Last night I released version 1.0.0.0 of Halfwit, my streamlined Twitter client.

As of version 1, Halfwit requires the .NET 4 Client Profile, but if you don’t have it it will be downloaded and installed at the same time.

The only new feature in v1 is URL shortening, and at this point it’s still something of a work in progress. The idea is that you type (or paste) in the URLs you want to tweet about, and then you have the option to shorten them. Here’s a screenshot (click to embiggen):

URL Shortening Screenshot


The idea is that you can choose to shorten a single URL in your Tweet, or shorten them all. I’ve forgotten to include the keyboard tip next to the “Shorten All” menu item in this release. For reference, it’s Ctrl+Shift+U. Hit that just before you hit Enter and all the URLs in your tweet will be shortened for you.

Right now, URL shortening is limited to the http://is.gd service. I have plans to add others (and, obviously, a way for you to choose which one you prefer) in a future version.

To try out version 1 of Halfwit, you should first uninstall the current version. Because this one requires a new version of the .NET framework, I decided not to automatically update users of version 0.x. Once you’ve uninstalled, you can click here to take you to the Halfwit v1 install page. I will update the Halfwit home page later to point there too.

Hope you enjoy using Halfwit! Remember, all feedback is appreciated, be it on Twitter, UserVoice or Codeplex!