MMC is back and AJAXed!
Posted by Chris @ 3:22 pm
Oh yes my friends. When I first launched Mini Mini Cabs™ all those months ago you laughed and pointed and said there goes a fool. Well laugh no more, because I've just updated the Mini Mini Cabs™ website, and it is better than ever, with AJAX!
Over the months it has had a rough time, sat in the lower section of the right nav, unloved and broken. But no more. For after some inspiration from Ben (yes, it is your fault, and get a website so I can link to it) I have updated the MMC website to use the Virtual Earth API to get its distance data, and thus have been able to make it into an AJAX monster.
To use simply enter your start and end postcodes and choose you type of Mini, and MMC will instantly go off and get you a price, all within the same page! It is AJAX magic. Obviously it is still completely useless and a bit of fun, but none the less it has served its purpose in entertaining you, the cgriley.com massive, and helping me understand a little bit more about these Javascript based APIs.
Go forth and get Mini Mini Cab™ taxi fares. Oh, and if you break it, which you likely will with rogue postcodes, I don't care.
4 Comments
Monday, October 16, 2006 3:29:00 pm
Ha! [Pointing...] There goes that fool again!(BTW, I prefer AJAXified to AJAXed and so does the world!)
This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
Monday, October 16, 2006 9:31:00 pm
Don't work for me.Just saying Getting Price, innit.
This comment posted by Chris
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:00:00 am
Well, if you've double checked your postcode, and they are correct, then I don't know. You'll have to show me tomorrow, innit.This comment posted by Chris
Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:34:00 pm
It worked fine for me - almost too fast. As soon as I clicked on the Mini of choice, it displayed the 'getting price' and then the cost, which i thought was quite reasonable. I like the map, but should it show the exact start and end points or am I getting too involved here?This comment posted by Anonymous
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