Virgin Mobile Gadget Status

This post is for all the users of my Virgin Mobile Gadget to explain why it is not working and I have not put out an update.

Firstly, I have been flat out since I have moved to Adelaide, working and studying engineering is taking up almost all of my time. Secondly, Virgin has changed the html on their website; such that it is no longer practical to use Regular Expressions to extract data from the web pages as it does currently, (I have tried with no success).

However, there is still hope, I have replied to a few people saying that I am working on a new version and this is still the case, it is just taking longer than expected.

This is mainly because I have designed a completely new architecture for the gadget, which unfortunately means it needs to be mostly re-written. It will however have the following benefits:

  • It is using the jquery library, which speeds up development (when I get a chance to do it).
  • Data retrieval code can be updated more easily.
  • The gadget will update itself automatically with no need to re-install.
  • Support for other services here and overseas can be added (e.g. Telstra, Virgin USA).
  • Google will be supported through an iGoogle Gadget which works with both iGoogle Hompages and the Google Desktop Sidebar.

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