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KL Traffic update is now live!

Posted on the December 11th, 2009 under General, Widget by NerdAttack

Finally, we’ve updated our KLTraffic app. This update took a while to release due to the number of outsourced projects that we undertook. There are a number of changes to the interface as well as new features that we hope you guys  be please with.

Hit the read more link to find out how you can update or download a copy. KLTraffic remain FREE as usual.

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KLTraffic Update, revision 41 (internally it’s known as r41)

We’ve added new traffic cams sourced from JPBDBKL. Unfortunately, traffic cams are still constrained to Kuala Lumpur only for the moment.

Traffic feeds now have an icon letting users know where the feed is sourced from. Feeds are now from ITIS and JPBDBKL. If you see feeds not working, you’ll know where it’s sourced from, so notify the relevant authority about it :)

We’ve integrated Twitter feeds into this update. You’ll be able to read crowd-sourced traffic updates straight from Twitter. We hope this is useful for the most of you … well … it’s as useful as what’s posted.

You can now tweet from KLTraffic!  So if you already have a twitter account, do share with the rest of the community the traffic condition in your surrounding area. All tweets will be posted with the #kltraffic hash topic tag on Twitter. Oh and please, do not tweet while you’re driving.

Enter your Twitter username and password here if you wish to tweet from the widget. We do not keep your Twitter login credentials as these are kept on your phone. For the techies that are out there, we’re using BasicAuth for this, hence all tweets coming from this widget will have the ‘from API’ (see screenshot below).

Yes, it would be great to have it as ‘from KLTraffic’, that is possible, however that also means we would need to use OpenAuth. There’s no mobile version of the authorisation page on twitter for OpenAuth yet. If we were to use OpenAuth, you guys will have to

1. Click on a button on the widget to authorise KLTraffic which will …
2. load a non mobile website that will generate a PIN number from your default mobile browser
3. Copy that PIN
4. Go back to the widget
5. Paste that PIN
6. Click Authorise on the widge.

My goodness, what lousy user experience. We’ll save you all the trouble and use BasicAuth instead. Enter your username and password, save it in the widget and we’re done.

Enough talk! So, how do I update?

Ah, it’s pretty simple actually. In the previous version of the widget, we’ve already built in an auto update feature which is located at the ‘About Us’ section. See screenshot below.

Change revision log

1. Revised user interface
2. New traffic image feed from JPBDBKL (Kuala Lumpur City Hall Urban Transportation Department),  THANKS :)
3. Twitter integration
4. Widget will now check for new updates each time it loads, so users will no longer need to manually check for new updates

What’s in the oven next?

1. Nokia n97 and n97 mini homeview screen. We haven’t had the time to include this feature in but will do so in the new revision.
2. Road list might be too long for some and require scrolling, we’ll think of something.
3. It’s been asked for a while now … so, we’re working on a keypad version of KLTraffic. More announcement on this at a later date. We’ll be targeting S60 3rd edition devices.

We value your input!

So, if you have any ideas or suggestions in helping us improve this widget, do leave us some comments below :)

Get it here.

What? You haven’t got a copy of KLTraffic yet? Grab it from the Ovi Store now!

Note: The updated version of KLTraffic is still under QA and would probably take a while for approval, just download the old copy and run the autoupdate mentioned above.