Mar 31, 2014
JaredBanyard QuickTesla: Tesla Web Browser Portal:
http://qTes.la or http://www.QuickTesla.com
Features/Data Sources:
* Weather - Current Weather, 8-Day Forecast, & Local Severe Weather Alerts from Forecast.io using automatic Geo-location.
* Radar/Wind - In US: Animated Gifs from Weather.gov, Outside the US: Animated Gifs from WeatherUnderground.com
* News - Top Stories mixed with Tesla News, parsed from news.google.com using FeedGrabbr.com
* Charging- In US/Canada: Shows tesla.plugshare.com, outside US/Canada: shows lemnet.org/map
* Stock - Real-Time stock in the top right that takes you to a yahoo & twitter widget page.
* Valet - Valet instructions with translation support
Open Source on GitHub: https://github.com/JaredBanyard/qTes.la
Disclaimer: I am not a web developer, I'm an Android developer. Can't wait for Android support!!
Feel free to send pull requests or make suggestions!
Cheers,
- Jared�
Mar 31, 2014
JaredBanyard Just added more radar control. Anybody been able to try it yet?�
Mar 31, 2014
EchoDelta Haven't tried from a dash but works great on Chrome, which I guess misses the point
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Mar 31, 2014
JaredBanyard I test on Chrome too
I keep updating it .. still looking for feedback�
Mar 31, 2014
invisik Link to tesla.plugshare.com perhaps? It's their new page tweaked for the Model S browser. (They posted about it on here somewhere recently)
-m�
Apr 1, 2014
JaredBanyard Done! .. If you guys could test the accuracy of the Geolocation here too, that would be cool:
http://qTes.la/test.html
Jared�
Apr 1, 2014
HankLloydRight Really cool. Geolocation worked for me using my desktop browsers (Opera and Chrome). Will try the car later.
Thanks for the app!
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A cookie to save the zip code of the weather screen would be great. And/or a list of recent selections.�
Apr 1, 2014
JaredBanyard Actually I just rewrote that screen, it's now using geolocation and Forecast.io.
Cheers,
Jared
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Just updated the stock page and the news page as well!�
Apr 1, 2014
Nickjhowe Very nice Jared. Looks really good, and really fast.�
Apr 1, 2014
JaredBanyard Thanks man I appreciate it!
Whoa, the stock widget was way too much for the car to handle, I replaced it with a lighter weight one.
I also replaced the huge nationwide radar loop with a smaller one. The giant animated gif was rough to load.�
Apr 1, 2014
JaredBanyard Just added severe weather alerts to the Weather page!�
Apr 1, 2014
russman Pretty cool, will add it to my car's favorites!�
Apr 1, 2014
SeminoleFSU This is really great Jared! Thanks for putting it together and sharing with us!!!�
Apr 1, 2014
Rain Good job!.. Looks great. Picking up my car in a couple weeks. Anticipation is killing me.�
Apr 1, 2014
JaredBanyard Moved the stock link to the top right and pull the stock price for the day from Yahoo.
Jared�
Apr 1, 2014
JaredBanyard If anybody gets some severe weather alerts on the weather page, I would appreciate a picture!
Thanks,
Jared�
Apr 1, 2014
HankLloydRight I would like the see the actual stock price, and not just the change/change%. I'd suggest just having the stock price and the change% and leave out the absolute change.�
Apr 1, 2014
JaredBanyard Good call.. I'll do that.
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Done!�
Apr 1, 2014
HankLloydRight Thanks! I can't wait to see how this looks in my car.�
Apr 1, 2014
SW2Fiddler Humble suggestion to Valet page, which may be my favorite.
Arrange some links above the Valet title, pointing to various language versions of the same content. We really want Joe Valet to understand.
Rick�
Apr 1, 2014
HankLloydRight You can also use/bookmark this Valet page, with English and Spanish: Tesla Valet Operation�
Apr 2, 2014
JaredBanyard Done, let me know what you think.�
Apr 2, 2014
JaredBanyard The stock price now updates every 10 seconds!�
Apr 2, 2014
wcalvin That huge red screen with the Tesla logo is too distracting for me. How about a nice gray analog clock there instead.
Otherwise, very nice on the 5.8 browser, but I got some IE restarts in going to plugshare (IE for WIn 8.1). Also, could not log on to plugshare in IE, works in the car.�
Apr 2, 2014
HankLloydRight I don't think what happens in IE really matters for qTes.la or Plugshare sites optimized for the Model S browser*
On the new page, are you interlacing/alternating current news articles with articles about Tesla?
* As a web developer myself, what fails in IE is most likely Microsoft's fault, and not the fault of the website. Also, IE 8 is a *very* old version of IE which is up to version 11 now.. not that it's really any better at adhering to *any* web standards. (edit: Sorry, I've mistaken Win 8 for IE 8 in your post. Nevermind
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Oh, but yeah, a nice clock option (or several clock themes) would be a great addition.�
Apr 2, 2014
JaredBanyard Agreed.
Yes.
Yeah a clock sounds good.�
Apr 2, 2014
Chris Naps Just tried it! - Awesome job�
Apr 2, 2014
JaredBanyard Any of these jump out at you guys?
CoolClock - The Javascript Analog Clock�
Apr 2, 2014
Morristhecat How about linking to the teslatime clock?
http://dash.time4tesla.com/�
Apr 2, 2014
HankLloydRight I like the Swiss Rail Clock myself:
WOW!!!!�
Apr 2, 2014
HHHH Careful on that swiss railway clock, they sued Apple for it's use of the clock as well. You're on a smaller scale, I know, but just be prudent.�
Apr 2, 2014
HankLloydRight funny -- I couldn't remember the name of the clock, so I googled "apple clock lawsuit" to find it.
But I seriously doubt the Swiss Rail people are going to find out about, or even care about a clock app that a few dozen or hundred people use.�
Apr 2, 2014
JaredBanyard I like it, but it doesn't scale or embed very well...
Also skeuomorphism needs to die. I really dislike Tesla sticking with it. Android killed, Apple finally followed suit with iOS 7, it's time for Tesla to kill it to.
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Yeah it's not like I'm making any money off this.�
Apr 2, 2014
HankLloydRight I hadn't heard of skeuomorphism before (had to google it)... but where is Tesla using it?�
Apr 2, 2014
JaredBanyard The entire touchscreen interface is using "realistic looking materials" instead of using modern, flat, efficient UI design. Skinning things with carbon fiber backgrounds, aluminum bars, and hovering objects, is just a waste.
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Oh no.. Looks like I'm already hitting API limits on Weather Underground... ugh.�
Apr 2, 2014
JaredBanyard Okay clock added with toggle to logo .. so everybody can chime in�
Apr 2, 2014
HankLloydRight Great work! Love it. Definitely will be my default page in my car.thanks!�
Apr 2, 2014
tomp Love it! The news links updates too quickly for my taste.
Thanks for doing this!!�
Apr 2, 2014
JaredBanyard Okay, switched to forecast.io for severe weather, i get more api calls and better value from it if i go over.
The clock/logo switch should be all good to go now.�
Apr 3, 2014
JaredBanyard Temperatures are localized now for our international friends. (Celcius)
Severe weather alerts are only checked if they are in the US (to reduce API calls). I will get charged $1 for every 10,000 API calls per day over the first 1000. We will see
Time to add international radar.�
Apr 3, 2014
JaredBanyard Now shows chargemap.com/m/ if you are outside the US/CA in the charging section.�
Apr 3, 2014
wcalvin Clock
On a black background, this clockface would suffice.�
![[?IMG]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/9btKgMSwXT9Ih6IX8RWAhRzCa2pKkt0KdOjI4ZHOXWZH=s273-p-no)
Apr 3, 2014
JaredBanyard Do you have code or something for this? Or do you just want me to recreate it from scratch?�
Apr 3, 2014
wcalvin There is some Silverlight code at http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/Developing-Silverlight-AnalogClock-part-2-Enhancing-the-view.aspx but I doubted it would do. But there are lots of digital-code clocks around.
Here is a js
http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2010/12/11/javascript-analog-clock-with-no-images-and-no-css/
All it needs is to flip the colors.�
Apr 3, 2014
JaredBanyard The Tesla's browser doesn't support Silverlight or Flash. Hence all the problems browsing the web and finding anything useful�
Apr 3, 2014
Olen As Norway is a pretty big market, it might make sense to use yr.no – Været for Norge og verden fra NRK og Meteorologisk institutt for weather forecast. They also have a free api, but I don't know if there are any limits or restrictions.�
Apr 3, 2014
palmer_md the weather maps seem to miss the I-80 corridor from San Francisco to Reno.
Perhaps it is just my chrome browser on the PC and it works in the car. The thumbnails show complete coverage, but the enlarged version seems to be cutoff. Actually after selecting several, there are lots of areas that are missing due to this. I just noticed Sacramento because that is where I live.
edit: OK, I found the problem. It is the widescreen format of my computer monitor. When I change the format to ~4:3 the problem goes away. It probably works perfect in portrait mode of the Model S.�
Apr 3, 2014
Kipernicus Same here, the news scroll is a bit too fast for me.�
Apr 3, 2014
JaredBanyard Yeah i may just turn off the scroll .. though the browser in the car has a hell of a time with scrolling internal frames.. In other words.. it doesnt do it.
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Yup I'm planning on getting international radar..�
Apr 3, 2014
HankLloydRight Just loaded it up in my car for the first time -- works great!�
Apr 3, 2014
JaredBanyard Okay I added some international radar, let me know if it works.�
Apr 4, 2014
wcalvin At least on IE, it doesn't bump up time for daylight saving.�
Apr 4, 2014
JaredBanyard Yeah I don't code for I.E. On Tesla or Off�
Apr 4, 2014
JaredBanyard How has everybody done with QuickTesla ? Any more feedback?�
Apr 4, 2014
simonog Love it!
Only issue is that here in Old England the radar map keeps changing scale every 2-3 seconds so is impossible to study (running it on my iPad).
what are the two red numbers in the top R of the screen please?�
Apr 5, 2014
JaredBanyard Hmm could you take a video of the effect please? Also, its build for the car, not for the iPad
The numbers are the top are the stock price and movement for the day of TSLA.�
Apr 5, 2014
stevezzzz Works great except that, in my car at least, the clock is one hour fast.�
Apr 5, 2014
ltreasure For Non-US there is a typo. It looks up for http://www.chargmap.com for charging.�
Apr 5, 2014
ABVA Geolocation is not working for me in Time or Weather tabs in my MS, working perfect on my iPad though.�
Apr 5, 2014
JaredBanyard What version of firmware do you have? You need 5.9+ and need to approve the location when it asks.
Also, I just tweaked charging and radar for international people.�
Apr 5, 2014
SeminoleFSU Waiting until I get 5.9 to really start messing with it�
Apr 5, 2014
JaredBanyard Where are you located?
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I settled on openchargemaps.org non North-America locations .. it's the most comprehensive worldwide and works "ok" in the browser. Here is the URL I'm using:
http://openchargemap.org/api/widgets/map/?maptitle=Map%20of%20Charging%2...
If there is a way to pass Lat/Long, trigger geolocation automatically, or get bigger buttons, let me know. Here is their API page: http://openchargemap.org/site/develop
Also here is their web app page, but it doesn't seem to work through frames in my site: http://openchargemap.org/app�
Apr 5, 2014
stevezzzz I'm in Denver metro, but I'm still waiting for 5.9...�
Apr 5, 2014
ABVA That explains it, Thanks for clarification. I am on 5.8.8, is there anyway, I can pull 5.9 or the only way to get 5.9 is to wait for firmware upgrade notification from Tesla?�
Apr 5, 2014
JaredBanyard You should be able to bring it in to the service center so they can upgrade it for you.
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Well there you go�
Apr 11, 2014
JaredBanyard Featured on Teslarati! Portal App for the Tesla Model S Web Browser - TESLARATI.com�
Apr 11, 2014
apvbguy I like it, simple and useful�
Apr 11, 2014
castor Well done Jared, like it and use it on my car�
Apr 14, 2014
JaredBanyard Sorry if you guys have experienced some time issues, Google was cutting me off. I switched to Free Time Zone Database & API | TimeZoneDB .. let me know if you have any problems with the clock now!�
Apr 21, 2014
JaredBanyard Wow, over 1300 Teslas have connected to the site so far... a rewrite is in the works btw.�
Apr 30, 2014
JaredBanyard Hey, QuickTesla, and myself, made the news!
Tesla Opens 100th Super Charge Station - My9 New Jersey�
Apr 30, 2014
ecarfan Jared, just tried your URL, very nice! I really appreciate your work and have bookmarked it in my cars browser so will always have it handy.�
Apr 30, 2014
efusco Jared,
I am finding this to be a real "go to" app for my Tesla and really appreciate the work you've put into it. That said, I have some points/problems/issues I'd like to point out. Perhaps they've been pointed out previously and/or you're aware...if so, I apologize and please ignore.
1)The main thing I go to the site for, usually, is the Radar. Unfortunately it may be the most wonky bit of the app. it is nearly impossible to tell, from the thumbnails, which region is which unless there is obvious coast line. I'm in the Midwest and the only chance I have of hitting the right one is by identifying a distinct cloud formation on the full US map and then finding it on the thumbnails. Can they be labeled?
2)Again, with the radar, when you do open a radar image it is cropped in the half-screen. I can open to full to view, but if I want to keep it open while accessing other features I again lose it. I can try to scroll up, but that never seems to work and just causes the site to kind of crash and lock up.
3)I had an issue the other day when viewing radar where I tried to go back, then hit home and had partial screens of the home page on the left, that was unusable, and radar on the right, that was unusable...no amount of refreshing or hitting of the home buttons fixed that. Finally had to go to a whole new web site, load it, then go back to qtes.la.
I think there are a few other things...the news feed can be wonky. But I dont' use it a lot.�
May 2, 2014
JaredBanyard Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I'm in the process of trying to get the whole web app rewritten and redesigned. It's taking quite awhile since I am recruiting help with the more advanced web infrastructure and doing it in my spare time.
I will consider removeing the gif radar loops completely and use geolocation with dynamic loops from an API. This is how the site works outside of the US (but the API costs me money). I can at least consider center-scaling instead of center-cropping the loops, or allow scrolling somehow, but the tesla browser basically doesn't support touch-scrolling of embedded scrollviews.
The scrolling on the browser is pretty terrible in general. I have had other people reboot the computer to improve the web browser (holding down both scroll wheels on the steering wheel).
Cheers,
Jared�
May 2, 2014
efusco Thanks Jared, I don't wish for my concern to be seen as a complaint, just a data point. I appreciate your hard work on this and realize there are costs and time issues and that you have other priorities. I still think it's a great idea and hope it continues to grow and improve.�
May 5, 2014
tliving Its a cool initiative. Perhaps i'm old but the news section could use a bigger font. Also if you can pull the hourly weather from Forcast.io that would be great.�
May 6, 2014
Mark Bloomston Jared, is there a way to change which screen it defaults to? I would prefer to go straight to weather. Frankly, I don't have a need for seeing the clock.
Thanks for putting this together. It's a great site!�
May 6, 2014
JaredBanyard Yeah that should get fixed when we move to a more modern implementation�
May 14, 2014
RiverBrick Thanks for this convenient page!
For some reason, my clock is always four hours ahead. I'm in Quebec (same time zone as New York.) The location is being detected properly, at least for Weather, so I'm not sure where the problem is.�
May 15, 2014
DriverOne Just found this thread... I like it! Weather radar was something I was hoping Tesla would add to their Maps app.
Also agreed on the skeuomorphism; ever since iOS 7 the chrome on the Tesla display has looked dated.�
Jul 9, 2016
JaredBanyard Hey Everybody! So I'm doing some work on the website this weekend! I have already made some major speed and content improvements on my staging version of the site. But I have run into a couple issues.
For those of you that haven't seen the site: QuickTesla.
First, I made every page bookmarkable so you can just bookmark the one(s) you use the most. I did this by removing the frameset.
Second, I remove the clock on the main page and just made it straight html. This should make sure it always loads fast.
Third, I may need to figure out an SSL solution to continue using the geolocation of the browser. I'm hoping I can get cloudflare enabled on my webhosting account to do this, and get some performance improvements at the same time. I mainly want to do this so I can put Waze for Tesla Incidents and Supercharger Traffic in an iframe. They are https, which I can't embed in an http site.
But, the main issue though is the radar. I hate the implementation right now, and I have a great one ready, but the cost is going to be significant. It is a dynamically created animated gif just based on your geolocation. But, a maximum of 5000 calls a day is $300/mo and 100,000 calls a day is $600/mo. Right now only have 500 calls a day allowed. I have a donate page ready but it feel scummy
Jared�
Jul 9, 2016
fact200 Is SSL required? Last I tried it, the https version of the site wasn't working with the tesla browsert.�
Jul 9, 2016
JaredBanyard https was the only one working for me in chrome anyway. The tesla browser seems flaky with the site in general.
You know what screw it, I'm going live with the new site, worst case we hit the monthly cap for the wunderground radar data and it doesnt work: qTesla. I'm also in the process of enabling cloudflare, so it's going to be a rocky 24 hours for the site.�
Jul 9, 2016
JaredBanyard I re-enabled the iframe with no https for the waze site! lets try it again�
Jul 9, 2016
JaredBanyard Wow okay so everything seems to be mostly working in the car.. the iframes are having some lag trying to resize when the browser is expanded.. but yeah. pretty legit. Hows it working for everybody else?�
Jul 9, 2016
JaredBanyard Just bumped the radar quality too, but ill probably hit the daily limit pretty fast each day�
Jul 10, 2016
JaredBanyard Okay made some more improvements, let me know what you all think!�
Jul 10, 2016
SD Diver Jared,
Thanks for the new posts! Being new to this site (& Tesla) this was the first I've heard about your web app. Playing with it on my phone - about to try it in my car. Thanks for the efforts!�
Jul 10, 2016
SD Diver Also - looks like San Diego is going to rough surf for a very long time!�
Jul 10, 2016
JaredBanyard Hah .. yeah I pull those reports manually through the API .. I'm just showin what I got!�
Jul 19, 2016
JaredBanyard Looks like the radar requests aren't too bad right now! I have 30 "overflow" drops built up with weather underground and we are only hitting about 250 requests/day. The only problem I have right now is trying to get the iframes for waze and plugshare to resize when you make the browser full or half screen when viewing it...�
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