[Gocamino] - Ultreya RE: [saintjames] Re: Wise pilgrim

[Robert Spenger]

Grant,

As you can see in my earlier message today, I had a breakthrough on my major problem with the camino guide application. I now know how to access the data. For some reason or other it is hidden away off-screen at the bottom of pages which all have the same thing showing on the screen, an elevation plot of the first stage. It is a simple matter to just scroll down to get the other data, but I found that out accidentally. There was no clue anywhere that I could see in the rest of the application. I did know about the ability to do a 2x zoom to full screen, but until I read your post I wasn't aware of the reason behind it. Makes sense now. My complaint about the lack of zoom had to do with the fact that it can't be done by the usual touch screen finger spread method. I was trying to read the elevation numbers on that ubiquitous, but mostly useless, elevation plot. The actual data is plenty large enough on the 8 inch screen. No wonder - it was designed to be read at the 1x level on the small mobile devices. The elev. plot seems to be there just as a sort of second home page, pasted at the top of  each data page.

With those issues resolved, it is now a matter of browsing around through its features to see what all it has to offer. Looks pretty good actually. It is certainly a bargain at $1.99. I first looked into it after I saw a recommendation for it on Ivar's site, so I had some confidence in it. The main key to the whole thing (for me at least) is realizing that there is more on many of the pages, so you have to scroll down. It was not at all obvious to me at first and just luck that I persisted and stumbled across it.

Bob S.


On Jul 18, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Grant Spangler wrote:

iOS Apps are sometimes versatile enough to adapt to all iOS devices, other times not. The Wise Pilgrim Apps are among the latter. They are written for the Small Screen, i.e. the iPod and iPhone. That's why when you launch them on an iPad or iPad Mini they occupy about 1/4 of the screen real estate, but punching the x2 button makes them go full screen. As previously noted, the text and graphics are a bit rough at x2, but that's the price you pay for zooming an App built for the Small Screen. Some Apps are equally at home on larger (iPad, iPad Mini) and smaller (iPod, iPhone) screens. It's all in the coding. Also, some vendors write two different versions of an App, one for the Big Screen, and one for the Small Screen. For example, Skype has an iPad/iPad Mini version separate from their iPhone/iPod version. I'm happy to support someone who has taken the time to walk the walk then compile usable information. Perhaps he may tweak his future code to work equally well on all devices, but until then it's all quite serviceable. 

Buen Camino, 

  
Grant
 
http://www.ElCaminoSantiago.com
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