@themattharris, Pat's ticket just got rejected for not being an API issue :-/. See http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1904
I have just filed it (again) via http://twitter.com/help/escalate. -jonathan On Sep 28, 9:24 pm, Jonathan Strauss <jonat...@awe.sm> wrote: > Heh, thanks Pat! That was on my To Do list for tonight, I swear :-) > > On Sep 28, 9:04 pm, Pat Diven II <p...@addtoany.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey Jonathan, how's the Mission? Figures that I'd find a thread > > started by you for the same issue we're also having. :) > > > So yes, we're also getting bit by the same issue. One thing I noticed > > on #newtwitter is that theencodingis mangled during a redirect > > (from /home?status= to /?status=): > > > Redirect FAILS on > > #newtwitter:http://twitter.com/home?status=Trying%20out%20URL%20encoding%20%26%20... > > > Direct URL WORKS on > > #newtwitter:http://twitter.com/?status=Trying%20out%20URL%20encoding%20%26%20stuf... > > > Unfortunately we're all not supposed to use the latter method. It > > works on #vintagetwitter but it doesn't preserve the status message > > after the user logs in to either version anyway. > > > I just submitted the issue because it looks like @jhstrauss didn't get > > around to it yet:http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1904 > > > Cheers, > > Pat - @micropat > > > On Sep 24, 8:51 pm, Matt Harris <mhar...@twitter.com> wrote: > > > > Hey Jonathan, > > > > Absolutely! Just wanted to put the Tweet Button out there as an option. > > > > So we can track this can you file an issue on: > > > http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > > > > I'll keep that updated with progress. > > > > Thanks, > > > @themattharris > > > > On Sep 24, 2010, at 18:54, Jonathan Strauss <jonat...@awe.sm> wrote: > > > > > Hey Matt, > > > > > I know the tweet button very well, and I agree that it's better for > > > > most use-cases (we're actually driving our customers towards using / > > > > share instead of /home?status= for their custom share to Twitter > > > > interfaces). However, all legacy 'Share on Twitter' or 'Tweet This' > > > > implementations (that don't go through OAuth) use /home?status= and if > > > > the things that worked before stop working as #newtwitter rolls out to > > > > the full userbase, it's going to break a lot of stuff for people who > > > > haven't yet had a chance to switch to the tweet button or a custom > > > > integration with /share. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > -jonathan > > > > > On Sep 24, 5:47 pm, Matt Harris <thematthar...@twitter.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi Jonathan, > > > > >> I'll look into this but have you consider using the Tweet Button > > > >> instead. Using the Tweet Button gives a better experience and means > > > >> users don't need to leave your website to tweet your message. > > > > >> You can get the Tweet Button on our Goodies page: > > > >> http://twitter.com/goodies/tweetbutton > > > > >> or create your own using the developer resources: > > > >> http://dev.twitter.com/pages/tweet_button > > > > >> Best, > > > >> @themattharris > > > > >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Jonathan Strauss <jonat...@awe.sm> > > > >> wrote: > > > >>> The following link works fine for users with access to #vintagetwitter > > > >>> but breaks on the first URL encoded & (%26) or # (%23) for users with > > > >>> #newtwitter: > > > >>>http://twitter.com/home?status=Trying+out+URL+encoding+%26+stuff+on+%... > > > > >>> Is this intentional? > > > > >>> Thanks, > > > >>> -jonathan > > > > >>> -- > > > >>> Jonathan Strauss, Co-Founder > > > >>>http://awe.sm > > > > >>> Blog:http://jonathanhstrauss.com > > > >>> Twitter:http://twitter.com/jhstrauss > > > > >>> -- > > > >>> Twitter developer documentation and > > > >>> resources:http://dev.twitter.com/doc > > > >>> API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi > > > >>> Issues/Enhancements > > > >>> Tracker:http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > > > >>> Change your membership to this > > > >>> group:http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > > > > >> -- > > > > >> Matt Harris > > > >> Developer Advocate, Twitterhttp://twitter.com/themattharris > > > > > -- > > > > Twitter developer documentation and resources:http://dev.twitter.com/doc > > > > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi > > > > Issues/Enhancements > > > > Tracker:http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > > > > Change your membership to this > > > > group:http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk
