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Title: 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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