Verbum 8
What became of "Excerpts from your library" on home screen; and why instead, so many ads for prepublications?
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Excerpts have been removed. But Faithlife may bring them back
Dave
===Windows 11 & Android 13
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Dave Hooton said:
Excerpts have been removed. But Faithlife may bring them back
i am puzzled as to why they chose to remove so many things that were useful in 7
WIN 11 i7 9750H, RTX 2060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD | iPad Air 3
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David Wanat said:
i am puzzled as to why they chose to remove so many things that were useful in 7
I don't think they did. I think your question is better asked as "why are so many useful features of L7 not yet converted to L8 on release?" I think this for example because the dataset behind the excerpts has not been removed.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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You may be right...hopefully...wondering if while "Now" gives us an early view,, if we are not paying to be beta testers.
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Douglas Woelke said:
if we are not paying to be beta testers.
No, those of us who are beta testers can assured you that you're not paying to be beta testers ... and we're not paid to be beta testers, just have a masochistic streak.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:David Wanat said:
i am puzzled as to why they chose to remove so many things that were useful in 7
I don't think they did. I think your question is better asked as "why are so many useful features of L7 not yet converted to L8 on release?" I think this for example because the dataset behind the excerpts has not been removed.
We can interpret missing features in many ways. Here's the official wording "Resource excerpts: There are no longer resource excerpts on the Home Page. We’re exploring ways to show selections from resources in the future." Which hints that the Excerpts database may not be used!
Dave
===Windows 11 & Android 13
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I do hope this will come back. This is how I would find my next book to read/explore in my library. if I had known it wouldn’t be in Logos 8, I don’t think I would have upgraded from 7. Hopefully it comes back soon.
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Natasha Lampe said:
I do hope this will come back. This is how I would find my next book to read/explore in my library. if I had known it wouldn’t be in Logos 8, I don’t think I would have upgraded from 7. Hopefully it comes back soon.
If you are looking for a way to find random books to read, you might try entering the command fsd in the Go box at the top of the main window.
Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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I did not know this! Thank you! I will try later.
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MJ. Smith said:David Wanat said:
i am puzzled as to why they chose to remove so many things that were useful in 7
I don't think they did. I think your question is better asked as "why are so many useful features of L7 not yet converted to L8 on release?" I think this for example because the dataset behind the excerpts has not been removed.
so, you mean that what we had in 7 just wasn’t updated yet?
WIN 11 i7 9750H, RTX 2060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD | iPad Air 3
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David Wanat said:
so, you mean that what we had in 7 just wasn’t updated yet?
We won't get the UI back! Otherwise, I refer you to https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019175372 and words like "We’re not sure if we’ll bring this back or not."
Dave
===Windows 11 & Android 13
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Natasha Lampe said:
I do hope this will come back. This is how I would find my next book to read/explore in my library. if I had known it wouldn’t be in Logos 8, I don’t think I would have upgraded from 7. Hopefully it comes back soon.
If you are looking for a way to find random books to read, you might try entering the command fsd in the Go box at the top of the main window.
Command fsd can be used in a collection, which can be dragged to become a shortcut (so can randomly open a resource in a collection)
Screen shot shows collection list that begins with Bible in my library.
Keep Smiling [:)]
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Dave Hooton said:
Excerpts have been removed. But Faithlife may bring them back
Loved the excerpts. So many wonderful books in my library are buried and unknown.
I also very much miss the "what's new" feature that showed me what changed when there was an update.
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I agree! I loved the Excerpts and the What's New.
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