Gwibber 2.0, next major release of the popular desktop microblogging application for Gnome, will boast many new features, support for more services and sport a newly redesigned interface.

Improved first-run set up “wizard”

Support for FriendFeed and Facebook Streams API

Multiline input textbox

Separation of replies and messages

Support for viewing individual streams

Option to limit number of messages displayed in stream (i.e. Adding a “More” button)

Built in search box

Message sending filter based on the UI view

Public timeline support for Twitter, Identi.ca and Friendfeed

On the cards for future versions is a QT interface, allowing Gwibber to cross platforms from Linux to Windows and OS X!

Also planned for future versions are: -

TweetDeck-style multi-column UI

Contact lists and message filtering

Geolocation and mapping support

Integrate GrabberSnap for social imaging (Uploading to Twitpic, etc)

Tracking of unread messages

Gwibber 2.0 is still currently in development but (if finished on time) may possibly be shipping as a default application in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala).

Ubuntu plan to fully integrate Gwibber into Karmic Koala and have even dubbed the next release with an unofficial slogan: “Social right from the start”.



