I think that it is unfortunate that even non-customers who HAPPEN to own an iPhone have better access (FREE ACCESS!!!!) to Logos library material than PAYING CUSTOMERS who just do NOT happen to own an iPhone.
Biblia.com is coming... read latest post on logos blog.
What's sad about that? You got what you paid for, right? Plus you get access to library.logos.com for no added fee--and it will be enhanced in the future. Why begrudge the iPhone owners?
No, we haven't go what we paid for. Not until the promised features still absent have been included.
I'd rather have a plain text library.logos.com as it is right now, because rich-interface biblia.com is already there.
For a non-iPhone mobile device library.logos.com is enough for reading. Developing a full-featured application for each platform would take forever for Logos, I guess.
Hmm... I always thought we paid just for the resources. Logos engine for any platform is free. I have my resources on Windows PC and on iPhone. I do not have them on MAC Book because I do not own one. Looks clear to me. Regarding the features, any new feature we get is nice but it is not that Logos is producing them because we paid for them.
The problem with that argument is that, if true, LOGOS is under no obligation to produce or provide any kind of reader. They will continue to give us what we pay for, books; but, since we do not pay for a reader, they are under no obligation to provide one or to improve on the one they have. We may not pay for the reader through an invoice, but don't believe that the reader is free - it is paid for with the cost of the books we purchase.
Of course that means that those of us who purchase a great many books pay more for the reader than the user who only buys a single book or two.
This thread is about iPhone/Mobile Web. Non-iPhone access was never promised (or paid for), but has been graciously given.
They will continue to give us what we pay for, books; but, since we do not pay for a reader, they are under no obligation to provide one or to improve on the one they have. We may not pay for the reader through an invoice, but don't believe that the reader is free - it is paid for with the cost of the books we purchase.
When I bought Libronix 3.0 Scholar Silver a few years back, Logos forgot to send me the free desktop to run it on. [;)]
When you order these cherries they are delivered in a box. I can claim you are only paying for the contents in the box. You can prove me wrong by asking I send you an empty box free of charge. (I'd refuse.) However, Logos really does allow people to download the basic search engine for free. They also really do provide online access to many books for free. That is the crux of the original poster's complaint. (I guess the OP would prefer nobody else be blessed for "free.") Matt 20:15The inconsistency comes with the idea Logos is short changing me because not all features are present before Logos releases another project they have been simultaneously working on. It is a little like a combat triage decision. My Navy corpsman son is trained to quickly survey the wounded Marines on the battlefield. If one soldier has catastrophic injuries that are likely to be fatal in the next few minutes, and the next soldier has serious (but treatable) wounds, guess which one he works on.
Now Logos is not making life & death judgment calls here. And I am not saying the finessing of Logos 4's features is a hopeless cause. But I would not hold back on the progress in the iPhone app, Biblia.com, Pre-Pubs or development of academic resources to wait on the completion of PBBs, Hebrew pronunciation add-in, or whatever. Also, I would not reassign all the wonderful people in the sales & service departments to join the Mac coders to "help" get that project finished quicker. (On second thought, they could guard the Mac machines at night.) http://blog.logos.com/mt-cgi/mt-search.cgi?search=robbery&IncludeBlogs=1&limit=20God outlines the building of a "house" in Psalm 127. It is a progressive development. You go from verse 1 to eventually reach verse 7. Just because we don't presently see the results in verse 7 does not mean God is not in the process of fulfilling it. We may be impatient with the timing but it does not mean it will not come to pass. Likewise, with the :house" of Logos.
interesting side note: Several versions say "They" will not be ashamed, several versions say "He" will not be ashamed. For the sake of my example it does not matter which rendering you feel is correct. But for personal application it certainly does make a difference. This may be worth your while to study in Logos.
