Use Twitch TV? Check this! (pt2.)

jaaacckz

United States26 Posts

October 12 2013 20:41 GMT

Hey guys, I made a post here before regarding my web app that I created to clean up http://www.twitch.tv's site and I just wanted to post a follow up to that.

I am now hosting the site on heroku, so If you are still using it and it isn't working anymore, here is the fix.

twitchtvexpose.herokuapp.com

I feel as though It is now complete. I fixed up some of the routing and added a bubble view using d3, in the games tab,you guys may like that. The overall performance of the site should be much better, leading for a more enjoyable experience.

Naturally, I would love it if you guys could comment and give me some feedback as how this site presents the streaming side of Twitch, as opposed to the actual site itself.

Github for Source Code

Twitter

Thanks guys.

~ Jack

GogoKodo

Canada1785 Posts

October 12 2013 21:04 GMT

The navigation experience is nice. Would be nice if there was some breadcrumb or way to go back to a game listing after you enter into a stream (I might be missing it). For example, I go to Games->Starcraft 2->Pick a stream. To get back to Starcraft 2 I have to go all the way back to Games again.

The actual stream page layout I feel is pretty poor with a lot of wasted spaced, not sure if you care about that since I guess your looking at the navigation more than the actual stream watching.

jaaacckz

United States26 Posts

October 12 2013 21:07 GMT

yeah, that wasn't my goal. But thanks.

For example, I go to Games->Starcraft 2->Pick a stream. To get back to Starcraft 2 I have to go all the way back to Games again.

To answer this, just hit the back arrow. It ill route you back to the "games/detail" view... If its not working i'll look but ive been on it all day and it seemed fine.

GogoKodo

Canada1785 Posts

October 12 2013 21:38 GMT

On October 13 2013 06:07 jaaacckz wrote:
yeah, that wasn't my goal. But thanks.

Show nested quote +

To answer this, just hit the back arrow. It ill route you back to the "games/detail" view... If its not working i'll look but ive been on it all day and it seemed fine.

Ah, that works fine. Though if I were to go directly to a page if I have a bookmark or I'm linked there it would still be nice to have an easy way to go to the game the stream is for.

jaaacckz

United States26 Posts

October 12 2013 21:42 GMT

Ah, that works fine. Though if I were to go directly to a page if I have a bookmark or I'm linked there it would still be nice to have an easy way to go to the game the stream is for.

Right on. I will look into adding something of the sort.

Czarnodziej

Poland624 Posts

October 13 2013 10:16 GMT

"Exposing TwitchTV to a Responsive Client UI".
It's not quite responsive. Video window has exactly the same size independent of actual screen size.

jaaacckz

United States26 Posts

October 13 2013 18:07 GMT

"Exposing TwitchTV to a Responsive Client UI".
It's not quite responsive. Video window has exactly the same size independent of actual screen size.

Not sure what you are saying here. The whole app loads in a single page... it should be running quite nice.

The "video" window in the player view is set stay fixed in the "panel region" if you look at the code. This is done on purpose