Research

The problem with doing too much work is it means less time to update the blog. The last week I've been working out the technical issues with the project. The project has been renamed WebEcho also as hear the web does not accurately reflect the project as it now stands. For this some posters had to be done up:

One of the first tests was to make sure the files were working correctly in conjunction with the projector. Even though the files worked locally they were reading the old cookie for the information to display rather than the current. After much scratching of my hair I discovered a solution, if I put the code in a separate file and called that from the main page it worked with the current cookie. Another issue was an added little extra I had developed which was a myspace page search, this would search myspace for songs with he search term, this would not work in the college as a certain port was blocked, however I replaced it with a soundcloud but after some testing it was deemed unnecessary as it just confused matters further so I left this out.

Some more testing was done on the GUI, some simple things like the cursors changing, disabling links and other usability issues were brought up and sorted. The issue of stopping the user using the computer as a computer was sorted by putting the menu on the window with the projector, making the window fullscreen and disabling keyboard shortcuts. It also meant moving to chrome from Safari as Safari has no standard full screen. How does this look? I had not put time aside to videotape the projection in operation yet but this should give you an idea:

This is the result for 'Mario'. Most the issues that came up early in the day were sorted out by the last tests.

This picture shows how the interface will work, except in the space the computer will face the projection so both are bombarding the user at the same time. Tomorrow is moving day! Time to install it in the space and pray the network in the gallery lives up to the task!