Uma ngabe kade waba semvelweni we-Linux, nakanjani uyakhumbula I-Corebird, iklayenti elidumile le-Twitter ngeshwa liyekile ukusebenza ngenxa yezinguquko inethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu eyenziwe ku-API yayo.
Kepha njengoba kwenzeka kaningi kwisoftware yamahhala, akukho okuya unomphela futhi ezimweni eziningi, kukhona unjiniyela ozimisele ngokuqhubeka nohambo.
Kulokhu, ngunjiniyela we-IBBoard odale inguqulo yeCorebird ebizwa I-Cawbird esebenza ne-Twitter API yamanje.
ICorebird bekuyiklayenti elenziwe kahle, eligcinwe kahle, elinothile, elakhiwe ku-GTK, kepha elithandwa abasebenzisi bayo yonke ihluzo ne-distros.
Iklayenti likuvumele ukuthi wenze izenzo eziyisisekelo ze-Twitter; tweet, retweet, layisha izithombe, thumela futhi wamukele imilayezo eqondile, landela, ungalandeli, uvimbele futhi uvimbele ama-akhawunti. Ngaphezu kwezenzo ezithuthukile njengokukuvumela ukuthi uguqule ama-hashtag athile futhi ushintshe phakathi kwama-akhawunti.
Ukusekelwa kufakwe ngisho nokuvuselelwa kwezinhlamvu ezingama-280 abasebenzisi abaningi abalindele. ICorebird idalelwe ukukhombisa ama-tweets akamuva kuqala futhi ayisebenzi uma ufuna ukukhombisa “ama-tweets afanele kakhulu”.
I-Cawbird ikwenza konke lokhu, kepha ikwenza ngendlela ehlukile. Ku-Cawbird akukho ukusakazwa kwama-tweets ngesikhathi sangempela, amaTweets awaveli kahle uma eshicilelwa, esikhundleni salokho, uhlelo lokusebenza kufanele luhlole izindaba njalo ngemizuzu emibili, noma lapho umsebenzisi enza khona ukubuyekeza okwenziwa ngesandla.
Uhlelo lokusebenza lukhawulelwe nokuthi libuyekezwa kangaki, ngakho-ke uma ungomunye walabo abathanda ukuvuselelwa kaningi, kuzodingeka uphinde uvule uhlelo lokusebenza ngezikhathi ezithile.
Uma ufuna ukufaka i-Cawbird kudivayisi yakho indlela engcono yokukwenza ungeza okugciniwe emithonjeni yakho, ukuze ukwazi ukufaka nokuvuselela iklayenti ngokuzenzakalela usebenzisa isikhungo sokuvuselela ukusabalalisa kwakho.
Ungalanda futhi isifaki se-.deb kusuka ku- lesi sixhumanisi.