Twessenger 2.0 is here!

So what’s new?

• More reliable: Completely re-written from scratch to use the latest Twitter API.
• Easier to set up: Just install, enable the plugin, and enter your Twitter username. You no longer need to search for your numeric Twitter ID.
• New options: You can now change the update interval, and choose to ignore all Twitter replies - i.e. messages beginning with @
• Automatic update notifications: Twessenger 2.0 will automatically notify you when new versions are available!

Download: Twessenger 2.0

The last Twessenger update was posted more than a year ago on March 6th, 2007, but the add-in is still popular as ever, and I continue to receive emails and feature requests all the time.

So I’ve finally decided to start working on an update - Twessenger 2.0, so to speak. Since there have been major changes to the Twitter API since the last version was released, I’ve decided to simply start afresh and rewrite Twessenger from the ground up. It’ll be more robust, more user-friendly (no need to hunt for your Twitter ID anymore, for example), and it’ll have some new features that people have been asking for.

No promises, but I should have a download link ready this weekend. :)

It’s been a while since my last Twessenger-related post. Twessenger was really just a personal project that I decided to put up here on this site, so it (pleasantly) surprises me to see that it continues to draw in a very sizable amount of traffic even four months after the last release. I’m glad people are finding it useful. :)

So anyway, the first bit of news is that the last release of Twessenger is, in fact, compatible with the latest beta release of Windows Live Messenger (v8.5.1238.0601). It’s been working fine for me, and I haven’t received any emails telling me otherwise.

The second bit of news is that Twessenger was apparently included on the cover CD of the June issue of Internet Magazine in Italy. One of their editors had emailed me for permission a while ago, and I was happy to give it to them. So, hello to all my new visitors from Italy. Keep those tweets going! :)