Any news or progress on forthcoming releases shall be posted here as shall requests for royalty free resources where needed.
World Flags, US States, GB Counties and Film Stars have now had their long promised restructure to simplify adapting their framework to other topics or requirements. Layout has also been addressed so should now be suitable for any device or changes in orientation.
The new framework uses a database that has been configured to support multilingual requirements in the future. However the Option List already works and tests can be performed if or when World Flags is translated in your web browser.
Browsers behave differently such that you may still need to scroll through the Option List for full translation before typing or after changing mode or continent. The list itself can always be used for selection instead, although it does remain in English language order.
For best results, select the mode, continent and test options you wish before translation. You will need to scroll through the Option List in some browsers before it is fully translated.
You are now ready to perform tests in your chosen language.
I shall return to this matter once other apps have been updated to use the new framework, so that countries can be reordered alphabetically after translation. Whether or not your language is fully supported, World Flags may still attempt to link to Wikipedia pages in your preferred language. Kiddle, however, is only available in English and Spanish.
Any progress on this matter shall be posted here.
Chatsworth House *
Work on gathering material for an Historic Buildings app has already begun. It shall use the existing framework already developed with one exterior and one interior image per site. Hyperlinks to Wikipedia and to their respective websites shall also be included.
Its initial release shall primarily comprise stately homes but other categories such as castles shall follow.
As a family member of the National Trust, my granddaughter loves her visits to historic sites. It never ceases to amaze how much she gleans and can recount from just one visit. For this reason I intend to provide her with an app that links to further information.
Coincidentally the father of one of her best friends was working on the restoration of Chatsworth House when they met at primary school. It should be noted that Chatsworth is not a National Trust site.
Coming soon is an app on the human body. Gathering and editing suitable images however is time-consuming and difficult to find. I have collated enough for what will become its preliminary release for the skeleton, but there is more that may be covered.
What I envisage includes major blood vessels, muscles and nerves perhaps. There are insufficient organs for a category of their own but with the addition of glands there could be.
Finding suitable royalty free images that can be edited with highlights for tuition or test purposes is no simple task. If anybody knows of or has any such material, I would greatly appreciate your assistance. Ideally they should include full body images plus more detailed views.
One of the input fields is disabled in the images above, possibly due to changes during development, so please appreciate that they are only provided for illustrative purposes.
* The above image of Chatsworth House has been cropped from a 2014 original by Gareth Williams.
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