24 October 2007
That old chestnut.
My friends are better than your friends! That was the original idea, as it came to me - and lo and behold, the subject of the first comment I have had from a stranger on the Facebook Application page:
write.....so you dont actually play against your friends.......maybe thats the reason why im the only user [sic]This guy has a point. The fun of it comes from challenging your friends. Thus I propose:
- When you add Facebook Trumps it will save your Trumpstack.
- When you challenge another friend who has added Facebook Trumps you will still play against the AI (if you can call it that), but rather than the Robot you will see your friends face and play against their friends.
- People who have the app will get a "challenge me at Facebook Trumps" button on their profile, so I can get a bit of viral growth going.
So that's the plan. No requirement for live multiplayer, but an added dimension nonetheless.
Labels: application
Doesn't work with IE6!
- Styles on Trumpcards all over the place, need to work out why as doesn't look right.
- Timeout on first attempt to get trump cards via RPC. Not on second.
This has been one thing which has stopped me progressing this application for a month. In honesty the other things were wanting to let it gestate for a bit and spending time doing exciting things with my lovely girlfriend.
Given my approach has been not to leave "broken windows", I needed to fix this - until Facebook came to the rescue! They are not supporting IE6 any more, recommending an update to IE7. This is great for me - if the platform does not support IE6 then there is not necessity for my application to.
What I do need however, is to have a check and then display "this browser not supported" when IE6 is found. Window not so much fixed but boarded up!
Labels: browser compatibility
