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chris1
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09/10/12 07:39 AM (11 years ago)

suggestions

I thought it might be nice to create a discussion group for this plugin to collect suggestions for the developer. Here's my suggestions so far:

1) Images for list items. Whether we can create an icon image for the left side of the list item, or a full list-item image, I don't care - but this is my number one feature request for this app!

2) Transparent colors for list items. Since we can have a background image on the screen, it might be nice for the list items to be semi-transparent, allowing the image to shine forth underneath.

3) If #1 gets added, it would be nice to have the option whether to have a different image on each list item, or with the click of a button to have every list item hold the same image.

4) If #4 gets added, it might be nice to have some standard icons to choose from, in addition to uploading your own.

That's all I have for now. I love this plugin and can't wait to see it get developed further!
 
Susan Metoxen
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09/10/12 09:41 AM (11 years ago)
Hi, Chris! I am working on a release for the plugin. I think I will be able to include an icon on each row in the release. I also hope to be able to make the row image resize into the row size--that would be the best way to go with this so we get the maximum resolution. I think I will also be able to include the description line. I am also working on some options to resize the header image.

I love the transparent color idea! I will add that to the list too.

Number 3 also isn't on the list yet--I don't think I will get that one into the next release, but it is a good idea and I will add it to the list. Another idea I have is to use the directory model for the list, which would allow for hundreds of items in a list. Your number 3 idea would be perfect for that.

I don't think we can do number 4--there are copyright issues on the icons. But I will check into that. Rather than purchasing a license for existing icons, if I have some made for the plugin that I own, then I could include them. I also liked how the icons were available in the old 1.5.

Great ideas, Chris!
 
chris1
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09/11/12 07:26 AM (11 years ago)
Great to hear Susan! I can't wait for the next update. I just thought of one other suggestion that would make it really stand out, although I have no clue how hard it would be to implement:

5) Have an option for rotating images for the header. See the new "Red Cross Hurricane" app for iPhone to see what I mean.
 
Susan Metoxen
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09/20/12 06:54 PM (11 years ago)
I see what you mean. Very, very cool! I would love to have that in my apps. The rotating pictures was already on the list, but not with the zoom. One thing I wanted to do was allow for a short animation--I think it would be cute to have a cartoon in the image that winked every 5 seconds or so.
 

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