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[quote user="JimDean"]Summary: I've tried to apply structured systems-analysis methods to this problem. I hope that I've explained it well enough. Thanks for being patient with the wordiness![/quote] I appreciate all the feedback (and want more!). It's looking to me, though, like everyone has a different methodology, which is why it's difficult to build
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[quote user="JimMcDaniel"]Is there any large difference in overall speed?[/quote] In 3.x, all the note files are loaded unless you "turn one off". So speed should be similar in both configurations, though you can improve speed by splitting into multiple files and turning one file off. But that's more awkward.
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Would you share your note files with us for testing? We need sample note files to test the import feature for 4.0, and also tobetter understand how people use notes. If you're willing to share your notes with us, just email the notes file (found in My Documents\Libronix DLS\Annotations) to handouts@logos.com. Any size attachment should be fine. Thanks
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[quote user="AndrewJAllcock"] Logos cannot afford to ignore Linux any longer. [/quote] If this were provably true -- with market share stats -- we'd be there. However I've got the real numbers on what it cost to get our software on the Mac, and what kind of sales that generated. I'm pretty sure that the Linux market is smaller than the Mac market, and
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[quote user="MichaelHollinger"] Anyways, that's how I'd integrate a Kindle with Logos. I hope Bob is listening :) [/quote] I am. We'll see what we can do...
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It turns out to be more difficult than we intended. We want it to work with all our Hebrew databases, and they have (sometimes dramatically) different lemmatization systems. It's not as easy as just saying "pronounce the root word" -- you have to define what the root word is. We're sorry that it's taken so long; this was just one of the issues we had
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Let me start by saying we ARE improving notes in the next release, and implementing many of the most commonly requested features. I'd also like to better understand what you want to do with notes. Longtime newsgroup readers know that I am very reluctant to turn our notes feature into a full-featured word processor (because it feels like a slipperly
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Definitely part of our future plans, though I can't say when.
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Our plan is to support all versified texts next. (Versified books are more fine-grained and easier to divide up than regular books of prose broken by chapters.) Eventually we want to support reading plans for any content.
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It's rare that you can make everyone happy, but after reading this list of ideas for library searching, visual and textual navigation, and collection management, I think I can say that the next version of Logos will -- for this area at least -- make you all very, very happy. :-)
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Do you like having a startup sound in Logos Bible Software? Is it enough that you can turn it off in preferences, or should we just get rid of it? Or do you like it? In the next version, should we go to the trouble to create a new sound? Can a little audio logo, or bumper music, get you into the mood to start your study, or is it just a distraction
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[quote user="MichaelMiles"] It'd be nice if Logos set up an Ubuntu machine and tried their own code under Linux to see how terrible it is to deal with rather than just sending us Linux folks that are already loyal PAYING customers off with a mention of codeweavers and a wave buh-bye. Maybe THEY could fix the offending part of their code (hey, they have
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[quote user="Rob Suggs"] It's possible that, as you say, those not willing to pay $200 or so for Bible software "just aren't that interested" (Seriously, the Home package with its few resources isn't a fair measuring stick; it's like a 1-gig iPod). [/quote] So your solution is that we put more than the Home package out at an even lower price? (Gulp
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I appreciate your enthusiasm, and all the ideas. We've tried several variations on this idea, including our "Starter Library", where you could buy a five-pack of $20 (eventually $10) starter packs to share with friends. (See http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2004/12/a-way-into-logos-bible-software.html ) The problem is -- it doesn't work. Maybe we've missed
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The decision is simply a business one; at this point we don't have any evidence that there's a significant market for a Linux version, which doesn't make the investment worth it. We don't have massive margins, and developing on a new platform costs a pretty large percentage of what developing on the first one costs; I imagine we'd need to see consumer
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I think downloads are easier to manage and cost less in materials and shipping. Your only risk is that you lose the files and we go out of business. But I'm working hard to prevent that!
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[quote user="JohnFidel"] Thanks for the reply and the change in policy. Will downloads be available for transfer? [/quote] Yes. There's no difference to our license system between a download and a disc delivery. The disc may have a serial number, but it's the same license system.
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I expect the fee will be applied "per transaction" -- if you want to transfer four products in one call, then one fee. If you call four times over four weeks, that's probably going to be four fees.
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Sorry it's taken so long for me to jump in on this. I've been wrestling the policy dragon. BOTTOM LINE: We're removing the 10% fee and setting the fee at a fixed $20. LONG EXPLANATION, PART 1: No product creator likes the second sale. Car manufacturers would prefer that your car disintegrated in five years to having you re-sell it to someone who might
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We've had very little use of the object model, so while we don't have any objection to your building things that use it, we won't have the same model in future releases. If you have something specific in mind, you might want to call and discuss it to make sure it'll be forward compatible. Thanks!