Monday, April 17, 2006 9:16 PM
by
TripStalkerAdmin
Why not have a web 2.0 browser-based version?
I get asked this question all the time. It would be cross-platform. Easy to use.
Seamlessly updated. And run in a browser window. While these are all great things, the one crucial aspect of
TripStalker - that it is always running stalking your trips on your system - would be missing. For this reason, we have to make it a
download-able software application. However, we are going to be making improvements to the website "my account" area such that you will be able to view your stalks, update the notify price, and book a stalk. We have also been producing an RSS engine so that you can add your stalks to any standard RSS reader to keep 'tabs' on them. This will enable you to extend the use of
TripStalker to places you may not want the application installed (like a tightly controlled work environment). We will be improving on this "dual interface" approach as time goes on, but we will always require some sort of agent to be running on your machine as that is a key part of
TripStalker's architecture.
Thanks for all the great suggestions - keep them coming - and feel free to post them in our forums so we can get a good discussion going. Most of the great
feedback so far has come through e-mail. While this is tremendous, posting this for others to comment on will
ultimately make
TripStalker better. Remember, there's no such thing as a bad post! (I hope I don't
regret saying that).
Thanks to all our great users!