How do I remove unwanted items from desktop?

Whyndell Grizzard said:

How do I remove unwanted items from desktop?

Currently you can only remove cards from the Dashboard. The remaining content cannot be edited in the current release.

Thanks Alan and Fred- I have eliminated the Homepage- I'm opening to a layout instead- releaves the tension.

Initial thoughts are much better than some previous launches. As with any release there are always tweaks that need to be made and glad to see that these are in process.

I agree with MJ if you have lots of activity on the Dashboard the Explorer is pretty hidden. It's nice being able to move the cards, but it would be nice to have an easier way to delete a card.

Granted only had an hour or so to play around with it last night. Looking forward to having more control over the Home Page and digging into more of the tools.

Graham, thanks, but I am fully aware of that. But it can be a bit sensitive - in my opinion - that can cause it to open instead of allowing you to delete it if you don't click it just right.

I didn't mean you couldn't delete it, as I have deleted some, but I think there could be away to make it easier so you don't accidentally open it when trying to delete.

They thought of Bookmarks too!  

Favorites
Bookmarks

Favorites
Bookmarks are quick-access temporary favorites that can be called up with a keystroke.

Favorites
You can have up to nine bookmarks at a time.

Favorites
1. In the lower third of the Favorites panel are a set of nine bookmark placeholders.

Favorites
(If you do not see numbers 1-9, and the double arrows next to Bookmarks are pointing to the right, click to expand that section.)

Favorites
2. Click on an available Bookmark to set the active resource at its current location.

Favorites
You can also drag the resource tab down to an available bookmark number or press the corresponding shortcut keys to set it.

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3. Click on an assigned bookmark to open the resource, document, etc. to the saved location.

Favorites
4. To remove a bookmark, right-click on it and choose Clear, or click on the X next to it.

My opinion is that every single resource should have capability for a few bookmarks.  For example, sometimes my wife and I are both reading the same book at the same time.  Other times I want to reference a few locations all in a big hurry.  Better Bookmarks would do that.

Exactly... 

Thanks 

Phil Gons (Faithlife) said:

GaoLu said:

My opinion is that every single resource should have capability for a few bookmarks.  For example, sometimes my wife and I are both reading the same book at the same time.  Other times I want to reference a few locations all in a big hurry.  Better Bookmarks would do that.

We have a spec for bringing Favorites (and History, too) into the left sidebar of resources as a new tab, similar to what we do on mobile. Would that meet your needs?

That is great news and would be helpful. I may not be visualizing the full potential of what Favorites and History could do, but imagine these limitations:

1. Favorites would have to be arranged by Book into folders and that would quickly become immense.  Bookmarks within a resource would prevent the necessity o having 100's or even 1000's of Folders with bookmarks to wade through. Open a book and voila!  Internal bookmarks can be accessed. Favorites are still needed. I have a lot of those!

2. History - I sometimes use another phone app that has a good history system.  I carefully open all the locations I will want for teaching and then they show up in recent history,  It works...but, is a pretty hokey way to get the job done.  

Summary:  From what I know of Favorites and History, they will replace internal bookmarks.  But I sure would be happy to give it a try.  I like what you are suggesting and it should be a good step.

Will separate (or not included) workflows be available to purchase without having to buy a whole new package?  I like the inductive workflow that came with the version I upgraded to and I would like the expository one as well.

David Paul said:

The way FL handles bookmarks in Logos reminds me of having a party of a hundred people with only eight forks...a person takes a bite of food and has to surrender the fork so that it can be cleaned up and assigned to someone else so they can take a bite of food, and...you get the picture. 

This got me laughing!

Carl Smalls said:

I just upgraded to Logos 8 and I thought I was going to get the privilege of using the new features but the workflows are not available.  I was wondering when will they be available.  

Which upgrade did you purchase and did you also get a feature set with it or are you a subscriber?

Al Sosa said:

How about:
    Right Click
    Add Bookmark (within the book resource or any resource).

Any plans for something like this? With 9 bookmarks, I don't always remember which one I am reading. So I have to go look at which one to save it to, then go back and save it. It would be much easier and more intuitive to simply bookmark from within the book. 

A right click or perhaps a button to the bar beside the visual filters and parallel resources. Make it so we can just click to bookmark.

Dave Hooton said:

Keep Favorites in your layout, and just drag the book's tab into Favorites. You can create folders for different types of 'bookmarks', and drag it into a folder.

While this works, it isn't very efficient and requires a lot of clicks and panes opening to accomplish something relatively simple. I would like a single per resource bookmark that sits on the resource's toolbar that requires a single click to enable or disable. There is all that extra whitespace next to the parallel tool icon, so why not put a bookmark tool icon there?

I'm not sure if this is the place for feature requests or not, but I would love to see a tool such as Spritzlet https://www.spritzlet.com/ or Kindle's Wordrunner https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201852380 incorporated into the Logos Mobile and Desktop Apps. These dramatically increase reading speed. Reaedsy http://www.readsy.co/# is a workaround, but not ideal.

Dave Hooton said:

A new thread is much better, but

With multiple resources opened, it would be great if a single-click on these arrows would move through the open resources, rather than a single-click and only advancing one resource at a time. 

I've been with Logos/Faithlife whoever they are calling themselves this, since Libronix days, Logos 3. While certainly not the first person, obviously, to use a digital Bible, I have always been one of less than 3 people to have a laptop in church, as a Bible. Now I'm one of many. The point I am attempting to make is, I'm not brand new to digital Bibles; however, since my purchase of L3, I have been anything but appreciative of digital Bibles. So much so, that my Bible reading time has suffered. Seriously, it is quicker for me to manually look up a passage than to use Logos. The complete opposite reason I spent a fortune on this "research assistant". I have kept yelling about it; great people have offered me advice, and to no avail. It had become a huge money pit, and despite all the so called cool features, and all the books I can never read by the end of eternity (and I have just hit the 2000 mark in Dec. so, relatively small to most everyone else here) that I decided last year to buy about 8 physical Bibles to replace Logos. 
Starting with L7, my hatred for Logos diminished. But, my time with God and his word has suffered dramatically. Even with L7 I could not open Logos within 5 minutes. When it did decided to open, it took just as long to get to the passage. I need to copy/paste a verse? Google was that answer, NOT Logos. 
Logos is so overwhelming, as a library, and so underwhelming in performance. I purchased a new laptop, that allowed me to open Logos quickly: 1 and a half to 2 minutes. With L8, however, it opens in 20-40 seconds, tops. Even better, exaggerating, a bit, with the searching, it's practically up, before I even hit "enter". Seriously, with no exaggeration, by the time I do hit Enter, I have the results I am looking for. 
I'm very pleased with L8's speed. There are some other issues I have; but, I am FINALLY after close to 10 years, am getting close to having the desire to even open a Bible, and a digital one at that. Unfortunately, I have allowed my frustration for Logos to keep me from my Bible reading and research. But, I am slowly regaining that blazing hot desire I once had-- still, it is merely warming up. But, I am seeing that desire come back.

I don't know if I have offered any help or not. But, the point is, I completely understand the frustration you face. I picked up a free version of Accordance, but, have not used it but once. I have enough money sunk into Logos, that I cannot bare the thought of never using it again. But, with the frustration factor (on speed, anyway) I feel that things are FINALLY beginning to pay off. Having the Logos Now/Connect (and, once again, Whatever name they are calling this subscription service, this week) I feel I am "future proofed", without having to come up with $400-800 at one time (THAT will never happen again!) and, I can get the learning I need (via mobile ed) to finally get my theological degree. 

Once again, to get to the point, I understand the frustration, and because I am finally beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and that it is not a locomotive aiming to run my hiney down, I feel I can offer some hope, and some advice. 
1. Do not spend money on ANY digital Bible software, until you can upgrade to a solid device that can handle the requirements. 
2. Do not spend money on ANY digital Bible software, until you can afford to learn how to use it.
I'm not advocating Morris' lessons. He is probably the best, but, in my opinion, if one has to spend $400 just to learn how to use the software, that is a problem. If you can afford it, that is up to you. But, there are others, much cheaper, and willing to go the distance for you and with you. John Fallahee is one. I think he is $80-100. 
3. Most importantly, do NOT allow Satan to frustrate you to the point I allowed him to frustrate me. TEN years I barely opened up ANY Bible, due to the frustration. 

God bless

David Medina said:

Now that Logos 8 is out I have the following concern.

What's the use of adding new useful features, like Canvas, while the app work sooooooo slow in OS X Mojave as t make the app unusable except for Bible reading? I don't get it. I think the #1 complaint for years is that Logos is slow and I have been faithfully waiting for an upgrade after upgrade in the hope that finally, Logis work as advertised. It seems like every update from Logos also requires an investment of a new computer in order to see it working. I am so frustrated that I have invested so much money and time in a software that has a lot of hype and little real performance improvement. In the meantime, apps like Accordance keep getting faster and faster. This will be my last Logos update as I will not keep pouring money on an app I have hardly been able to use as it keeps getting slower and slower and slower. 

David Medina said:

Truly appreciate your comments. I too dread opening Logos 8 to do anything. I know I have to start the program around 15 minutes before I plan to use it to allow the program to actually settle so it can be used. And still, is sluggish. 

I am a photographer by trade. I think a computer that it is used to edit 4K video should be able to run a database program like Logos. I have also taken courses on how to use Logos. 

I also own Accordance and whenever I want to do something that requires to be snappy I choose Accordance over Logos every time. Running on the same computers, Accordance is 1000 times faster than Logos.

If Logos users are honest, I wonder how much of the "glam features" they keep adding to the app is actually used and useful. They just add more complexity and overhead to an already bloated app. I trade all those fancy features for an app that actually makes me use it to study the Bible. I made the upgrade to Logos 8 on the promise that it was faster. Well, Logos has cost me thousands of dollars and the only thing I can say is that I own Logos 8 because I hardly use it. For me, still not paying off. 

Actually I believe he was saying L8 opens faster. It opens in about 30 seconds for me. I have Accordance and it is worthless as a tool. Not logical.  I use most of the new features in L8 believe it or not.  A lot of the speed depends on your computer hardware.