[bt-devel] beta1 is released now

[Joachim Ansorg]

Hi!

Am Fre, 30 Jun 2000 schrieben Sie:
> Hi Joachim,
>
> Am Fre, 30 Jun 2000 schrieb Joachim Ansorg:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I forgot to add that we need a "key chooser" widget.
>
> Do you really think so? I like it the way it is, but ok, if you find
> something that is even better...

I think so. But this widget is supposed to be included in 0.4 or later. Not 
0.3 final.

> > It should replace these 3 comboboxes and maybe these 4 buttons in Bible
> > and Commentary presenters. The toolbar is too big and it's complicated to
> > choose a verse, it takes too long etc.
> >
> > Now we need some discussion how the "key chooser" widget should look
> > like. My ideas:
> > 	- Visual difference between the book, chapter and verse part of the key
>
> OK
>
> > 	- Possibility to change current book, chapter and verse really easy
>
> GOOD
>
> > 	- Tabbing between the 3 parts
>
> I do not like tabbed dialogs, especially not if you use the so often! That
> would be more difficult to use than what we have now..
> But maybe I'm wrong and I don't get your Idea...

My brother likes it. If I can make him to subscribe at this list we get tons 
of new ideas ;-)

> > 	- autocompletion
>
> OK
>
> > 	- ....
> >
> > What ideas do you have (not only Martin and Jeff ;-) ?
>
> Are you sure that this is important now?
> What about lexicon presenters?

This is the first thing we should do. We need ideas how to make it easy to 
use and fast!

--Joachim

> Martin
>
> > --Joachim
> >
> > Am Fre, 30 Jun 2000 schrieben Sie:
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > Joachim, thank you for the screenshots. That is just exactly what we
> > > needed. The animated logos search is very interesting and also the
> > > greek window.
> > >
> > > Now how do we continue the development? We need ideas. Joachim, I'm not
> > > sure whether a graphical installation of modules is necessary (there is
> > > an installmanager on the sword CD), and it would maybe be an
> > > indepentent app. We should be sure to use our few capabilities and
> > > resources in the right place.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > also remaining are:
> > > -searchdialog (layout, rexexpeditor)
> > > -printing
> > >
> > > My suggestion: have strongnumbers behave as hyperlinks into their
> > > dictionary We need to speed bt up! Not only a sword matter...
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > Am Fre, 30 Jun 2000 schrieb Joachim Ansorg:
> > > > I uploaded some screenshots to
> > > > www.bibletime.de/images/bible-programs/
> > > >
> > > > --Joachim
> > > >
> > > > Am Don, 29 Jun 2000 schrieben Sie:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > good work. Hopefully we will have lots of user feedback.
> > > > > Joachim, Is dnd ok now? If so, what should I start to work on now?
> > > > >
> > > > > Somebody on the sword list said that logos is much better than
> > > > > sword. Can anyone report about it and even provide some
> > > > > screenshots? We should collect lots of different screenshots of
> > > > > different programs on a secret place on bibletime.de and compare
> > > > > and learn from others. Joachim, you said you have some?
> > > > >
> > > > > If bibletime shall be the _best_ available tool (which is a very
> > > > > high aim), it requires a LOT of work and especially early design
> > > > > and layout and interface discussion and development. It is easier
> > > > > to change something now than later.
> > > > > Do y'all agree?
> > > > > (If we would continue development just the way that I personally am
> > > > > developing, bt would move towards a dead end.)
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe we could even set up some possiblity to receive and collect
> > > > > suggestions
> > > > >
> > > > > >from the users, and create a list that is available for the
> > > > > > developers?
> > > > >
> > > > > Martin
> > > > >
> > > > > Am Don, 29 Jun 2000 schrieb Joachim Ansorg:
> > > > > > Does somebody volunteer to create packages (RPM, DEB)?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --Joachim