Link Factbook to Interactives

Currently, looking up a Weight and Measures <Thing...> reference in Factbook (from the context menu in a resource) provides a section like this:

It just would be a nice enhancement if it were followed by a link to the Weights and Measures Converter interactive. This of course, would be also great for any interactive. Have a section that queries Interactives and Tools and produce results whenever there are some. For instance, when looking up a person, have a link to the Timeline.

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Matthew

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Graham Criddle

It just would be a nice enhancement if it were followed by a link to the Weights and Measures Converter interactive.

It's linked in the Media section

me. For instance, when looking up a person, have a link to the Timeline.

In the "See Also" section

Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/856923#Comment_856923

I SAW the media blue square but did not recognise it as an interactive! (I do see now that hovering on it does display the interactive title) [:$] Thanks for pointing this out.

Perhaps it would still be better to have them in a section of their own for greater visibility? After all, one is found in media, the other in "see also," and presumably other types might be found elsewhere. There is a logic to it, of course, but it increases the possibility of missing them if (1) one was not specifically looking for them but would use them if more visible and (2) if one does not think of where it may be and does not look inside a section that they think probably irrelevant.

Matthew

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/856923#Comment_856923

It's linked in the Media section

Good catch, but it is completely understandable how this was missed. I would not expect it to be under Media, but rather under Interactives, which is the heading used by Passage Guide. Interestingly, although Factbook indicates Matthew 14:24 is a verse where the Weights and Measures Converter is relevant, the Passage Guide does not agree and excludes that interactive from the results. Comparing the two tabs highlights another area where Factbook's results could be improved. The thumbnail of the Miracles of the Bible interactive in the Passage Guide clearly includes the text "Miracles of the Bible." The thumbnail of the Weights and Measures Converter interactive in Factbook only has the text "Stade" and then a "Start" button. The only way you would know that "Stade" is actually the Weights and Measures Converter is if you move your mouse over it, which is another reason its inclusion is easy to overlook. One final observation - when I am skimming over results and see something with a "Start" button, traditionally that means it is a video and that I can start playing that video by clicking the button. In this case, clicking "Start" only opens the interactive, in which case that button would more appropriately be labeled "Open." If that is all the button does though, why is it even necessary? Clicking on any search result opens the relevant resource - no need for an "Open" button, so it can safely be removed altogether.