This is the old roadmap that we used before we moved to Trac and its ticket system. It is only valid up to the version 0.4, from there on our goals have changed a bit with the long pause in the development and the arrival of the Android platform. Some simplifications were also done because of that. The list is preserved here for historical documentation and as a source of some ideas.
Version 0.1 (26.4.2006 - 29.4.2006)
- pick comic
- three comics support (UserFriendly, Girl Genius, Garfield)
- downloaded files memory cache
- prev, next, newest
- comic strip is centered, board can scroll
- status bar
Version 0.2 (29.4.2006 - 8.5.2006)
- bugs
- additional two comics support
- javadoc part 1
- Comic API foundations
- coffeeshop toolbox integration
- special debug mode
- minimum window size
Version 0.3 (8.5.2006 - 25.7.2006)
- bugs
- comic zoom
- more control over HTTP requests (progress monitoring)
- javadoc part 2
- board implements Scrollable interface
- splash screen
- about box
- last visited strip
Version 0.4 (25.7.2006 - 15.2.2007)
- new comics:
- Sinfest ( http://www.sinfest.net/index.php)
- Penny Arcade ( http://www.penny-arcade.com/archive)
- navigation hotkeys - basics
- pretty look (comic list, zoom widget)
- drag board
- improve downloading
- archive
- converting HTML escape sequences
Version 0.5 (15.2.2007 - ??)
- new JavaScript based plugins
- new comics:
- Little Gamers ( http://www.little-gamers.com/)
- Mother Goose & Grim ( http://www.grimmy.com/archives.php?archive=MGG)
- Ctrl-Alt-Del ( http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/)
- XKCD ( http://xkcd.com/)
- background preloading
- user based comic loading
Future ideas
- better asynchronous operation mantainance (archive updating ...)
- new comics:
- Wulffmorgenthaler ( http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/archive.aspx)
- Shoe ( http://www.comicspage.com/shoe/)
- Calvin and Hobbes ( http://www.transmogrifier.org/ch/comics/list.cgi)
- bookmarks/favourites
- GIF animation support
- update core JavaDoc
- Coffeshop: web update download & install
- options
- localisation
- update gui JavaDoc
- random strip
- introduction comic (how to use)
- Applet version
- Coffeshop: automatic and manual bug reporting
- executable launcher (Windows)
- better OS X support (app bundle)
- web service version (tomcat?)