Feature Request: Semantic and Pinch Zooming (Windows 8)
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:30 pm
A feature currently missing in the Gospel Library app for Windows 8 are the two types of zoom standard throughout much of the operating system and in its apps.
The first type of zoom is pinch-to-zoom for increasing/decreasing text size of the content viewed by the operator of the app. The behaviour of this particular feature would be basically identical to how the feature works in the current version of the Kindle app for Android--the text adjusts its size and allows the user to better adjust the content to fit the screen without a whole lot of fuss or fighting through menus.
In direct relation to this is semantic zoom, which, when the user pinches-to-zoom all the way out of a content [or clicks the minus sign in the bottom-right corner of the app], would bring the user back to the overview of the content section they're in. If, for example, they're in the book of Mormon, it would zoom out to the Book of Mormon section Mormon with quick jump availability to access each of the chapters within the book and would also allow for accessing other books in the Standard Works by simply scrolling right/left.
Evidence of these semantic zoom levels existing is already evident in the app, as per the example below from the Children's Songbook. Adding this functionality would enhance the speed at which operators of the app are able to follow along in lessons.
Note: As per the LDS Tech Forum Code of Conduct and an amicably reached agreement with a community moderator, one of my previous threads has been broken apart. This is one of its pieces.
The first type of zoom is pinch-to-zoom for increasing/decreasing text size of the content viewed by the operator of the app. The behaviour of this particular feature would be basically identical to how the feature works in the current version of the Kindle app for Android--the text adjusts its size and allows the user to better adjust the content to fit the screen without a whole lot of fuss or fighting through menus.
In direct relation to this is semantic zoom, which, when the user pinches-to-zoom all the way out of a content [or clicks the minus sign in the bottom-right corner of the app], would bring the user back to the overview of the content section they're in. If, for example, they're in the book of Mormon, it would zoom out to the Book of Mormon section Mormon with quick jump availability to access each of the chapters within the book and would also allow for accessing other books in the Standard Works by simply scrolling right/left.
Evidence of these semantic zoom levels existing is already evident in the app, as per the example below from the Children's Songbook. Adding this functionality would enhance the speed at which operators of the app are able to follow along in lessons.
Note: As per the LDS Tech Forum Code of Conduct and an amicably reached agreement with a community moderator, one of my previous threads has been broken apart. This is one of its pieces.