complaint about interlinear in the new software interface

I am most unhappy with design decisions that you have made in this new implementation of your software. In particular, I am upset about the interlinear function. In the legacy version, the interlinear function was invoked with ONE click, and turned off with ONE click. In this new implementation, it can take up to four clicks: "more" (if "view" is not on the menu bar) > "view" > interlinear > "on".

This was an insensitive, "bonehead", idiotic design decision. I have a PhD in computer science, and 45 years of experience in the field. I would fire a person who made such a decision. The goal is to make work easier to do, not harder. Whoever made the decision to design it this way was not a serious user of the software. The designer did not understand the consequences of his/her decision on this matter. (I would suspect that this person thought that this was an infrequent setting. Much like a rearview mirror which is set once, and then forgotten about until it gets out of adjustment. Unlike a rearview mirror, I frequently turn the interlinear on and then off.

I recommend: 1) that you develop a hotkey that instantly turns interlinear on, and again it turns it off from within the Bible itself, without interaction with the menu bar. 2) that you allow users to choose between your "legacy" interface and this new interface.

Prior to receiving this new subscription, I was a very enthusiastic user and supporter of Logos. This single event has soured me so much that I am no longer a vocal proponent of Logos.

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Graham Criddle

I recommend: 1) that you develop a hotkey that instantly turns interlinear on, and again it turns it off from within the Bible itself, without interaction with the menu bar.

Hotkeys are defined.

From the helpfile:

For Mac:

Shift+Cmd+R – Show/Hide Interlinear Pane

Cmd+I – Toggle Inline Reverse Interlinear on or off

For Windows:

Shift+Cmd+R – Show/Hide Interlinear Pane

Ctrl+I – Toggle Inline Reverse Interlinear on or off

John

@James Jones Your reaction to the new toolbar is what many other Logos users had expressed while the changes were being made. If you search the forum you will find very long discussions that took place while it was being created.

Many hated the changes and wanted an option to continue using the old one. Logos decided not to give such an option.

The only way to have the previous experience with Logos is to install an older version of the software which predates the AI and interface changes. This is not officially supported, but it can be done by someone with better than average computer skills by following instructions in the wiki pages.

Aaron Hamilton

In addition to the hotkeys that were developed to address this very issue, it is also possible to use shift+click to toggle Interlinear on and off without having to use the dropdown menu.