If the “last Monday in October“ holds true, look for Logos 10 on October 24th, 2022
Has their been a beta yet? Any planned/upcoming features they've mentioned?
I've not seen FL ever having a beta for testing this early in the year.
6. Please change Logos so that the first book that is opened (when no other books are opened) will open to the "LEFT" side of the screen instead of the right side of the screen. Currently first resource opened in Logos opens on right side of screen. Vote here. I would want this to be user-settable. I like having my books open on the right, because I use the left side for Search panels, Guides, and the larger Tools panels (Collections, Personal Books, etc.).
6. Please change Logos so that the first book that is opened (when no other books are opened) will open to the "LEFT" side of the screen instead of the right side of the screen. Currently first resource opened in Logos opens on right side of screen. Vote here.
6. Please change Logos so that the first book that is opened (when no other books are opened) will open to the "LEFT" side of the screen instead of the right side of the screen. Currently first resource opened in Logos opens on right side of screen.
Vote here.
I would want this to be user-settable. I like having my books open on the right, because I use the left side for Search panels, Guides, and the larger Tools panels (Collections, Personal Books, etc.).
I support it being user-settable as well, as does the Faithlife Feedback suggestion (which someone from Faithlife edited in such a way as to make the suggestion wrong, as I then explained in a comment there).
Has their been a beta yet? Any planned/upcoming features they've mentioned? I've not seen FL ever having a beta for testing this early in the year.
Certainly not a public one. But I don't think that the pre-release betas for Logos/Verbum 9 and earlier were ever public.
Has their been a beta yet? Any planned/upcoming features they've mentioned? I've not seen FL ever having a beta for testing this early in the year. Certainly not a public one. But I don't think that the pre-release betas for Logos/Verbum 9 and earlier were ever public.
I don't recall any as long as I've been on the forums either. If FL does them, the people invited must really honor the nondisclosure agreements.
List has been updated .....
I hope with release of Logos 10 that it has the following... (a few of my favorite things... I am sure others have some additions to this list). The list has been changed to protect the innocent and because my learning is increasing. But, I think it's good to keep these things current --- kind of like the Persistent Friend (Luk 11:5-10)
1. In the mobile app....
2. ZipScript upgraded to work with Logos Bibles. If not, then ability to have command key to open, type in a passage and paste it automatically into anything that I am working with: excel, word, PowerPoint, Notetaker ... etc.
3. Factbook
4. Concordance Tool - have a button to click on for search and highlight the word for the result of the search.
5. Would like ability to expand and/or decrease sub topic of the Table of Contents on every resource or page in Logos Hopefully by adding "< >" to ToC top menu bar.
6. Please change Logos so that the first book that is opened (when no other books are opened) will open to the "LEFT" side of the screen instead of the right side of the screen. Make this a "Program Setting" to be user selectable". Currently first resource opened in Logos opens on right side of screen.
7. I hope Logos 10 will have a "personal dictionary" whereby we can use acronyms for words (i.e. jc=Jesus, hs= Holy Spirit, ntt = New Testament, etc and etc.) so we can type faster. Like in Word and we had in WordSearch.
8. Ability in Sermon Builder to be able to define a template and actually choose that template and have SB actually remember how that template was set up as we type. At the least, be able to save how we set up Headings in SB along with how the text and background is set up. So that if I click on Heading 4... I get how I set up Heading 4 and not have to re-format Heading 4.
9. Ability to "link" one individual Note to another individual Note. Currently, We can link Notebooks but not individual Notes. This would enhance Notes greatly.
10. Passage List...
11. Hope to see "voice commands" in Logos like "Open NKJV" or "Open Layout such and such" and others. I think computers will be more voice controlled in the future.
While limited, Faithlife Assistant provides this functionality. I doubt that it is getting enough use to warrant enhancements but I agree it should.
3. Factbook updated - to work with all books (like ws....). Stop Factbook from opening every time when I try to type in "Go Box" or Search. If I want Factbook open... let me choose to do so and don't force it on me. (I don't use Factbook... it doesn't help me find anything and now it is a nuisance or a "make work interruptus" in that I have to stop and close it).
Why would you want FL to update Factbook to "work with all books" when you "don't use [it]"?
3. Factbook updated - to work with all books (like ws....). Stop Factbook from opening every time when I try to type in "Go Box" or Search. If I want Factbook open... let me choose to do so and don't force it on me. (I don't use Factbook... it doesn't help me find anything and now it is a nuisance or a "make work interruptus" in that I have to stop and close it). Why would you want FL to update Factbook to "work with all books" when you "don't use [it]"?
Perhaps he doesn't use it because it doesn't help him find anything as it is now? That's why I don't use it. But I'd love it if it returned information I could use. And I'd love for it to only open on demand.
If FL does them, the people invited must really honor the nondisclosure agreements.
You mean private Betas? Some users have admitted/indicated in the forums over the years that they have been involved in one or more private Betas of new versions of Logos/Verbum.
If FL does them, the people invited must really honor the nondisclosure agreements. You mean private Betas? Some users have admitted/indicated in the forums over the years that they have been involved in one or more private Betas of new versions of Logos/Verbum.
Must have missed that.
I was part of the Logos 4 beta. It was fun and we did sign a non-disclosure. Have not been chosen since then.
Happy testing, secret friends!
Have not been chosen since then.
Totally Dependent Users
Unending Tagging
Limited Betas
Irresistible Purchases
Playful Forum threads
3. Factbook updated - to work with all books (like ws....). Stop Factbook from opening every time when I try to type in "Go Box" or Search. If I want Factbook open... let me choose to do so and don't force it on me. (I don't use Factbook... it doesn't help me find anything and now it is a nuisance or a "make work interruptus" in that I have to stop and close it). Why would you want FL to update Factbook to "work with all books" when you "don't use [it]"? Perhaps he doesn't use it because it doesn't help him find anything as it is now? That's why I don't use it. But I'd love it if it returned information I could use. And I'd love for it to only open on demand.
David Wanat ---- My sentiments exactly! I just have not found it (Factbook) to be helpful to me ... and anytime I type in the "Go Box" it seems I get "Factbook" throwed in my face.... and then I have close it....
Please FL ... in Logos 10 .... make Factbook open on demand only! ....... [8-|]
Please FL ... in Logos 10 .... make Factbook open on demand only!
Er..ah.. Factbook opens only if you request it. And FL has stated that using Factbook as the standard starting point is their current direction for the newbie/average/non-power user.
But I'd love it if it returned information I could use
What specifically do you want it to return that it doesn't currently return? I have tons of answers to that for related but not directly Biblical data.
Please FL ... in Logos 10 .... make Factbook open on demand only! Er..ah.. Factbook opens only if you request it. And FL has stated that using Factbook as the standard starting point is their current direction for the newbie/average/non-power user. But I'd love it if it returned information I could use What specifically do you want it to return that it doesn't currently return? I have tons of answers to that for related but not directly Biblical data.
1. So I type in "open NKJV" in the "Go Box".... I get "Factbook"... would rather have Factbook open when I want it.... not "pushed" on me....
2. So I type in "kings of northern kingdom" ... and get everything but... in Factbook....
I've tried several things in Factbook.... and as I showed with Search.... it just don't work for me... If it's going to be the defacto standard in Logos.... it needs a lot of work.
When I type that, I get this
I assume you get something similar but with a Factbook entry at the top and, in that case, simply pressing Enter will open that Factbook entry. So it is important to look at the dropdown menu and choose the option you want. If that doesn't explain what you are seeing please post a screenshot showing what you see.
I think there is some work required to make the options presented more relevant to the things we - as individual users are interested in - but you should be able to select the option you want.
This is because the Factbook doesn't have an entry with that name so it suggesting some (potentially) similar options. Again, you should see options to do a range of searches for that phrase.
1. So I type in "open NKJV" in the "Go Box".... I get "Factbook"... would rather have Factbook open when I want it.... not "pushed" on me.... When I type that, I get this I assume you get something similar but with a Factbook entry at the top and, in that case, simply pressing Enter will open that Factbook entry. So it is important to look at the dropdown menu and choose the option you want. If that doesn't explain what you are seeing please post a screenshot showing what you see. I think there is some work required to make the options presented more relevant to the things we - as individual users are interested in - but you should be able to select the option you want. 2. So I type in "kings of northern kingdom" ... and get everything but... in Factbook.... This is because the Factbook doesn't have an entry with that name so it suggesting some (potentially) similar options. Again, you should see options to do a range of searches for that phrase.
I can only speak for myself, and not xnman, but I have experienced it where I type in a Bible verse and hit enter and get taken to the (frequently useless) Factbook instead of opening the Bible to that point.
Prior to Factbook, it behaved as I preferred. I’d like to see Factbook become ”on demand” instead of being what pops up when I hit enter.
I’d like to see Factbook become ”on demand” instead of being what pops up when I hit enter.
I think one tends to 'demand' factbook by dint of pressing the enter key.
Perhaps the muscle memory could be retrained by 'blue-tac'ing an upturned drawing pin to the said key?
It seems to me.... that there are so many options to everything in Logos... that I have to wade through all the options to find something that is very simple to find in other searches.
Is there not some point at which users are demanding too much of Search and too much of Factbook... and thus the Search and such become so complicated "simple" people like me cannot do "simple" searches and thus have to rely on searches and such, outside Logos ... to actually do simple Bible studies?
I think this is a deterrent to Logos.... really.
Which begs the question.... why would I want to continue to buy into a program that doesn't meet simple needs?
Edit: 1. I don't like having to "ask others how" every time I want to search for something. I like simple, easy.... as I think many people do.
2. I don't like having to search and search and learn the ins and outs of search to do some search.... like I have to do with Search now. This changes my focus from Bible study to learning Search... and wasting time learning Search so I can get back to my Bible Study.... My goal is Bible study...
3. I don't like some function or program "pushed on me" like is done with Factbook. Factbook may become the standard in Logos.... but it needs a lot of work ... and ways to be simple.... to work for people like me.
4. I like Logos.... but I think this direction with Search, Factbook and such.... will actually hurt Logos.... with me Logos becomes a Bible display program ... because of having to do searches and such outside Logos.
I’d like to see Factbook become ”on demand” instead of being what pops up when I hit enter. I think one tends to 'demand' factbook by dint of pressing the enter key. Perhaps the muscle memory could be retrained by 'blue-tac'ing an upturned drawing pin to the said key?
Well, I think we established the problem. Some of us don’t want it to do that. I’d much rather it defaul to search, where one of the results returned is factbook.
Hitting the enter key is "on demand" [;)] However, there have been a number of times in the forums where people have asked for a change in the order of options so that if one types a complete and unambiguous command in the command box, that command becomes the top option e.g. Make Lookup command work exactly like Look Up (again) | Faithlife Faithlife is consistent in the behavior of its select boxes - when the user does not actually make a selection from the list, it is assumed that the first item in the list is intended.
Well, I think we established the problem. Some of us don’t want it to do that. I’d much rather it defaul to search,
Ouch! that would drive users like myself nuts - I rarely if ever start a search from the Command line. I would want it to default to Open. Because the priority of options is based on the users' historical use, the current implementation should prioritize search for you and resources (open) for me. I would also find it disruptive to lose consistency in how select lists work in Logos.
I’d like to see Factbook become ”on demand” instead of being what pops up when I hit enter. Hitting the enter key is "on demand" However, there have been a number of times in the forums where people have asked for a change in the order of options so that if one types a complete and unambiguous command in the command box, that command becomes the top option e.g. Make Lookup command work exactly like Look Up (again) | Faithlife Faithlife is consistent in the behavior of its select boxes - when the user does not actually make a selection from the list, it is assumed that the first item in the list is intended.
Hitting the enter key is "on demand" However, there have been a number of times in the forums where people have asked for a change in the order of options so that if one types a complete and unambiguous command in the command box, that command becomes the top option e.g. Make Lookup command work exactly like Look Up (again) | Faithlife Faithlife is consistent in the behavior of its select boxes - when the user does not actually make a selection from the list, it is assumed that the first item in the list is intended.
Therein lies the problem.
Well, I think we established the problem. Some of us don’t want it to do that. I’d much rather it defaul to search, Ouch! that would drive users like myself nuts - I rarely if ever start a search from the Command line. I would want it to default to Open. Because the priority of options is based on the users' historical use, the current implementation should prioritize search for you and resources (open) for me. I would also find it disruptive to lose consistency in how select lists work in Logos.
MJ..., at the least Logos could set up an option so that us users can choose.
Well, I think we established the problem. Some of us don’t want it to do that. I’d much rather it defaul to search, Ouch! that would drive users like myself nuts - I rarely if ever start a search from the Command line. I would want it to default to Open. Because the priority of options is based on the users' historical use, the current implementation should prioritize search for you and resources (open) for me. I would also find it disruptive to lose consistency in how select lists work in Logos. MJ..., at the least Logos could set up an option so that us users can choose.
Yes. If the Factbook gets better, I might grow to like it. But I don’t at the moment.
at the least Logos could set up an option so that us users can choose.
There are two viable options - (1) suggest an alternative to selecting the first item based on user history (current behavior) - an alternative that will consistently provide better results or (2) use the selection list as a selection list and don't hit enter until you see what you are entering. I find the second option the quickest to implement even if it has a high failure rate when I am doing repetitive work.
at the least Logos could set up an option so that us users can choose. There are two viable options - (1) suggest an alternative to selecting the first item based on user history (current behavior) - an alternative that will consistently provide better results or (2) use the selection list as a selection list and don't hit enter until you see what you are entering. I find the second option the quickest to implement even if it has a high failure rate when I am doing repetitive work.
Best option is to be able to "turn it off".... which I would promptly do. And you could leave it on for you....
Best option is to be able to "turn it off".
There is nothing to turn off - there is a only a choice as to what to do when the user hits enter before selecting an action from the selection list. However, I am sure that if I took you suggestion to mean "turn the computer off", the users would quickly learn to wait until they selected a command before hitting enter [6] Seriously, I am sympathetic to your cause in that I often hit enter too quickly myself.
Best option is to be able to "turn it off". There is nothing to turn off - there is a only a choice as to what to do when the user hits enter before selecting an action from the selection list. However, I am sure that if I took you suggestion to mean "turn the computer off", the users would quickly learn to wait until they selected a command before hitting enter [8-|] Seriously, I am sympathetic to your cause in that I often hit enter too quickly myself.
There is nothing to turn off - there is a only a choice as to what to do when the user hits enter before selecting an action from the selection list. However, I am sure that if I took you suggestion to mean "turn the computer off", the users would quickly learn to wait until they selected a command before hitting enter [8-|] Seriously, I am sympathetic to your cause in that I often hit enter too quickly myself.
Not so.... I meant a way in Settings to turn Factbook off.... Which I would promptly do! ... [8-|]
It is hard, I think, for people to see that not everyone thinks like they do. If you love "Factbook" so be it.... Let you "turn on" Factbook and use it like you do.... but .... I don't want it that way.... why not have a choice?
Not so.... I meant a way in Settings to turn Factbook off.... Which I would promptly do! ...
I'll support that only after I can turn Strong's off.[:)]
Not so.... I meant a way in Settings to turn Factbook off.... Which I would promptly do! ... I'll support that only after I can turn Strong's off.
I'll support that only after I can turn Strong's off.
Ok... Now we're getting somewhere.... I'll ask for 2 new choices in Settings..... 1 for Strongs and 1 for Factbook. I love it when great minds can agree.... lol
I think you meant "detriment"? Unless you meant "deterrent for using Logos"?
I think this is a deterrent to Logos.... really. I think you meant "detriment"? Unless you meant "deterrent for using Logos"?
I did mean "a deterrent for using Logos." I am one that doesn't like things or functions "forced" on me.... like Factbook is... If FL is going down this road... then I probably will not be spending any more money in Logos.... I hope FL is better than that.
I am one also that believes wholeheartedly that Search is much to sophisticated that it really cannot do simple things... And because of that, I believe there is a better way...
In a Bible program, such as Logos, Search becomes one of the main functions in the program... I am convinced by looking at how many times people ask for help with search... and how many complaints about search that I have seen in the forums.... and how many times I have to actually "jump thru hoops" just to find information I am looking for.... that something is wrong with Search in Logos. What good is it to have all the resources one can have and not be able to find the information they want that is in one of those resources?
When I can go to other search engines... i.e. WordSearch, Google, or others... and find things I am looking for "almost" in the blink of an eye... then that helps me to stay focused on what I am studying.... but when I try the same search in Logos Search.... then try again a different way...or have to reword my search a couple of times or ask for help on the forums.... all that changes my focus to learning how Logos wants me to search instead of doing my Bible study.... That I don't appreciate.
So.... Yes... I think these things are and are becoming more so... a deterrent to using Logos.
One person's deterrent is another person's incentive. Thankfully, such decisions aren't left up to only one person. Thankfully, we all have a voice in the matter. It's all good.
The questions I use Google to ask, I often have to scan through several pages of results to get to any relevant results ... and I often have to tell it multiple times to get it to do what I ask rather than auto-correct to something I don't want. I have better luck with Google scholar. Why? because I ask Google unusual questions while it is optimized for common questions. But try to find the name of the Russian/Siberian sect that accepts only the book of Revelation as scripture. I know it's there but I can't find it again. Or the small group of Jews more closely related to Beta Israel than Sephardic Jews in Western Africa. Or examples of Christian texts known to be available in Sogdian. Such questions I don't ask of Logos/Verbum. However, in Logos/Verbum, I know "exhaustively" what search elements are available, what elements I find useful (or not), and with the exception of the Syntax search which I rarely use (or need), I can quickly get my results and begin to use them. Yes, Logos/Verbum searches take time to master - but they only require a few key concepts to understand. Most of mastery involves learning to think through what one actually wants and fitting it into the available elements and not wasting time on searches for which the cleanest results are already available in the guides or factbook.
My point: use the tool that is appropriate for your task - Google, Scholar Google, Factbook, guides, search ...and recognize that the task is always easier with the right tools.
I hear what you're saying...but I think comparing a google search to a Logos search is a bit of a false analogy. Google is an algorithm based search engine that attempts to direct you toward particular results based on a host of factors (most of which has nothing to do with your search terms). It only seems easy because Google has gotten so good at convincing you that the first page of results contains all the info you need--i.e., Google search trains users to be lazy researchers. Logos search, on the other hand, is a sophisticated research tool that exists for the sole purpose of making your library more accessible. Thus, to a certain extent, you have to know your library in order to make the most out of Logos searching. Furthermore, you have to become acquainted with the various types of searching that Logos can perform--not to mention familiar with the language of searching. While there is a learning curve to this (including the time needed to become properly acquainted with one's library), the power of the Logos search tool is infinitesimally superior to Google in every way. The problem is that many Logos users want to use the search tool like they use Google, i.e., to find a bible reference or complete a partially known quote. Yet, this ignores the actual intended usage of the search tool and leads to the erroneous conclusion that Logos needs to "dumb down" the search tool. Yet, the search tool is capable of performing tasks that Google can only dream about (e.g., try getting Google to show you every instance where the Hebrew lemma ידע is used in the Qal conjugation in a 3SM form.) The bottom line is that good research takes time--and it requires training and regular practice. Yet, it is precisely the capability of Logos search to facilitate quality research that makes it distinct and valuable.
MJ and Mat Doebler...
I appreciate your comments and thanks. I didn't "grow up with Logos" and I think therein is my problem. I openly admit it's my problem.... it's just that I keep seeing on forums and such ... questions about how to do such and such in Search... which makes me think... I'm not alone...
I take heart also because Mike Barns opened up a forum about Search... I think there were some good suggestions in there...
I'm not trying to be mean... just trying to point out what I see is a big problem.
Thanks again.
MJ and Mat Doebler... I appreciate your comments and thanks. I didn't "grow up with Logos" and I think therein is my problem. I openly admit it's my problem.... it's just that I keep seeing on forums and such ... questions about how to do such and such in Search... which makes me think... I'm not alone... I take heart also because Mike Barns opened up a forum about Search... I think there were some good suggestions in there... I'm not trying to be mean... just trying to point out what I see is a big problem. Thanks again.
You’re definitely not alone. Ive been using it since it was Libronix. I probably don’t know how to use it as effectively as the other contributors to the thread. But I think the original problem of defaulting to a frequently useless Factbook needs to be addressed, whether it’s a change of default or an option to choose that default.
questions about how to do such and such in Search... which makes me think... I'm not alone...
Many of the questions are for very complex searches where even defining what one wants is difficult. No matter how simple the interface to the search is, these questions will continue to show up on the forums until we are all proficient in all applicable languages. This is to manage your expectations - we will continue to see many search questions on the forums even if all the relevant suggestions Mark Barnes got are implemented.
But I think the original problem of defaulting to a frequently useless Factbook needs to be addressed, whether it’s a change of default or an option to choose that default.
[:'(][:'(] Okay, I surrender, give up, raise the white flag, concede defeat ... for one last time "default" doesn't apply to factbook. The objectionable behavior is caused by hitting enter before selecting an item from the select list which is equivalent to selecting the top item - standard behavior of selection lists throughout Logos. I agree that when one has entered a complete, unambiguous command, that command should be the first command in the select list and therefore give the expected behavior.
And our problem still remains [;)]
And our problem still remains
And it will until the older generation of instinctive 'Enter' hitters has died off and my generation (trained to observe before smacking a key) takes over. Seeing as I am in my mid 8th decade it won't be too long.
I think the "hit enter people" are just being stubborn and trying to help FL "push" Factbook down our throats.... [:D]
I don't understand the argument for keeping Factbook as the default action when hitting enter.... What is wrong with ... when I type something in the "Go Box" or in Search.... what is wrong with expecting Search to answer INSTEAD of Factbook??
Especially when Factbook doesn't have anything to say that contributes very little or anything at all to the solution of what I am looking for..... Then I have close Factbook.... and then continue on.... That is "Make work interruptus"....
Set a setting in Settings .... "Use Factbook ... Yes No" and let both parties be happy... Why not???
And I can turn it to "No" and be happy.... and you can leave it on "Yes" and be happy.... WOW!! (smacks forehead) ..... what a novel idea..... [8-|] lol And .... not one would have to concede defeat... [W]
And a second item.... why have a "selected list" when I want to search something?? I think that is a problem with Search....
So... I type in a "search request" that doesn't fit FL designated "search list" .... what happens?
My thought on this is.... besides having to close Factbook... which I seem to always have to do... then FL tries to fit my search request into their "selected list" of pre-concluded selections.... and thus.... get some kind of answer that is far fetched from what I am looking for..... and then I have to go about having to try to figure out the hieroglyphics that FL wants me to jump through to finally get an answer that might not even be close to what I'm looking for.
As you can see.... I don't understand Search... I admit that... and I do think Search could be and will be better once we get over this notion that we have to "Jump through the hoops of all the hieroglyphics" in order to find anything.... I don't have to with other search engines.... hint! hint! hint!
I don't understand the argument for keeping Factbook as the default action when hitting enter....
I think you may have a hit on a solution here.
The obvious thing is that if a selection from the list is necessary then hitting 'Enter' should bring up a box. HHG2TG style...
I don't understand the argument for keeping Factbook as the default action when hitting enter.... I think you may have a hit on a solution here. The obvious thing is that if a selection from the list is necessary then hitting 'Enter' should bring up a box. HHG2TG style...
My friend from across the pond.... I think we are on to something! [8-|]
I don't understand the argument for keeping Factbook as the default action when hitting enter.... I think you may have a hit on a solution here. The obvious thing is that if a selection from the list is necessary then hitting 'Enter' should bring up a box. HHG2TG style... My friend from across the pond.... I think we are on to something!
My friend from across the pond.... I think we are on to something!
I'd think, just put that box as a result of clicking on the Factbook icon! I hope I didn't upset the Factbook'ers.
And our problem still remains And it will until the older generation of instinctive 'Enter' hitters has died off and my generation (trained to observe before smacking a key) takes over. Seeing as I am in my mid 8th decade it won't be too long.
This is all lighthearted, of course.
In all fairness, Logos changed how things always worked. Those of us who used it since it was Libronix expect things to continue to work that way. So, why object to a toggle switch?
The command box ("Go Box") at the top of the window was never designed as primarily a search box. In fact, in the past it was heavily pushed as a gateway to the Passage Guide. It was designed as a command box that gives you access to all parts of the program. It was also never intended that a user would type something and blindly hit enter before seeing what showed up in the list.
That said, if you know you want to search, then rather than hitting "enter", you should be hitting "shift-enter", which will always run the search. You can safely hit that without viewing the list of suggestions that pops up. There are some other search options as well with hotkeys (you can see the hotkey at the bottom of the list of suggestions) that are also safe to use without first checking to see what else shows up in the list.
As far as Factbook showing up in the search panel. You should be able to collapse that section, and it should stay collapsed so that it doesn't get in your way.
And a second item.... why have a "selected list" when I want to search something?? I think that is a problem with Search.... So... I type in a "search request" that doesn't fit FL designated "search list" .... what happens?
If I'm understand correctly what you are saying, I think you are objecting to the fact that in the search panel, you type something and see a selection of suggested items in the list that doesn't match what you want.
The suggestion box in the Search panel is different than the command box ("Go Box"). In the search panel, the suggestions are doing their best to help you with the syntax by trying to guess what terms you are trying to search for. You can certainly ignore the suggestions, but it is drawing the suggestions from the list of what Faithlife has tagged. If you can't find what you are looking for, then either it hasn't been tagged, or you and Faithlife have a disagreement on the name of what has been tagged.
One of the easiest ways to find the exact syntax for a search is to find an example in a resource of what you want to search. Then right click on it and find the thing you are interested in on the left side of the popup. Then from the right you can start a search. That will usually give you the desired syntax. If you are needing a more complicated search, you can do this for multiple terms and combine them in a single search as needed.
I think you identified the cultural problem. Users see software as a solution ... not a design to be battled. Staff see users as not correctly following the design.
Then, there's 'customers'.
