Why I do(n't) use the Bibliography document - an appeal for votes on suggestions
In fact, I use bibliographies quite heavily with only two minor complaints - the printing of the note starting to the left of the resource it applies to and the absence of subheadings. However, while the bibliography functions works smoothly, many would like it capabilities expanded. There are duplicates and overlapping suggestions on FeedBear which I have attempted to minimize in this list.
- Paper Builder | Faithlife
- Create a bibliography from sermon document | Faithlife (planned)
- Generate bibliography from the library | Faithlife (I would consider this already done)
- Add copy, save as passage list, and save as bibliography to Factbook | Faithlife
- Include ISBN in the bibliography | Faithlife
- Add Note anchors to Bibliography | Faithlife
- Bibliography usage tool | Faithlife
- Guide | Faithlife (I would expand this request to cover many of the guide sections)
- Expand print library to include references outside Logos | Faithlife
- Export RIS Citations | Faithlife
- User defined additions to Bibliographies | Faithlife includes
- Add links to Bibliography | Faithlife
- Add a Research Workspace (similar to JSTOR) | Faithlife
- Save to Bibliography | Faithlife includes
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, not to be a smart Alec or to call you out, but what functions do you use? You have listed quite a few you don't use and the reasons for your non-use. I'm just curious as to what you do use and why.
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In this particular case (and a few others), I use parentheses to indicate that I do use them while keeping the title consistent. What do I use most heavily? The top dozen or so that come to mind are:
- Search
- Collections
- Passage Lists
- Notes
- Personal books
- individual guide sections
- context menu
- labels and tagging
- layouts
- linkage/multiview/parallel resources
- Factbook tags
- Reading lists
- Visual filters
- Compare pericopes
- Outlines
- Case frames and semantic roles
- Bible sense lexicon
The items that I am saddest don't meet my needs to the point I can't use them:
- workflows
- literary tagging - motifs, symbols, types, classical figures of speech (partially covered by Bullinger) ... modern linguistics is useful but not a replacement for tradition in this area
- sermons, personal letters, lectures, outlines and similar incomplete tagging that increases the work required to get complete coverage
- liturgical date
But what I am trying to do is to get users to think about how core features could be improved and to suggest or vote for such improvements. If Faithlife is returning to its core products, it is our chance to insist that core features be upgraded where necessary.
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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