SUGG: Change presentation of Commentaries in PG

Damian McGrath
Damian McGrath Member Posts: 3,051 ✭✭✭
edited November 20 in English Forum

Currently, I can't tell which commentaries are which in the Passage Guide....

 

Could you please use either our Abbreviated Titles or provide us with a hover of the resource information as in the Library:

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  • Jacob Hantla
    Jacob Hantla MVP Posts: 3,871

    Great Suggestion! One of the best I've read all day. This is a very much needed suggestion. I've been annoyed by this, and both of these suggestions are perfect!

    Jacob Hantla
    Pastor/Elder, Grace Bible Church
    gbcaz.org

  • Robert
    Robert Member Posts: 196 ✭✭

    More clear titles would be a very welcome change. I have multiple commentaries show up as simply "A Commentary on ..." etc. On my netbook it takes a while to open the commentary when I click, so it would be great to not have to just guess and check until I find the desired commentary.

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  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978

    Could you please use either our Abbreviated Titles or provide us with a hover of the resource information as in the Library:

    A fix is available. [y]

    1. Open your Library
    2. Select a book
    3. Select the tiny pencil to edit the title (not just the short name).

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    4. Edit the title as you wish.  See in the example I've added ICC:



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    5. Note that the passage guide now shows your modified title.  [:D]

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    Now if only we could mass edit the titles!

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • Todd Phillips
    Todd Phillips Member Posts: 6,736 ✭✭✭

    Now if only we could mass edit the titles!

    Yeah, I thought about that, but I can't envision how it would be done. Search and Replace?  Regular Expressions?  [:O]

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  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978

    Regular Expressions?  Surprise

    Hmm, well I could do that - but admittedly very few can.

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • Timothy Lovegrove
    Timothy Lovegrove Member Posts: 100 ✭✭

    This is a very good suggestion. The work-around is nice to know for those willing to put in all the time, but I think the initial suggestion is an excellent one.

  • Damian McGrath
    Damian McGrath Member Posts: 3,051 ✭✭✭

    A fix is available.

    Thomas, that's NOT a fix. That's a work around. I don't have the time (OK the inclination) to modify all the titles as well as the abbreviated ones.

    Now if only we could mass edit the titles!

    Yes. I've thought that numerous times.

  • Nigel Cunningham
    Nigel Cunningham Member Posts: 181 ✭✭

    Great thread. I forgot it by the time I wrote that other post about tab titles, but before I got focussed on the tab titles, I was thinking of this list too.

  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978

    A fix is available.

    Thomas, that's NOT a fix. That's a work around. I don't have the time (OK the inclination) to modify all the titles as well as the abbreviated ones.

    Point taken. 

    Since the system recognizes NAC and WBC and NICOT for instance, it should be easy from the programmers side to inject whatever variable that is into the passage guide.  (note that I say easy as a non-programmer, and thus truly clueless as to it's ease or lack thereof.)

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • Ted Hans
    Ted Hans MVP Posts: 3,170

    Great Suggestion! One of the best I've read all day. This is a very much needed suggestion. I've been annoyed by this, and both of these suggestions are perfect!


    Well said Jacob, i will allow you to do the speaking for me.

    Ted.

     

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  • Simon’s Brother
    Simon’s Brother Member Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭

    Could you please use either our Abbreviated Titles or provide us with a hover of the resource information as in the Library:

    A fix is available. Yes

    1. Open your Library
    2. Select a book
    3. Select the tiny pencil to edit the title (not just the short name).

      image







    4. Edit the title as you wish.  See in the example I've added ICC:



      image


    5. Note that the passage guide now shows your modified title.  Big Smile

      image

     

     

     

    Now if only we could mass edit the titles!


     

    This is one instance where I disagree with you Thomas.  It's not the soution just a workaround.  I hoping the great download of meta data will fix these sort of things...

  • Jacob Hantla
    Jacob Hantla MVP Posts: 3,871

    Thanks, Thomas. I wasn't aware that that would fix this. I appreciate it. I'll get to work on my favorite commentaries doing some renames. I'm glad you hang around here.

    Jacob Hantla
    Pastor/Elder, Grace Bible Church
    gbcaz.org

  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978

    This is one instance where I disagree with you Thomas. 
    Only one?  clearly I have to work harder. 

    I'm convinced though Andrew, that this information should just be there by default without needing all of our tagging to fix it.

     

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you.