It’s been almost a month since my last post, and about as long since I’ve been able to work on any of my PSP and Android projects.
There’s not a lot to report at this point on the PSP front, I’m afraid, though I’ve been considering simply posting the unfinished (and still alpha) version of the SMS Plus Ad-hoc, with the hope that someone might find it interesting enough to finish the project. Real-time networking always leaves a bad taste in my mouth – especially when error correction is completely missing (as is the case with Ad-hoc networking).
Spark has a shiny new Gamercard widget available, though without an auto-refresh feature, it seems almost useless. So it looks like the next feature has already been decided for me – my original plan was to implement auto-updates last. One of the annoying things at this point is Android’s widget size requirement – widgets cannot simply be of arbitrary size, which will require more tinkering with layouts, hence a lot more time.
PSN support is in alpha stage at this point, and will probably not be featured until the version after next.
I’m still getting the occasional “will Spark steal my account information?”-type questions, to which I always reply, but more recently, a number of users are basically accusing the application of stealing account information, or hacking credit cards, which I find baffling and annoying. To make things more interesting, this looks like a concerted effort (several of the posters all but admit not actually having used the app), though by whom, I have no idea.
Suffice to say that if I were interested in stealing accounts and credit cards, I could probably do better than using my real name.
Spark is an awesome app! Simple and straight to the point. Keep up the great work