Features
Accessibility Features
- All links are keyboard accessible (and visual styling on focus as well as hover states).
- DM, Favorite, Reply, Re-tweet, and Delete links are all visible by default.
- Simple, consistent layout and navigation (and signed-in username always displayed).
- Headings and page titles are implemented for optimal accessibility. This includes an H3 heading (for author screen name) added to tweets to assist with screen reader users.
- Works great with or without JavaScript.
- Ajax actions are concluded with an alert (JS or ARIA) that notifies the user of the result of the action.
- Large default text size and high color contrast.
- Text resizes many levels without breaking.
- Access keys (keyboard shortcuts) to main menu items.
- Looks great in all screen resolutions from 800-pixel width to 1600 and higher.
- Forms and data tables are marked up for optimal accessibility.
- Code is semantic, light, and adheres to best practices in Web Standards.
- If a tweet is in response to another (and marked as such in the data), a clearer link is provided to the that tweet (not hidden). There's also a more obvious link to the "permanent page" for the tweet.
- ARIA is implemented including document landmark roles, alert roles, and live region for the dynamic character counter.
- Skip-to-content link provided (once logged in).
- Tested on all major browsers: IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome.
Main Features
- When writing a tweet, a character counter and a Shorten URL feature (can choose bit.ly or weba.im) are available.
- Retweet, Quote tweet, Reply, Reply-to-all, and Favorite links easily accessible on each tweet.
- Trends page contains lists for weekly, daily, and current trends.
- A page to search tweets is available and also provides valuable searching tips.
- Ability to search users; earch for Twitter accounts by name.
- Add, delete, and run saved searches.
- Quick and easy Go to User feature available on every page; with choice of profile and timeline.
- Inline threading of tweets; displays reply "conversation". (Click the "responding" link in a reply tweet.)
- View, subscribe, and create Twitter Lists.
- Popular Links page provides the top links currently being Twittered. Choose between all, news, images, and video.
- In tweets, search terms are linked automatically to the internal search results page (terms marked with a hash "#").
- Easily send a message to the author of the tweet (with "@" icon link) through auto-entry of the user name.
- Much easier to review a tweet when replying and re-tweeting.
- Runs great on mobile devices such as the iPhone and Droid.
- View friends and followers. Blocking is supported.
- Public Timeline page is provided.