iPad App Wishlist
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David McCulloch said:
Ability to scroll text, not simply turn a
page. If this is not possible, at least let users align the page to any
starting point.alabama24 said:One reason is that when you are highlighting, sometimes the text spans two pages. Scrolling would allow you to position the text appropriately. This is the only reason I would want this feature. A "half page turn" would work for me just as well (or better)
Unless I am missing something, i think i can help both of you. you can use two fingers to adjust the text up or down, line by line. I have used this to allow me to highlight a section that spanned two pages---I placed two fingers on the text, and moved them "up" until the full section was on the same page. I also do this for starting a subheading or chapter at the top of the page, etc. Works really nicely. Used to bug the heck out of me when I would input a scripture reference and it would appear mid way through the screen, rather than at the top. Now I can just move it to where I want it.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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Hi Dan
Just worth mentioning that David and Alabama posted before the two-finger scrolling was available.
So I expect it is a non-issue for them now
Graham
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Graham Criddle said:
Hi Dan
Just worth mentioning that David and Alabama posted before the two-finger scrolling was available.
So I expect it is a non-issue for them now
Graham
let's hope it is! thanks, Graham.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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Stave Marquez said:
Highlighting the way iBooks does it is extremely efficient and easy to use.
I haven't used iBooks, but I have Kindle. I would like to see a button that is "quick highlight" or something, that uses either the currently used style (whether yellow, underlined, or whatever) OR a default style that only changes when the default is changed. With a "quick highlight, we select text, click "highlight" and that is it. No more having a second screen to navigate and select "done." There are times when I don't want multiple choices, and i DO want to conserve clicks, and for that, "quick highlight" would be terrific.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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Dan DeVilder said:
There are times when I don't want multiple choices, and i DO want to conserve clicks, and for that, "quick highlight" would be terrific.
I can understand that desire… I think it would be a bit more challenging to implement within Logos. Highlighting is much more complicated within Logos than in Kindle… and there is a much greater potential for VERY large note files. Generally speaking, smaller note files work much better in Logos. If people could set up highlighting as you suggest, I think most probably would… and that would be a bad thing. ALL highlights from ALL resources going into ONE note file would be very bad. I do have a potential solution… but I am often ridiculed when I make it… [:P]
The solution would be for Logos to create resource specific note files for each resource. This is actually what I do now. The hassle is that file management becomes a challenge. My solution is to have these note files behind the scenes until needed. If this system were established, you could have a setting (perhaps by default), which would allow your highlights to automatically go into these files. This would help keep file sizes small, and would simplify highlights for most users. NOTE: I don't want the current system eliminated… there are great advantages to it, but for most users most of the time, I think my system would be preferable. Perhaps you could add a "quick highlighting" setting which would eliminate moving into the pallets. There could be 5-6 colors… This would need to be optional and turned off by default… otherwise users would not gain advantage of the great pallet features.
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I was reading through something recently with Latin in the text (and I often look at the Vulgate). I would love to have the ability to set up keylinks (like was possible in the Old Logos) between certain resources to autosearch for references to phrases/words in a specific set. This could be tied to the "lookup" function that works well between Greek texts and BDAG, for example. It would also be great to expand the lookup feature in general since the language of the text is usually tagged (or at least it is in the desktop version), tying the Spanish to Spanish resources, Latin to Latin, etc.
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It would also be great to be able to make a list (like favorites) for my favorite commentaries that do not have to be saved to open to a specific page. The favorites tool would be great for this except that it only allows me to open a resource to the page that it was on when I added the book to my favorites. What I would like, is to be able to glance at a list of commentaries that I have prioritized, and choose one, and have it open in the second window to the passage that I am looking at in the first window. I can dink around with this now in the library tab, but I have to scroll through all commentaries, instead of just having a list of my favorite ones.
David has a great idea about the Bible's pagination for memory purposes. I agree it would be great if Logos could do this and set the pagination to standard print Bible models (ESV personal size etc.) so that our electronic devices would match our print Bible's pagination, but it seems like this would be a ton of work on Logos' side.
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Liam Walsh said:
What I would like, is to be able to glance at a list of commentaries that I have prioritized,
you can rate your commentaries ("star") and then "sort by rating" which will show your top rated commentaries for that book (say, "Hebrews"). The ones you have not rated, or rated poorly will show toward the bottom.
Liam Walsh said:choose one, and have it open in the second window to the passage that I am looking at in the first window.
if your bible and commentary panels are linked and synced, then opening a new starred commentary will result in it opening to the passage you are studying (sometimes this is a little quirky, but essentially should behave properly)
EDIT: you link and sync your panels by pressing the little half circle that appears at the bottom or the right of the screen, depending on how you are holding your ipad.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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alabama24 said:
I can understand that desire… I think it would be a bit more challenging to implement within Logos. Highlighting is much more complicated within Logos than in Kindle… and there is a much greater potential for VERY large note files. Generally speaking, smaller note files work much better in Logos. If people could set up highlighting as you suggest, I think most probably would… and that would be a bad thing. ALL highlights from ALL resources going into ONE note file would be very bad. I do have a potential solution… but I am often ridiculed when I make it…
The solution would be for Logos to create resource specific note files for each resource. This is actually what I do now. The hassle is that file management becomes a challenge. My solution is to have these note files behind the scenes until needed. If this system were established, you could have a setting (perhaps by default), which would allow your highlights to automatically go into these files. This would help keep file sizes small, and would simplify highlights for most users. NOTE: I don't want the current system eliminated… there are great advantages to it, but for most users most of the time, I think my system would be preferable. Perhaps you could add a "quick highlighting" setting which would eliminate moving into the pallets. There could be 5-6 colors… This would need to be optional and turned off by default… otherwise users would not gain advantage of the great pallet features.
'bama, i don't quite get this. I am not sure why adding a "button" to the list of options (paste/cut/copy/search/highlight/whatever) that allows the selected text to be immediately highlighted by pressing a specific button would be a problem. do you follow my train of thought on this reply? peace, bro. [:)] i don't even want a list of 5-6 colors, just a button that highlights "yellow" or whatever the last used highlight from the pallet was. I am not sure how a quick highlight button relates to file management (although I have noticed that being an issue when initiating notes from ipad). Thanks for weighing in, J. Eager for your reply.
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Dan- Every highlight creates a note somewhere. The current system, which is certainly more complicated than the simple Kindle system, provides you the opportunity to direct each highlight note into the correct note file. A system like Kindle would completely bypass the file management system. This would necessarily create VERY large note files for those who highlight frequently. By the way, those who want the simple system you suggest are often the people who highlight the most! I'm not opposed to the simplicity (which I rather like), but I see the hazards it presents. My suggestion above is for Logos to create resource specific note files for EVERY resource (which I do manually). Until this is done, a "simple" highlighting system would be unwise. [I'm from the school of though that Logos should not create any "feature" which could be detrimental to the end user. I think waiting 30 seconds for a highlight to show up is unexceptable... I can't imagine what would happen if ALL my highlight files were merged... Actually, I can. In early beta testing, my app crashed every minute. To solve the problem, I separated my highlight note file into resource specific note files... It took more than 12 hours. My note files have at least tripled or quadrupled... My highlighting really took off one I got it working on the IPad. ]
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This is a brilliant one! I too also use 'visual' memory! [:D]
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Dan DeVilder said:
Unless I am missing something, i think i can help both of you. you can use two fingers to adjust the text up or down, line by line.
Thanks for that tip, Dan. I am a long term user of Logos (back to 1.X). I've been using the iPad app since it was released and one thing that disappointed me was the lack of scroll. I take my iPad into the pulpit to preach. In fact I use a competitor's app at the moment because it allows me to scroll (it gives me the option to choose scroll or swipe). Scrolling is much better for me because it allows me to keep track of the passage I am handling. I don't think the Logos iPad app does this as well as the other app I use, but it's a start. It would be better to have an option to set a user preference to scroll or to swipe.
There are two things which disappoint me with the app: [1] the inability to create custom highlights (I have to create them on my PC and then sync them with my iPad); [2] the inability to backup the books I have downloaded from my library when I sync my iPad with my PC. If you keep your iOS version up to date and have some of your library downloaded you will find that under certain conditions you loose the books you have downloaded and you have to download them again.
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I'd like to out the Read Aloud functionality, as well.
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Hi Andrew - and welcome to the forums
AndrewG said:[2] the inability to backup the books I have downloaded from my library when I sync my iPad with my PC
The app used to backup to iTunes but this was changed in 2.1.6.
There is a discussion of this - and differing views about it - at http://community.logos.com/forums/t/53104.aspx
AndrewG said:If you keep your iOS version up to date and have some of your library downloaded you will find that under certain conditions you loose the books you have downloaded and you have to download them again.
Can you expand on the situations where you lose downloaded books?
Graham
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Ram Teodosio said:
I'd like to out the Read Aloud functionality, as well.
Kevin - from Logos - has advised that this is coming - http://community.logos.com/forums/p/57418/411047.aspx#411047
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Graham Criddle said:
Hi Andrew - and welcome to the forums
AndrewG said:[2] the inability to backup the books I have downloaded from my library when I sync my iPad with my PC
The app used to backup to iTunes but this was changed in 2.1.6.
There is a discussion of this - and differing views about it - at http://community.logos.com/forums/t/53104.aspx
AndrewG said:If you keep your iOS version up to date and have some of your library downloaded you will find that under certain conditions you loose the books you have downloaded and you have to download them again.
Can you expand on the situations where you lose downloaded books?
Graham
Thanks for that, Graham. I suspect that some of my issues may coincide with removal of the feature from the app. However, I agree with Andrew McKenzie in the post you mentioned. No matter how others organise their use of their own Logos library having the ability to backup whatever portion of your library you have downloaded is an advantage for those want the option. I have downloaded those books in my library that will be of benefit to me when I use my iPad for studying. This then frees me from depending on a WiFi network when I am away from home
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