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diamantlefou

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Registered: 2013-11-21

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Turning dwb into a Twitter client

Hello,
I'd been searching for a good Twitter client for quite a long time, something similar to Tweetdeck, I know it's possible to simply open a new tab in Firefox and go to the web version of the client but I like having a separate app for Twitter.
I finally decided to use the web-based Tweetdeck in dwb, which makes it look like the Windows and Mac versions. I really like it, it's got all the little features I needed.
However, it's still a simple browser, which means that whenever I click a link, it opens in a new tab instead of Firefox. The wiki says it's possible to open the page dwb is browsing in Firefox with a script, is it possible to make the same thing with the links I click on?
Thanks for the answers.

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: Turning dwb into a Twitter client

Why wouldn't you want links to open in the current browser?

If you want an awesome standalone twitter client, use TTYtter.

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Thaodan

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From: Dortmund, Nordrein-Westfalen

Registered: 2012-04-28

Posts: 448

Re: Turning dwb into a Twitter client

or choqok

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progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,322

Re: Turning dwb into a Twitter client

I am not familiar with dwb, maybe you can connect to the "navigation-policy-decision-requested" signal, and check the request url. Set the policy decision to ignore if you want to open it in another browser and hand it off to e.g. xdg-open.

PS: Maybe a (patched?) version of surf would be a better choice here, it has less baggage if you want to create a simple client.

Last edited by progandy (2014-01-13 00:04:44)

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diamantlefou

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Registered: 2013-11-21

Posts: 4

Re: Turning dwb into a Twitter client

jasonwryan: dwb is fine as a simple browser used for one particular usage but I don't think I could use it as my everyday browser. Same for TTYtter, it's fine but I think I still need a nice GUI to feel comfortable, at least for surfing. Thanks, anyway.

Thaodan: I like Choqok but it doesn't fit particularly well in my desktop (Cinnamon) and it lacks some features I use like multi-column interace or the ability to see tweet threads quickly. I might come back to it if I can't find anything else, though.

progandy: I'm going to give surf a try, it might be the thing I need, thanks for the help.