Treeleaf App online for testing and commenting

[Ongen]

Hi everyone,

The yet to be named Treeleaf-Jundo-Quote-App is available for testing. This is a browser version (beta 1), if we're all happy with it I'll turn it into a proper app for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone.

Please take a look and let me know what you think, and be frank about it. If it's crap, I want to know
Is it clear enough? Should things be different? Any comments are welcome.

http://nietstezienhier.nl/treeleaf

Thanks!
Ongen

Sat Today

[Ryan379]

Looking good

Gassho

Ryan

Sat Today

[Myosha]

Hello,

Nice. Thank you.


Gassho
Myosha sat today

[Sekishi]

Hi Ongen,

Looking great! I love the use of the Treeleaf colors and open space.

One minor "under the hood" quibble: in the current version, the XMLHttpRequest() for app/quotes.txt is running on every tap. I'm not sure if the final version will share code from this (or will even load from the network), but if so, I think it would be more efficient and allow for better error handling to load the quotes at runtime, and then pick one on the tap event.

Gassho,
Sekishi

[Jika]

Hi Ongen,

nice, clean app.
I have been playing around with it for some time.

"Beautiful and ugly, in a Buddha's eye" and the next click reveiled only "take x breaths".
Are those meant to be separate, so sometimes no words of wisdom, only "breathe" (good too)?
Otherwise ther might be a bug?

(Or it was Shingen talking to me, telling me to stop playing with apps... )

Thank you for your work.
Gassho,
Danny
#sattoday

[Tb]

Hi.

Just a question, why is the Treeleaf logo Big and the text small, shouldn't it be the other way around?

otherwise, nice app, Its all good practice.

Thank you for your practice

Mtfbwy
Fugen

#Sat2day

[Mp]

Looking good Ongen, nice work! =)

Gassho
Shingen

#sattoday

[Kyonin]

Hi Ongen!

It looks great. It's simple and clean.

I'll be playing with it and post here if I have any comments.

Thank you for this.

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[Theophan]

Ongen,
Kool.

Gassho
Theophan
Sat Today

[Anshu Bryson]

I like it

Gassho,
Anshu

-sat today-

[Byrne]

I think it's great.

Gassho

Sat Today

[Ongen]

Hi Sekishi,

The quotes.txt file will be inside the app for now, so it will function completely offline at this moment. We can update the quotes through an app update. I feel that it has no use making an elaborate online quote management system with remote fetching of quotes before we know if the app is widely appreciated.

Still you are right, I will see if I can get it a bit more streamlined

Gassho
Ongen

[Ongen]

Hi Fugen, I don't think I can get the text bigger without it starting to look awquard, but I can make the logo smaller. Will see how that works out.
Thank you

Gassho
Ongen

Sat Today

[Jundo]

I just want to thank all our members who supplied quotes. We could not use them all, and we had to shorten many into a single phrase. but I believe we included most of the folks who had a suggestion.

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...NEED-YOUR-HELP

Gassho, Jundo

SatToday

[Washin]

Thank you, Ongen.
Looks nice.

Gassho
Sergey
sat-today

[Heisoku]

Thanks Ongen, it will be much used and the phrases are of a similar tone which make you stop. Great idea Jundo. Gassho Heisoku Sat today

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[Jiken]

Quite the mirror this app is. I wondered if this would be useful as I quickly tapped through trying to get to the end and was "irritated" that there was no back button because i wanted to reread a message that I went by too fast. I had to slow down. I finally took the offered advice and I started to laugh. Shikantaza. thought-release-thought-release. I found it simple, vast and useful.

Does the app link back to Treeleaf if further information is wanted for shikantaza and zen buddhism?

Thanks for all the heavy lifting Ongen.

Gassho,

Jiken

SatToday

[Jakugan]

looks nice and simple. Thank you.

Gassho,

Simon

Sat today

[Roland]

I love the clean and simple look, and of course the precious wisdom...

Gassho,

Roland
#SatToday

[Ongen]

Hi Jiken,

Funny since I had the same thing haha!

Yes there is a link back, if you click the questionmark in the right bottom corner. Should that be more obvious?

I have changed the working a little bit due to your comment:
When you tap the screen, you get a quote which will remain there until you either restart the app or click the "Clear" button that appears after the quote is displayed. That way you can keep the quote as a reminder during the day.

At everyone:

New version (beta 2) online now, with better functionality and nicer font

Gassho
Ongen
Sat Today

[pinoybuddhist]

I like it!

Gassho,
Raf
Sat today

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[CK732]

I'm looking at the app now. What is the goal for the app? Why was it created?

I'll comment after you answer my questions.

So far it looks good

Gassho

Clarisse Sat2Day


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[Heisoku]

Hi Ongen, the more I try it, one click at a time, the more it makes me smile and see the point. V2 is working well. Gassho Heisoku sat today.


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[Matt]

Looking good, I like it. Nice work.
Matt
#SatToday

[bluecat]

It's a simple interface, can be very useful if the shared sayings and recommended breathes are done intentionally and thoughtfully.

I like the app., well done by all involved.

[Sozan]

Hi Ongen,

Nice clean app. As a visually impaired person, I would appreciate a larger/bolder font with better contrast. Also, have you considered the Kindle, uploading apps from the Android stores is tricky on a Kindle Fire.

Gassho,
John

[Ongen]

Hi John,

That's a great idea, I will try to implement a setting to allow that.
Thank you!

Gassho
Ongen

Sat Today

[Getchi]

Nice app Ongen, simple clean and useful. Great.<br><br>Geoff<br>SatToday<br><br><br>

[Jundo]

LET's NAME THE APP!

Hey guys,

Ongen and I are looking for suggestions for App names. The working title now is ...

Wisdom reMINDer

from Treeleaf Zendo

Let us know if you like that, or have something even better.

In return for helping to name the App there is little to offer but the satisfaction of helping, much Merit, possible good rebirth, and Buddha Nature (although you have the latter already)

Any suggestions?

Gassho, J

SatToday

[Mp]

Wisdom Reminder

Sounds catchy ... like it. =)

Gassho
Shingen

#justsat

[Myosha]

Know, What?

with Treeleaf Zendo


Gassho
Myosha sat today

[Risho]

Leaves of Wisdom?

Although I googled Leaves of Wisdom, and I see it is also a "Baha'i coloring resource for children", so I'm not sure if we'd get into trouble.

I'm just looking for a good rebirth so hopefully you pick it

Gassho,

Risho
-sattoday

[Ryumon]

A few ideas:

Grains of Thought
Dharma Leaves
Seeds of Dharma
Leaves of Zen (with apologies to Walt Whitman)

Gassho,

Kirk

[Entai]

Ongen,
I think it looks great. Thank you for putting your time and energy into it!

Gassho, Entai
#SatToday

[Kyonin]

Hi guys!

What about...

-No-Minder

-Come Back Here!

Just a couple of thoughts.

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Chiko]

Matt
SatToday

[Jakuden]

Awareness ReMinder
Bodhi Mind-er
Awareness Mind-er
Awakening Thoughts
Insightful Thoughts

Gassho,
Sierra
SatToday

[Stacy]

Hey Ongen,

I like the colors and the base design! It is looking very good. I just have some thoughts I would like to share.

I think it would be better to remove the bar at the bottom. It resembles a search bar or some other means of input, yet that's not the intended behavior. It confused me a little bit at first.

I feel the text about tapping the screen would do better to sit in the area the Clear button shows up in. So then that area fades from the text message, to the button, and back again between states. It gives a sense of connected-ness between both states, and then the eyes don't have to really shift between either.

I would also suggest making the ? info button slightly bigger, if not at least 40px in one dimension, up to 48. Then it helps it be a little less daunting to hit for folks with bigger fingers.

I also kind of feel that the text for the quote, breaths, clear, and tapping anywhere should be a bit bigger. I have a smaller phone at least, and I gave the page a go directly in it (the one within the iframe, so no phone outline). To me, it feels like I'm putting a bit too much energy trying to focus on the smaller text that it kind of takes away from the simple calming effect a bit. (Perhaps it has to do with the size of the logo text in comparison? That it causes some sort of expected size trick/feeling with my eyes? So maybe just that the logo text needs to be smaller.)

Overall, I think the idea is really good. I just have those thoughts on how I think it could be tweaked to be better. I hope there is something at least a little helpful in there.

Thanks for reading.


Gassho,
Stacy

#SatToday

[Byokan]

Oh boy! I love making lists. All the suggestions above are great, any one of them would be cool. Here's a list, a few possibilities, some are stinkers, some make me laugh, and the last few would make great band names:

reMINDer
Illuminations
Good Practice
Dharma Bytes
Dancing Leaves
New Leaf
Unfurl
Treeleaf Moment
Timeless Moment
Moment of Peace
Just This Moment
Just Return
Return to Now
Embrace the Now
Equanimity
Zen reMINDer
ZenPeace
ZenWords
ZenMoment
Zen Illumination
Zen Chillout
Zentendre
Zenabler
Zendosphere
Zenjoy
Zenema
ZenVendor
Zen Silencer
Zenergizer
Pocket Zendo
Truth Machine

Gassho
Lisa
sat today

[Getchi]

haha, zenema is an awesome name!

id vote for zenema or reMINDer for the name

geoff.
sa

[Ongen]

Awesome names, everyone, thanks! And Stacy thanks for your comments

pondering on

Gassho
Ongen
Sat Today

[Kotei]

Hi all,

can't get "leaflet" out of my mind.

Gassho,
Ralf sattoday.

[Sozan]

What's in a name?
How About "Beyond Mind-er"

Gassho,
John

s@2day

[CK732]

Great names and I like:

Treeleaf Moments (nice! Lisa)

Treeleaf reMINDers

Daily Zen by Treeleaf

Pocket Zendo (awesome again! Lisa)

I think it would be a great app if you can also make it a meditation timer too and link an invitation to join Trealeaf in the settings area.

Gassho

Clarisse Sat2Day



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[Jundo]

I am joking with Ongen that we have so many fine beyond fine names, and only one App ... we will need to design more Apps just so we can use some of these names! Really.

Gassho, J


SatToday

[Shokai]

This is awesome, both design and concept.

Just Mind
Just Now

Shall we sit with this?
#stato day

gassho,