So, after a few days away, we have something really cool to talk about today. Until today, Linelo has been a mobile app that is locked in to just one platform (Android) for public users (we have versions for other platforms internally.) As I mentioned in the previous post that doesn’t really give us a way to let people know how Linelo is useful, and what it might be used for.
Today the new Linelo Reader web app is up. It allows everyone to take a look at Linelo files on their mobile web browsers simply by clicking a link. For example, here is a link to a Linelo document about Ingrid, the company car, otherwise known as the Linelomobile. This is the file that we actually use to maintain the car, it allows us to see specs for the car that might otherwise be hard to remember, keep a history of everything that has happened to the car, as well as keep up to date on maintenance.
A completely different type of file is this rulebook for the Agility Association of Canada. Agility is a sport that you do outside with your dog, and the AAC is a national organization with many thousands of members, many of whom would love to be able to check rules in the middle of a competition. This use of Linelo makes it possible for them to do that, just by keeping that link to the web app on their phone or tablet.
NB: the version we’ve linked to here is optimized for mobile devices — iPhone, iPad, Android etc. It works in a regular browser but just not quite as pretty. Hopefully within the next couple of days we’ll be able to get the tweaks in place to make it look just as nice on the desktop.
And please, if you have an Android device, check out the actual Linelo app. It is free, and amazingly powerful, and really is the best way to keep track of random bits of information on your phone.
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