Upcoming Features in future versions
25/10/08 08:40 Filed in: Features
There are many features that I plan on
updating and/or adding to iSlideRule over the next weeks and
months.
Primary among the features list that I'm planning and working on is moving the configuration and settings into the application so that scales and color can be updated while the application is running. In addition, I'll be adding a feature that will permit positioning of the scales on their individual slides. Settings will be accessible from "portrait" viewing mode via a control present on screen to flip the whole view over.
Another feature that will be added will be a flip-side view of each slide and rule with additional scales. Unlike a normal slide rule however, that has two sides, each slide will have three sides (think triangular engineering and/or drafting rulers), with 4 scales each (12 scales possible on each bar), and each one can be "flipped" independently of the others. I've got an approach that allows me to use up and down swiping on the rules to perform the flip, and flip to the appropriate view.
Lastly, of some use to those that have a hard time reading the numbers and ticks on the rules, I'll be adding a selectable feature to have the current viewable scales values shown on screen (in portrait mode, they'll be shown below the bars and labeled. In landscape mode, while I haven't completely settled on the approach, they'll probably be displayed, after a slight delay, on top of the cursor, in a semi-transparent way, and disappear while moving the cursor.
Primary among the features list that I'm planning and working on is moving the configuration and settings into the application so that scales and color can be updated while the application is running. In addition, I'll be adding a feature that will permit positioning of the scales on their individual slides. Settings will be accessible from "portrait" viewing mode via a control present on screen to flip the whole view over.
Another feature that will be added will be a flip-side view of each slide and rule with additional scales. Unlike a normal slide rule however, that has two sides, each slide will have three sides (think triangular engineering and/or drafting rulers), with 4 scales each (12 scales possible on each bar), and each one can be "flipped" independently of the others. I've got an approach that allows me to use up and down swiping on the rules to perform the flip, and flip to the appropriate view.
Lastly, of some use to those that have a hard time reading the numbers and ticks on the rules, I'll be adding a selectable feature to have the current viewable scales values shown on screen (in portrait mode, they'll be shown below the bars and labeled. In landscape mode, while I haven't completely settled on the approach, they'll probably be displayed, after a slight delay, on top of the cursor, in a semi-transparent way, and disappear while moving the cursor.
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