[mobile-devel] Thoughts regarding future And Bible enhancements

[Gordon Diamant]

Martin and I have set up a feedback site at http://andbible.uservoice.com where
users can suggest enhancements and vote on them.  Hopefully this can be used
to gage user priorities for and-bible features.

Please feel free to submit ideas there.
Many thanks,
;;;Gordon




On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Gordon Diamant <gordon at gdiamant.com> wrote:

> How about a voting system for determining user wishes/priorities?
> Along the lines of DropBox's Votebox, or the NewsRob app using
> uservoice.com.
> Thanks,
> ;;;Gordon
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Martin Denham <mjdenham at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have started thinking about the next enhancements to And Bible and
> would like to give people a chance to comment.  The items in the first list
> I have been thinking about and am probably ready to implement.  Please
> comment if you have any thoughts or opinions regarding implementation or
> regarding items you would like to see or not see in And Bible.  Items in the
> second list I would like to implement but am not yet ready.  Items in the
> last list I have no plans yet to implement.  People seem to like the
> recently added grid navigation and that was pushed through because of
> comments from this group:
> > Possibly Next Release
> > Speech
> > I have spent too long thinking about how best to do this.
> > Aim: Allow multiple sequential or diverse chapters to be queued for
> speech.
> > Alternative 1: Simple enhancement so that if Speech button is pressed on
> a chapter not being spoken the chapter is added to the speech for queue.  If
> Speech is pressed on a chapter just requested to be spoken then all speech
> is aborted.
> > Possibility to allow fewer presses by moving the Speech button to the
> first screen of menu buttons but which button to remove and how to know if
> user can/does use Speech.
> > Alternative 2: Show Speech Dialog when Speech button is pressed but this
> would involve a lot more button presses.
> > Alternative 3: Add stateful Speak button beside Quick Link buttons (at
> top) in Portrait mode (more room) if selected in Settings.  The Speak/Silent
> button would switch between the several states Speak, 2 Chapters, 4
> Chapters, Book, Silent.
> > My vote: I prefer Alternative 3 or possibly Alternative 1 because I feel
> a dialog just to add a chapter is overkill and could frustrate users.
> > Allow Xiphos Module Download
> > Include modules from Xiphos in download list.  Is there a Master List we
> can use?  If not I just plan to merge the Xiphos list with the CrossWire
> list.
> > I also need to add a Refresh List button.
> > TSK Links
> > Requested by a couple of users.
> > Bad XML Toleration
> > The optimised page loading does not have JSword's bad xml structure
> toleration for books like WEB.  I plan to try falling back on JSword if the
> optimised technique fails.
> > Strong's List of Ref use
> > Use Lucene index to display a list of all  verses containing a certain
> Strong's ref
> > Remove Create Index Button
> > Does anybody use it?
> > RTL Page Header Tidy Up
> > I have considered separating out chapter, verse, book, module into
> different components to prevent bidi problems and improve layout for rtl
> languages (Hebrew).  Separate components would also allow us to switch
> everything around
> > Small Changes
> > More wait cursors e.g. when searching.
> > Formatting of text needs more consistency and tidying.
> > Splash screen needs better layout.
> > Large screen Tablets can't scroll to last verse.
> > Nav to Verse or Chapter Setting to optionally 3rd level to Navigation
> > Later Release
> > These are things I would like to do but not yet.
> > Improve Formatting
> > Important and ongoing.  I have really focussed on ESV but need to look at
> others more closely.
> > Fancy Header
> > It could be prettier but it needs to be small.  The Android Twitter ui is
> supposed to be a good model but the Toolbar there is very wide.  Also some
> have suggested allowing full page viewing but I am not sure.
> > Navigation
> > I don't like putting my fingers all over the screen I am reading but
> thumbwheels are not so common now so maybe: touch right/left edge to go
> forward back a chapter, touch bottom corner to scroll down.
> > Gen Book Module Support
> > Support CrossWire book modules
> > Book Speaker
> > I really like the TTS and would like to use it with Books
> > Chinese Search
> > I had to disable this a few releases ago but I have no visibility of the
> number of Chinese users of And Bible so don't know the priority.
> > Reading Plan
> > I did not know how many people use a reading plan until recently.
> > Twitter & Facebook Integration
> > Maybe somebody would like to contribute the code.  I am not even on
> Twitter.
> > Hide Document Facility
> > For documents you want on your mobile but don't use often or for non
> directly used docs like Strongs.
> > Better Localisation Support
> > Localisations merit a dedicated resource to organise, support, check, ...
>  Possibly integrate with Translations LaunchPad.
> > More Inter Document Links
> > Faster Start Up
> > Tabbed Document selector
> > Pictures & Maps
> > No Plans yet
> > Flexible verse selection
> > Enhance/fix TTS suppport for non built-in versions like SVOX
> > EverNote integration
> > Personal Commentary
> > Regards
> > Martin
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> >
>
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