So, I am horrible with names. While I hobble through life brokering awkward introductions to acquaintances, I also find myself with my head in my hands for couple of seconds cringing to remember someone’s Twitter handle. Yeah, but you know what? This tinyhack developed for a #phptuesday will take back those seconds. This one, this one right here. So I’m taking it back. I’m taking them all back.
This script assists you to enter your contacts when twittering. Twitter Auto Complete shows your contacts to the left of your update box when you enter an ‘@’. While you recall who you were trying to include in your message, this script auto completes your contact when only one option is remaining.
The grease monkey script is hosted on userscripts.org and you can download it here. Thank you, Josh, for stepping me through this process and for not letting Todd_Zero know where he stands on the totem pole; he very well may weep.
#1 by sjane on 12May08 - 2:37 pm
I have a suggestion for all you hackers gathered in vic for the weekend. How about developing an ‘auto-complete’ for all the words you have twisted new meanings out of . . . words like ‘handle’, ‘script’, ‘tinyhack’, ‘#phptuesday’ used to mean ‘something one holds onto when encountering rough terrain’, ‘some lines on a page for a play or show’, ‘small ax’ (?), and the word ‘tuesday’ spelled by someone without spellcheck. The ‘app’ could ‘pop-up’ when you scroll over a hackerword to give new or non-hackers a leg up on the lingo. Alas, there is no shelter from these infectious words, they are already spewing out on my keyboard onto your screen.