Logos for iOS 1.7.0 Release Notes

John Kight said:

Downloaded, Installed, and it crashes every single time...Haven't had it opened once...Sinking electronics

Yesterday my iPad started crashing on startup. I would estimate I have attempted to open it at least 100 time, and the loading after 20 seconds or so stops, and it comes out of Logos. I did a restart, and that didn't help.

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Robert Mullen said:

Am I missing something or did the "book history" bar at the bottom of the old reading view disappear?

Bar disappeared; was replaced by History drop-down list.  Tap and hold back arrow to display History that can be edited (also includes pages navigated to within Resource, a nice improvement over ribbon bar).  Looking forward to history fix for ?? bug -problem with history on new iPad app

Keep Smiling

That said, the improvements to the app are incredible! Thank you! From Sepia (YEA!!!) to the other settings adjustments, download speed, and more, it's a great update. Thank you!

In your article "New Reasons to Download the Free Logos App" I found under the chapter "Split Screen" a passage of 2. Samuel 7 in the  "The Lexham Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible" in a clear and fine exposition. In my iPad Logos 1.7 iApp I can't verify this: What have I to do to get this order?: Right to left orientation instead of left to right and a clear arrangement of Hebrew and English text. I am missing this arrangement in your other programs like "Lexham Greek English Interlinear" too. Many of these programs present a disorientated mix of Greek or Hebrew and English Words. Do I need a special accommodation and how can I get it?

Did we lose the ability to switch resources between panes with 1.7 update. If this feature is still available, how do you use it? It was tied to the resource history Icons.

Dave Dunkin Replied: Thu, Mar 3 2011 11:10 PM

To swap books in panes, tap the first pane. The active pane will appear normal and the inactive pane will be in shadow. In the recent resources view at the bottom of the screen, tap the book cover for the book that is in the inactive pane.

Jim

Robert,

I just purchased Nota Bene and was wondering if there is an easy way to add the Logos bibliography to Ibidem? Any help would be appreciated

Rod

Thanks Robert,

I am going to read as much as I can - need this for thesis, but am not looking forward to having to learn how to use the program[:P]

Rod

Chad said:

I agree.  The navigation I think is now worse in the update.  Often times I will go to a new book/chapter/verse.  For instance I go to John 10:16 but the top of the page shows Ezekiel 24:10 and it doesn't stick with the books I select. 

I agree. After a few days of use I like all the changes to reading view except navigation. I have experienced the same navigation uncertainty. I also just tried to navigate to a new verse by typing the reference into the verse box and it went nowhere. I went back and did the same (and double checked that it was a valid reference) again and it still didn't move to the new reference (and it was not already visible on the page.)

I have also tried to work with the history instead of the recent books bar that was removed and am finding it much less useful for my reading. I typically have a dozen or so books I am frequenting at any point in time and would use the recent book bar to quickly open them while reading. These books are often related so if I am in my bible and my daily reference has moved me to say Rev 18:3 I would want any book I open to move to this new spot. Right now when I open the history I can get the book open (but only after touch and hold as opposed to a simple touch) but I get the beginning of the previous day's reference instead of where it left off the previous day or a sync'd reference to the current parallel resource or desktop reading location. This is something I will often do a half dozen times in a reading session so slowing it down so substantially seriously degrades the usability for me.

I think on its own the navigation history is an enhancement and should stay. I also think that in at least the iPad form factor the recent books bar above the navigation tabs should come back. That was a very useful feature that I came to rely on heavily and its placement and function (a historically ordered recently used book list) are important to its usability.

Hi Chris

I was able to fix my issue with the portrait by uninstalling and reinstalling the app. That fixed my issue. Try it and see if it works for you

Thanks for the tip!  That did free up the app to rotate as I rotate my phone.  It didn't exactly solve my problem though as there seems to be no way to lock it in landscape mode.  I need this because I read in bed quite often and as you can imagine, without the ability to lock the rotation it's always facing the wrong direction.  It's not an issue for the iPad as I can lock that in either mode, but the iPhone can only be locked in portrait mode.

Logos, if you're listening I'm going to use every software company's least favorite word... REGRESSION.

JimT said:

I can select a new resource from a Search Result or even the new History, but the app stays on the current page of the current resource.

I've had this issue as well, can be quite annoying. I notice it when trying to open up to a reading plan - often the reading panel stays on whatever resource/location it had last rather than opening the new resource/location from my reading plan. The problem is not consistent, and I haven't yet figured out the pattern of when it will or will not happen.

I'll create a new thread reporting the bug.

JimT said:

Please, another request for the urgent return of the Recent-Books Ribbon. The loss of this on the iPad is a massive step backwards.

I have to agree. Was disappointed in this change.

Its not an acceptable replacement. For one, it more keys, and for another, the recent books are a mess and not sorted as how the Ribbon worked. I stand by my position that its a step backwards. Maybe if it sorted recent to the top, or alphabetical as a user-option it might help. Right now it seems random and unhelpful.

I might be the only one, but I would prefer to have a hybrid ribbon...user chooses what shows in the ribbon like the iPad dock at the bottom of the screen. The ribbon showed the most recently used resources, but that often (at least for me) is not representative of the most commonly used resources over the long haul so I would prefer the dock concept.

Yes. You can see you current version by click the more button along the bottom of the screen and the selecting About.

This build seems to be more stable than the previous one, and seems to be much faster as well.

By the way, is there a way for us to control the font size in the split screen?  What I want to achieve is to have a larger font for the main text, and smaller font for the commentaries.

I agree!! I loved the old history bar. It made life so easy to go from one version to another or to go to other resources. Please, Please, Please bring it back!

Rev. Kelly Todd said:

{the} Logos is listening to us

A truly profound theological statement [:D]

I'm not sure what you are talking about as the "old history bar".  If that was the ribbon thingy you got that you could scroll and select from, I hated it.  It reflected any book that had been opened and could not be edited.  I like the fact that in the history window, you can delete resources so you can have an easy way of switching between resources you are currently using, but can get rid of one when you are finished.  Such as a commentary for a particular book of the Bible, say, the Opening Up.  If the ribbon comes back, I'd like to be able to clear the whole thing and start over or just remove selected items from the list.