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John Kight

Why have the Logos 7 updates been so lackluster? I feel like almost every Logos 6 update included new features and/or Logos Now features.

Phil Gons (Logos)

Why have the Logos 7 updates been so lackluster? I feel like almost every Logos 6 update included new features and/or Logos Now features.

Thanks for the feedback, John. There are three main reasons for this:

The Logos Web App. We've redirected a lot of our development resources to the Logos web app, where we've been making some really good progress recently. This work doesn't immediately impact the desktop app, but it does represent value for those who want web-based access. I'd encourage you to check it out, if you haven't played with it in a while.
Improvements to the Core App Experience. The remaining team is focused on addressing some of the bigger issues that we've heard about from users. They're currently pointed at performance—startup and shutdown time in particular for now. But to get to that work, they need to add the ability to record actual performance from users so we can pinpoint problems and know what to address. The groundwork is done, and we're getting ready to move on to problem solving. So we hope to be able to improve the app's performance over the next few releases. But these won't show up as "new features."
Multi-Release Projects. There are a few others items in the works that will either take multiple releases to build or are larger-scale initiatives that probably won't be ready until Logos 8. You should see the beginnings of a pretty cool new feature in 7.7. We're also doing a lot of the architectural work for a brand new notes platform. This will be a multi-release project, and we're not sure yet when we'll start shipping the first iterations of it.

I'm sorry we've not been able to provide more quick wins. But we are working on a lot that we're really excited about and think will bring a lot of value to users both in the desktop and web apps.

Armin

Application no longer rebuilds the library catalog index on every startup for users who have any temporary licenses.

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John Kight

I'm sorry we've not been able to provide more quick wins. But we are working on a lot that we're really excited about and think will bring a lot of value to users both in the desktop and web apps.

No need to apologize! I really appreciate the response. It makes complete sense and was exactly what I was looking to hear. Thanks for all you and the team do, Phil.

Jack Caviness

We're also doing a lot of the architectural work for a brand new notes platform.

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Donnie Hale

Phil,

Thank you for these details. One thing you didn't mention in your comments but which got attention after the release of L7 and which Bradley seemed to agree with was revisiting the right-click menu behavior.

It's become a very slow mish-mash of functionality that is hard to navigate and requires too much interaction to do common workflows (e.g. having to scroll to get to below-the-fold options.

Any work being done on that front?

Thanks again,

Donnie

Michael McLane

Maybe I am wrong, but the value of LN is in the advance features for the desktop app. The discounts are okay, the preview resources are lackluster, the mobile ed never seems to change, and the web app only appeals to me on the very rare occasion that I am out and do not have my laptop or mobile device with me.

Jonathan Pitts

Application no longer rebuilds the library catalog index on every startup for users who have any temporary licenses.