What?
This small application will help you find out what was the last change in your follow list.
How?
Very simple. The first time you run the checker, it will fetch your current list which you will download and store. Wait a given period of time (2 seconds if you are that much active!) and then recheck again, only this time you compare the downloaded data with the new data. Common sense, right?
Screen Name?
Enter the twitter screen name of the user you want to check the friend list (yes, you can enter any users screen name).
Past Data?
If this is your first time, leave this empty and click "Check!". A link to your current followers list data appears. Right click on the link and choose "Save Link As...". Store the file somewhere. This file represents your list at this specific moment. When, in the future, you want to see your followers list changes, simply load the file in this field and the results will appear underneath. The new follow list data will be provided again for storage.
Twitter Username, Twitter Password?
Twitter API allows only a certain amount of requests pair hour for an individual. Because I don't want to ask for a Twitter password, all the hits go your computers IP (or currently logged in account). However, IF the limit is exceeded (I doubt that), you can either wait for about an hour, or provide your Twitter credentials. I assure you that I don't store it anywhere. In fact, there is no database call what so ever in this application.
About
Programmer:
Panagiotis Peikidis
Javascript:
jQuery
Round Corners:
jQuery Round Corner plugin
AJAX Form Submission:
jQuery Form plugin
Current Version: 1.1 (01.05.2009)
Todo
If I see people actually using this I will probably start implementing the following ideas (and any requested ones as well).
- Cache usernames
- Provide an option to use statuses/friends instead of friends/ids (in the former, only the first 100 friends are displayed).
- Provide an option to not check new followers (if you already have enabled email notifications)
- Instead of UserID links, fetch username on click
- Count followers
- Add a countdown timer for next limit reset
- More informative representation of the changes? (i.e. "0 new followers within 100 days, you're probably a looser!").
- Write better code
- Write better code
- Write better code