Comix Influx Blog: Some Progress...

I normally try not to pre-announce features on Comix Influx as I don’t
know when I’ll actually manage to get them finished and released, but I’m particularly excited about this one. This morning, I got a first, very pre-Alpha, proof-of-concept prototype of an iPhone application running. At the moment it just looks at the regular site, so I’ll need to add optimised views on the indexes and translations, but nonetheless it is really cool. The utility of having a handheld reader - rather than a cumbersome computer, or else messy print-outs – was immediately apparent. (Not to mention the ability to check easily what translations are available while you’re out and about in your favourite internationally-enabled comics shop).

The actual frameworks that the iPhone applications are built on were one of the very first things I learnt as a developer nearly 10 years ago, but have barely used since – it was fun dredging up some of that deeply buried knowledge.

Anyway, I’m hopeful that I should be able to get it finished in days rather than weeks – watch this space.