitely good for plenty – all the address bar stuff combined with Launchy make things so much faster.
It definitely takes the right crowd to get excited about that kind of stuff, but with the right command line tools you can be so much more productive.