A Wishlist for Mauku

Posted on 22 March 2009 by Chippy

I’m sorry if this appears a little too detailed for a news post on UMPCportal but I really need to write my thoughts down before I forget them.

For those that don’t know what Mauku is, its a Twitter and Jaiku client for Maemo devices like the Nokia N810. I’m a big fan and its one of my most used applications on the device but its falling behind with it’s implementation of Twitter. I need more!

I contacted the developer recently to ask about status and he kindly wrote back saying that there were some updates in the pipeline. Version 0.6 was released last week and it included important Jaiku updates but didnt include any changes on the Twiiter client. There is another release coming for Maemo 4 but after tha he’ll be focusing on Maemo 5.

There are a number of bug reports and requests on the developers page but here, in one list, is what I think needs to be done to bring it up to a level where Twitter addicts might even consider buying the N810 just for this application.

Follow, Unfollow option
Retweet / Via
Location update via api
Search and result integration in home stream.
New follower alerts
Location search
Donate to developer button (he deserves it!)
Hide posts containing keyword
Integrated url shortening.

If you use Mauku and have any thoughts on how to improve it, drop your comments below. The Mauku website is here.

4 Comments For This Post

Steve 'Chippy' Paine says:
March 22nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
A Wishlist for Mauku http://tinyurl.com/djvmkt
jeffyb says:
March 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm
‘Hide posts containing keyword’

All of the ideas are needed, but I really like this one!
turn.self.off says:
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 pm
iirc, the url shortening is there, tho its automatically triggered only if the url goes beyond the allowed size of a twitter message.

Chippy Reply:
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:49 pm

OK. Thats new info for me. Thanks!!
earth2marsh says:
May 5th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I agree with your suggestions. I’d also REALLY like the following:

• Replying to a tweet should post your tweet with the in_reply_to status id set (thus threading the reply on Twitter)
• Marking an item should favorite it on Twitter (and probably sync Mauku’s db with Twitter)

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