Information panel showing book and navigation info

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An optional "information panel" to show information about the current
element and the current book. This would be of most use to sighted users
but could be accessed by all if coded properly, of course.

I imagine they would be similar to the information panel top of iTunes
where it shows information about the current music track or audio book, but
it would show both information about the current element and information
about the current book. Elements which might be included, when these are
known, would be:
- Book title, author, date
- Current element's navigational heirachy (like a breadcrumb trail - title
of each parent element, eg "Chapter 2 > Section 4 > Paragraph 3" for a book
with 4 levels of depth in its navigation structure).
- Total running time for current element, and visual indication of how much
has been played, such as a progress bar (this could be approximate for
text-only books)
- Total running time for the book, and visual indication of how much has
been played, such as a progress bar (this could be approximate for
text-only books)
Possibly more which I can't think of. This sounds like a lot of information
but could fit in a fairly small amount of space if designed well.

I would be willing to make a mock-up of a possibly display layout if
anybody thinks it would be helpful.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by atmacjou...@gmail.com on 12 Nov 2008 at 2:13

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Original comment by circleDev@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2008 at 4:47

• Changed state: Accepted

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Added Information Panel showing all metadata available in the book.

iTunes style notification at top of window will be looked into later. 

Original comment by circleDev@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2008 at 9:51