WiiTweet

WiiTweet
File:Wiitweetwii.jpg
General
Author	Pedro Aguiar
Type	Utilities
Version	0.3.2
License	GPL-2.0
Last Updated	2012/08/21
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WiiTweet is a third-party, homebrew Twitter client specifically designed for the Nintendo Wii gaming console. It allows users to access and use the popular social media service, Twitter, on their Wii system.

It is important to note that WiiTweet is not officially endorsed or developed by either Twitter or Nintendo. It is simply a separate, independent application that utilizes the Twitter service and is designed to run on the Wii platform. Neither Twitter nor Nintendo had any involvement in the development or production of WiiTweet.

Note: This program does not work anymore, as of April 2021. This is due to Twitter API changes.

Features

• Twitter API interaction
• HTTPS support (through IOS)
• OAuth authorization (credentials are encapsulated and saved within a profile file so you just authorize once)
• Multiple profiles support
• Image caching system
• Browsing history (you can go back and forth between navigated pages)
• Unicode capable, remappable keyboard
• Content-Encoding: gzip, deflate support (tries to compensate the lack of JSON support)

Twitter API Interfaces To

• Browse timelines
• Follow/Unfollow users
• Tweet, favorite, retweet, reply tweets
• Browse favorited tweets
• See followers and followed users
• See tweets you are mentioned in
• Search tweets and users

Controls

Wiimote	Action
Wiimote Aim	Cursor
Wiimote DPad Up/Wiimote DPad Down	Scroll
Wiimote A Button	Click button
Wiimote B Button (held)	Show the background of the pointed unit
Wiimote Minus Button}}/Wiimote Plus Button	Go back/forward one page
Wiimote Home Button	Show toolbar
Wiimote Home Button (Brief tweet window)	Close the window
Wiimote Home Button (held)	Exit to loader

Screenshots

Authorizing WiiTweet

WiiTweet authorizes itself using, as suggested by Twitter, PIN-based authorization. You do not need to provide your Twitter password to start using WiiTweet! Read Authorization Flow below to get a more detailed explanation of how and why WiiTweet gets authorized by you.

There are three ways of authorizing this application: visiting an URL using an external device, visiting an URL using the Internet Channel or providing your Twitter username/password.

Using an external device

An URL appears on screen, you go there from your computer/phone/another Wii, get your PIN and enter it to WiiTweet.

Using the Internet Channel

Internet Channel is launched and you get your PIN there. You have to go back to WiiTweet and select the corresponding profile to enter the PIN. Slow but useful to people with no access to an external device at the time.

Providing your username and password

You are asked for your Twitter username and password and WiiTweet authorizes itself. This is still PIN-based authorization but WiiTweet gets and reads the PIN automatically. Your password is not stored and you will not need it again to use WiiTweet.

Local password support

If you set a local password it will be needed to access your profile. Use this if you want to protect your privacy from people with access to your Wii.

Encryption

Your OAuth credentials are saved at your SD/USB. If you do not set a local password they will be stored in plain text. If you set a local password your credentials will be encrypted.

• These credentials do not include your Twitter password (even if you authorized WiiTweet providing your Twitter username and password).

Credits

• If there were a team behind WiiTweet its only direct member would be Pedro Aguiar.
• This would have never happened without the amazing people behind wiibrew and devkitpro. I am stating I am the only team member to protect your reputation of my potentially poorly written code!

External links

• Github - https://github.com/paguiar/wiitweet
• Wiibrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiTweet