Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Current Converter status

In terms of time, I'm about half way done with the Converter screen in Cool Grader.  The Converter now supports converting between the following units:  
 
Mass Length Volume
carat
grain
gram
hundredweight long UK
hundredweight short US
kilogram
long ton
metric hundredweight
microgram
milligram
nanogram
Newton
ounce
pennyweight
picogram
pound
short ton
stone
tonne
troy ounce
troy pound
astronomical unit
chain
centimeter
decimeter
foot
furlong
inch
kilometer
league
light year
meter
microinch
micrometer
micron
mile
millimeter
nanometer
nautical mile
parsec
picometer
survey foot
survey mile
survey yard
yard
bushel (Imperial)
bushel (US)
cubic centimeter
cubic decimeter
cubic foot
cubic inch
cubic meter
cubic millimeter
cubic yard
cup (US)
cup (metric)
dry gallon
dry pint
dry quart
fluid ounce (Imperial)
fluid ounce (US)
gallon (Imperial)
gallon (US)
gill (Imperial)
gill (US)
kiloliter
liter
microliter
milliliter
peck (Imperial)
peck (US)
pint (Imperial)
pint (US)
quart (Imperial)
quart (US)
tablespoon
tablespoon (Australian)
teaspoon
Area (incomplete)    
acre
hectare
section
square foot
square inch
square meter
square mile
square yard
survey acre
 
 

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Cool Grader 2.1 upcoming release

I've been working hard on the unit-converter to be included in the upcoming release 2.1 of Cool Grader.  The initial unit-conversion tabs to be included on the Converter page are Mass/Weight, Volume, Area, Temperature/Heat, Length/Distance, Speed, and Time/Date.  Here's a sample from the Mass/Weight tab:

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Cool Grader app, version 2.0.1, now published

A minor update to Cool Grader is now published in the Windows Store.  This update addresses some minor bugs involving screen swiping and adds an Auto-save option to the built-in camera.  You may view detail about this release, or obtain the app, at Cool Grader 2.0.1

The new Auto-save option is explained on our website (at Cool Grader):

 


Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Cool Grader app, version 2.0, now published

The new version 2.0 of the Cool Grader app is now available in the Windows Store.  You may view the store information on the following page: Cool Grader 2.0.  You may also see our website with detailed app information on the following page: MJ App Factory.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Cool Grader - publication status and website

The Cool Grader version 2.0 app upgrade has been submitted to Microsoft for certification and publishing.  We expect it to be available in the Windows Store for phones by this coming weekend.

Our website has been updated with detailed information about the new Cool Grader.  You may see it by selecting the following link: MJ App Factory.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Cool Grader - final screens

I am now in the field-testing phase of the app, and here are the final screen shots.  Please note that the background image is customizable -- the user may choose whatever picture they want for the background from photos saved on their device or from a new image captured with the camera built into the app.

Main panels

Main screen - HomeMain screen - Settings
 
Main screen - About 

  
Grader

 

Calculator
 
CalculatorCalculator Detail - Operations
 
 
Calculator Detail - Status
 
Text color
 
Text color - select from color name listText color - select from color palette

Text color - customize the selected color

 
Background image
 
Background image - snap new photo or select a saved imageBackground image - Adjustments
 

Background image - Save to camera roll or rotate pictureBackground image - Choose album from which to get new image
 
Background image - Select a new image from all existing picturesBackground image - Select a new image from a picture list sorted by date
 

 
Information about the app

About the app - Calculator infoAbout the app - Summary
 

Friday, April 5, 2013

New calculator-detail screen

I have implemented a new screen in the Cool Grader calculator to display the calculator detail, as shown below.  This finally makes the initial version 2.0 of Cool Grader "feature complete", since no new major functions are planned for this next product release.

At this point, I am having "beta test" teachers use the app to grade their student assignments.  When this testing phase is done, the app should be ready for publication in the Windows Phone marketplace.