[mobile-devel] New build of bible for Android o/s

[SonWon]

My thoughts below:

"Verse Predictor:"
When I wrote Bible software I counted which line the verse was on.  Using a
tag that would not display on screen if possible would be much easier.

"Scroll last Verse to Top:"
I would pad the bottom of the chapter so the last verse can be displayed in
the top line that tells you the book, chapter, and verse.  Then when you
move to the commentary you will see the correct comment.  The padding should
equal the exact number of lines to stop on the lat verse.

"Font:"
I would prefer to have complete control over all of the fonts, backgrounds
and color choices.  Let the user select and step up everything as they
prefer and not just for the fonts.  For example, new line after each verse,
titles on and off, show notes at the end of a verse instead of having to
move to a new screen, etc.  Basically allow anything the user may want to
change to be changeable.


On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Martin Denham <mjdenham at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dave/SonWon,
>
> Verse Predictor:
> I haven't seen this auto-current-verse in the other bible viewer apps I
> have used.  In Pocket e-Sword I always had to pick the current verse in a
> book/chapter/verse selector, but I thought the app should just know which
> verse I am reading because it is showing it to me, so when I switch from
> verse to commentary the commentary automatically shows the verse I was
> reading.  Well that was the idea and I hacked in some code which just
> calculates current distance from the top of the page and total no. verses in
> chapter to guess the current verse.  It really was meant to be a prototype
> but if you keep your eye on the verse label you can use screen position to
> accurately set current verse no. ready for a hop to the commentary.  I agree
> it does need to be improved and I have various ideas for that, some simple
> which just improve the algorithm and others, more accurate, which look for a
> tag prior to the verse currently centred on the screen to fix the verse.
>
> Scroll last Verse to Top:
> This was one small frustration which probably decided me to write a bible
> app I could alter.  In Pocket e-sword pages would change one whole page at a
> time until you reached the last page, which would judder to a halt where the
> bottom of teh page touched the bottom of the screen, leaving you to scan the
> page frantically for the line you last read.  I did suggest to the author
> that he added some padding at the bottom of each page to circumvent the
> problem but to no avail.  However, on Android there is no Page-Down but all
> scrolling is 'smooth'  by dragging or just a few lines using the trackball
> so I don't know if we need to add this padding.  What was your reason for
> this request?
>
>
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