This weekend over much caffeine, I actually did some programming on my long promised live-data legislative tracking app. Instead of making it a desktop application for the Mac, I’ve made it a web-based application. The primary interface will probably use features that are currently only supported on the Safari browser.
However, the widgets on the left will be changed to interface with the software as well. They will work on any modern browser. They’re going to get a nice makeover, and will do more than just link to the posts on this blog related to the bill.
Right now, the software is capable of retrieving a bill, guessing its status, giving its procedural posture, and displaying some basic data. It will ultimately be adapted to scan the appellate courts’ dockets as well, but that’s a whole other story.
If nothing else, this will provide an up-to-date interface for the Legislature’s current 1995-style website.
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