Originally posted on gavinschulz.posterous.com

Since Skate Hamilton launched in late December I’ve been working hard to continue to improve it and make it more useful to Hamiltonians. To that aim I’m happy to announce some improvements that have been launched for Skate Hamilton.

List View

On devices with smaller screens or less powerful processors using the map to find rinks can be difficult and time-consuming. So to fix that I’ve added a list view that shows you rinks nearby your chosen location as a list rather than as pins on a map. It also features infinite scrolling which is automatically triggered by scrolling to the end of the list.

Rink Details

The first version of Skate Hamilton did not have a great screen for showing more details about a particular rink. In this new version I’ve entirely redesigned the rink details screen to show more information and do so in a way that is more user friendly and accessible. You can now see the rink’s phone number and access directions with one click.

Better Performance

The entire mapping interface has been rewritten to improve performance and to minimize the amount of data that needs to be loaded at any one time. This has made browsing the map interface much more pleasant and much snappier.

Expanded Mobile Support

Skate Hamilton now also supports Blackberry devices with BBOS 6.0 and greater. There is still work being done on support for Windows Phone 7 and hopefully we’ll have support for it soon.

While we haven’t had the opportunity to do any outdoor skating this year due to the weather, if nothing else Skate Hamilton will be in fine form for next winter.