Ben, the developer of EVTripPlanner.com here. I've gotten a lot of requests to make an app to help Tesla drivers manage energy predictions during road trips. I'm working on it now, but I wanted some input from the Tesla community. I can either make a website designed to run in the car's browser, or an app that runs on your phone. Here's a screenshot of the prototype (click for full size):
Pros of doing an app for the phone (rather than in the Tesla browser):
Pros of doing a webpage in the Tesla browser instead of an app on the phone:
So which would you rather have: an app, or an application that runs in the Model S's browser?
As a follow up question, do you have an iPhone or Android?
Thanks for your feedback,
Ben
Pros of doing an app for the phone (rather than in the Tesla browser):
- The Tesla browser has very poor HTML support and is hard to program for (things might not look right)
- The Tesla browser is slow. Things would potentially by laggy and unresponsive
- The Tesla browser only allow geolocation updates once every 30 seconds. This would make navigation with instructions difficult
Pros of doing a webpage in the Tesla browser instead of an app on the phone:
- The screen is bigger and easier to view and use while driving
- Only one webpage, instead of an app for iPhone and Android
So which would you rather have: an app, or an application that runs in the Model S's browser?
As a follow up question, do you have an iPhone or Android?
Thanks for your feedback,
Ben