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Tweet Lanes for Android
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Feature: Option to include all mentions in the timeline #377

Closed ghost closed 10 years ago

ghost commented 10 years ago

Would love the ability to see all mentions (so also from people you don't follow) in the timeline.

Maybe have extended options to select what you do and don't want to see in the timeline. So be able to tell TweetLanes to show the following tweet types inside the main Timeline:

BlythMeister commented 10 years ago

The big issue with this is that Twitter doesn't support that.

It would mean each refresh needs to make multiple calls, therefore slowing the responsiveness and feel of the app.

Personally I think unless Twitter allow 3rd parties to do more, this won't work :(

The only other way would be to have lots of background downloads, but the app infrastructure won't currently handle this nicely.

ghost commented 10 years ago

Ok, thanks for the feedback.

Has Twitter changed this recently, btw? I seem to remember that my desktop twitter app I am using (Janetter) did show all mentions in the main timeline. But it also doesn't show them anymore.

Regarding the mentions: When notifications is switched on, it checks for mentions too, right? So once mentions are loaded, it could push them into the timeline too, I guess... So the timeline could become a pick'n'mix of different data steams / API calls. (I am just thinking out loud. I have no idea about the API or underlying code).

BlythMeister commented 10 years ago

The api changed about 4-5 months ago, they took a lot out! And reduced request limits.

Ultimately they are trying to force people to use the native apps.

With regard to putting statuses into different timelines. As I said before, it's not possible due to the way the statuses are stored within the app. Each lane is essentially it's on set of data keyed to that lane. There is no swapping. So if you see a tweet in mention and timeline, it has been downloaded a d cached twice.

I'm happy to leave the item open, but dont think it's something that will come soon. There is just too much work required to change the underlaying priciple of storage...and as a part time non money making pet project, I can't devote enough time to do that.

ghost commented 10 years ago

I understand :)

Was just an idea. I'll close it.

PS: Great work on the app. I really like TweetLanes and like your approach to stuff.