PocketHLSW
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PocketHLSW
Overview
pocketHLSW is a Google Gadget for use with iGoogle, Google Desktop or Syndication. The gadget provides your iGoogle home page with a list of 10 servers that best meet your filters and shows you where your buddies are currently playing so that you can easily connect to a server without having to even load HLSW. Perfect for those who are not fussy and just want to get into the game or just join their buddies at whatever they are doing.
pocketHLSW currently supports a huge range of games, if you can play your game using HLSW then you can definitely use pocketHLSW.
Features
pocketHLSW 2 has expanded upon the features of it's predecessor and has included tabs to add more content.
Browse
By modifying a basic set of filters within the settings panel, the browse tab will find a list of 10 servers that fit the entered criteria. The list is ordered by the servers with most players to make sure you will always find a server with players to join and play against.
Available Filters:
- Game - The Game & Mod to find servers for
- Not Full - Servers that are not full
- No Password - Servers with no password
- Server Name - Server name must contain
- Country - Servers country of origin
To connect to a server just click the HLSW icon!
Buddylist
When your userid has been entered into the settings panel you can access the buddylist tab. The buddylist shows you a list of all your currently added buddies along with their current status. If your buddy is already in a server without you, just click their name to join them!
News
The news gives you access to viewing the latest HLSW news so you are always upto date.
Usage
To add the gadget to iGoogle visit this URL:
http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=http://pocket.hlsw.org/launch/
or on the iGoogle page
- Click "Add Stuff"
- "Add by URL"
- Enter "http://pocket.hlsw.org/launch/" and click "Add"
Development
pocketHLSW is the first project to utilises the new XML and RSS feeds currently being developed for public use by HLSW.
The project was written by Andrew "Detritus" Collins
