Update your Twitter status right from Chrome's Omnibox (URL bar).
Update your Twitter status right from Chrome's Omnibox (Omnibar, Awesomebar, URL bar, location bar, etc.).
Usage: Type "tw [your Tweet here]" into the Chrome Omnibox to easily Tweet from whatever web page you're on.
Detailed instructions:
* Start by highlighting Chrome's Omnibox (Ctrl-L on PC or ⌘-L on Mac).
* Type "tw" (without the quotes).
* Hit spacebar.
* Type out your Tweet
* Hit enter.
Thank you YouTubers for the informative videos!
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Get the source code: https://github.com/dwyer/chromnitweet
Useless fact: Chromnitweet is a portmanteau of Chrome, Omnibox and Tweet.
CHANGELOG
2.8.2 2017-12-18
* Updated twitter-text.js to v2.0.0. The character count should now be correct for all languages.
2.8.1 2017-11-19
* Fixed notifications.
2.8.0 2017-11-07
* Bumped character limit to 280. Note: the character count may be inaccurate for non-English tweets. This will be fixed as soon as Twitter's new character count algorithm is fully understood.
1.0.8 2016-11-13
* Fixed "remaining characters" count to account to URL shortening.
1.0.7 2015-07-08
* Changed logo.
1.0.6 2014-10-21
* Made the character count message more descriptive.
* Replaced the old non-working webkit notifications API with the new Chrome rich notifications API.
* Added permission to access twimg.com to display user profile photos in notifications.
1.0.5 2013-11-18
* Workaround for bug in Chrome 31 detailed at https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=310870.
1.0.4 2013-06-16
* Minified the Javascript.
1.0.3 2013-06-16
* Updated to comply with Chrome and Twitter API changes.
1.0.1 2011-06-05
* Changed success and error notifications to make them more meaningful.
* Compiled the OAuth library to make it as small and fast as possible.
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Twitter, Tweet and the Twitter Bird are trademarks of Twitter.
Latest reviews
- (2022-10-15) Daniel Berrios: Google Chrome se vuelve loco al instalar esta extensión. Abre cientos de pestañas acelerando el procesador (en mi caso). Tuve que entrar a las carpetas de instalación de Chrome para desinstalar la extensión manteniendo Chrome cerrado. No la recomiendo.
- (2022-08-29) Sparkschu Itai: I hate it
- (2021-04-12) Liquid Rider: Doesn't work. Moment it installs it opens & closes new tabs at a rapid pace.
- (2020-08-31) Guilherme Haschel: I always used this extension and it always worked. Suddenly i can't login anymore. Chrome 85, Ubuntu and Windows
- (2020-08-07) Rick Powell: Enjoyed it while it lasted but now there's a OAuth error and an endless redirect loop when trying to contact Twitter. Developer has abandoned it?
- (2019-04-30) bulletproof2k: Не работает, после аутентификации зависает.
- (2019-02-13) Eric McCrory: love this extension easy to set up and use flawless been using this for a few years now and love it fast way to tweet from any web page
- (2018-05-09) Michelly de Jesus Teixeira: Super prático! E Consigo usar os emojis do mac sem problema
- (2018-02-06) Gloria “DivaShop” Lassich: Simple & useful. Does what it says flawlessly. :)
- (2018-01-20) dodz: very simple and useful exactly what i want thanks
- (2016-12-10) Bruno Guimarães (nunnogui): Super prático e funcional. Muito bom, facilita demais a vida da pessoa que usa inúmeras abas no navegador, rsrs.
- (2016-12-01) Daniel Egan: Love it.
- (2016-08-27) Simplemente dejó de funcionar. No sirve.
- (2016-06-16) Vivek Pandiaraj: Working fine.. tnx
- (2016-05-08) Caspar Addyman: Would be better if character count adjusted for shortened URLs
- (2015-11-21) Mer: Exactly what i was looking for!!! easiest way to tweet! :D
- (2013-11-20) It won't go away. I'm not even signed in and it's bothering me.
- (2013-10-10) Kartikay Sahay: Just what I wanted! Also, it's bloody simple to share the URL of the page you're on. Dead on!
- (2013-09-23) Matthew Petty: Loved it until it stopped working with a Chrome update. How to report that?
- (2013-09-10) 五虎すばる(NaiveDog): シンプルだけど今までなかったのが不思議でした。これはかなり便利。
- (2013-06-18) Rómulo M. Soto Díaz: Desde hace más de un día esta extensión no funciona. Se carga correctamente pero al momento de enviar el tweet no pasa nada de nada. Ojalá lo puedan arreglar. For more than one day that this extension does not work. It loads correctly but when sending the tweet does not pass anything. I wish it could fix soon.
- (2013-05-07) juan fernando de la rosa (jfdelarosa): Excelente, me encantó!
- (2013-02-25) Maximiliano Barra: Simple. Quick. Lovely. Must-have.
- (2012-11-04) Digital Agents: The most simple App / Extension i have ever seen for Twitter. if a app opens up twitter timeline, then it gives invitation to all kinds of Distraction. This simple app just takes, what you want to say. done ! Tweet in a Sec. Fantastic. Its fast & intelligent.
- (2012-01-18) Gregorio Espadas: A must-have chrome extension.
- (2011-12-20) Simon Kölsch: Doesn't work. The only thing I see is a blank page with "Redirecting...". Seems like OAuth is broken, Twitter Responds with a 401 error.