Feed Reader

From Openmoko

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Use Cases 3 Layout Components 3.1 Application Area 3.1.1 Application Menu 3.1.2 Filter Menu 3.2 Navigation Area 3.3 Toolbar 3.3.1 Search 3.3.2 Action Buttons 3.4 Details Area 3.5 Footer Area 3.5.1 Status Bar 4 Constraints 5 Sessions 6 Architectural Details 7 Implementation Recommendations 8 Icons 9 Interactions 10 Unresolved Issues 11 Questions and Answers

Overview

This article defines the Feed Reader Application, an application designed for reading web-based feeds on the OpenMoko platform. This is a Native Stylus-Based application.

Use Cases

Here are some possible use cases:

• I want to be able to quickly update all my subscriptions
• I want to be able to add a subscription directly from a URL
• I want to be able to add a subscription from inside the Browser application
• I want to be able to read protected feeds (e.g. Livejournals), so digest authentication is a must.
• I want to be able to email (or SMS) a feed that I find interesting to a friend.
• I want to be able to use RSS sites to play new podcasts with the Music Player

Layout Components

• 1) Application Menu -- Additional options related to article objects.
• 2) Filter_Menu -- Filtering options for the list of articles.
• 3) Navigation Area -- List of articles based on current filter.
• 4) Toolbar -- Primary commands available to article.
• 5) Details Area -- Detailed view of current selected article.

Application Area

Application Menu

Item	Action	Constraints
Help	Opens Help Viewer Application with help for this application

Filter Menu

Item	Action	Constraints
All	Displays all help items
<subscription>	Displays all articles from this subscription
Search Results	Displays all articles matching current search string

Navigation Area

Displays list of articles from current subscription using the Navigation Widget. Has the following structure:

Item	Action	Constraints
Column 1	Displays subject of article	Bold if unread
Column 2	Displays date & time of article	Bold if unread

Tap selecting a row, will display correspoding article in the Details Area.

Toolbar

Search

Search reindexes, after every keypress, the help article membership of the Search Results Category.

Action Buttons

Subscribe

Item	Action	Constraints
Subscribe	Opens Dialog prompting for URL

Refresh All

Item	Action	Constraints
Refresh All	Refreshes all subscriptions. Progress is displayed in Status Bar

Details Area

• 1) Article Body -- The current article's full contents in a Message Body.

Footer Area

Status Bar

Displays the total number of articles in the current subsription. While "refreshing" subscriptions, background of status bar will act as progress bar.

Constraints

(TBD)

Sessions

• The current article selection and Details Area mode is persistant.

Architectural Details

(TBD)

Implementation Recommendations

(TBD)

Icons

Interactions

• Needs to interact with the Web Browser application

Unresolved Issues

(TBD)

Questions and Answers

(TBD)