New features added to Twitterfountain

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As per today, we have added a couple of new features to the Twitterfountain:

  • Better support for special characters, like é, ç, ü, etc.
  • Links and @usernames in tweets are clickable. We’re working on refining this feature. For example, it would be better if an animation pauses while you hover the mouse over it.
  • Flickr and Picasa images are less pixelated when enlarging them.

If you experience any issues, please let us know in the comments.

  • http://www.geertsmit.nl Geert

    Kan ik hier ergens op [like] klikken? :-)

  • admin

    bijna, maar nog niet helemaal. Hier wel: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Twitterfountain/109488529128683

  • http://twitter.com/travisbutler Travis

    A profanity filter would be great. Something like ‘do not show tweets with (insert words here)’ would be great.

  • Erik

    We are looking into options for moderating a twitter stream, for example by blocking offensive users.
    Filtering out words doesn’t really work because you’ll need to filter for a LOT of words, and still you won’t be sure a tweet isn’t offensive. I have to add that we’ve personally never experienced a problem with offensive tweets, have you?

  • Jared Price

    I would love to use this as a dynamic visual of posts coming from specific users. In my case, working for a school system, it would be fantastic to be able to specify the account names each school has and have it construct a fountain from posts made by those schools.

    Very neat!

  • admin

    Hi Jared,

    We’re working on a new version of Twitterfountain that will allow you to do just that. Hang in there, we hope to launch the new version in September!

  • iwein

    It’s bugging me that it is impossible to block users that are abusing the fountain to spam. I’m looking into that problem at a conference right now, but it seems that we won’t be able to do it using twitterfountain alone :(

  • Erik

    We agree, some kind of moderation would be nice to have at a conference. We are working on a solution right now! If you need a custom solution you can also contact us directly. http://blog.twitterfountain.com/contact/

  • Ron

    Ik wil drie zoekwoorden intypen die alleen in combinatie de juiste tweets moeten opleveren (dus geen ‘hits’ op de afzonderlijke woorden). Is dit mogelijk?

  • http://www.lykledevries.nl Lykle de Vries

    Hi Iwein,

    a month ago, we released a new version of Twitterfountain that allows you to block individual users. We hope you like it!

  • http://www.lykledevries.nl Lykle de Vries

    Hoi Ron,

    Wanneer je nu bij ‘advanced search’ opties kijkt, zie je de mogelijkheid om op een specifieke combinatie van woorden te filteren.