You wanna know what's cool about the collections method?

There was a lot of hoopla surrounding the v4 method of collections vs the v3 method of dragging and dropping from one box to another.

Here is why it's cool.

I had made (for example) a collection of "Bible handbooks" and didn't "drag stuff to the "NO" pile" but did it with the limiting wording; you know: subject:bible-handbook, ANDNOT...etc...

Well, upon downloading the HUGE freebie book library yesterday...the new bible hand books that appeared...are already in my collection due to the fact that they match the criteria....no checking, dragging and dropping necessary.

Very cool...

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Bob Pritchett

At last! Someone sees the value!

[:D]

Bohuslav Wojnar

At last! Someone sees the value!

No! We do not just see it, we enjoy it and use it since the beginning of Beta. It is one of the best things you made in Logos 4, together with tagging and other tools helping to organize the Library. Great job. Thank you for that.

Jerry Bush

Are there any threads around here that describe this step-by-step?

Jerry

Bohuslav Wojnar

Are there any threads around here that describe this step-by-step?

Jerry

Yes, there is some very good information given mainly by Philip Spitzer and others.

James Brown

Well, upon downloading the HUGE freebie book library yesterday...the new bible hand books that appeared...are already in my collection due to the fact that they match the criteria....no checking, dragging and dropping necessary

I was noticing the same thing... I even went to my "Dictionary" collection to see if it was true... it was! LDLS3 days, I had to go and manually add the resource. If ya forget to add it, it is not there. With all the collection possibilities... new method is way cooler!

I have liked and will continue liking the new collection method. Thanks Logos!!!

Jim

Graham Owen

At last! Someone sees the value!

I think this is one of the features that will benefit from the user community once the new version is released and we start to use it rather than test it and we start thinking how do I do that rather than is this broken!

Personally I love this feature and the new tagging that underpins it.

TCBlack

and we start thinking how do I do that rather than is this broken!

It will require a bit of a mindset change I think.

Jon

I like the collections method... One potential difficulty is how to wrap your head around the different ways to organise your resources.

Collections help by grouping books so you can search within chunks of your library.

Prioritising resources controls which resources come on right click menus, (and what else?)

Do My Tag and Rating do anything besides giving you different ordering in Library? Ie are they just to help with organising things when you're 'browsing' your library or can you also use them in searching? How have people been using them?

A neat summary "How to organise your resources" would be useful when L4 goes public, and/or a useful addition to the help file!