Twitzer Firefox add-on: Post entries longer than 140 characters on Twitter
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If you post regularly on Twitter, and have constantly felt constrained by the 140 character post limit, then Twitzer might be the Firefox extension for you.
Twitzer is a Firefox extension designed by the developers of the shortText website, which lets you post entries longer than 140 characters on Twitter. It’s pretty simple to use: once installed, navigate to Twitter and type a post as you normally would (ignoring those massive red warning numbers on the right hand side of the text box as you go over 140 characters).
When you’re completed, right-click on the box, and choose “Twitzer text”. That’s it! Your entry is shortened to less than 140 characters.
Magic? No, simple web sleight-of-hand. When you “Twitzer” your text, the extension automatically shortens your entry to 140 characters, uploads the rest to the shortText website, and posts a link to that text at the end of your entry.
Also available from the right-click menu is the option to “De-Twitzer” your entry or someone else’s, meaning the full entry is shown on the Twitter website as it is saved on shortText.
While this is a good execution of a nice idea, we’re a bit confused; we thought Twitter was in the category of micro-blogging…this kind of defeats the purpose, nay, the definition of, a micro-blog.
What say you? Will this extension, and other items enjoy it, cause Twitter to bloat into extinction? Or, if used with caution and prejudice, can this be a helpful way to post your rants that exceed 140 characters?
[via Softpedia]
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