[mobile-devel] Thoughts regarding future And Bible enhancements
Martin Denham
mjdenham at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 11:20:05 MST 2011
Hiya Nic,
I am glad you didn't mention the cricket or the tennis!
*Xiphos*
Matthew had a chat with me and it seems Bible Desktop can access Xiphos
modules so I think it should be fine via JSword. I need to update the index
repo a little more frequently because it also seems Xiphos repo is a bit
more dynamic than CrossWire repo.
*Navigation*
You can swipe left/right on And Bible too but I suppose it is more the need
to have your thumb constantly moving up and down over the screen to scroll
down that I don't like. I normally use the thumbwheel but that is jumpy and
I am aware that most modern phones have no thumbwheel.
*Twitter & Facebook*
I think it is easy but it isn't something I would not use so I haven't
investigated it. Most android apps have this sort of integration. And
Bible has SMS integration that somebody contributed and it was about 6 lines
of code.
*Evernote*
I have seen the requests but am not sure of the advantages especially to an
app that mainly works offline. Migration could be managed by having a
common export/import xml structure.
Best wishes
Martin
On 29 January 2011 23:23, Nic Carter <niccarter at mac.com> wrote:
>
> Heya Martin,
>
> On 30/01/2011, at 9:22 AM, Martin Denham wrote:
>
> *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.
>
>
> I know you use JSword, but in SWORD we have:
> sword::InstallMgr->refreshRemoteSourceConfiguration();
> which pulls the master repo list across & updates the user's repo list.
> The list is located at
> http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/masterRepoList.conf
>
> *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.
>
>
> Not having ever used And-Bible, I have no idea how it works, but I should
> get a friend at church who has an Android phone to install it and try it out
> :) He's moving on Monday, so perhaps in a couple of weeks when his mind is
> actually working again. ;)
> Anyway, PS allows quick switching of chapters via swiping to the left &
> right to go forward & back a chapter. Just thought I'd mention it. :)
>
> *Twitter & Facebook Integration*
> Maybe somebody would like to contribute the code*. **I am not even on
> Twitter.*
>
>
> I have an account for PS on Twitter and have a reasonable number of
> followers (230). I will often get interaction with users via it and it's
> kinda fun being able to hear back from people that way. :)
> having said that, Twitter support (& facebook?) is still on my todo list
> and it's on my "no plans yet" part of my list... ;)
>
> EverNote integration
>
>
> Hmmm, we should perhaps team up on that sometime . . . could be kinda cool
> to allow users to move notes across? however, I am yet to properly think
> about this, nor to have decided upon which cloud-based service to use.
>
>
> Hope that helps? ybic
> nic... :)
>
>
>
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