SUGGESTION: Partially fix Search by fixing Factbook

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,946
edited December 2024 in English Forum

Thanks to a couple of WordSearch users who kept at it long enough for me to actually understand what they are trying to do, I have a simple but concrete major improvement to the workflow for basic use of Logos. What they want to do is to access basic facts about N - they don't care about references and resources. This should be what Factbook provides if it is to serve as the common starting point as FL intends. The problem is that the "facts" tend to be hidden in the See also section which is at the bottom. It requires familiarity with the system to know where to find them. My suggestion is that the top of factbook concentrate on "just the facts" and the research information all be below. This is almost the current sequence except for the facts in "see also":

  • participants
  • setting
  • instance of
  • important things
  • relatives
  • roles
  • was used y
  • is close to
  • lived at
  • originated from
  • ruler of
  • fled to
  • was at
  • related (?) 

These facts would be more quickly identified by a basic user if the sequence of Factbook were something like:

  • Header
  • Key article
  • Key passages
  • Quick Facts (incomplete list above)
  • Referred to as
  • Events
  • Bible book guide
  • Authors
  • Works
  • Biblical senses
  • Cultural concepts
  • Dictionaries
  • Systematic theologies
  • Journals
  • Lectures
  • Sermons
  • Personal letters
  • Monographs
  • Preaching resources
  • Recommended reading
  • Books from your library 
  • etc.

This would make it obvious to new users and convenient for basic users how Factbook can serve as a common starting point for finding facts or beginning research.

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