Icon / List view option

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Low priority enhancement.

Allow the option of icon (aka cover.jpg/png) view rather than the list view.

Something like springboard, displaying the book covers. You may want to go
with a 3x4 layout rather than a 4x5 to get better size buttons.

- Sorting options: date added / viewed / alphabetical

- Missing cover behavior:
You could use a generic icon with title text over it, but I think that a
better option would be to pop up a warning "Not all books have cover
images, reverting to list view".  You'd be able to see in the current list
view which books are missing covers.

// Off topic comments

Please publish the size or aspect ratio for the cover splash display area.

I love the new cover splash.  I just wish the "Loading..." overlay was more
transparent, and the cover splash also happened when opening a preloaded
book when loading doesn't occur (basically, any time the Book.app is first
entered from the home screen).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tkeph...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2007 at 5:15

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Hey there:

I'm not sure if I can change the transparency of the Loading message.  It's an 
Apple thing.  I'll research that, as 
it was something I wanted to do myself.

The dimensions of the cover area are 320 x 364, but the pictures are scaled to 
fit, so any size will work.  As 
for the splash happening when opening at any time, I'll look into it, but don't 
get your hopes up.  :)  There's 
some weird coding I had to do to make it work as-is.

I like the cover-view idea.  I have no idea how to implemented, but it's 
definitely worth exploring.

Original comment by roosters...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2007 at 6:01

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement, Priority-Low
• Removed labels: Type-Defect, Priority-Medium

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I realize the images are scaled to fit.  It's more the aspect ratio and space 
saving
by not using a pict larger than required I was interested in.  I wanted to get 
rid of
the grey side bars on normal book aspect ratio cover images. ;)

The max unscaled Height x Width dimensions is just easier to document than a
fractional aspect ratio of 1.1375.

Thanks.

Original comment by tkeph...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2007 at 6:35

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Hey there.  The next version will have a bigger splash screen: 320x460.  Just 
so ya know.  And the transparent 
overlay is much more subtle.  Not sure when it will be released.

Original comment by roosters...@gmail.com on 10 Oct 2007 at 9:15

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The bigger splash screens look great with the barely visible spinner.

Does the current uikit have access to coverflow yet?

It would be interesting to get coverflow working as a book browser, rather than
simple list/icon views.

Original comment by tkeph...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2007 at 7:10

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I did a little hacking of the CoverFlow interface, but it brings in a lot of 
LayerKit stuff tht I don't understand yet.  
Presumably, it'll become more clear when the API for Core Animation is released.

Original comment by roosters...@gmail.com on 15 Oct 2007 at 6:02