This application is a zoomable user interface – ZUI – adapted to work with a set of rich text editors which can handle text, formatting, and (in forthcoming version 1.2) images.
It is like a portable desktop, in that a set of open documents can be saved all together into one file.
The file has the .sto file extension.
The conception and design is by Geoff Davis, who has a Masters in Electronic Arts by research from Middlesex University UK. In his research Geoff produced a working ZUI (in ActionScript) in this which was more aimed at encyclopedias or visual display, and used multiple levels to control the zoom. The dissertations will be online soon.
Java programming
M. Abu Faisal
Software Engineer (Java Technology),
I.H. Soft Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
Windows .NET C# programming
Programming team using Visual Studio, Windows .NET (2.0 and 3.5) (C#,VB.NET, ASP.NET).
Windows, Mac and Linux versions are available that all use the same basic Java libraries.
Story Lite Windows version is due later 2011 and in made in Visual Studio, C# .NET.
PAD files for version 1.1
Portable Application Description, or PAD, is more or less what it says. For more info on PAD see their site > .
The xml software description files are available here:
Windows
Story Lite Windows v1.1 PAD xml file
Mac
Story Lite Mac v1.1 PAD xml file
