Sigh,
Not sure how best to describe this ... let me try this
Sorry, do not know how else to describe this in a not so long wind form :-)
Background: I have over 300 collections, Most of these I used rules for dynamic collections ever since I migrated to Logos 4 long time ago. Occasionally (once in 1 to 3 months) I check to make sure that the dynamic collections are actually still working, should there be changes to Metadata information by Logos for good reasons (but, as users we have no clue when it gets changed) that cause the dynamic collections not to work accurately. I am slowly migrating to tagging one by one so that I can totally depend on now for my collections.
I like the way the dropdown list works for L4W as follows:
After editing the "Bible English (11P)" Collections, When I click on "Open", noticed that this collection is bolded and visible in my dropdown list. This happen to be about more than half way down my list of over 300 items. So that I can go to the next collection conveniently and quickly to inspect it.
Under L4M ... After editing any collection, if I click on Open, when the dropdown list is presented, it always shows the first item of the list (ignoring my current collection position in the list). I have to manually scroll down all the way to the next collection that I would like to inspect.
Would you consider this a bug? or at least this should be included in KS4J list of Mac vs Windows Parity list :-)
Thank you.
JK
OSX 10.8.3 MBP 17" 16GB RAM, 512GB Samsung 830 SSD | Win7(x64) 6GB RAM, 96GB HDD Parallels 8.0.18354 | iPad3 32GB iOS 6.1.3
LimJK:Would you consider this a bug?
It is and a very annoying one at that.
LimJK: or at least this should be included in KS4J list of Mac vs Windows Parity list
Does it work properly on Winders? I seldom go there.
www.logos.com/support/logos5/mac/logging
If it isn't acting the same on both platforms, then it should be added to KS4J's list. In the meantime, and forgive me if I'm not understanding what you are trying to do, but wouldn't typing the name of the collection you are looking for at the top be faster still?
Tommy Ball: wouldn't typing the name of the collection you are looking for at the top be faster still?
Why have I not noticed the search field at the top of the open drop down?
Tommy Ball: If it isn't acting the same on both platforms, then it should be added to KS4J's list. In the meantime, and forgive me if I'm not understanding what you are trying to do, but wouldn't typing the name of the collection you are looking for at the top be faster still?
Tommy,
Thanks for responding ...
Jack Caviness: LimJK:Would you consider this a bug? It is and a very annoying one at that.
LimJK:at least this should be included in KS4J list of Mac vs Windows Parity list
Glad to learn it works better on Windows. That might get it fixed at least a little bit faster.
wouldn't typing the name of the collection you are looking for at the top be faster still?
a) You assume we remember the names of all our collections.
b) Even if we remember enough of the name to locate a particular collection, no one with 100+ collections is going to be able to go through them one by one that way. You need to go line by line in the list not to miss half.
c) Not everyone types as fast as you professionals.
d) One thing Logos has never got is that, unless they're writing a text document, Mac people tend to do almost all their work with the mouse, apart from a few keyboard shortcuts. I don't even have the keyboard right in front of me; it's normally off to the side in order to get the mouse better positioned. So before I can even start doing any real typing I have to first drag the keyboard closer (and generally reposition myself on the chair as well). Thus: faster? No.
(This, btw, is also one of the reasons L4M isn't even close to being a Mac program. In a Mac program all commands can be accessed using the mouse and the menu bar. Mac programs don't force you to spend hour upon hour upon hour researching commands in a Wiki and then memorizing them so that you can type them in a 'command bar'; in Mac programs commands are never more than one or two clicks away, easily found even if you've never used them before, and you can do almost anything you want without taking you hand off the mouse. Not so in Logos, which is nothing more than a Windows program that (sort of) works on Mac.)
Mac Mini late 2010 8GB RAM 10.6.8
Hi LimJK,
I'm putting a case in about this. What version of Logos 4 are you using on Mac and Windows? And what version of Windows are you using?
Tommy Ball: I'm putting a case in about this. What version of Logos 4 are you using on Mac and Windows? And what version of Windows are you using?
Thanks :-)
I am running both Logos 4.5c RC2 on Mac and Windows.
I have Windows 7 (64bit) on top of Parallels 7.0 (most current version) ... see my signature for details.
Let me know if you need other information.
By the way if the Collection dropdown list in L4M can be more compact as in L4W that will be great, it looks a little strange with such large spacing between items now.
LimJK:... this should be included in KS4J list of Mac vs Windows Parity list :-)
Feature Parity list now includes:
Keep Smiling
Logos Wiki Getting Started Logos 5 Beta
Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :): PC Collections list drop down shows current collection while Mac drop down shows first collection Keep Smiling
KS4J,
Can you add that Mac Collection dropdown list should be compact as in Windows, thanks ... see my earlier post.
LimJK: Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :): PC Collections list drop down shows current collection while Mac drop down shows first collection Keep Smiling KS4J, Can you add that Mac Collection dropdown list should be compact as in Windows, thanks ... see my earlier post.
Thank you
Using Logos 4.6a on OS X 10.8.2 replicated vertical spacing being a bit more spread out: click open for a collection shows 14 entries in drop down on PC while Mac has a bit over 12 entries. Seems Mac list has an extra pixel for every collection line.