Myself (CGamesPlay) and BAF have written some software to monitor Woot and display the results in a tiny little window at the top of your screen. It is great during “Woot Offs”, when speed is of the essence.
Download Now
The above link contains a Windows binary. Note: Mono and Linux users should download the old version, due to Mono’s incomplete System.Windows.Forms implementation.
Download Mobile Version
The above link contains a Windows Mobile binary. It should work on Pocket PC 2003 and greater. You need to have an internet connection to use, obviously. Using this tracker uses far less bandwidth than using a web page tracker. Requires .NET Compact Framework 2.0.
Why is this better than other trackers?
In addition to it using less bandwidth (err, that means it downloads faster), it also works instantly. That is, instead of a tracker downloading from Woot and then you downloading from the tracker, this system’s tracker downloads from woot.com and sends the information directly to you. It brings the info to you, so you don’t have to get it. This makes the time between updates much shorter.
Update!
Using notepad, open up the file C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Local Settings\Application Data\BAFSoft_&_CGamesPlay\WootTrackerClient.exe_Url_4d5uyqny54tzhyo11z3y2dyloqnl0syh\2.0.0.0\user.config. Inside of this file, just above the <setting> lines but below the <WootTrackerClient.Properties.Settings> line, add the following block:
<setting name="Server" serializeAs="String">
<value>cgamesplay.com</value>
</setting>
Live woot! Tracker Mobile users, you can use regedit to edit the key HKCU\Software\WootTrackerMobile\Server. Set the value to cgamesplay.com.
Credits
- Ryan Patterson – Server/client communication stuff
- Robert Ferris – GUI design
- MBursill – Opacity helper code from The Code Project
Source code is available in Subversion at http://cgamesplay.com/svn/woot/trunk/.