New enhancements:
- Faster startup time (30% faster)
- “Next” command to display next day’s article
- Display today’s article on startup
On my Motorola PEBL, the startup time for Our Daily Bread and Global Prayer Digest used to be around 13-15 seconds. With the latest enhancements, it is now 8-11 seconds. On Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets, the startup time should be faster compared to Motorola handsets. The improved startup time came with an increase in jar file size of around 6K. For those interested to know, the xml parser used in the mobile reader has been changed from the kxml-min parser to the xpp3 parser.
The feature to display today’s article on startup has been requested by 2 persons. Great for those who cannot remember the current date. It’s also a time saver eliminating the need to scroll to the end of the list during month end.
The “Next” command is a short-cut to the next day’s article without having to navigate back to the list.
You can try out the enhanced reader for the August edition of Our Daily Bread and Global Prayer Digest.
These enhancements are still in beta status. They have been tested in a limited manner on my Motorola PEBL, Sony Ericsson SDK Emulator and Nokia S40 Emulator. If you meet with any bugs or have any features that you would like to see added into the mobile reader, post a comment here or send me your feedback via the Contact Page. Thanks!
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