Trakr Update: 6th May 2008
This week I have made a lot of progress and have been working every spare moment I have on it. Here is what's been achieved this week:
- Auto generated web site thumbnail previews for del.icio.us, StumbleUpon and RSS feeds
- Album art for Last.fm loved tracks using the Amazon API
- Filtering options so you can limit what sources appear in your dashboard lifestream
- Normalized update times for sources as some were from different time zones, therefore not showing up in the correct order in lifestreams
- Added web site field to profiles
- Updates in lifestreams for profile edits and new friend approvals
- Contact user form
- Visual lifestream in Flash has been progressed and is now based on some code from Reflektions miniml which I plan to adapt further by adding more information to each slide, customizing the appearance and adding scroll wheel functionality
I have also discovered that there is no way to get data out of Facebook or MySpace with their current APIs which is disappointing. However, this is something that could be added in the future if they happen improve their APIs.
Posted: 6th May 2008 02:26