Team 31: CS Thugz

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Team 3-1 CS Thugz

• RSS Screen saver - Final Presentation
• Mark Goldman
• Ryan Jones
• Josh Kehl
• Mitch Leitch
• Dan Parra
• Amy Scheithauer

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Project

• Create a RSS Screen Saver available for patrons
  to download that syndicates library programs, new
  item arrivals, and displays pictures from
  expansion projects

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Purpose

• Inform library patrons of library related news
  and updates
• Help reach librarys fundraising goal

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Desired Features

• Basic features of a screen saver
• Syndication of the librarys two current RSS
  feeds
• Library programs
• New item arrivals
• Possible addition of other RSS feed/s
• Fundraising news
• User preference
• Active graphics
• Library related images
• Revolving RSS feed
• Constant flow of events

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Additional Functionalities

• Donation utility
• Possibility of adding multiple RSS feed
• Article browse ability
• Random selection of feed option

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Basic screen saver features
Rotating background image
List of available articles from selected feed
Article reader
Title of RSS feed
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Configuration
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Configuration (cont)
1) Add feed 2) Remove feed 3) Display random feed
option 4) Background image selection 5) Donation
function
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Add Feed

• Adding an invalid entry
• Empty string
• Invalid RSS feed

• Adding an valid entry
• Maximum of 30 feeds

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Add Feed (cont)

• Trying to add an entry multiple times

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Configuration related

• Display random feed option

• Background image selection
• Default images selected if no directory is
  specified

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Donation function

• As part of an on-going fundraising project, the
  library has implemented a website with
  information about the Athens Library Expansion
  Project (www.librarygrows.info).
• This site has information about money collected,
  money still needed, the project timeline,
  blueprints, artist sketches, Paypal, etc.

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Screen saver controls

• Rotation of background images
• 10 seconds
• Revolving of RSS articles
• User controls while screen saver is running
• Space bar Brings up screen saver control menu

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User Friendliness

• Installation
• Configuration
• Readability
• Usability

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Installation

• Quick and easy!
• System requirements
• .NET framework 2.0
• Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, ME, XP
• 64 MB RAM
• 25 MB available hard drive space
• Internet connect or CD-ROM drive

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Configuration

• Number of default feeds and location of default
  feeds may be changed without recompilation
• Editable XML document
• ssNews.scr

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Readability

• Carefully selected
• foreground color
• font
• color
• size
• type
• to maximize user readability

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Usability

• Easy and fun to use!
• Keep up to date with RSS technologies!

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Suggestions

• Picture quality
• Higher resolution and size
• Distribution
• Mini-disc
• Web

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Questions / Comments