Opera Twitter Widget

By Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO. Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:05:33 PM

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Twitter Opera Widget

If you are on Twitter, you probably use an application to access content. Well, Opera has a sweet widget for this purpose. This is a special edition for Opera 10.2 alpha because it also works stand-alone, even if you close Opera.

Any feedback is welcome, so please give the Opera Twitter Widget a spin and let us know what you think!

Opera 10.2 alphaGet in sync!

Comments

mistressEVILmissevilat Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:11:52 PM

If you use it as normal widget (not with Opera 10.2 alpha) it lacks a close button.
Fix that! ;p

Idan AdarYtseJam Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:17:09 PM

Would be nice if it could also handle several Twitter accounts* and create a UI for that, i.e: have the option to have 1 joint stream for all accounts but also the ability to seperate them to 3 individual streams. Also, Lists support?

* at least from my own personal exprience with Twitter, it is good to seperate the content you are watching... So I have created 3 accounts, each follows a different set of websites/people/etc...

Sami Serolaserola Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:31:14 PM

Using it already on Opera 10.10 and I like it bigsmile

Sergio Uribesuribe Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:44:49 PM

really nice, and looks great in all my computers (XP, MacOSX and Ubuntu of course). Would be nice if you can start also from the wdget menu inside Opera...

Robert Jacobsenrobertj Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:53:20 PM

Originally posted by missevilat:

If you use it as normal widget (not with Opera 10.2 alpha) it lacks a close button.


Ctrl + W! bigsmile

(Or Command + W for us Mac users)

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:59:19 PM

Originally posted by suribe:

Would be nice if you can start also from the wdget menu inside Opera...

Like this:



?

Tandder Limatandder Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:15:06 PM

Ficou muito bom! bigsmile Adorei!

Matheusnom4d3br Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:37:21 PM

Originally posted by EspenAO:

Like this:



?


They removed the "Widget" menu on 10.20.

dualbore Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:42:23 PM

Works finde with 10.10., too.
(I just tried, for I dislike the way widgets work in 10.20.)

Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Thursday, November 26, 2009 2:30:16 PM

@lwizek
Ditto

Michael A. Puls IIburnout426 Thursday, November 26, 2009 2:39:06 PM

If you start the Widget with an 800x600 resolution, the Widget is severely messed up. The widget will be too big, you won't be able to scroll all the way down, and the resize grip on the bottom right of the screen is not shown.

Further, if you grab the bottom right of the window and drag it in to shrink it, it will eventually break and the bar with the X on it will go out of view and you will no longer be able to drag the window, and therefore, won't even be able to close except with the taskbar button. Edit: Actually, it wasn't resizing and was just moving the window out of view. There's like a 1px spot at the bottom right of the window (in the 800x600 situation) where you can click to drag the window back into view.

Scrolling is really, really slow.

Personal preference: When clicking the retweet link, it should be "RT @user: " instead of "RT @user "

The dm and rt links are really close together and pretty tiny.

You should be able to resize the window on the edges too instead of just at the bottom right.

Michael A. Puls IIburnout426 Thursday, November 26, 2009 2:41:59 PM

There should also be a little edge on the bottom for grabbing and dragging just in case the top part of the widget is out-of-view. Edit: Actually, there should be thicker edges for dragging on all sides. At least alt+space works though for moving.

UgurcanWizzyFX Thursday, November 26, 2009 3:55:46 PM

Definitely needs a close button. Loading indicator is not well centered and stays a bit on the left side. Other than that, all is well. Thank you!

Helder Jefferson Ferreira da LuzDante003 Thursday, November 26, 2009 4:08:08 PM

Lacks an option to cancel login when we put the wrong username or password.

Charles SchlossChas4 Thursday, November 26, 2009 4:11:39 PM

cool

walterbugscout Thursday, November 26, 2009 4:22:34 PM

party

z@h3kZAHEK Thursday, November 26, 2009 4:53:29 PM

yes

Rafael Luikrafaelluik Thursday, November 26, 2009 6:05:21 PM

Opera vs Firefox: Opera. smile
Opera Twitter Widget vs Echofon: Opera Twitter Widget. yes

Tim Lawrencepanzeroceania Thursday, November 26, 2009 7:26:16 PM

I like the Opera Twitter Widget, I love the fact that it auto updates. Please add more features though!

How about adding Lists, a Retweet button, the ability to look at my profile, the ability to view more than one stream at once, etc.

Overall it looks really well buit though, keep up the good work.

you also might want to add tooltips to let people know what different buttons do.

NicoHellbillyDeluxe Friday, November 27, 2009 9:47:47 AM

Different color-schemes would be great. I also would like to see a compact mode so that you put the Widget on your Desktop without cluttering it. Even though my resolution ist 1920x1200, the Widget it a little bit too big for my taste.

Rafael Luikrafaelluik Friday, November 27, 2009 5:02:48 PM

Originally posted by panzeroceania:

a Retweet button

That's already implemented!

Actually even logged on the widget I'm not logged if I type twitter.com or visit a user profile trough the widget, that's what I'd like to be implemented.

KryptoKnightAleksOD Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:20:57 PM

Originally posted by EspenAO:

Originally posted by suribe:

Would be nice if you can start also from the wdget menu inside Opera...

Like this: ?



Yes, Espen. I believe you cannot manage widgets in 10.2 like in previous versions, anymore sad

Crysta T. Laceycrystalacey Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:48:04 PM

Hi Folks,

Sure hope y'all can get this figured out soon. I plan on gearing up on a new laptop around mid December for Xmas.
Here's my guestion, is there any wigets or apps like this one for the mobile Opera or Opera Mini. I want get an Xperia SmartPhone with windows soon as well... Crysta
Ps. I am presently using:
S.E. W760a
With Opera Mini... Txs

Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Monday, November 30, 2009 12:24:58 AM

@Crystal
I know there are Opera Widgets for Opera Mobile. I don't know which ones are available for it. Opera Mini doesn't have Widgets yet, I don't think.

Matheusmatheusfernal Friday, December 4, 2009 7:10:11 PM

This widget is great but it needs functionalities more than a redesign.
Like:
* New retweet support
* Favorite a tweet
* Display user profile allowing to follow/unfollow
* Lists suport
* Integrated url shortening service
Keep up the good work! up

Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Friday, December 4, 2009 9:55:52 PM

^^
+1

Dunia Berita Terkiniduniaberita Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:53:29 PM

Really worth downloading

Charles SchlossChas4 Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:21:39 AM

Where is the widget?

z@h3kZAHEK Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:25:29 PM

It is stolen smile

BajaRat Sunday, May 9, 2010 7:33:13 PM

I recently updated Opera to version 10.53. Unfortunately the Opera Twitter Widget doesn't work with that version. OTW was the best little widget I ever used for Twitter. The only similar one I've found is something called Twippera and it sucks. It show everything as having been posted 216 hours ago, has no search feature, and you cant re-tweet with it. I hope whoever developed the OTW will make it available for newer versions soon.

Charles SchlossChas4 Sunday, May 9, 2010 10:12:35 PM

Originally posted by BajaRat:

I recently updated Opera to version 10.53. Unfortunately the Opera Twitter Widget doesn't work with that version.


It kinda does, I waited a bit and it works, the main page is gone so I am guessing they are working on it

JaredpieRr0Ur Monday, May 31, 2010 8:38:39 AM

The widget is stolen lol

HyaeneLeipzigTinoSLE Tuesday, June 8, 2010 8:26:23 AM

Where is it? bigeyes I can not find it. cry

Charles SchlossChas4 Tuesday, June 8, 2010 1:51:30 PM

Originally posted by TinoSLE:

I can not find it.


+1

Crysta T. Laceycrystalacey Wednesday, June 9, 2010 2:36:34 AM

Vanishing Point .............

yikes cry faint

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