[bt-devel] New passage selector proposal

[Rob Riebau]

I didn't mean to thrust myself forward by mentioning my background, but I
wanted to introduce myself as a former programmer with
current responsibilities.   I would like to get involved, but slowly and
methodically.

Eventually, I would like to take a look at the original languages features.
 I use BibleWorks through wine (which makes it buggy), and I primarily do
work with the original languages.  I have been occasionally
waiting/searching for native linux tools.  I was going to write one when I
thought that I'd rather pick a good project and see if I can just make some
additions.

The ideas for the search interface sound good.   I have 2.8.1 installed
right now, and I notice that the search dialog is not dockable.  Has anyone
ever tried just making it dockable?  That might be a quick fix while
someone is busy refactoring.   ... I hesitate to even suggest when I'm
still getting the development environment setup ...


On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Kevin Shenk <mailbox at kevinshenk.com>wrote:

> Patrick, as a BibleTime user, I can say I love your ideas and would be
> excited to see BibleTime 2.0 totally revamped in this direction.
>
> Here's my two cents:  Building on familiarity is a huge asset to usability
> (IMHO).  You're already borrowing several concepts from the web & web
> browsers, but I say keep going!  Realistically, most of us use the web more
> then any other computer activity now-a-days, so unless we have a
> fundamentally better design them them, it simply makes sense to mimic their
> functionality.
>
> For example, I would place the back/forward buttons to the left of the
> location bar, with tabs above, just like Google Chrome.  I would also
> display search results with a Google feel to it.  Maybe I'm just too much
> of a Google fan =)
>
> I would also combine all of the passage selection modules into one unified
> layout, where the book, chapter, and verse could all be
> changed simultaneously from one screen; computer screens have plenty of
> room after all.  (Am I making sense?  Just combine the top two mockups into
> one.)
>
> God Bless!
> --
> Kevin
>
> P.S.  Maybe the new programmer (rrieba1 at gmail.com) would be interested in
> joining this effort?  He seems to have lots of experience and
> qualifications...
>
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Patrick Zimmermann <patrick at zakweb.de>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> since IRC doesn't seem to be a good place for feature proposal and
>> feedback, I
>> repost this as an email. This should give everyone more time to respond.
>>
>> I made up a new GUI for selecting passages and doing searches in BT. I
>> would
>> like your opinion on this before starting with the implementation to
>> prevent
>> extra work.
>>
>> The basic idea behind all this is to provide a quicker workflow for
>> accessing
>> bible passages. Passages of which I may or may not know the exact verse,
>> i.e.
>> I have to search.
>>
>> http://devel.bibletime.info/images/0/09/SelectorProposal.png
>>
>> Any feedback is very welcome.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Patrick
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> bt-devel mailing list
>> bt-devel at crosswire.org
>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/bt-devel
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> bt-devel mailing list
> bt-devel at crosswire.org
> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/bt-devel
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/bt-devel/attachments/20120419/a75a94e6/attachment-0001.html>