New Feature: Dynamic Resource Toolbar

After gathering feedback and brainstorming ways to enhance user experience, we’re confident that this update will make navigating your books much easier than before. Our primary goal was to make the toolbar more intuitive, ensuring that every feature is easily accessible and understandable. 

Here’s what you can expect from our revamped toolbar:

1. Simplicity at its Best: We’ve simplified the layout and removed any clutter, so you can focus on what matters most - reading your books efficiently.
2. Clear Visual Cues: Each button is carefully designed to represent its function, making it easier than ever to find the tool you need.
3. Streamlined Navigation: Say goodbye to endless menus and submenus! With our new toolbar, everything you need is just a click away.

We’re committed to continuously improving your experience with our app.

Thank you for asking for feedback! 

This might not be fair but my first thought was "Oh no... what have they done now?" I preferred the old selection menu to the new insights menu, and I prefer the old resource toolbar to the new one. I would have preferred to focus on better tab behavior, an often-requested feature, rather than changing something that wasn't broken.

Personally, I struggle to see how this makes "navigating your books much easier than before". Like the new insights selection menu on mobile, it just adds one layer of menus to get to what I need. I used to just click on the visual filter icon. Now I need to click on the "View" ribbon, then Visual filters? How is that saying "goodbye" to endless menus and submenus? I really don't understand the benefit... It seems like a major loss of efficiency. I am genuinely curious, if someone wants to explain where it actually is more efficient.

Second, you say "We’ve simplified the layout and removed any clutter, so you can focus on what matters most - reading your books efficiently." Screen real estate is a precious commodity. As I see it, rather than allowing us to focus on our resources, you have increased the amount of space the resource bar takes up - not just one place, but in every pane! (I know you can collapse it, but that defeats the purpose of making them accessible, and you have to manually do it each time?). This is probably my main complaint.

Third, you say, "Clear Visual Cues: Each button is carefully designed to represent its function, making it easier than ever to find the tool you need." I don't notice many differences in the icons, but I notice that each icon also has a label. This might appeal to the new user who has never used a particular button, but as soon as they have used it once they will know what it is, especially if each carefully designed. I'm happy they collapse to the icon when the pane is narrow, but still, the words are not visually appealing, especially as they show up on every pane, reminding me of how much space the new double-row resource menu is taking up.

I like the way the parallel resources copies the Mobile version. In general, I think the Mobile version has some much more intuitive aspects to it and I'm happy to see the Mobile version influencing the Desktop version. The rest of it I really don't like...

One way you could make it significantly better is to move "Contents" to the locator toolbar, similar to Mobile. This would minimize the amount of switching I would have to do between submenus.

Could you explain more please how you have managed it to show up like this?

Hi, 

I am a student at Liberty University and I love Logos. I would like to request a "quick action" button that takes you from the web base app.logos.com to your computer's Logos App and opens the book in your App, instead of the website. At this time, Liberty University links all their books in Logos to go to the website app.logos.com. From there, we had to manually open our computer app and look for the page. A "quick action" button to open the Logos App's book page would be nice. 

Thank you, 

Alex

I, for one, LOVE CHANGE and I'm particularly encouraged that time and effort is constantly being put into the web app to make it more usable and functional. Obviously you can't please all the people all the time but I think it's great. Well done!!

Pastor Paul

Pastor Paul LeBoutillier

Calvary Chapel Ontario​

I just logged on to use the web app for the first time in a while and am really impressed with the dynamic toolbar. It works well and has quick access to my most used features, but I especially like the "Insights" button for quick access to other relevant resources without having to search or have them up already. 

There are many books in Logos that have Greek or Hebrew words or phrases of text in them without a corresponding English translation next to it. I was reading a section of such a book and came across some greek text, not knowing Greek, I wanted to know what it translated to in English. I have also found not always do these words come up in an interlinear Bible.

I know I can copy and paste the word into the Go Box and set my search to Books and to Type Lexicons", but I thought surely there is an easier way to do this, especially if the idea is aimed at a novice or beginner user, and one who can't read Greek or Hebrew.

I tried Translate. Seems logical to me. Translate does not translate Greek or Hebrew, which seem odd, but what do I know.

A left click on the word opens a context menu that has no lemma info or lexicons available like the desktop app

I tried the Quick Actions on the Side Bar menu and selected Add a Dictionary but of course there is no choosing there so I can't pick a lexicon, only a dictionary opens.

What I would like is the web app or dynamic resource toolbar to have some easy way of accessing what I'm trying to accomplish here. My vote would be for the ability to left click  and access it in the context menu as it is in the desktop app if possible.

In the web app if you have a analytical lexicon of which there are a few, you can double click on the Greek word and then select lookup and it will open the analytical text to the appropriate place.

Oh Boy, I looked at everything but that[:$] Thanks John, I should have called you first[:D]

How do I easily navigate to the next search result in the search bar?

I hate this. I can't find page numbers and everything I took the time to learn is just not available any more? This is really frustrating and too time consuming for online grad students already pressed for time