Let me start by saying I know absolutely nothing about running a business, or being an entrepreneur.
I know that Faithlife does far more than simply develop Logos, and there are many other facets to the business that Bob has to run on a daily basis.
I am sympathetic about how difficult it is to do one thing well. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to start new endeavors (such as the Mobile Ed offering for churches), and try to keep everything else running smoothly.
But I wonder if all the unresolved issues are tiny cracks that will eventually lead to some failure in the business, because no one has the time to address these (lower-priority) outstanding problems, due to the ongoing number of currently active issues that people currently have to address.
For example, here are a few specific concerns that I see taking place, with no resolution in sight.
Ideally, if there could be some sort of check in place that warns when if a product being pulled from the store (or from a base package) if Mobile Ed requires it, that would head off 1/2 the problems on the list.
Resolving some of these issues would not only improve the quality of your products, it would also benefit the satisfaction of your customers (and lead to more word-of-mouth recommendations).
I am thankful for FL/Logos, for many reasons, including supplying us a forum where we can report issues. Perhaps all I really need is to know that someone has seen and logged an issue for another department to follow up, instead of left wondering if it ever will be addressed.
Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!
PetahChristian: The time for a customer to discover that a collection (such as WBC) isn't dynamically priced, should be before they purchase a volume from the collection.
What a simple, yet profound idea! A banner somewhere on relevant product pages that says, "Please note, purchasing xyz package in the future, to which this product belongs, will not qualify or a dynamic discount" would not only give a fair warning to customers, but might also help generate more sales for FL as people are motivated to just go ahead and bite the bullet an purchase the whole bundle.
Excellent idea!
Myke Harbuck Lead Pastor, www.ByronCity.Church Adjunct Professor, Georgia Military College
Petah, your title is appropriate! Customer, singular.
I suspect Logos might be working on my satisfaction, not yours ... I didn't see a single item I need on your list.
Now, granted, regarding my own list, Logos isn't making any headway either.
I wonder exactly what they're doing all day long?
"God will save his fallen angels and their broken wings He'll mend."
Denise: Now, granted, regarding my own list, Logos isn't making any headway either.
Perhaps part of the problem is that we're in the dark regarding whether they even acknowledge or intend to address a particular issue at all.
If it's not an actual bug, there's no mention of a case being opened. Sometimes someone from FL will fix some (product) issue on the store, and report back that it's done, but mostly there's no reassurance that a particular issue will be corrected sooner (rather than later or never).
If products (such as Mobile Ed courses) would have to go through a beta similar to the Logos software itself, maybe that's what is needed for issues to be caught by testers and fixed before the product is released live to everyone.
PetahChristian: Perhaps part of the problem is that we're in the dark regarding whether they even acknowledge or intend to address a particular issue at all. If it's not an actual bug, there's no mention of a case being opened. Sometimes someone from FL will fix some (product) issue on the store, and report back that it's done, but mostly there's no reassurance that a particular issue will be corrected sooner (rather than later or never).
I happened to get an email from Bob last night, mentioning that FL will try to improve the communication.
While I am impressed that a CEO would take the time to correspond with me, perhaps it would save everyone time and inconvenience, if a coordinator from FL could handle the non-software issues similar to how Philana handles the bug reports?
As a user, I simply want to report an issue, trust that a case has been opened, and get back to using Logos.
Simple acknowledgements truly go a long way to reassure us that some issues can/will be fixed, or that the right departments/people have been made aware of a specific problem with a resource.
I am grateful for all the people involved in producing the software and the resources we use, to help us in our study and education. Thanks for Logos and Mobile Ed!