Texts

Introduction

It would be nice to have a simple and elegant replacement for using Files to show a "Texts" directory containing all text based content not-created or worked on by the user. (ebooks, emagazines, guides, etc)

Designers

Needed.

Objectives

• View recent local Texts
• View online/cloud Texts (Wikis, Amazon, Scribd, etc)
• Search through Texts
• Store a reading list / todo list - and provide reminders
• See new Texts shared by friends (Scribd, amazon,
• View Texts full screen
• Print Texts
• Select favorites
• Set/Goto Bookmarks
• Provide simple anotation.
• View informations about writing : date of publication, editor, authors etc.

Constraints

Relevant Art

WebOS

iOS

Discussion

Tentative Design

Comments

• This might be renamed : 'Text' isn't really explicit, maybe 'books', 'litterature', 'library' or 'writings' are better?
  • Books might be to specific, what happens if one just has articles or emagizines?
  • Litterature to other the other apps' names seem out of place and/or inconistent.
  • Library might work, but it's not specific to the written word.
  • Writings seem to imply "Documents", which may confuse users.
• Either Texts or Library should work, because they are both generic terms for the Documents you did not write.
• What ever it's named, obviously we should have an easily identifiable symbol for the icon. Idealy a book with some loose papers in the pages?

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