Roadmap

User Experience

over 5 years late (05/25/2012)

86%

7 issues   (4 closed — 3 open)

Related issues
Bug #5813: orbot
Bug #6996: cell phone/Sim card tracking
Bug #6997: cell phone/Sim card tracking
Task #103: Arch./Flow
Task #104: Wireframing
Task #105: Digital prototype
Task #106: User Stories

Content Development

over 5 years late (11/12/2012)

95%

19 issues   (18 closed — 1 open)

Related issues
Bug #8477: Fix RuntimeException in android.hardware.Camera.<init>, line 580
Task #287: Audio Multimedia Script
Task #288: Photography Multimedia Script
Task #289: Videography Multimedia Script
Task #290: Journalism Multimedia Script
Task #291: Security Multimedia Script
Task #292: Photography Content Produced
Task #293: Audio Content Produced
Task #294: Video Content Produced
Task #295: Audio Content Reviewed
Task #296: Photography Content Reviewed
Task #297: Videography content reviewed
Task #298: Copy Editing
Task #299: Exporting Final Content Sample files
Task #300: Final Multimedia Scripts Delivered
Task #354: Audio Multimedia Script - Rewrite
Task #355: Audio Content Produced - Rewrite
Task #356: Audio Content Reviewed - Rewrite
Task #371: Illustrations

0.0.8

10%

10 issues   (1 closed — 9 open)

Related issues
Bug #2725: Video - Media Export Failed
Bug #2949: Export Project Files as zip hangs on Moto G
Bug #2950: Media Export fail with 4 clips on Moto G, one trimmed at beginning
Bug #3044: Fix NullPointerException in OrderClipsFragment.undoSaveTrim, line 708
Bug #3048: Fix NullPointerException in OrderClipsFragment.loadTrim, line 713
Bug #3053: Fix NullPointerException in OrderClipsFragment.undoSaveTrim, line 708
Bug #3054: Fix NullPointerException in OrderClipsFragment.saveTrim, line 673
Bug #3056: Photo story export failing on Sony i18l
Bug #3094: update NetCipher
Bug #3223: Video Published but not found

Beta 4

38%

16 issues   (4 closed — 12 open)

Related issues
Bug #1838: meta: Update to the latest official UI Drawer
Bug #2037: Videos shot on devices running android 4.3 dont create thumbnails
Bug #2167: Settings does not validate data leading to crashes later
Bug #2169: Settings menu still in english when using arabic mode
Bug #2191: Missing Scene Title in Breaking News
Bug #2395: Recording Image/Gallery won't work when "Internal Storage" setting is checked
Bug #2472: Exporting photo gallery slideshows on Sony Xperia Arc S fails
Bug #2473: exporting trimmed video failing on Sony Xperia Model devices
Bug #2705: Fix IllegalArgumentException in android.view.WindowManagerImpl.findViewLocked, line 355
Bug #2708: Soundcloud no longer interacting properly with StoryMaker (due to API change?)
Bug #2709: Single photo upload with Arabic title fails to publish
Bug #8449: Single photo upload with Arabic title fails to publish
Feature #700: Confusing Popup Dialog Title in Lessons (was Quiz in Lesson)
Feature #2060: project importer to read exported stories
Task #1771: Incorporate Spanish Strings into StoryMaker
Task #1792: Incorporate French Strings into StoryMaker

Bugs

Descriptions of technical issues that create incorrect or unexpected results, or causes StoryMaker to behave in unintended ways.

17%

110 issues   (16 closed — 94 open)

Related issues
Bug #219: Arabic Text (drawtext)
Bug #361: prerendering kinks
Bug #364: editflow notifications not registered to author
Bug #410: It should be an option for usernames & passwords to be written in ENGLISH characters, whether the user is accessing storymaker in arabic or english
Bug #411: It is not clear whether or not a user is logged in.
Bug #413: Need to update story medium icons
Bug #433: bold and indent not working on lesson formatting
Bug #494: Lesson 5.6 doesn't render properly
Bug #573: when accessing the event template, storymaker crashed reopened in Arabic mode!
Bug #613: Audio fades are too aggressive
Bug #617: Final Icons missing?
Bug #618: when viewing a project the drawer button doesnt open drawer
Bug #619: lesson activitt feed only registers comoleted lessons
Bug #620: photo slideshow duration time unclear
Bug #634: Lesson slideshow images are different sizes
Bug #660: Scene editor - usability
Bug #661: Can't rework my report later
Bug #666: Side Drawer interferes with assembling clips on the Order/Assemble page
Bug #668: Side drawer not accessible from Settings screen
Bug #693: Project title and description lack persistence
Bug #760: Lessons page stops reloading sometimes
Bug #777: Tap to continue lags in lesson 5.1 on Galaxy Camera
Bug #778: If no video thumbnail, play button should probably appear *after* the relevant text
Bug #789: Lessons exhibit latency in LG Optimus 7
Bug #790: Adjust "correct" notice window in lesson quizzes
Bug #806: Lessons sometimes freeze when swiping on Nikon S300 camera.
Bug #807: audio meter is nonresponsive on Nikon s800c
Bug #809: video upload does not timeout on Nikon s800c, simply hangs.
Bug #819: lesson downloading unreliable on busy wifi connection
Bug #899: continual crash
Bug #901: weird notifications when downloading lessons in alpha sprint 5 _v6
Bug #902: On Sony Xperia U (OS 2.3.7) initial tutorial cards do not swipe properly
Bug #912: Storymaker crashes when downloading two lessons at the same time
Bug #919: 'Tags' field is missing from 'publish' tab
Bug #920: Upload to Storymaker should be a setting under setting, not publish tab
Bug #965: Lessons downloading not reliable if interrupted
Bug #968: Project show up twice in home screen timeline
Bug #991: Crashes if you have NOT created a clip and try to play back a sequence with a "missing clip" in the middle
Bug #993: Video clips are placed in main camera gallery, audio clips AND PHOTOS are not.
Bug #1025: Illustrations not centered in lessons
Bug #1027: Consider removing screen 5 from Visual Storytelling lesson
Bug #1030: The Machine noise example will be more effective if the noisy clip is FIRST
Bug #1032: 5.2 Images in slideshows are squished
Bug #1117: Video stories without images use thumbnails from other projects that have images
Bug #1118: Audio completely out of sync...
Bug #1121: videos start playing when not on the order screen
Bug #1123: Clicking Publish does not work intuitively if not logged in.
Bug #1131: phone with alpha 8a doesn't recognize play store update
Bug #1146: cannot complete photo capture on 4.2.2
Bug #1147: single photo publish fails from 4.2.2
Bug #1159: stop button not working
Bug #1160: Trimming end will not restart playback of clip, without touching inpoint marker.
Bug #1169: share button opens Facebook, but upload never initiates.
Bug #1198: Arabic numbers being written in command line args for ffmpeg
Bug #1204: after making a scene in a multi scene story, it does not appear in the review tab.
Bug #1210: publishing without logging in first, makes you log in, but then does not continue to youtube authorization.
Bug #1230: when lessons are downloading, if user tilts phone, lessons page goes blank and lessons do not come back, until you leave the screen and return.
Bug #1249: 4.2 Question 1 and 4 doesn't work in AR lessons
Bug #1411: Videos with clips shot with different orientations do not edit together correctly
Bug #1440: StoryMaker not clearing old render data
Bug #1441: StoryMaker should warn users when memory is too low.
Bug #1516: lessons disappear
Bug #1536: Rotating the Camera during Review cancels the clip
Bug #1537: Importing Google Plus Photos Doesn't Work
Bug #1538: "Complete Action Using" Not Being Saved
Bug #1539: Sony XperiaU - Doesn't Support Portrait Photos
Bug #1649: videos recorded with the bottom of device to the left export upside down.
Bug #1748: Can't download lessons StoryMaker app
Bug #1797: Tor Uploading - Failure to connect to Socks Server
Bug #1798: Export Media Failed
Bug #1839: cannot export slide shows on high megapixel devices (galaxy camera/galaxy zoom)
Bug #1842: use color or an audio thumbnail to differentiate audio clips in order tab
Bug #1845: Out of space: please delete X MB and try again
Bug #1846: Clear StoryMaker data to create space for new renders
Bug #1918: voiceover doesnt play back in review screen on 3 scene story
Bug #1940: photo gallery export is stretching mixed aspect ratio photos
Bug #1944: UI Issue - Press Clip instead of Play Button
Bug #1947: Audio out of Sync on Export, but fine on "Edit" tab Playback
Bug #1950: Audio Fails when "Audio Crossfade" set to 0
Bug #1951: meta: audio / video export and sync issues
Bug #2028: left drawer sometimes leaves rendering artifacts when rotating
Bug #2123: Crash when creating new project in Arabic Mode
Bug #2152: Disable Lesson Completion doesn't initiate immediately.
Bug #2168: Have to restart StoryMaker in order for Arabic mode to work
Bug #2189: Side tray appears below the Make / Review / Publish bar on the story overview screen
Bug #2190: Icon in Action Bar doesn't do anything inside of a story
Bug #2267: Connect StoryMaker automatically to the primary Google Account
Bug #2318: StoryMaker crashes at launch on Nexus 5 (android OS 4.4)
Bug #2377: Error creating zip file
Bug #2440: Export Project as Zip needs progress bar
Bug #2535: ParseException - The entity "eacute" was referenced, but not declared
Bug #2560: StoryMaker.cc Login Issue
Bug #2602: crash when deleting a clip
Bug #2603: my story
Bug #2605: [ERROR] test
Bug #2606: [ERROR] test (test)
Bug #2609: test
Bug #2610: Xperia LT18i runs out of memory
Bug #2611: [ERROR]
Bug #2612: storymaker wordpress login: "the response cannot be parsed"
Bug #2614: Bulk Issues Reported by IMCK
Bug #2678: lesson 2.4 assets missing
Bug #2710: StoryMaker doesn't like é and this character causes upload to fail.
Bug #2716: Export Fail with Voice Over
Bug #2749: Can't Import Audio to Clips
Bug #2910: Multi scene audio stories do not play from the review tab
Bug #3224: Lesson resets(including quiz) if you tilt the device from portrait to landscape mode
Bug #3333: java.lang.IllegalStateException in android.media.AudioRecord.startRecording
Bug #3600: Failure in SSL Library
Feature #1946: Lesson Section: "No Lessons" status

Feature Requests

Descriptions for additions or changes to StoryMaker features.

33%

85 issues   (25 closed — 60 open)

Related issues
Bug #394: Goal should display on one line
Bug #608: Lessons scroll, even if there is no content
Bug #798: Zip Files Are Still Stored
Bug #926: Storymaker is filling up storage quite fast
Bug #1841: photo story template should only have 1 clip
Bug #1843: meta: move lessons into apk to fix downloading issues
Bug #1844: order tab clip icons need ontouch glow / selection indication
Bug #2557: In Lesson Media Player
Bug #2899: Add a query string to improve likelihood of approved connections from StoryMaker app
Feature #122: Add meta data to finished content
Feature #129: Photo cropping
Feature #130: Photo rotation
Feature #133: B Roll over existing video
Feature #134: L cuts
Feature #137: Send completed assignments to online platform for review
Feature #138: Users receive test responses via email
Feature #139: Provide interactive graphical elements
Feature #140: 80% Pass Rate
Feature #141: Show the user the correct answer to any questions they got wrong
Feature #143: Multi track audio editing
Feature #144: Drag and drop media into templates
Feature #145: Split media
Feature #146: Save unused media
Feature #147: Name each piece of captured media uniquely
Feature #148: Securely Store Subject Contact information
Feature #149: Brightness & contrast photo manipulation
Feature #150: Add audio commentary under a photo series
Feature #152: Add text to videos
Feature #153: Receive feedback for tests in app
Feature #154: User created story templates
Feature #155: Notify subjects upon upload to 3rd party platforms
Feature #278: Time Delayed Publishing
Feature #305: Robust error state handling
Feature #306: FFMPEG library error handling
Feature #360: Collect logs from testers
Feature #399: lesson bar doesn't highlight proper position in lessons.
Feature #406: Integrated "coach" graphics into app
Feature #409: App should progress right-to-left in Arabic localization
Feature #412: Title needs a unique default
Feature #426: Finger on microphone-sensor / audio input meter
Feature #427: Shake-o-meter
Feature #583: support Flickr API for photo upload
Feature #621: photo enlargements
Feature #665: Update total lessons in a specific module *less* dynamically?
Feature #699: Lesson 1.1 social Media Basics.- Seamless needs explaining.
Feature #703: Order of lessons download
Feature #712: View Quiz Results
Feature #755: Tap to start capture
Feature #800: Created with StoryMaker! - http://storymaker.cc "bug"
Feature #801: Implement Open Badges, allow users to earn badges by taking lessons
Feature #802: Photo Slideshow Drawing Photo Boxes Incorrectly
Feature #854: Make the storymaker APK file as small as possible.
Feature #900: Alternate curriculum delivery
Feature #905: Use drawtext to apend: "Created with StoryMaker - http://storymaker.cc/" text to end of video clips.
Feature #915: Allow finished files to be indexed on the phone for easy transfer via USB
Feature #917: Auto-rotate pics & film clips
Feature #932: Feedback option in Storymaker app
Feature #942: Scroll down section menu in 'Public' is difficult to navigate while keyboard is showing
Feature #1000: Hide narration option for unsupported media types
Feature #1001: Allow stories to be reordered/categorized
Feature #1002: Improve menu options: sidebar navigation access and "new" --> "new story"
Feature #1007: Add dnscrypt support to prevent DNS tampering
Feature #1083: Remove/Delete Clip Content
Feature #1266: Enable StoryMaker to only exist in Android as a widget
Feature #1345: Set device media volume to mute while recording Voice Over
Feature #1410: Insert audio clip instead of voice-over
Feature #1412: Split clips
Feature #2040: adding "flip horizontal" and "flip vertical" and "rotate right" and "rotate left" buttons or the menu
Feature #2122: Export stories to XML EDL for integration with Avid etc
Feature #2210: StoryMaker Camera app should utilize external audio sources
Feature #2222: deal with incoming calls interrupting video recording (was: Initiate Airplane Mode)
Feature #2256: Import images into a video story.
Feature #2268: Enable titles to be added to StoryMaker videos and photos
Feature #2277: Provide decibel range indicator in the audio
Feature #2296: Improved Auto Focus for shot sizes
Feature #2758: Revise live preview camera to more accurately match resolution of camera apps
Feature #2897: Updating Lessons should be possible without requiring the user to take the lesson again.
Feature #2898: StoryMaker should automatically check for lesson updates, even if the user previously downloaded lessons.
Feature #3066: enable audio level adjustment by a set amount
Task #227: Sample template demo
Task #635: video "play" needs thumbnail images in Lesson txt
Task #1019: improper icons used for mediums in activity screen
Task #1331: Move Simple Story to Template Choice Screen
Task #3913: maineuvreiuiingingu
Task #4117: maineuvreiuiingingu

Lessons

Changes, tweaks, revisions to the content in the Lesson side of StoryMaker.

17%

12 issues   (1 closed — 11 open)

Related issues
Bug #839: Reconsider order of modules/Security lesson
Bug #841: Adaptability of Lesson Context in Non-Arab Countries
Bug #1010: In lesson 5.12 the shotlist image is in arabic-also, not really readable.
Bug #1011: Videos 5 and 6 in lesson 5.11 should be one screen EARLIER
Bug #1013: typos in subtitles of video demonstrating interview technique in Lesson 1.4
Bug #4976: Narration voice over delay
Feature #7573: Choosing the Right Fitness Health Club
Feature #7574: Choosing the Right Fitness Health Club
Task #648: Need page for revolving list of "best mobile security tools"
Task #657: Review Lessons Assignments
Task #747: Security Lesson 2.3 Quiz too difficult
Task #1945: meta: Lesson performance, rendering and usability problems

ObscuraIOCipherMerge

merge both branches

7%

3 issues   (0 closed — 3 open)

Related issues
Bug #1534: ObscuraCam Functions Icon only in Menu
Bug #7575: Discover the Health Benefits of Onion
Task #1048: design: ui to turn secure camera mode on/off (should warn user of implications)

Testing & Documentation

SWN led testing

62%

10 issues   (5 closed — 5 open)

Related issues
Task #502: Organize Testing Content
Task #664: Test gear/devices for SWN's proposed StoryMaker multimedia journalism kit
Task #681: Draft Sprint 5 Tester Guide
Task #682: Finalize Sprint 5 Tester Guide
Task #683: Launch Initial Testing Group
Task #684: Collect all initial testing results
Task #685: Revise Tester Guide as necessary
Task #686: Launch follow up testing group, as necessary
Task #687: Collect final testing results
Task #2427: Advice on clearing up the data side of storymaker

Web

Issues related to www.storymaker.cc

35%

6 issues   (2 closed — 4 open)

Related issues
Bug #4484: instalador
Bug #7685: Do not hesitate to cancel the payday loan
Bug #8348: Website unavailable
Feature #589: Setup HTML+JS code for Web Lessons
Feature #916: Videos added from the web to Storymaker.cc
Feature #2143: Statement on the ruling of the Dominican Republic Constitutinal Court on Nationality