[macvoiceover] Re: New Olearia test GUI

  • From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 13:02:47 -0400

Yes, I see they are dimmed.  Thanks for the explanation.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:53 PM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: New Olearia test GUI


That's because the first version had no underlying code to it. It did  
not follow proper user interface practices in that the buttons were  
all active even before a book had been loaded. Now the buttons are not  
active until a book has been loaded. Then they become active, undimmed.

Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
gkearney@xxxxxxxxx

On May 14, 2008, at 10:41 AM, David Poehlman wrote:

> this is a change then because before, it ws available without a book.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:57 AM
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: New Olearia test GUI
>
>
> No, in fact if you open a book now it will be there.
>
> Greg Kearney
> 535 S. Jackson St.
> Casper, Wyoming 82601
> 307-224-4022
> gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
>
> On May 14, 2008, at 9:48 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
>
>> Will the ability to tab and arrow through the main window be gone
>> permenantly?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Technical Developments Discussion List"
>> <technical-developments@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Discussion of Digital
>> Talking
>> Books" <dtb-talk@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Neil Bernstein" <nber@xxxxxxx>; "Mary
>> Beth
>> Janes" <mjanes@xxxxxxxxx>; "macvoiceover"
>> <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>> "Mike Shebanek" <shebanek@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:48 AM
>> Subject: [macvoiceover] New Olearia test GUI
>>
>>
>> Those of you testing or would like to test the GUI of the Macintosh
>> DAILSY Playback software Olearia. there is a new version to try at  
>> the
>> project's home page
>>
>> http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/index.php
>>
>> Here is what's new.
>>
>> 1. Grouped the playback, navigation and information buttons into
>> groups
>>
>> 2. Early and still buggy work on being able to collapse and expand  
>> the
>> navigation controls to simplify the interface for small children and
>> the elderly.
>>
>> 3. Added menus for navigation and bookmarks. These are not active.  
>> The
>> navigation menu will work even if the navigation buttons are
>> collapsed.
>>
>> 4. This is the first test where the actual Olearia code is present.
>> The program will start by opening the control window. The File>Open
>> menu let's you open opf, ncx and ncc.html files but there is no
>> playback at this point.
>>
>> Thank you for looking at this.
>>
>> Greg Kearney
>> 535 S. Jackson St.
>> Casper, Wyoming 82601
>> 307-224-4022
>> gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
>>
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