A book that looks like a Book?

Douglas

 

Hello,

 

What would you think about a book that looks like a book? For instance...Let's say the books (resources) and layout you have now is open as normal, only when you push "F11" a 3D book comes out from the tab looking like its print counter part getting bigger as it gets closer to taking full screen position, until finaly this digital/print book is resting before your very eyes with antique colored paper (or similar for viewing purposes), and it literaly looks like you have a print version before your eyes (not generic like someone scanned a book into their computer using a personal scanner, but instead Digitally Enhanced for appeal), opened to the first page like now but with a small arrow in the middle at the top that when "mouse hovered" drops down a semi transparent bookmark listing the table of contents. Maybe a bit far out, but Let me know what you think!

 

Thanks!

 

Rosie Perera

There are a lot of nice page turning interfaces for digital books (many implemented in Flash, Shockwave, etc.). I'm sure Logos could implement one someday if they wanted (I doubt they would want to tie themselves to external software, now that they've finally broken free of their dependency on IE for their engine, so it would have to be a more tightly integrated component approach or they'd need to develop their own).

It wouldn't be a high priority for me since it's basically eye candy and there are other features I'm really looking forward to which are more urgent. But I agree, it would be nice.

Some examples of page flipping interfaces (might have to click on Demo or some other link or menu to see samples):

• http://ipaperusa.com
• http://www.3dissue.com
• http://vcab.com
• http://www.pdf2pageturn.com
• http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/msg/corp/flashdreamworks.html (cool!)
• http://www.pagesuite.com
• http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html (Turning the Pages, at the British Library: awesome! check out the beautiful Lisbon Hebrew Bible example; remember to you have turn the pages from back to front, and it took me a couple of tries to get a feel for how the page turning mouse drag motion worked, but once I did I loved it; this is truly beautiful -- the best of what Logos should strive for if they do something like this; oh, and this example, a 15th century church book, comes with built in sound; check out the Mass Chant on pp. 21-22: http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/sherborne/sherborne_broadband.htm?middle)