using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text tweet
-- Init
my growlRegister()
set charcount_max to 140
set charcount_tweet to (count characters of tweet)

– Notify using Growl
on growlNotify(grrTitle, grrDescription)
tell application “GrowlHelperApp”
notify with name “Alert” title grrTitle description grrDescription application name “Tweet”
end tell
end growlNotify
end using terms from

I love Quicksilver, but the one problem with using it to update Twitter was that you couldn’t tell if your tweet was too long. Word/letter/line counting is a simple but useful function that I couldn’t find anywhere else in Quicksilver, so I wrote my own AppleScript action for it (I borrowed your code for Growl notifications). Anyone who wants to add such functionality to Quicksilver can get the script from my post on the Quicksilver forums here:

http://blacktree.cocoaforge.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5436

I hope people find this useful. Previously I’d echo my tweet through a pipe to wc and run as a shell command. This action is a big improvement I activate Quicksilver, press period to enter my text, then tab, then WC to select my Word Count action, enter, then (assuming it’s not too long) press tab and TW to select the Tweet action and press enter.

Now Quicksilver is my favourite way to update Twitter too!

Now Quicksilver provides my favourite way to update Twitter.