Books

Contents

  1. Books
    1. Introduction
    2. Designers
    3. Objectives
    4. Constraints
    5. Relevant Art
    6. Kindle App
    7. Tentative Design
    8. Comments
    9. See Also

Introduction

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

Designers

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

iBooks App

http://wp.mises.org/blog/ipad-mises-ibooks.png http://titusz.org/wp-content/uploads/ibooks-hyphenation-justified.png http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMG_0272.PNG

B&N App

http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/bnreader0510a-copy.png http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/bnreader0510b-copy.png http://jkontherun.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/bn-ereader.png

Kindle App

http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMG_0211.PNG http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMG_0210.PNG

Tentative Design

http://i.imgur.com/CWTX5.png

Comments

*It's renamed from "texts" to clarify to the user the goal.

See Also

Design/Apps/Books (last edited 2015-02-28 12:40:01 by BastienNocera)