How To: Install Twitter bar and use it with Flock or Firefox

 
TwitterBar is a Firefox add on which makes Tweeting or posting on Twitter a quick and easy process. TwitterBar is a small icon which hangs out in the upper right hand corner of your browser’s address bar – where you type your URL. Hover over the little grey dot and you’ll see how many characters you have left in your post. (Twitter allows 140 characters per post)

To get TwitterBar installed on your browser you will first need to be a Firefox user. Firefox is a free web browser like Internet Explorer by Mozilla. To grab and install TwitterBar visit:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4664

Go ahead and click on the green Add to Firefox button in the middle of the screen. If you do not presently use Firefox then you’ll first want to go to:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ and download it for free. Again, simply click on the green button in the middle of the page and follow the installation instructions.

Using TwitterBar.

There are two basic ways to use TwitterBar. The first is to go to your address bar in your browser – the place where you normally type a URL or website address. Type your post, for example, learning to use TwitterBar, and then click on the little grey dot at the right hand side of your address bar. When you hover your cursor over this dot it will tell you how many characters you have left. For example, if you type learning to use TwitterBar, then it will say 69 left.

You can also post by typing “–post” at the end of your tweet. For example, learning to use twitterbar “–post”

But wait, there’s more! When you visit a webpage that you want to post, all you have to do is click the little grey dot and it will send a tweet with the URL.

Twitterbar is a quick and easy way to post on Twitter and take advantage of this popular and growing social networking and marketing tool. It’s a great way to share valuable information and keep in touch with fellow Twitter friends.