When will Vyrso become a real ebook reader like ibooks or kindle

Dennis Miller · November 2013

The idea of a reader app apart from logos was a great idea the only problem is that it is obviously just a cut and paste of the logos apps functionality instead of a truly functional eBook reader app. It has been around for sometime now and been updated a few times and we still have no bookmark function or efficient smooth paging or navigation as found in other eBook reader apps. I would rather be able to use these resources in my app of choice than have to use such a poorly designed one. Please mature Vyrso and make it more user friendly and eBook functional.

DMB · November 2013

OK, Dennis, no offense. But please list the host of features missing and and the associated eReader. So far we have bookmarks (which are a pain in Kindle) and turning the page.

I assume there must be many more?

Before you get your dander up, I don't have Vyrso, and just downloaded it so I could read my new Billy Graham Devotional (I also use iOS Logos but not for devotionals; that's a Vyrso specialty, since Dr Graham is not good enough for Logos.com).

1. I guess there might be some bookmarks somewhere? Maybe bookmarks are banned ... you shouldn't be jumping around your Vyrso book! Logos thinks like that.

2. I went to the library to get my Billy Graham Devotional. It was right there at the top. Yahoo. Unfortunately I didn't pick it immediately, and by the time I decided a devotional was in order, it was nowhere to be found. I typed in 'devotional' 'Billy' 'Graham' along with 'Hills'. Those North Carolina hills were long gone.

3. Instead I had this 'indexing' bar (which I've not seen on my iOS version of Logos). In any event, everytime I tried another idea to speed my way to a devotional with Dr Graham, 'indexing' was in the way. I'm not sure what was indexing; I had yet to successfully locate a book. I had successfully opened one of the NT greek papyri. That wasn't exactly progress.

Eventually I switched over to the iOS Logos (which has same books; all 3,200 of them in my case) and sat down among the lilting smoke of the hills.

I didn't delete Vyrso yet; I'm sure there's a way to find Dr Graham.

DMB · November 2013

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/542979#Comment_542979

Ok. After waiting awhile for the smoke to clear, I tried Vyrso again. This time, indeed, Dr Graham was at the top and I quickly selected him before he could disappear. Downloaded him!

Then I watched to see what would happen next. Not much. The 'busy' thing was spinning wildly at the top and the library showed 2 screens of books from my library. If I wanted one of those books, I was definitely good to go.

In any event, enough of Vyrso; all I wanted was a separate screen for the devotional. I've no idea what the idea of Vyrso was. It does look like a chop of the iOS Logos version since you can read 2 Vyrso books at the same time (a definite requirement for Vyrso afficionados).