GameTonight now creates a module for Panic’s excellent Status Board iPad app. The URL is simple, add ‘/statusboard’ to any metro URL or, while on your iPad, click the link at the bottom of each GameTonight page to install the current metro in Status Board. Example:
http://gametonight.in/denver/statusboard
Here’s what you get:
It currently looks best at a minimum size 4×4 units, but it probably wouldn’t be hard to add some media queries to support down to a 1×4+ ticker-style display. We’ll see if there’s demand.
I actually created a web app similar to Status Board a few years back that I called GlanceBoard. I had modules for traffic, weather, GameTonight, Twitter, etc., but was missing a good way to do layout and never got around to releasing it. I’m thrilled to completely mothball that project and use Status Board instead.
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@alexkingorg Looks great. Thanks for supporting Status Board! (— A Status Board developer at Panic.)
@alexkingorg Excellent! Nice work, Alex! —B
Love it! I like knowing if there will be “game people” on the train.
One feature that might be useful, Alex, is to add which city is being tracked in the Status Board output. If someone is tracking multiple cities for some reason, that will help them determine which is which.
I had the metro name in there initially but some of the long ones were wrecking the visual look (wrapping, etc.). I think it’s unlikely people care enough about multiple metro areas to track “home games” in them, but maybe they will. I’ll be on the lookout for feedback.
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