Twitter @­anywhere

No longer is it acceptable for websites to only exist within their own domain name; now they have to spill out onto different platforms such as the iPod Touch, smart phones and desktop applications. Facebook did this some time ago with it’s Connect platform that allows its users to use Facebook in order to connect with and log into other sites in order to post comments, it also allows iPhone applications to post updates if you complete a level in a game for example.

Twitter is now the latest widely-used website to extend its service beyond that of it’s browser-bound domain name with they’re new platform, @anywhere. As the name suggests, the platform is aiming to implement the primary uses of Twitter from any website. This ranges from being able to view profile information of Twitter users, (just hover over the the Twitter username above to see what I mean or hover over a username from my Tweet box to the right of this text), being able to post status updates from any website about what you’re doing or simply being able to choose to follow someone.

At present, a good amount of well known websites such as Amazon, Yahoo and eBay have signed up with Twitter to introduce the @anywhere platform to their websites. This will allow any Twitter user to post updates from their respective websites, for example, if someone were to be browsing on Amazon and found a product they like, they woudld be able to write in a Tweet in a box a few pixels away to tell their followers. It’s an extremely simple concept but allows Twitter to be used outside of it’s own website in order to be more interactive.

I too have started to implement this new platform onto my website, you’ve probably tried out the hover card feature by hovering over a Twitter username somewhere on this website, (as indicated with the @ as its prefix). On this post you’ll see experimental features of the platform that I have yet to implement on my site fully. Not following me on Twitter? Well click the box below to do so. Want to say something to me? Tweet by using the box below too! Note: these two latter features are temporarily unavailable.

Twitter, taking one leap forward into the three dimensional web universe.

Steven, Administrator.