As I contemplate the transition The first thing which comes to mind is the amount of customization I'd done on Libronix 3. I had toolbars I'd made for my own purpose that did all sorts of things like drop down lists of bibles, or grammars. Now I'm staring at a blank slate, with no idea if my old customizations will be possible or necessary. So it's time to dig in and look around without much ado concerning what I want to change, it's all about what's supposed to be there in a fresh install...
Somewhere in the midst of transitioning from 3 to 4 I'm going to have to learn the program from scratch this much is clear. This is NOT Libronix 3 - which is fine, but it's going to take a new mindset.
I'm running my first beta as a download (I'm waiting to install the DVD as I should on my main system) on a freshly installed Pentium 2.5 with 512 MB of RAM. It's a laptop with WINXPHome on it. I installed the OS, all the patches and then installed Libronix 3. Next came the upgrade version which almost immediately asked to install NET framework 3.5 Ok. I did that. Just a few very brief questions later and up came a large screen warning me that what comes next could take a VERY long time. True words.
It's a good thing I've read here about the long indexing process or I might have gone over the edge. As it was I got to that point and went away, from the office, from home to a friends and spent the next 8 hours oblivious to what was happening. Then I came home and went to bed determined not to look at my computer - my strategy worked. I walked into my office with a newspaper on my screen.
HUH?
I see a multicolumned layout newspaper type experience. Is Logos telling me that interacting with the
word of God is as relevant as this morning's newspaper? More so? I don't read the newspaper, I'm an internet era guy, so this is
a bit overwhelming even for me. After writing this and coming back to it, I realize it is categorized, and it does represent a
bold new way of representing blog posts from Logos, and excerpts from a few select books, (Why the BE commentaries only though?)
Certainly I don't mind the Wiersbe comentaries, I read them on occasion - but is it random that the wiersbe series is chosen or is
it by design? Oh, and then there's the unused "american minute" daily devotional too. Hrm, I wonder if I can change that...
Poking around some more I click a blog title and it opens in my web browser. Clicking on an article title of a book excerpt and
it opens in a new "tab" Suddenly my home page is gone and I'm staring at the contents of the book - it takes a few seconds to
realize that the (large) icon's running across the top have changed and the book icon is subtly highlighted.
I wonder what happens if I restart?
I closed the window and after waiting a few moments for the memory to flush I double clicked the new icon again. This time I was not asked to log in with credentials, they were apparently saved from the last time and a good 30 seconds or so ensued as I was logged back in.
I just discovered the Customize button on the bottom of the home page, Clicking it I attempt to customize some things. I discover that I can move around the three items on the top Choose prefered bible, Reading plan and lectionary. But since I don't use a lectionary I don't care about it. How can I disable it? I can't? Aw for crying out loud. I don't want it.
Play time is over, I have a sermon on the trinity coming up this Sunday and lots of work to do. Let's see what Logos 4 can do.
Action steps:
- Let me turn off the unused lectionary.
- Let me add non-logos RSS feeds, it could be fun.
