[mobile-devel] Thoughts regarding future And Bible enhancements

[Martin Denham]

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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