One User's Experience and Questions
So, this has been a long time coming - start of the schoolyear is crazy for youth pastors But I recently got some time to dig in and document my experience, so here it is:
DVD did not auto-install, had to run from Start->Run
Installed without any problems
Splashscreen: I find it interesting that it shows Logos now
and not Libronix – what is happening to Libronix?
Login screen:
- I
don’t like adding this extra step; would it be possible to auto-detect the
internet connection and login automatically? What do I gain from this login process? - When I
am not connected to the internet the page is frozen for a while, so when I
click Work Offline I don’t know if it worked or not, but eventually Logos
4 loads
Warning message: I laughed at the emphasis on VERY
The indexing did take a VERY long time – hours, 4-5 or more. After a recent update the indexing had to stop because my hard drive has less than 1GB left. I had around 10GB free before the install, and Logos 4 seems to be taking up a hefty chunk of my 80GB.
System Tray: I like that my system tray is not full of icons
anymore.
Home Page:
- I like
the look – like a magazine or web page full of images and articles I might
never have seen otherwise. How is
this organized, and how are the resources chosen? Is there any way to customize this by
moving resources around or picking what resources I want to appear on the
first page? - I like
that this can be hidden or shown quickly simply by clicking on the Home
button so that it does not take away from a layout with resources
I like that Logos automatically detected an update, but not
that it closes Logos without a warning.
What if I needed to save my work?
How often does the indexing process take place? It pegs my CPU and slows everything down
1st crash experience: I was reading a devotional
(365 Hymns) and wanted to see the scripture passages cited in one window, so I
highlighted them, right-clicked and chose Information Window, then Logos
crashed
Help:
- I was
not able to widen this pane like for regular resources. I had to float the panel in order to
make it wider - In the
Resource Priority section, there should be points a, b, and c instead of
1, 2, and 3 since it says “Prioritize resources using step a., or steps
b-c”
Open Resource Panel:
- I like
that you can get the info for a resource simply by clicking on a button,
and that the resource info opens up in the same panel as the resource
itself - I like
the slidebar for text size - The
locator bar is cool; I can quickly know where I am in a resource without
taking up space for the ToC - I like
how the page number box also serves as a topic finder and that it lists
topics that might fit what I am searching for; in the old Logos I didn’t
know if the word I typed had an entry or not - How do
I toggle between and see a list of similar resources? Do I have to hit the + button? How do I change the order of this list
of resources?
in a glance
That's it for now. Until later, thanks for the Beta and blessings!
~Clay
Every time you update resources. So if you add books, do it all at once.
Try to reproduce your steps and use a report basically like the one that follows. Also be sure to upload your log files with bug reports. (located in "My documents/Libronix log files/"
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