[POLL] Want an eBay app for the N9?? Vote here!
 

I'm just curious as to how may people would like an app for ebay for the N9. Just like the one for Android.

Features would include:

* Full access to My Ebay - watched, bidding, ended items, messages etc.
* Category search - search items using categories.
* Search - search for items on ebay with all the standard filters and sorting available.
* List items for sale.

I am currently building this and want to know how many people it would be useful to.

Options are:

- Yes definitely I can't live without it.
- Yes it would be handy but not essential
- I don't care really.
- Nah don't waste your time we don't want it.

===== EDIT =====

IT IS HERE!

See this thread for a download link and screen shots:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=86740

Re: [POLL] How important is an ebay app for the N9?
 

Kinda hard to vote when there are no options to choose from :)
But I want to say "Can't live without it!" :)

Edit: Stupid webbrowser.. it just showed up after i postet this xD

How far have you gotten? :)

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Do the options not show up for you at the top?

I guess the first option would be the one for you:

I can perform searches and sort currently working on applying filters.

It's currently not in a usable state, the difficulty has been getting it to look right rather than the actual web service interface with ebay. Once i have the various GUI elements the rest should be relatively easy.

However I am confident I can provide just as much features as the Android app plus more N9 specific.

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Nice!
If you need a beta-tester or something like that i'll gladly help any way I can :)

Are you building it with the Nokia QT-platform?

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It's a bit early for beta testers yet, but I will announce it within the next few weeks - you help will be most welcome! This week is going to be a big push to try and get as much completed as possible.

I'm using QML as a the GUI, then a C++ Web service framework as the backed with Qt as the glue between them.

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Sounds great!

If I can help in any way count me in :)

And I would probably be amongst the 1st option on your list

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Cool, vote away so I can get accurate figures.

I was getting a little worried when I saw the two options people had ticked were the bottom two!

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I voted for the second option because I could live without this application, then thought that my vote is rather for something in between the two options: yes, it would definitely be awsome and very handy, but I could live without that, just as I could live without my N9 (not sure though :D).

Re: [POLL] How important is an ebay app for the N9?
 

For the N900, yes. ;)
But it sounds like it shouldn't be impossible to port, right?

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Yup, you have my support.. that would be cool if you can implement it like the N9 UI.. very smooth.. with Android app-like features.

But an eBay app already exists? It's called Shopper or something.. although it lacks many features..

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I'm building it with QML, so it should not be too difficult - but I'm not sure if it will be right away, initially it will be for the N9 only.

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Yeah I tried it - but it lacked loads of features. Hopefully this one will be more slick and will implement the most important features of the Android version.

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little bump

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need a few more votes, not very many people if only like 10/20 people use it!

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Could the people voting for option 4 (Nah we don't want it - don't waste your time) please explain why?

I use ebay all the time for buying selling and the Android app is much easier to use on the go - so why not for the N9?

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I don't like ebay for similar reasons that I don't like Facebook. It pretends to be cool but actually does everything it can to force people to use it and charge extra money to the small seller while skewing its policies in favor of.big sellers.

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I don't like them much but stuff is cheap to get and stuff thats hard to find is easy to find on ebay.

But yeah they put the fees up to screw people. Not like we have much choice not much else we can use other than ebay.

But I take your point.

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what about creating a html5 / tizme app for that ? maybe some are existing already ?

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http://rzr.online.fr/q/html5

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Hey hey,

i would rate such an app as "- Yes it would be handy but not essential".

Last time i used eBay on the go was to bid for my N9 (on my N79, that procedure was a pain in the ***) and i m very happy about it now. So it worked even on my old N79 but to have a dedicated app on the N9 is nice to have and one more reason to like this device even more!!

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Hopefully this will be a lot nicer if I can get rid of these random stupid segfaults I keep getting!


I use a web service framework to reduce the web service calls to simple c++ functions, hence why I am able to get this far. I would need to write everything from scratch using HTML5 and I wouldn't have time, it'll end up being just a crappy barely useable app.

Shopper is great, but i would love a more slick, feature rich Ebay application. Please!

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Thats what I am working on. implementing everything from searching to bidding to paying.

Everything you can do on ebay + paypal + sniping tools (this is the larger long term plan)

Awesome. Category search and bidding are the two main things i need that Shopper is lacking.

Re: [POLL] Want an eBay app for the N9?? Vote here!
 

do you mean

keyword search and then filter by category?

or

browse various categories?

currently you can filter down by categories with keyword but not browse yet

Re: [POLL] Want an eBay app for the N9?? Vote here!
 

Keyword then filter down is fine. When searching for music by the band Helmet, I want to be able to just look at music, not have to look at the hundreds of results for various kinds of helmets or other head gear.

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This is currently completed and working correctly, a few teaks need to make like showing the number of matching categories like the ebay web page does.

Everything for Searching aka FindingAPI (C++/Web Service wise) is done, only the visual elements need to be completed, which actually takes longer than you realise, getting things just right takes the piss.

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Well then, take your time. Why hurry if we also can live without apps. It's just nice to have 'em ;)

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I was hoping the initial release would have bidding + searching, with messages, feedback etc coming later.

But I think just getting search working properly should be fine - I want to enter my app into the coding comp. I've had some issues with random segfaults which I've just fixed yesterday, so that took quite some time.

Plus I find the Android app really useful, it checks messages for me and reminds when I need to bid on things. So I thought I'd create one. I should also be able to port this to Blackberry as well as it's pretty much similar to the N9 with QML/Qt

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I agree - at first, the search function should work. altough it would be nice to be able to at least "remember" the items in the own ebay account. but again, no need to hurry!

Re: [POLL] Want an eBay app for the N9?? Vote here!
 

I want to make sure I stored the token securely - which I why i'm holding back on my ebay functionality yet. But that WILL come - it's not much use without it.

Re: [POLL] Want an eBay app for the N9?? Vote here!
 

IT IS HERE!

See this thread for a download link and screen shots:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=86740