Yes the iBook format is only compatible with a limited selection of= devices, does that somehow invalidate taking advantage of the format in ad= dition to the plethora of open formats the new CLL can be transformed into?=

kozmikreis

On 28 Jan 2012, at 00:10, Jonathan Jones wrote:

Not to mention the= proprietary nature of the format that automatically excludes anyone withou= t an iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone.

On Fri,= Jan 27, 2012 at 3:26 PM, kozmikreis <kozmikreis@lojban.org.uk> wrote:<= br>
Tha= t is true, but is missing the point of the additional richness the propriet= ary iBook format allows for such as interactive multiple-choice questions, = audio clips, video clips, and other learning aids that might be attractive = in an enhanced version of the CLL :-)

kozmikreis

On 27= Jan 2012, at 21:32, Aaron Hawryluk wrote:

Or, if there's an html version in existence, it could just be ported = to .epub with Calibre...
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II X.

On Jan 27, 2012 6:50 AM, "CosmicRay" <cr@cosmicray.co.uk>= wrote:

Those were very much my thoughts too - = that porting a regularly updated open source formatted book into a propriet= ary format was going to be awfully tough to keep up with. However, un= like apps, I think iBooks are static once published. Authors don't pu= sh out a v1.x update after the fact. With this in mind it's probably = still worth forking the next stable CLL major version and porting it, perha= ps even embedding an errata section by use of a web view that points back t= o the github repo in case of any major boo-boos.

kozmikreis

On 24 Jan 2012, at 02:44, Joshua Proehl wrote:

I was just looking into the idea of creating a CLL iBook as well!=
The problem that I see is that iBooks Author doesn't appear to play very ni= cely with the idea of streaming data in from other files. Which means that = it's not really possible to script "convert the source files into an iBook"= , but rather each change made to the source files would have to be manually= made to the iBook as well. Which is going to rapidly become painful. Furth= er looking into is required however, as it would be a truly incredible plat= form to use.

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On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:11, kozmikrei= s <kozmikreis@lojban.org.uk> wrote:

I look forward to trying that out,= please let us know when it's available. It'll be good when there's f= inally a Lojban-specific app in the iTunes Store :-)

Regarding my conlanger meet-up app idea, I retain no rights to t= he idea should you or anyone else wants to implement it either solo or as a= collaboration.

On a slightly related note, there'= s now a free iBooks Author app in the Mac App Store for authoring rich cont= ent books for iPad consumption. It looks ideal for creating and shari= ng educational textbooks. The CLL as an iBook would be a good place t= o start, once the latest changes to it have been completed - thoughts anyon= e?

kozmikreis

On 22 Jan 2012, at 09= :13, aryrain laubels wrote:

I have written a Lojban Dictionary in pure Objective C, I am currently wait= ing for approval. I finished it a week or so ago but posted it today. But s= ome other applications would be interesting.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:58 AM, kozmikreis <kozmikreis@lojban.or= g.uk> wrote:

[repost, original seems to have be= en lost to the aether]

I've got an Apple iOS Developer = account and would be happy to have a hand in writing a Lojban app for iOS (= and Android if I can get the damn SDK and toolset stable), it's just I have= n't thought of an app idea that has anything better to it than those that a= lready exist.

My dev language of choice would probably be the JavaScript variant from= Appcelerator, not that it's anything amazing, but it can compile to multip= le platforms and takes away some of the suckage of Objective C.

One idea I had was perhaps a meet-up app for conlangers in general, whe= reby you tick the list of languages you speak or are learning to speak and = perhaps your level of proficiency, and let it run in the background occasio= nally checking your location in to a central server. When someone els= e with a matching conlang interest is nearby the phone can alert you so you= can meet up and say coi. Might be good for finding people to practic= e with?

kozmikreis

On 12 Jan 2012, at 06:27, kalsa wrote:

coi
is there any talk of making a lojbanic/lojban beginners = ipod app? apps like flashcardlet are good for studying words, but i was thi= nking maybe a more lojban specific app would help for people who are alread= y wanting to learn, getting to look at it on the go, or maybe to hear= spoken lojban, or maybe just to make it more accessible to a wider&nb= sp;variety of people. Just a thought.

co'o

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