Apple Inc.

Pepijn Zoon

Jean Sebastiaen Metz

Michel Elings

Douwe H Homans

Matthijs Jacob Frederik Zoon

George R König

Suchita C Doshi

Taskin Ahmed Rahman

Mattijs Hoitink

Robin Pieter Van Dijke

Andre Abelmann

George R KÖNIG

Techniques and systems for a graphical user interface based multimedia authoring tools to create gallery components are disclosed. A multimedia authoring tool as described herein can provide functionality for creating, editing, and displaying interactive image galleries. The multimedia authoring tool, for example, can enable authors to drag and drop image files into a multimedia editing area of the tool's graphical user interface to create an image gallery that includes the corresponding images without having to create a gallery beforehand. The image gallery can provide a control for navigating the gallery's images which can be arranged in a strip such as a vertical or horizontal strip.

Authoring a collection of images for an image gallery

A novel method of facilitating the authoring of content and the delivery of the authored content to different types of device is provided. The method supports the design of unique and aesthetically pleasing content while minimizes the amount of effort required from authors and/or publishers. The method does so by creating one single content presentation structure (CPS) for the authored content that is adaptable to different devices and different orientations. Such a universally adaptable content presentation structure is based on a standardized grid system that the publishers can easily become familiar with to author their content.

Article authoring, distribution and rendering architecture

A novel method for scrolling an electronic document (e.g., a webpage, article, etc.) that is displayed in a display area on a screen is provided. The method receives a swipe gesture on a touch-sensitive input surface, which can be a touch-sensitive surface of a cursor controller (e.g., trackpad, etc.) or can be a touch-sensitive surface of the screen. Based on the swipe gesture's velocity, the method scrolls the document on the display screen and identifies a first location on the document for ending the scrolling. Also, based on this velocity, the method identifies a size for a neighboring region around the identified location. The method then determines whether a scroll stoppage marker is defined for the neighboring region. Each scroll stoppage marker specifies a location within the document for stopping the document's scrolling.

Intelligent scrolling of electronic document

Generating layout for content presentation structures

Some embodiments provide a method for displaying text content on a device. The method receives a set of text content arranged in a single column. The method identifies a separable segment of the text content for display on a device. Based on properties of the text content and the device, the method determines whether the separable segment of the text content meets a set of characteristics for dividing the segment of text content into more than one column for display. When the separable segment of text content meets the set of characteristics, the method displays the segment of text content using more than one column.

Automatically dividing text into multiple columns

Some embodiments provide a method for rearranging a content layout. The method receives a first layout that includes content elements arranged across a first set of layout sections having a first number of sections, each of which has a same first width. The first layout defines a first margin width on either side of the layout and a first gutter width between the sections. Based on an available display width, the method determines a second gutter width and second margin width for a second layout based on the first layout. The method dynamically calculates a second number of sections in a second set of layout sections for the second layout based on the available display width, second gutter width, and second margin width. Each section of the second set has a same second width. The method rearranges the elements into a second layout that spans the second set of sections.

Dynamically determining arrangement of a layout

Some embodiments provide a method for rearranging a content layout. The method receives a first content layout including several content elements arranged across a first set of vertical layout sections, each of which occupies a same first amount of horizontal space in the first content layout. At least one of the content elements spans several of the vertical layout sections of the first set. The method identifies a number of vertical layout sections available with which to display the first content layout. The method rearranges the several content elements into a second content layout including the several content elements arranged across a second set of vertical layout sections, each of which occupies a same second amount of horizontal space in the second content layout. At least one of the content elements spans a different number of vertical layout sections in the first content layout and the second content layout.

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Pepijn Zoon