NextBus Widget Please
Can somebody please make a "NextBus":http://www.nextbus.com/ "dashboard":http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dashboard/ widget? Nextbus seems to have "some documentation":http://www.nextbus.com/WebRun/ about accessing their service using Java, but I don’t speak Java.
I have a few ideas for the visual design. If someone wants help with that part, just let me know.
* Make it look like what it is, i.e. not a rounded box with a number in it. (maybe a cute little bus or a train foreshortened like it's "arriving"?)
* One stop and direction per widget instance with a minimal screen footprint, a name and a number. The number should number be most prominent thing.
* Provide a way to customize/change the look of each widget instance so you can tell each stop apart by looking at them (maybe colors).
* I don't see any reason why the stop selector on the back side of the widget shouldn't work exactly like it does on NextBus.com.
And Apple has some good "design conventions":http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Dashboard_Tutorial/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001340 as well.
*Update:* I guess someone has been working on a "NextBus widget":http://ryan.f2o.org/blog/wp-trackback.php?p=2 .