Hi Developers,<br><br>I just wanted to let you know I just joined the BibleTime development mailing list. I'm a Christian, a computer enthusiast, and a Linux/KDE user, so I'm very interested in this project. I've actually been using this program for many years now, and always have had a desire to contribute to it's development. I'm not ready to start developing quite yet, but I'd like to see how you guys operate and where you are going with this project.<br>
<br>I have several motives which fuel my interests here. I love to study the Bible. BibleTime seems to be the most advanced Linux Bible study software so far, but it could use many improvements, and I'd love to be part of that. Secondly, I have some close friends who are involved in a Bible translation organisation, and I think it'd be cool to implement features which would be useful to them in that field. Thirdly, I really enjoy working with computers, and although my work involves programming in Object Basic and SQL, I always wanted to learn in C++ and QT. It's hard for me to learn if there's no specific motivation, and improving BibleTime could be very motivational for me.<br>
<br>I'm chock full of ideas, and I find it easy to speak my mind, but I hope I can be helpful and not annoying. I have several aspirations for moderate changes in the application, like an accordion navigation pane for the bookshelf instead of the list tree view, an MDI search window, auto-loading chapters, a breadcrumbs reference navigation panel, better cross-reference integration, etc. Most of these changes would probably only be feasible for a major future version (like 3.0?) but I'd love to know how you guys brainstorm, make design decisions, what your road-map looks like, and if and how I can fit into all of that.<br>
<br>There are several other factors in my life which will determine whether I'll actually ever be able to actively contribute to this project. I suppose for now I'll just sit back, be quiet (that might be hard), and watch you guys work.<br>
<br>God Bless!<br><br>Kevin Shenk<br>