ISSUES
SUGGESTIONS
??? On initial installation, it might provide a better user experience to set the default scaling a little higher for smaller displays. On my tablet, 11.6" screen at 1920x1080, scaling to 120% is closer (but still a bit smaller) compared to 100% scaling on a 22" screen at 1920x1080. Of course, users can change it, but for new users it's a little nudge toward a better initial out of the box experience.
[:$] I wasn't aware of the Windows settings in "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display" that should be the preferred method for users to set the size of windows components. I withdraw the above suggestion. Logos should default to 100%.
--
??? I wonder if adding a setting that reduced the number of resources opened by Logos would allow for running on slower processors. IOW, allowing only one bible to be open at a time (by default) so that anytime the user opens a bible it opens in the previous window containing a bible if one is already opened. Same for commentaries, passage lists, searches, etc. A menu item could be added to the resource menu to open another window of the same type so that the user can explicitly override the setting on a case by case basis. An additional limitation might be to have a few canned layouts with no option for floating windows. In particular, I wonder if limiting the resources as above would work on the lower end (non-RT) tablets. This would be a definite limitation as far as workspace, but all the power would be there within those confines and on a cheaper tablet device. Definitely much more powerful than the iOS & Android setup. ???
I wonder if adding a setting that reduced the number of resources opened by Logos would allow for running on slower processors. IOW, allowing only one bible to be open at a time (by default) so that anytime the user opens a bible it opens in the previous window containing a bible if one is already opened. Same for commentaries, passage lists, searches, etc.
You can already do this with resources (Bible, Commentaries), just use left and right arrow keys to change resource
NO from me about any restriction, or limitations on usage and no to a case by case toggel
I wasn't aware of the Windows settings in "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display" that should be the preferred method for users to set the size of windows components. I withdraw the above suggestion. Logos should default to 100%.
The Control Panel >> Display setting might cause truncation of text in window headers. A better option (in the Display window) is to set a Custom Text Size (DPI) as this can be set to any value. But don't forget that "modern apps" are designed for touch at the standard setting, so it might be better to use/request similar options within Logos.
I wonder if adding a setting that reduced the number of resources opened by Logos would allow for running on slower processors.
If you mean a tablet running desktop Logos on the full Windows 8 OS on processors like Intel Atom with only 2 GB RAM, then I think the user, having made that choice, should manage their own layouts. A tablet with Core i5 processor & more memory should be quite capable, but not as fast as a PC running an i5 with a higher thermal output.
In particular, I wonder if limiting the resources as above would work on the lower end (non-RT) tablets.
If you included "higher end" tablets in the "slower processors" category above, it wasn't clear. The "lower end" would be the 2 GB Intel Atom tablets which you shouldn't consider anyway if running a library with more than 1000 resources because of indexing time and hard drive size!
Correct, I was referring to the possibility of desktop Logos on Atom based tablets. The suggestion was based on initial comments observed in the thread: http://community.logos.com/forums/t/65924.aspx. It's all purely speculative on my part, but it looks like it could be workable to some degree, if not now then on the next iteration or two of those tablets. If it is workable it would seem a highly desirable platform for Logos-a tablet in the price range of an iPad with the complete Logos experience. I imagine that it would be a great selling point.
The suggestion for limiting open resources (as a default setting only, not a fixed limitation) was aimed at making it easier for users to have a good experience out-of-the-box. Again, that's based on observations made by others in the thread above where they noted Logos was more responsive with fewer resources open. Many users wouldn't necessarily have the knowledge to recognize the need to actively manage resource usage (nor should they be required to) and it doesn't seem overly burdensome for Logos to add a setting to limit concurrent open resources of the same resource type.
Actually, it's not a bad suggestion for all tablets where, aside from memory/speed issues, there is less screen area for a large number windows/tabs that normally are not being referenced concurrently. I don't really need 10 commentaries open at once if I can quickly and easily switch between them. I can see myself working in this mode on my tablet where Logos helps manage my screen space for me by reusing windows.
I don't know. You have more experience with Logos and it's requirements than I do. I'm just speculating and throwing out ideas, trusting in people with more sense to weed out the bad ones.
The suggestion for limiting open resources (as a default setting only, not a fixed limitation) was aimed at making it easier for users to have a good experience out-of-the-box.
Out of the box, Logos does not have a default layout and allows you to populate panels/tabs within the tile options you might choose in Layouts. An option to re-use any panel would prevent a proliferation of open panels e.g. if you have 3 tiles with one re-usable panel in each, the next resource you open from the Command box or Library (or a Guide) will use one of those panels. As long as one panel is re-usable all new resources/guides/documents will open there.
The number of resources in Library limits one's choice of any tablet with a 64 GB drive (30 GB free). 128 GB is better (with 70-80 GB free) but a 180 - 256 GB drive is desirable. But I still wouldn't choose an Atom processor with 2 GB RAM unless Logos would allow me to load a subset of Library (a few hundred resources).
