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A few ideas, humbly offered, to make good into great

Jun 13, 2012 7:52 PM

VIEWER INTERFACE

 

Bookmark page, not just article

text search/highlight/comment

PDF folio preview on desktop viewer

Add LinkedIn to social network sharing (and others, while you're at it)

 

More content frameworks and UX aids built into viewer interface

e.g. Image slideshow -- you provide images in a particular sequence and the DPS interface gives you a slideshow, complete with thumbnail preview/links, transition options, tap/swipe to advance options, etc.; pop-up boxes for contextual info like call-outs or footnotes; hidden pages viewer -- could work like in app browser or PDF viewer; animations to enlarge images when tapped; interface for mail and social network links (overlay a tweet or email window on current page); persistent navigation cues like current page indicator pips. All in all, have the viewer interface do more of the heavy lifting. Make folio experience more app-like.

 

 

FOLIO DESIGN

 

Vector-based MSOs -- no more rasterizing vector content unless it's desired

Option to pixel double pass-through content

Nested MSOs

HTML export and font embed from InDesign

Support for InDesign animation (and while we're at it, give InDesign the ability to do automated slideshow animations that advance page to page without human intervention)

Honor transparency for MSOs and buttons

Loop video

Create a multi-article folio inside a single INDD file; designate start of new article with some kind of section break indicator

Text-based hyperlinks highlight when touched based on a character style

 

 

FOLIO BUILDER

 

Service will build proportional renditions automatically from one file

'Update all' command

Export previous version folios with latest tools with unsupported feature warnings

 

 

FOLIO HOSTING

Allow hosting of content behind company firewalls

Figure out a better pricing model before someone shifts your paradigm with an open source alternative

 

 

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Thanks for the consideration!

 
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    Sep 14, 2012 3:57 AM   in reply to jmooring2

    I wonder why Adobe hasn't answered your request yet.

    Guess some of that could be useful.

     
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    Sep 17, 2012 4:09 AM   in reply to jmooring2

    I think you can expect some of your requests to be "in the pipeline". For my money, the two most vital upgrades would be your suggestions for Folio Builder and Folio Hosting.

     

    Let's hope someone with some influence at DPS has, at the very least, read your post.

     
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