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Font size appears a little large.
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EDIT: I forgot to add the screenshot. Here it is.
The "Rebuild index" command seems to be broken for me on MacOS.
Thanks for reporting this, I've filed a case.
The font size is too big for the "Faithlife Websites" section of the desktop. It makes that section much more pronounced than the other left pane sections. Is this by design, just affecting my system, affecting all PC system, or just my eyes seeing it this way (it's possible)?
See my previous reply for screenshot.
Is this by design
It is advertising, so I assume it is "by design."
I am disappointed in decisions that are being made to 'upgrade' the software, like this new advertising-oriented feature in the side pane, especially when some of the more egregious UI bugs that have been reported, that are "on the list", seem to continue to get ignored. Why can't these be fixed, they can't be that difficult and it would improve the user experience significantly?
Things like (from the Mac side):
- the use of the command box leaves 'left overs' that require additional keystrokes to use again, a behavior different from elsewhere in the program;
- big gaps show up regularly in Logos/Verbum's Home Page display, the first thing many users see - a behavior very shoddy compared to other programs' displays and acknowledged as a problem;
- populating dropdown delays have been improved but are still a major problem in some areas. For example, typing a new scripture reference in the AYBC on the fastest Mac laptop that exists right now takes EIGHTEEN seconds to populate the dropdown to go to another book!
I am sure there are others, I know there are a lot of issues asking for attention, I just wish it wouldn't seem like user problems that get reported get ignored for months, even years (check the threads to see that is the case). Delays this long sends the message to users "We really aren't going to fix these...", right?
A concerted effort to clean up the UI even more would make Logos/Verbum a prize for people used to working with other software, and would be more favorably received IMHO than some of the choices of 'new features' we have seen. Make what's there work even better!!
Thanks for listening.
Is this by design It is advertising, so I assume it is "by design."
I hope that is not the primary reason. Why advertise (in this way) on the primary product, when the primary product is advertising in itself? It was fine with me, the size of the previous font, but this size stands out too much. I pretty much know how to get to each of the websites by url, so for now I turned it off from the program settings until it is changed to a smaller size. Somehow I recall this issue in the past, and it was reduced..
Thanks
I really did not mean for my reply concerning the left pane websites section to blow up this part of the forum post. I was just looking for acknowledgement that it had been seen/noted by Faithlife. My second, more vocal reply, with more specific questions, was due to the thoughts "Hmmm. Maybe my 1st reply wasn't seen. The reply after mine concerning indexing was acknowledged. I'll reply again with some specific questions and statements.".
This has been fixed in 7.15 Beta 4.
