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Social Whale now uses oAuth

June 24, 2009, Filed under: Features — Tags: , — Nick Papanotas @ 12:15 am

Recently we decided to use oAuth with our service in addition to the basic login system. To login with oAuth, just go to the login screen and click on the “Continue with oAuth” link. After clicking the link you will be redirected to twitter and you will have to allow the Social Whale application to use your account in order to continue.

Please notice that the oAuth login feature is still experimental – even the oAuth protocol itself is under development – so please let us know if you have any problems while using this new feature. IMPORTANT: The oAuth implementation we use now is using cookies. That means that your session will never expire, so in case that you are using it from public pcs, make sure to logout before exiting your browser.

Trending topics & saved searches

June 19, 2009, Filed under: Features — Tags: , — Nick Papanotas @ 6:45 pm

We’ve just added a new feature in Social Whale, trending topics and saved searches from twitter. Now whenever you click on the search input area, you will get your saved searches and the current trending topics.

saved searches & trending topics

Still there is more work to get done in this area, as we also want to offer “local trending topics” which is actually the trends for your timeline. In other words in the next update you will be able to see trending topics that the people you follow are talking about.

Social Whale alpha release

June 17, 2009, Filed under: Social Whale — Tags: , — Nick Papanotas @ 5:45 pm

We are very excited to announce the alpha testing release for the Social Whale service. During this testing period we will allow only a limited amount of users to use the service so if you want to participate just follow @SocialWhale at twitter, and we will send you an invitation the soonest possible.

This release aims to help us find and fix as many bugs as possible, and see how the application scales in production state. Still there are many features that are not implemented, but the service is full functional. If you are participating in this testing release please post any feedback to the social whale group, or send a dm to @SocialWhale.

If you want to check some early screenshots from our application click the photo bellow:

social whale screenshots

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  • Jason DunnThis new @SocialWhale interface is great for people who use the regular Twitter web interface to learn new features w/o changing the look
  • Eric ParksTwitter via Social Whale. It's a client that "gets" simplicity. Basically Twitter+. Give it a try, follow them for an invite @socialwhale
  • Fotis AlexandrouWOW! @socialwhale is Twitter web interface on steroids! Really really cool . And neat. And useful. And great :)
  • Amalia Agathou@socialwhale can only go one way and that is ☝ ;) great job you guys! You should be proud ;)
  • TechCrunch EuropeSocial Whale wants to bring Digg’s features on Twitter http://tcrn.ch/4nR by @kalavros
  • Jens Reichmannwant to see how #twitter should be? try out http://socialwhale.com #socialwhale #tagthis
  • tasos grSocialWhale rulez. this is how twitter should be
  • Constantine BeliasSomething inspired by the artwork of twitter® for www.socialwhale.com (not official) http://tinyurl.com/ldvfjf [just for fun!]
  • Sebastian KomianosCongrats to the @socialwhale guys, their "service" looks quite interesting and promising, to say at least. Looking forward to its evolution!
  • annnahas installed a new extension, #Social Whale Extension, into her firefox
  • Social WhaleThe first @SocialWhale group is here. In the next 2 hours we will start inviting people :) http://twt.gs/bvsS8
  • sotomi@humaworksSEO Βρήκα εκπληκτικό κ πολύ εύχρηστο το #socialwhale FF addon. Το χρησιμοποιώ. well done!
  • cybereddiewow! Checking SocialWhale right now! it has add sppecial chars, spell cheking, add an image, post to groups - παπανωτα μια χαρα φαίνεται!
  • Thanasis TsaousisΛίγα λόγια για την φάλαινα... (Social Whale) http://twt.gs/Et6zB
  • Thanasis TsaousisRT @SocialWhale Social Whale @facebook. Feel free to join us :) http://bit.ly/hKo5K
  • away_grΝέο post: Αποκλειστικό: Σας αποκαλύπτουμε το Social Whale! http://tinyurl.com/kpoo9s
  • cybereddieRT: @SocialWhale: We just setted up and switched to our new production server. Everything is almost ready for tomorrows alpha release
  • :PRT @SocialWhale: Social Whale @facebook. Feel free to join us :) http://bit.ly/hKo5K