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# coverflow view of shelves. | # coverflow view of shelves. | ||
# easy rapid sorting of books onto shelves. | # easy rapid sorting of books onto shelves. | ||
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+ | ===Data Structure=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Table: Catalog''' | ||
+ | Title: string | ||
+ | Author: string | ||
+ | Shelfguid: | ||
+ | CoverImage: Filename | ||
+ | guid: (globally unique ID - a system generated number) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Table: Bookmarks''' | ||
+ | guid: | ||
+ | Position: ( an integer, refering to the character in the file at the top of the screen.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Table: Shelves''' | ||
+ | guid: | ||
+ | ShelfName: | ||
+ | Shelving Order: (A, T, or U) Representing Author, Title or User Set | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Table ShelfOrder''' | ||
+ | Shelfguid: | ||
+ | Bookguid: | ||
+ | Position: (integer representing the position of this book on this shelf) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Table: BookText''' | ||
+ | BookGuid: | ||
+ | BookText: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Data Issues==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * This structure does not provide for books stored as chapters. This structure presumes a book is a single document. That document might have internal chapter indicators, but this structure does not divide the book up. | ||
+ | * This structure makes no provision for the internal storage of images. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is some point, therefore to consider if in booktext, we want to simply store a plucker file, which CAN contain images and text intermingled. |
Revision as of 03:53, 13 August 2009
Application description from a users perspective
Scene 1: Splash image and 3 buttons:
.. Where I left off ... -- Opens the last book you read at the place you stopped.
.. Bookmarks ... -- opens a list of the books you have bookmarks in and lets you open them to there. -- previews 2 lines above and below bookmark.
... Library ... -- opens a scrollable page of "shelves" Each shelf has a label which is user defined, and each shelf presents the books on it as a coverflow. Books can be moved between shelves by dragging and dropping. Each shelf has a context menu to control order, title, author or user defined. If user defined menu will present shelf as a draggable list instead of a coverflow when you want to re-order books. backswipe returns to coverflow.
in either the bookmarks view, tapping a book takes you to either the bookmark or the title page. upswipe downswipe provide smooth scrolling. Left and right swipe provide page at a time scrolling. Back swipe in gesture offers to bookmark with a dialog and returns to the shelf you came from.
When on a book, top left menu presents presentation options, which can be set book by book or globally. Type face (if I can figure out how), size, leading, justification, colors etc..
Images default to no larger than 1/4 screen, but touch results in lightbox like zoom.
Menu at splash or library offers import, and delete of books. When in a shelf, books can be deleted by dragging them to the recycle.
Features Wish List
- on-pc conversion of various formats to pre-compatible format -probably using plucker distiller. Should support html, rde, doc, pdb (palm-doc), pdb (isilo), prc (unencrypted mobipocket), plain text.
- on Pre conversion of html and text docs by download from the cloud.
- Library supports user definable catagories for sorting and shelving
- Book display page is minimally invasive making the most space available to read on as possible
- Typography is bifocal friendly. User definable print sizes, and if possibletype faces.
- user defined forground/background colors for text.
- Night mode
- multiple bookmarks per doc.
- shallow menus
- smooth scrolling or page-at-a-time scrolling by gestures.
- plucker style button-based scrolling
- swipe gesture based scrolling
- auto-scrolling with user adjustable speed
- support for covers.
- coverflow view of shelves.
- easy rapid sorting of books onto shelves.
Data Structure
Table: Catalog Title: string Author: string Shelfguid: CoverImage: Filename guid: (globally unique ID - a system generated number)
Table: Bookmarks guid: Position: ( an integer, refering to the character in the file at the top of the screen.)
Table: Shelves guid: ShelfName: Shelving Order: (A, T, or U) Representing Author, Title or User Set
Table ShelfOrder Shelfguid: Bookguid: Position: (integer representing the position of this book on this shelf)
Table: BookText BookGuid: BookText:
Data Issues
- This structure does not provide for books stored as chapters. This structure presumes a book is a single document. That document might have internal chapter indicators, but this structure does not divide the book up.
- This structure makes no provision for the internal storage of images.
There is some point, therefore to consider if in booktext, we want to simply store a plucker file, which CAN contain images and text intermingled.