Noodles

The main screen for using the Noodles App is the Noodles screen. This is visited by tapping on the Noodles tab on the bottom left of the interface. This screen lists all of the different pastas in the App. One this screen the main photo, the name and a brief description for the pasta is displayed. The pastas can be scrolled through, and there is an alphabetic index on the right hand side for skipping directly to pastas whose names start with a particular character.

Details

Throughout the App, if a pasta synopsis (as described above) is tapped on, you are brought to the Pasta Details screen. This screen displays a large photograph of the pasta at the top. If there are multiple photographs available for the noodle being viewed, there will be arrows underneath the photograph that allow you to scroll through the different pictures. You can also use swipe gestures to scroll through the different pictures. Underneath the picture is the description, cooking time, dimensions, regions, and any other interesting information about the pasta that we have been able to find. Of particular interest are the dimensions, which should be paid close attention to, since the photographs are not shown to scale.

At the top right of this screen is an 'Action' button. Tapping this button brings up a menu that allows you to save the pasta as one of your favorites or email the pasta information to someong. If the pasta is added as a favorite, it will be available for quick access on the Favorites tab. If you would like to email the pasta information to someone, you can choose the 'Email' menu item. This will bring up your standard email window with the subject and body filled in with the pasta information. The email can then be edited or sent as is using the standard iPhone email interface.

At the very bottom of the Pasta Details screen is a rectangular button labelled 'Search for Recipes'. If this button is tapped, a Google search will be performed for recipes that include this particular pasta. These search results will be brought up in a window within the Noodles app. This window can then be used to browse to the different sites with the pasta recipes.

Favorites

This tab displays all of the pastas that you have marked as favorites using the action button on the details screen. The edit button at the top right of the screen can be tapped in order to put the table into edit mode. Once in the edit mode, there is a red button to the left of the pasta that will make the Delete button available when tapped on. Tapping the Delete button will remove the pasta from your list of Favorites. When done deleting, the Done button at the top right of the screen can be tapped to exit the edit mode.

Search

The Search tab allows you to search for pastas by entering keywords or portions of keywords. This is a great way to find noodles that are known by multiple names. As you type, the list of noodles that contain those letters in its searchable fields will be displayed. The button at the left top corner can be used to dismiss the keyboard and view the full list. That button changes it's name from 'Cancel' to 'Reveal' depending on the contents of the search results table. The 'return' key on the keyboard can also be used to dismiss the keyboard. With or without the keyboard being displayed, tapping on a pasta will bring you to the details screen for that pasta.

More

The More tab provides a few more features for the Noodles App. This includes the ability to browse the noodles by 'Style' or by the region where they are prevalent. Tapping on 'Styles' will bring you to a list of different styles, each of which can be tapped in order to view only pastas of that particular style. Similarly, tapping on 'Regions' will bring you to a list of regions that can be tapped to view only pastas from that particular region of the world.

Known Issues, Bugs and Caveats

• We have, so far, been able to include only a small percentage of the huge variety of noodles in the world. We continue to improve and enlarge our database as we receive more noodles and photograph them.