Easy Chirp : web accessibility for the Twitter.com website application

Web accessibility for the Twitter website application

Easy Chirp is a web-accessible alternative to the Twitter.com website. It is designed to be easier to use and is optimized for disabled users. It also works with keyboard-only, older browsers like IE6, lowband internet connection, and without JavaScript. Learn more about web accessibility.

Refer to the development tasks further down this page for items currently in progress. Learn more about Easy Chirp on the About and Features pages. You may also read an extensive list of user feedback and blogs/articles about this application.

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Article & Blog Mentions

Accessible Twitter: how it should have been done to start with | Digg this!
Accessible Twitter: Advancement through technology (Nomensa)
Tweeters Take Responsibility for an Accessible Web 2.0 (Fast Capitalism)
Application Opens Up Twitter To Disabled Users (E-Access Bulletin Live)

View more on the Articles & Feedback page.

What People Are Tweeting

Visually impaired but still want to Tweet? Check out @EasyChirp as recommended by @WelshWallace http://t.co/QZ4QkSIH
from Russell Webster (russwebt)

God bless YOU. Easy Chirp, an easy-to-use Twitter web application! http://t.co/8h6SV6tK @EasyChirp #a11y #axs #twitter #app
from Sunshine L. (SunshineLawson)

Using Easy Chirp for the very first time... Like it! :-)
from Aveline Juan (mapjuan4Christ)

love this apTry Easy Chirp, an easy-to-use Twitter web application! http://t.co/wCvTVv2t @EasyChirp #a11y #axs #twitter #app
from Megan Morningstar (meg_morningstar)

having to use easy chirp because twitter hates me
from jackie big tits (laureeeeeeeen)

Try this superb Twitter web application! http://t.co/L4nQ7EeI @EasyChirp #a11y #app
from Rizwan Khan (SimpleRiz1)

If it weren't for @EasyChirp, it would no longer be possible for me to use #Twitter at all. #accessibility #bandwidth #backwardcompatibility
from David K. March (dkmnow)

@EasyChirp filling in nicely! Twitter's website is pretty crappy!
from HPFANFICTION (HPFANFICTION)

Oh @EasyChirp, you are full of win.
from Sarah Lewthwaite (slewth)

Try this superb Twitter web application! http://t.co/RTqe8O73 @EasyChirp #a11y #app
from Juan Gabriel Soto (juanfloit)

Testin', testin', 1, 2, 3; Usin' @EasyChirp again, The Qube & I were runnin' into undeletible issues. LOL!
from Preacher Josh Owens (BroJoshOwens)

Hmmm, the washer? I'm on Easy Chirp--Debbie G suggested it, and it's awesome. Do you use it? It's so intuitive...
from Chelsea E. Mohler (Mohlerc)

@amberduff1513 on mac twitter website is awful!but I love it with easy chirp!its way better than facebook! :)
from blindnascarfan :) (blindnascarfan)

easy chirp opens up a new communiction space.@CommunityIT
from Riley Hamilton (rileyhamilton3)

Thrilled to see #easychirp as a social media icon during checking a website 4 #wcag compliance #a11y #sm
from PritiRohra (PritiRohra)

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Notable Features

A built-in shorten URL tool, now with choice of service!
Search, user search, and saved searches.
Trends & Popular Links.
View, subscribe, and create Twitter Lists.
Ample Direct Message short-cut links.
Quick and easy "Go to User" feature, with choice of profile and timeline.
Works great with or without JavaScript.
Fully keyboard accessible.
Inline threading of tweets; displays reply "conversation".
In addition to all modern desktop browsers (and IE 6), I work on virtually any user-agent such Lynx (text browser), screen readers, Braille displays, and even web-enabled mobile devices.

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Awards!

Recipient of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) 2011 Access Award.
Recipient of the 2009 Access IT @web2.0 Award.
RNIB Website of the Month, December 2011.

Read more about awards on the About page.

Development Tasks

Current Tasks

Error handling for Trends data.
Re-implement functionality to add image to tweet.
Display if a user is following you.
Quick way to report a spammer account.
Enhance List functionality with Ajax.
Add inline notice and update of new tweets.

Wish List

Ability to view full URL of a shortened link.
After reply, return user to original place in timeline.
Return audio cues on tweet character counter, but make optional.
Translation and/or multi-language support.
Filter Tweetroll to skip tweets from specific sources e.g. foursquare.
Offer optional light-on-dark or other color scheme.
Add geolocation support.
Caching Popular Links pages.
Deleting of multiple Direct Messages at once.
Timeline with tweets from Easy Chirp users only.
Ability to sort your "following" list alphabetically.

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