[jsword-devel] another bible viewer based on JSword API

[Tonny Kohar]

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback, it is very appreciated. And I am glad it is
works in your Mac OSX environment although with some quirks that need
to be sorted out.

I will go back to coding and fix those annoying quirks. And related to
the font size, on the next release I am planning to add user
preferences so user could place their own font style/attribute/size.
Do you have any idea what kind of font style/size which is suitable
for reading in Mac OSX eg: sanserif 12 or sanserif 14
(bold/italic,normal) for the default (of course the user will be able
to change it in the preferences dialog), I am looking for the defaulf
font/style/size that looking good on Mac OSX

Cheers
Tonny Kohar
-- 
Alkitab Bible Study
imagine, design, create ...
http://www.kiyut.com

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:08 PM, DM Smith <dmsmith555 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tonny Kohar wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > Just released Alkitab 0.6 which following enhancements:
>  > - Added Search Panel (Advanced)
>  > - Added some icon
>  > - Various UI Improvement
>  > - Fix Java 1.5 compatibility problem
>  >
>  > It is available at http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ and the
>  > source code is available at the usual location (under Developer
>  > Section)
>  >
>  > Note: Mac OSX build is available as well. If anyone have tried the Mac
>  > OSX build, it will be very appreciated if  could you give us feedback
>  > regarding the Mac OSX build especially
>  > - installation (is it easy/user friendly enough ?)
>  > - program running (does it look native mac osx enough ?)
>  >
>  > Any feedback is very appreciated
>  >
>  >
>
>  Tonny,
>  This works well on my Mac. But it is not quite "Mac" like.
>  Installation:
>  The installer is just a zip and without a Mac you won't be able to
>  create a *.dmg ("disk image") instead. But Mac users expect a *.dmg and
>  not a *.zip.
>
>  On Leopard, the latest version of the OS, the zip is downloaded into the
>  "Downloads" folder and the user has to dig for it.
>
>  On Tiger, and earlier versions of OSX, the zip is downloaded to the Desktop.
>
>  Unless the user has changed default settings, the zip is automatically
>  unzipped.
>
>  The "app" that you built probably should begin with a capital "A".
>
>  FYI, the experience a user gets for a *.dmg is that it is automatically
>  mounted and shown in it's own Finder view. The view typically has the
>  application and frequently a shortcut to the Applications folder. The
>  background image typically includes a banner or splash for the
>  application and some kind of indication that the user should drag the
>  application to the Applications folder. This indicator may be text or if
>  there is a shortcut to the folder present a visual representation of the
>  drag.
>
>  Application:
>  The About and Preferences are in the expected location.
>  On Leopard, a Help menu is automatically provided and it contains a
>  "Spotlight" for the app's menu. (This is not present on earlier OSX).
>  This makes the absence of any kind of application help stand out.
>  The menu's the adhere to the Mac UI guidelines (i.e. no underlined
>  mnemonics),  but the Preferences -> Advanced have mnemonics indicated
>  with an &.
>  Probably because the application is in an early state of development,
>  there is too much NetBeans showing through as menu items.
>  The big problem I have is that the font being used is way too small for
>  me to comfortably read Bible text. This should be a simple CSS change or
>  you need to let the user establish their preferred font and size.
>
>  Other than that I like what I see!
>
>  Congrats.
>
>  In Him,
>     DM
>
>
>
>
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