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From:

"Chip Orange" <lists3717@comcast.net>

Subject:

RE: next public beta of "Remind Me Where"

Date:

Sat, Sep 21, 2013 10:36:48 pm

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Sunshine,

Absolutely; in fact, as far as I know, all of the current users are doing
just this. All of the features are designed with desktop users in mind, and
while I haven't really added them yet, I hope to add more features for
laptop users who are moving around using a GPS.

One thing you need however, in order to use the app, is a connection to the
internet to get all of this great data for directions and what business are
around you, etc. So, while laptop users may have a GPS, most don't have an
internet connection.

I'm going to add it to my own laptop though so that I can experiment with
it, and of course you can always stop at businesses that offer internet, to
let you check up on your directions.

I am going to expand the transit portion, so that you can specify the date
and time you want to leave, or you want to arrive, and then Google will give
you a transit plan for that time period.

And finally, I am going to try to create a shared database of points of
interest, so that things which Google won't track, or doesn't need to know
about, will be available to all of us. This could be the exact location of
the front door or the side door of some big building, or locations of the
buttons for audible traffic lights, or even that a given intersection has
audible traffic lights, those kinds of things.

I tried to interest Sendero in data sharing such valuable points of interest
between all of us, and unfortunately got nowhere. That's really sad because
we all lose in this instance, both Sendero users and us; but I'll try to
make this open to anyone at all.

<climbing down from soapbox> Please do try the app and tell me about things
it might do to help you regardless of what type of pc you're using.

Thanks.

Chip

From: Sunshine [mailto:sunshine@abe.midco.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 10:07 PM
To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
Subject: Re: next public beta of "Remind Me Where"

Chip, can this ap be used with a desktop as well? i mean so a person can
get directions before they leave? esopecially if there is no laptop that the
person owns?

----- Original Message -----

From: Chip Orange <mailto:lists3717@comcast.net>

To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com ; gw-apps@gwmicro.com

Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 7:21 PM

Subject: next public beta of "Remind Me Where"

Hi all,

The next public beta (beta 9) of the "remind Me Where" app is now available
for download from:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11745142/Remind_Me_Where.wepm

The differences between this and the previous public beta are primarily in
the "Get Directions" dialog, which has undergone quite a lot of
enhancements.

.. First, you can now get transit system directions for those cities
which provide Google with the information. This includes exact times of
departures, stop counts, stations to disembark at, approximate riding times,
etc.

.. * The directions are now available as either a treeview control in
the dialog, or via an optional button they will be displayed in their own
browser window, where they can be copied if desired (and where optional
Google links may be available).

.. In the treeview control you can highlight any of the "steps" in
the list of directions, and then perform a "look around" or "search nearby"
from the location of that step. So for example, if a particular step
involves taking a bus from a specific stop or station, you can "look around"
to see what places are near the bus stop.

.. The treeview control allows you to see the directions in their
"overview", or to expand any step where Google has provided detailed
sub-steps, there-by giving you much more explicit detail for any step.

.. Either the "to" or "from" locations can be specified as a street
address, a POI in your personal database, or starting with a street address
you can perform a "nearby search" for Google places and select one of those
as your starting or ending points.

.. A menu item has been added which allows you to perform a "look
around" or "nearby search" from a specified address.

.. Any of the Google places which appear in the "look around" or
"nearby search" results have two optional buttons, one for the Google page
for the place, and another for the "official" web site page for that place.
These allow you to open a separate browser window to visit the pages while
in the middle of any activity without disturbing the operation.

Thanks to the continuing efforts of beta testers a long list of bugs have
been corrected, as well as new features or changes to operations have
occurred. I especially appreciate those who have offered ideas for new
features or methods of operating which will make the app more useful.

The app requires another app named "GPS" to be installed, even if you don't
make use of a GPS receiver. This app is available on app central, and the
Remind Me Where app will now offer to automatically download and install it
for you if necessary. I do hope to make more options available in the
future to those who have laptops with GPS receivers.

Enjoy,

Chip

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i mean so a person can get directions before they leave? esopecially if there is no laptop that the person owns?<o:p></o:p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div>    ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></div><div>From: <a href="mailto:lists3717@comcast.net" title="lists3717@comcast.net">Chip Orange</a> <o:p></o:p></div><div>To: <a href="mailto:gw-scripting@gwmicro.com" title="gw-scripting@gwmicro.com">gw-scripting@gwmicro.com</a> ; <a href="mailto:gw-apps@gwmicro.com" title="gw-apps@gwmicro.com">gw-apps@gwmicro.com</a> <o:p></o:p></div><div>Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 7:21 PM<o:p></o:p></div><div>Subject: next public beta of "Remind Me Where"<o:p></o:p></div><div><o:p> </o:p></div>Hi all,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>The next public beta (beta 9) of the “remind Me Where” app is now available for download from:<o:p></o:p><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11745142/Remind_Me_Where.wepm">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11745142/Remind_Me_Where.wepm</a><o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>The differences between this and the previous public beta are primarily in the “Get Directions” dialog, which has undergone quite a lot of enhancements.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>·         First, you can now get transit system directions for those cities which provide Google with the information.  This includes exact times of departures, stop counts, stations to disembark at, approximate riding times, etc.<o:p></o:p>·         * The directions are now available as either a treeview control in the dialog, or via an optional button they will be displayed in their own browser window, where they can be copied if desired (and where optional Google links may be available).<o:p></o:p>·         In the treeview control you can highlight any of the “steps” in the list of directions, and then perform a “look around” or “search nearby” from the location of that step.  So for example, if a particular step involves taking a bus from a specific stop or station, you can “look around” to see what places are near the bus stop.<o:p></o:p>·         The treeview control allows you to see the directions in their “overview”, or to expand any step where Google has provided detailed sub-steps, there-by giving you much more explicit detail for any step.<o:p></o:p>·         Either the “to” or “from” locations can be specified as a street address, a POI in your personal database, or starting with a street address you can perform a “nearby search” for Google places and select one of those as your starting or ending points.<o:p></o:p>·         A menu item has been added which allows you to perform a “look around” or “nearby search” from a specified address.<o:p></o:p>·         Any of the Google places which appear in the “look around” or “nearby search” results have two optional buttons, one for the Google page for the place, and another for the “official” web site page for that place.  These allow you to open a separate browser window to visit the pages while in the middle of any activity without disturbing the operation.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Thanks to the continuing efforts of beta testers a long list of bugs have been corrected, as well as new features or changes to operations have occurred.  I especially appreciate those who have offered ideas for new features or methods of operating which will make the app more useful.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>The app requires another app named “GPS” to be installed, even if you don’t make use of a GPS receiver.  This app is available on app central, and the Remind Me Where app will now offer to automatically download and install it for you if necessary.  I do hope to make more options available in the future to those who have laptops with GPS receivers.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Enjoy,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Chip<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p></blockquote></div></body></html>
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