Click the "Download source" button near the upper right of the screen. This will let you download a zip of the three files listed.
Unzip the file on your computer. You will then have to unzip the DMmate.app.zip file as well.
Drag and drop the .mobileprovision and .app files onto the iTunes icon in your dock to install onto your phone. This will only work if you are an official beta tester of DMmate and have given me your device UDID previously. Otherwise, you won't be able to run the app.
You should now be able to launch DMmate on your phone and enter your Twitter account info. Follow the steps below to enable real-time Push Notifications for your DMs as well.
DMmate is an iPhone Twitter app devoted solely to Direct Messages. No timelines, no mentions, no lists, no retweets, just DMs.
I am a heavy user of DMs. I found that all other iPhone Twitter clients suck at DMs for various reasons. Also, none of them had adequate real-time push notifications for DMs. So, I wrote this app to cater to my DM usage pattern, and I think that many other people would want to experience DMs on their phones this way as well.
- No manual refresh
- Polling only every 5 or 10 minutes
- Non real-time push notifications
- DMs are an afterthought after the rest of the Twitter features
- DMs are shown "timeline" style (newest on top) - this is not how people normally read conversations
- An app solely devoted to DMs
- Manual refresh
- Real-time updates of DMs
- Real-time push notifications
- Threaded conversation views
- Multiple accounts
- Turns Twitter DMs into an IM application
- DM conversations are read top down like the SMS app does.
In order to have your DMs pushed straight to your phone in real-time, you need to do 2 things:
- Make sure you have enabled notification emails for DMs under your Twitter account.
- In your email client, create a filter and forward those emails to prowl@push.tweetgrid.com
That special email address will take your DM email and immediately push the DM to your phone. This means immediate updates and no more polling!
- Multiple accounts
- Conversation threading
- Real-Time Push Notifications
- Compose new DMs
- Reply to DMs
- Marking conversations as read
- Send DM to multiple recipients (groups)
- Search DMs
- Correct account deletion handling
- Delete DMs in bulk
- MMS style DMs with photo inline
- auto-complete of Twitter followers (this is very difficult with the current Twitter API)
- Forward as SMS/Email
- Reply as SMS/email/phone call
This README should always be up to date, but there might be more info on the wiki with screenshots, etc...
If you have a github account, you can submit bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback on the Issues Page or you can send an email to
dmbeta at jazzychad dot net