http://screencast.com/t/6QDBo5ct

edit: I'd love some Immortal thoughts...

For those that don't want to watch the video, this is a new application I started working on a few days ago that helps manage and search through the giant list of items in CF. I got kind of tired of using my own way of storing information and realized the world of CF tools needed a facelift (the wiki/Dio is just too dated) - thus was born the CarrionDashboard.

-For the more technical people, it's an Adobe AIR desktop application (Flex 4.5.1 and RobotLegs framework) using a local SQLite database file (with plans to move it to a php server and host it there) - if you've got the Flash Player, you should be able to use it fine (think right now it's around 700kb with the AIR installer included, but once it's hosted on a website it won't matter since you won't need to download anything).
-For the Immortals, there's no area explore or area shrines in the list and currently I'm only handling weapons and armors (plan on including instruments, maybe food and drink). So no preps, area explore secrets, etc. The plan is to start with just a big list of store bought items (hey they need loving to!) and release it to see how people like it and then add to it.

Now, what do I need to finish this up? I need a few more testers to try and break the thing (thanks to Bryan for the captain's hat identify that broke it all!) - so if you're interested to try it out, let me know. You'll obviously need a character who can identify preferably and the stranger the items the better since at this point I need to find and cover the edge cases. For now the old identities in the wiki/Dio won't work because the format of identify/lore changed over the years (for good) and half of those items are outdated anyways. The biggest need is that I need to come across all "tags"....for example just a few for thieves:

"A thief, no one else, could use it."
"It is meant for a thief."
"A warrior or perhaps a thief could use it."

You get the idea (several coders over several years means there's no real standard it seems for a lot of these making it a pain to parse). Right now it's about 600 lines of code to cover all the cases I have already....

I also need feedback! If you've ever wanted something in a tool like this, speak up and I'll likely give it a go. Suggestions are welcome (especially how you'd like to edit an item since I've so many options on how) - a logo idea would be nice too (I plan on asking Mekantos to make it).

Grand plans? Well, I want it to be a global item tool - maybe beyond that it will let you store some character info like your character lists and pbf links (things most people keep track off in documents/logs somewhere). Oh and did I mention it also works on your Android/iPhone?

Let me know....

-Torak