Multiview Layout Strategies

John Brumett

I believe Multiview is a game changer as far as being able to view more resources at once.  When used with Parallel Resources you could scroll through more commentaries at once.  Say I have 20 study Bibles.  I could view 4 Study Bibles at once and right arrow through parallel resources to the next 4, ect.  I am still working on a Layout Strategy and would like to hear from others.  Screen shots would be helpful.  

How many resources do you add to Multiview?  Right now I'm going with 4 with a full screen view. 

Do I reorder my parallel resources to show the head Books first?

Using many tabs you could various types of commentary with its own tab.  

Is it more efficient to float windows or not?

 

  

Jack Caviness

Is it more efficient to float windows or not?

It is for me. 

Do I reorder my parallel resources to show the head Books first?

Since Study Bibles does not cover every verse, I place a Bible version at the head of my SB multiview window. I did the same for a window containing concise commentaries because commentaries often have inconvenient grouping of verses. I created two lexicon windows, one for Hebrew and another for Greek; in this case, I put my top lexicon in the head panel.

The minor annoyance with this strategy is that every time I open a new instance of ESV or NIV84, I get a multiview window, so that I need to manually disable multiview. 

How many resources do you add to Multiview?

That would depend on the size of your display. How many can you add and still read effectively? I had to move the SB window from the secondary display (23") to the main display (27" iMac).