README.hacking

	"When designing an interface, imagine that your program is all
	that stands between the user and hot, sweaty,
	tangled-bedsheets-fingertips-digging-into-the-back sex."
		-- http://xkcd.com/196/

- Design principle: things happen on screen because the user did
  something; things don't happen on their own.
	Thus, it's not okay to just query the server every 5 minutes,
  get new articles, and display them: the user isn't expecting new
  articles to appear on their own.
	It's okay to fetch new articles in the background, and maybe
  flash a "new articles" icon. But don't interrupt reading the
  existing articles.
	It's okay to display new articles after the user presses a
  "refresh" button or something.

- Notes on DOM::Storage:
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage/
	Note that the Storage interface only allows storing and
  retrieving strings, so data structures must be JSONified before
  storage.
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en/storage
  http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/documentation/iphone/conceptual/safarijsdatabaseguide/usingthejavascriptdatabase/usingthejavascriptdatabase.html

  |          | sessionStorage | localStorage | database | JSON |
  | FF 3.5   | Yes            | Yes          | No       | Yes  |
  | FF 3.6   | Yes            | Yes          | No       | Yes  |
  | iPod     | Yes            | Yes          | Yes      | Yes  |
  | Safari 5 | Yes            | Yes          | No?      | Yes  |
  | Chrome   | ?              | ?            | ?        | ?    |

- Browser sizes
  - droid mini:
	w: 360 px, h: 559 px, 96 dpi
	=> 3.75" x 5.82"
  - iPad air:
	w: 768, h: 937 px, 96 dpi
	=> 8.0" x 9.76"