Bug: Please fix the "Sort by Recent" on Verbum/Android

Antonius

Dear Logos:

I have a Nexus 7, running latest versions of Android and Verbum.
The "Sort by Recent" is only partially working, for example here is how it is sorting my resources:
1 hour, 4 days, 3 days, 6 days, 3 days, 6 days,1 day, 3 days, 5 Mar, 3 days, 4 Mar, 9 mar, 5 Mar, 3 Mar, ...Dec 2013, 7 days, ... Oct 2013, 21 Feb, Sep 2013, Dec 2013

Also the volumes never accessed should sort to the bottom. The are currently mixed in with titles (6+ months since last access).  Also a default secondary sort criteria could be the resource "Title".  This is for cases when  multiple resources have the same last access date.

It would be very helpful if you (Logos) would fix this.   Thank you.

Drew Hannay

Dear Logos:

I have a Nexus 7, running latest versions of Android and Verbum.
The "Sort by Recent" is only partially working, for example here is how it is sorting my resources:
1 hour, 4 days, 3 days, 6 days, 3 days, 6 days,1 day, 3 days, 5 Mar, 3 days, 4 Mar, 9 mar, 5 Mar, 3 Mar, ...Dec 2013, 7 days, ... Oct 2013, 21 Feb, Sep 2013, Dec 2013

Also the volumes never accessed should sort to the bottom. The are currently mixed in with titles (6+ months since last access).  Also a default secondary sort criteria could be the resource "Title".  This is for cases when  multiple resources have the same last access date.

It would be very helpful if you (Logos) would fix this.   Thank you.

Hi Antonius,

I think the "Sort by Recent" feature is actually working correctly, but I understand your confusion. Let me try to explain...

There are two different pieces of data at work here. Let's ignore the dates/times in circles for a moment. The library is sorted according to the most recently used resources in the app you're using. This means if you're using, say, the Verbum app and the Vyrso app on your Android device and the Verbum app on an iOS device, and you open a resource (the LEB, for example) in Verbum for Android, then the LEB will move to the top of the "Sort by Recent" list in Verbum for Android and Verbum for iOS but not in Vyrso for Android.

The second piece of data is the date/time values you're seeing inside the circle graphs. These graphs show the progress you've made reading through a resource and the last date/time you read that resource on any platform. This means that if you read the LEB in Vyrso for Android, the date in the circle will update in ALL apps (including Verbum for Android), but the LEB will only move to the top of the list in Vyrso for Android/iOS.

We realize this is confusing and we may come up with a better solution in the future, but for the moment, this is the way things work. One advantage of this system is that it allows you to maintain separate "most recent" lists in each app you use.

Please let me know if there's anything in my explanation that doesn't make sense.