[jsword-devel] iPhone WebApp Take 2

[DM Smith]

On Apr 20, 2008, at 6:13 AM, Jonathan Morgan wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> I've cleaned up some of the problems with my iPhone webapp page and  
>> it
>> seems to be coming along nicely (in my opinion).  It's becoming less
>> and less happy-looking on the desktop and more and more good looking
>> in the browser.  Next I'll get in a HistoryListener and then be able
>> to do away with my pesky "Back" button that doesn't seem to show up
>> happily in the version of Safari on the iPhone Simulator.  Again,  
>> it's
>> available still, for the time being, at
>> http://hellings.is-a-geek.com:8080/jsword-gwtweb/WebInterface.html -
>> let me know what you guys think.  Transformation is still being done
>> on the server side, as I'm afraid to overload a mobile browser with
>> the XSLT transformation.  I can give client-side XSL a try, if it
>> proves too much of a strain on the server to do all the transforming,
>> but I don't think it'll be a problem.  The site is currently
>> incompatible with the version of IE that comes with Windows Mobile 5,
>> and I have no idea about other mobile browsers.  However, FF, Safari
>> (desktop and mobile) and IE7 all seem to work fine in my tests.
>>
>> I'd be happy to share the source code (Java/GWT) if anyone would like
>> it, and once I get this version ironed out I'll see about permanent
>> hosting for the tool itself as well as for the source code.
>
> Some comments on the interface (though I can't guarantee they will all
> be right):
> 1. A lot of the names of modules aren't very useful to the average
> user.  I personally would tend to run away from any page that claim to
> be related to the Bible and starts with a button "Back" (I've only
> just arrived - why do I want to go back?), followed by the strings
> "ALT" and "Byz" in green (which have little or no meaning to most
> users - though this problem isn't unique to your application).

This can be alleviated with a tooltip. (setting the title attribute on  
the element should do the trick.) Otherwise, do some kind of smart  
truncation. The title to Chamorro is unacceptably long. Even the KJV  
might be too much to display as a whole.