Google Chromebooks & Logos
With the launch of Chromebooks (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-kind-of-computer-chromebook.html) to supplement tablet pc'ing, I am glad that Logos has gotten a jump on moving toward the cloud.
I hope that we will be seeing things like notes and highlighting and more on the Biblia.com along with even more contracts to get more of my books available on the web.
Thanks Logos for working to make my books even more valuable
Jacob Hantla
Pastor/Elder, Grace Bible Church
gbcaz.org
Comments
I am considering buying a Chromebook at the moment, and am trying to figure out if it is worth it, based on my usage of Logos. I am a Bible college student and heavily reliant of Logos. Biblia.com is great, but there are still some things that make me weary in regards to getting a Chromebook. How advanced do you think Biblia will be, or do you think that maybe there will be a Logos for Chrome app?
Biblia.com is the closest thing to a Chrome app we have planned. Biblia will continue evolving, but it will never reach the functionality of Logos 4. Biblia is designed to appeal to a more casual audience than Logos 4 is, and it's not really practical to implement a lot of those features in Biblia. That said, the best way to get us to implement a feature you want is to ask for it 
That said, the best way to get us to implement a feature you want is to ask for itMay we please have Passage Guides and Bible Word Studies in Biblia.com?
Thank you.
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That said, the best way to get us to implement a feature you want is to ask for itMay we please have Passage Guides and Bible Word Studies in Biblia.com?Thank you.
Yes please!
MacBook Pro (2019), ThinkPad E540
I agree with Mr. Black and Mr. Phillips; I would love Biblia to incorporate the Exegetical Guide and Word Study capabilities.
Oh, that would be wonderful!
See now? There's three very polite requests. :-)
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See now? There's three very polite requests. :-)
Please...
that makes 4.
Jacob Hantla
Pastor/Elder, Grace Bible Church
gbcaz.org
Personally, I'm in love with the concept of the Chromebook, and more importantly, the cloud. I must say though that I'm a little dissapointed by the statement that Biblia is not planned to reach the functionality of Logos 4. Yes, I recognize that there might be certain limitations to making the web app 100% identical to the software, but, frankly, if the app were suitable enough to replace my software on the computer, I'd be more inclined to switch to it. Why take up the hard drive space if you don't need to? Why confine your software to one machine if you could access it anywhere? It is not uncommon to find myself accessing 5 or more different computers on a daily basis, given my present situation as both a worker and a student. The cloud concept is making such a predicament not quite as difficult for me. Again, I'm not saying that you need to implement all the bells and whistles of the software, but I would appreciate it if Biblia offered most of them, or at least enough to make a nice alternative to the software itself.
Yes, Passage Guides and Bible Word Studies in Biblia.com would be wonderful.
Thanks
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Director of Zoeproject
www.zoeproject.com
I second this! I miss the Logos application on my old windows PC (that is all I miss from that beast), and I realize it may be a long time until we get the same functionality through Biblia, but I would love to see highlighting sync between Biblia on my chromebox and chromebook and my android devices.
I too am moving towards a Chromebook future. Computing should be more about productivity and less about spending time maintaining a bulky OS and keeping up with the latest version of large costly software applications. I want a computer that will allow me to quickly and easily perform the tasks I need without have to become an expert in the OS -- And my first computer was an XT compatible IBM clone back in 1987, so I've seen how OS's have grown and become overgrown.
So I hope the folks at Logos will continue to support and develop Biblia for online computing needs. It doesn't have to match Logos, but a little more functionality would be great. On my android app of Logos, I can get the lemma and grammatical tags from BHS and tagged greek texts. It would be wonderful to do that on Biblia as well. Biblia doesn't necessary need a full-featured grammatical search engine, but the ability to search on lemmas in original language texts would be wonderful.
Please keep improving Biblia. It's been on Beta with no changes for awhile now.
Thanks for providing a great product.
Dennis Toll
It would also be great if Logos would create a Chrome "packaged app". These apps are available offline and behave more like computer programs:
http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-new-apps-are-bad-for-microsoft-2013-5
Director of Zoeproject
www.zoeproject.com
I wonder why there is a Chrome app for Biblia but not one for Faithlife?
Director of Zoeproject
www.zoeproject.com
It would also be great if Logos would create a Chrome "packaged app". These apps are available offline and behave more like computer programs:
http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-new-apps-are-bad-for-microsoft-2013-5
Indeed! Just watched the 2013 I/O presentation...
FWiW I have found Biblia works great with my beta CR-48 Chrome notebook. Combined with Google Docs (or zoho or whatever) it is a great tool.
However since library.logos.com was further along, it's the only place you can currently get a study guide and I would opt for that at the moment if I'm away from my desktop L4.
Biblia will no doubt pass the former site way up but I have no idea when.