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Re: Four 0.3 released



Nice update James.
TwitterAddTime=Yes doesn't seem to persist over restarts of the app,
always reverts to No.

Max

2008/6/8 James Traynor <james@xxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
>
> This new update to the xAP chat bot adds a Twitter gateway. The
previous
> version of Four had the ability to post to your Twitter announcements
when
> you arrived home or at work. Now Four can forward display messages to
a
> separate Twitter account. Why you may ask! In Twitter you can follow
other
> uses and can opt to receive accounts you follow as SMS. So with this
you can
> now get display messages sent to your phone as SMS for free! But
that's not
> all, you can also reply to the text message and talk to Four. You can
do
> anything via text that you could do via the Four web page. Ask for a
phone
> number from switchboard, check the weather, get device status from
Floorplan
> even control Floorplan. There are two catches. Firstly you can only
receive
> 250 SMS per week and secondly you must prepend replys with
> D<space>TWITTERUSER<space>message. ( Replys are Private
Messages in Twitter
> lingo)
>
> There are filtering option to prevent all display messages arriving at
you
> phone. Also I recommend that the twitter account that you use with
Four is
> set to private, otherwise anyone could chat to Four. There are
instructions
> on how to setup the two required Twitter accounts on the config page
within
> Four.
>
> Download from www.mi4.biz
>
> Enjoy
>
> James
>
>

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