Accessible Twitter: Advancement through technology
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- Léonie Watson
Ever wondered what "Vorsprung durch technik" means? If you remember the Audi adverts in the UK from the 1990s, you'll know it stands for excellent design and precision engineering. It actually translates as "Advancement through technology", a concept that neatly sums up Dennis Lembree's work on Accessible Twitter. Accessible Twitter is a wonderful example of accessibility in motion. It's based on Twitter's API, so you log in with your usual username and password. After that, the experience is remarkably different from Twitter's own rather mediocre website.
So what makes it different?
All the usual features are there, including your tweet roll, messages, mentions and status updates. You can search for #tags and people, view the everyone timeline, and browse through popular links. It's the way [...]