Feature: Better note referencing via visual filters (cross-version, inline-references)

Chris M
Chris M Member Posts: 12
edited November 20 in English Forum

I know there is the "Corresponding Notes and Highlights" Feature for Interlinear-enabled versions and that it is not yet (re-)implemented for Logos 8. For one, here is my vote to prioritise this!

Apart from that i think it should go further than that. If i highlight and add note to a text within a verse (because that is what you usually do - you highlight content, not necessarily full verses) - i would want this note to be referenced also in other versions. I know that you can't match the text if it's not interlinear. however the note will most likely also be relevant in another bible version. Especially in the context of a software like Logos where you happen to work with a lot of versions, i think it would make sense to give access to notes from all versions. For example this could be integrate in the (upcoming) "Corresponding Notes and Highlights" feature: when a highlight/note can't be matched via interlinear, it is attached as an (special) icon to the verse number.

Additionally i would also like to have references within the note text to show up at that corresponding verse. Maybe also with a special icon (via optional visual filter) that indicates the reference/note beside the verse number.

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  • David Taylor, Jr.
    David Taylor, Jr. Member Posts: 4,326 ✭✭✭

    I don't know how you would implement this if there is no interlinear for the version. The software wouldn't have an underlying text to attach the note to if it wasn't tied to the reference.

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  • Chris M
    Chris M Member Posts: 12
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1011244#Comment_1011244

    I don't know how you would implement this if there is no interlinear for the version. The software wouldn't have an underlying text to attach the note to if it wasn't tied to the reference.

    I was referring to that here:

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     when a highlight/note can't be matched via interlinear, it is attached as an (special) icon to the verse number.

    Of course the interlinear-matching is nice, however it's not without it's own UI-challenges. a highlight of multiple words can easily split up into a bunch of different highlights in another version, each with a separate note-icon. So adding an icon on the verse-level is not so far-fetched after all. I could imagine a popup to show the highlight in the original version, alongside with its comment. From a technical standpoint this shouldn't be a big challenge.

    (i'm not arguing that the interlinear-matching feature should be changed, but rather that a non-interlinear matching wouldn't be very far away in it's usefulness.)

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