I'm still new to Logos and still learning my way around, but I have to say it is awesome. I haven't been this excited about something in a long while. And the Nexus 7 is a near perfect device to pair it with.
I detailed an earlier problem with download in the Offline Bibles? topic. After uninstalling, wiping the related directories from the SD card, I was able to get most of the stuff installed I wanted to. There were still one or two that I tried to download, that were listed as Public Domain, that would not download. The one I noted was "Apocrypha of the Old Testament". I'm still not sure why the problem occurred.
Another note on that: after uninstalling & wiping sd card, upon installing Logos it started downloading some of the resources I was able to select on the initial install. There must be something there somewhere that remembers the installed set. The app was unusable until it completed downloading.
ISSUES
- Generally downloading anything causes the app to be extremely slow and unusable. I would think that downloads should happen in another service instead of the main app and then send an update notification to the library on completion to tell it to update.
- I can't find a way out of the built-in store, other than pressing back dozens of times or killing the app and relaunching it.
- When launching, the login screen is displayed a second or so, but it is never needed and never accessible: you can't click on anything. That was confusing the first couple times. I would suggest it load directly to the main app, unless it can't login.
- On several occasions, it has forgotten it's place upon reopening (usually after a crash or after shutting down the Nexus 7). It would be nice if it stored the current book(s) and locations within the books immediately after navigating to a new location so that it can always restart at the same spot.
SUGGESTIONS
- Add Quick Picks (priority books). Eg. At the top of each pane next to the resource/book title, have a little down arrow that the user can press to drop down a list of priority or favorite books. The top pane could list of bibles/devotionals. The bottom pane could list commentaries. The lists could be a vertical list of 3-5 titles or a horizontal list of 3-5 icons with abbrev titles. This will make it easy to browse several commentaries when reading or quickly switch bible translations in church/class to follow the pastor/instructor in their translation.
- Echo the desktop app design, by having Home/Library/Search tabs. I would never have found devotions if I hadn't stumbled upon a post on the forum here. (Same with History). I'd love a version of the home page that contained news, devotions, reading plans, proclaim presentations, etc. Much more intuitive than having devotions on the search tab.
- Move Store access to the Library tab instead of in Settings.
- Move History access to the main reading page on the flick down menu near favorites. When using Logos in church/class I find there is often a main passage and several references, so I'm switching back and forth. History would be more useful if it is more easily and quickly accessible.
I love these apps, the mobile and the desktop and I look forward to spending a lot of time in them. Thanks for an awesome resource.
