Changes to the Logos/Verbum interface that I still hate/find create unnecessary extra work/annoy the

The switch of terminology from resources to books. I could tolerate "your library" but it grates on my sense of precision to call interactives, journals, magazine as "books"
The removal of the send arrow from the search argument box. More often than not (yes, I've actually taken statistics for one day) my hand is on the mouse not the keyboard when I am ready to start a search.
The clearing of the command box ... I tend to open everything, including books in series, journals, and magazine through the command box rather than menus or keyboard shortcuts. To have to retype the command multiple times is a frustrating waste of my time that I didn't have to put up with. If there was even a simple way to restore the previous command i.e. one additional keystroke, I would quit daydreaming of sending my blood pressure medication bills to Logos.
The entity relations in the Also See section of Factbook on BK entities being mixed in with other items rather than be organized.

As long as you seem to be working on user ease of use, this seems like a good time to complain. I invite others to add the changes that they find annoying.

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Dave Hooton

I invite others to add the changes that they find annoying.

Add versions....

Ronald Quick

The switch of terminology from resources to books. I could tolerate "your library" but it grates on my sense of precision to call interactives, journals, magazine as "books"

Yes. This change has never sat well with me either.

Justin Gatlin

The clearing of the command box ... I tend to open everything, including books in series, journals, and magazine through the command box rather than menus or keyboard shortcuts. To have to retype the command multiple times is a frustrating waste of my time that I didn't have to put up with. If there was even a simple way to restore the previous command i.e. one additional keystroke, I would quit daydreaming of sending my blood pressure medication bills to Logos.

If I ruled the world, the command box and search bar would both take you through the history of previous submissions if you pressed the up arrow, like in the command prompt.

Veli Voipio

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1295520#Comment_1295520

... the command box and search bar would both take you through the history of previous submissions if you pressed the up arrow, like in the command prompt.

This is the way Matlab and perhaps many other programs do.

Jerry Bush

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1295528#Comment_1295528

I hope the way we prioritize books can be easier to manage. It seems so haphazard now, especially when you get into different categories.

Would like a separate tool to do this.

Christian Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1295520#Comment_1295520

Great thoughts Justin. Also good thoughts from Jerry.

Anderson Abreu

The switch of terminology from resources to books. I could tolerate "your library" but it grates on my sense of precision to call interactives, journals, magazine as "books"

I still think that between "resources" and "books", the least confusing is "books". It's easier to understand that a short academic article or magazine is similar to a kind of book than to use the word "resource" which seems to encompass a lot of things besides publications, such as tools, datasets, interactives, maps, audiobooks etc.

Ops! Perhaps a viable option would actually be "publications" rather than books or resources!

Sam Shelton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1295814#Comment_1295814

Ops! Perhaps a viable option would actually be "publications" rather than books or resources!

I like that idea! [Y]

Yasmin Stephen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1295851#Comment_1295851

Ops! Perhaps a viable option would actually be "publications" rather than books or resources!

I like that idea!

When I hear "publications", newspapers and magazines come to mind. I liked 'resources' but I can live (grudgingly) with 'books'.

EastTN

The switch of terminology from resources to books. I could tolerate "your library" but it grates on my sense of precision to call interactives, journals, magazine as "books"

I agree on interactives, video, photo archives and such. But personally, I find "books" a more natural term than "resources" for things that could have been printed on paper and bound.

Sam Shelton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1295863#Comment_1295863

I am OK with most any logical term, including ‘books’ - but I know that we all see things from our own perspective. I remember when our High School library became the “Media Center” and when the library at the first College I attended became the “Learning Resource Center.” These changes were made to show that printed items were not the only resources available to aid in learning. I see Logos, in a very real way, as an extension of the same idea.