Hi Chad,<br><br>I have never thought of using Tray Slide but maybe I should think about it. Have you got any examples of how you think it would work?<br><br>A lot of people have asked about Notes and maybe it should be higher on my priorities than it is but personally I find it hard to type on these tiny mobiles and don't know if I would use it.<br>
<br>Highlight is something that had slipped through my wish list. Thanks for the reminder.<br><br>Best regards<br>Martin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 January 2011 00:52, Chad Uretsky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:curetsky@yahoo.com">curetsky@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Here are a couple of thoughts for you Martin (and forgive me if any of these are<br>
already there - I haven't checked Amazon Market for any updates in a couple of<br>
weeks):<br>
<br>
- Tray slide down for version selection<br>
- Tray slide option for book selection<br>
- Module to be able to add notes<br>
- Ability to highlight/underline<br>
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If I think of more, I'll let you know. Thanks for all your hard work!<br>
<br>
<br>
Chad<br>
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I have started thinking about the next enhancements to And Bible and would<br>
like to give people a chance to comment. The items in the first list I have<br>
been thinking about and am probably ready to implement. Please comment if<br>
you have any thoughts or opinions regarding implementation or regarding<br>
items you would like to see or not see in And Bible. Items in the second<br>
list I would like to implement but am not yet ready. Items in the last list<br>
I have no plans yet to implement. People seem to like the recently added<br>
grid navigation and that was pushed through because of comments from this<br>
group:<br>
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*Possibly Next Release*<br>
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*Speech*<br>
*I have spent too long thinking about how best to do this.*<br>
Aim: Allow multiple sequential or diverse chapters to be queued for speech.<br>
Alternative 1: Simple enhancement so that if Speech button is pressed on a<br>
chapter not being spoken the chapter is added to the speech for queue. If<br>
Speech is pressed on a chapter just requested to be spoken then all speech<br>
is aborted.<br>
Possibility to allow fewer presses by moving the Speech button to the first<br>
screen of menu buttons but which button to remove and how to know if user<br>
can/does use Speech.<br>
Alternative 2: Show Speech Dialog when Speech button is pressed but this<br>
would involve a lot more button presses.<br>
Alternative 3: Add stateful Speak button beside Quick Link buttons (at top)<br>
in Portrait mode (more room) if selected in Settings. The Speak/Silent<br>
button would switch between the several states Speak, 2 Chapters, 4<br>
Chapters, Book, Silent.<br>
My vote: I prefer Alternative 3 or possibly Alternative 1 because I feel a<br>
dialog just to add a chapter is overkill and could frustrate users.<br>
<br>
*Allow Xiphos Module Download*<br>
Include modules from Xiphos in download list. Is there a Master List we can<br>
use? If not I just plan to merge the Xiphos list with the CrossWire list.<br>
I also need to add a Refresh List button.<br>
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*TSK Links*<br>
Requested by a couple of users.<br>
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*Bad XML Toleration*<br>
The optimised page loading does not have JSword's bad xml structure<br>
toleration for books like WEB. I plan to try falling back on JSword if the<br>
optimised technique fails.<br>
<br>
*Strong's List of Ref use*<br>
Use Lucene index to display a list of all verses containing a certain<br>
Strong's ref<br>
<br>
*Remove Create Index Button*<br>
Does anybody use it?<br>
<br>
*RTL Page Header Tidy Up*<br>
I have considered separating out chapter, verse, book, module into different<br>
components to prevent bidi problems and improve layout for rtl languages<br>
(Hebrew). Separate components would also allow us to switch everything<br>
around<br>
<br>
*Small Changes*<br>
More wait cursors e.g. when searching.<br>
Formatting of text needs more consistency and tidying.<br>
Splash screen needs better layout.<br>
Large screen Tablets can't scroll to last verse.<br>
Nav to Verse or Chapter Setting to optionally 3rd level to Navigation<br>
<br>
*Later Release*<br>
These are things I would like to do but not yet.<br>
*<br>
*<br>
*Improve Formatting*<br>
Important and ongoing. I have really focussed on ESV but need to look at<br>
others more closely.<br>
*<br>
*<br>
*Fancy Header*<br>
It could be prettier but it needs to be small. The Android Twitter ui is<br>
supposed to be a good model but the Toolbar there is very wide. Also some<br>
have suggested allowing full page viewing but I am not sure.<br>
<br>
*Navigation*<br>
I don't like putting my fingers all over the screen I am reading but<br>
thumbwheels are not so common now so maybe: touch right/left edge to go<br>
forward back a chapter, touch bottom corner to scroll down.<br>
<br>
*Gen Book Module Support*<br>
Support CrossWire book modules<br>
*<br>
*<br>
*Book Speaker*<br>
I really like the TTS and would like to use it with Books<br>
<br>
*Chinese Search*<br>
I had to disable this a few releases ago but I have no visibility of the<br>
number of Chinese users of And Bible so don't know the priority.<br>
<br>
*Reading Plan*<br>
I did not know how many people use a reading plan until recently.<br>
<br>
*Twitter & Facebook Integration*<br>
Maybe somebody would like to contribute the code*. **I am not even on<br>
Twitter.*<br>
<br>
*Hide Document Facility*<br>
For documents you want on your mobile but don't use often or for non<br>
directly used docs like Strongs.<br>
<br>
*Better Localisation Support*<br>
Localisations merit a dedicated resource to organise, support, check, ...<br>
Possibly integrate with Translations LaunchPad.<br>
<br>
*More Inter Document Links*<br>
*Faster Start Up*<br>
*Tabbed Document selector*<br>
*Pictures & Maps*<br>
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*No Plans yet*<br>
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Flexible verse selection<br>
Enhance/fix TTS suppport for non built-in versions like SVOX<br>
EverNote integration<br>
Personal Commentary<br>
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Regards<br>
Martin<br>
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Thanks for the next release.<br>
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The grid navigation is really great. Maybe the old navigation could be<br>
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> Remove Create Index Button Does anybody use it?<br>
Do you mean by this to drop the support to create index?<br>
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