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. <div>
<br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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 ... </div>
<div><div><br></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Kevin Shenk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mailbox@kevinshenk.com">mailbox@kevinshenk.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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 =)</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>God Bless!</div><div>--</div><div>Kevin</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Maybe the new programmer (<a href="mailto:rrieba1@gmail.com" target="_blank">rrieba1@gmail.com</a>) would be interested in joining this effort? He seems to have lots of experience and qualifications...</div>
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<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Patrick Zimmermann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick@zakweb.de" target="_blank">patrick@zakweb.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello,<br>
<br>
since IRC doesn't seem to be a good place for feature proposal and feedback, I<br>
repost this as an email. This should give everyone more time to respond.<br>
<br>
I made up a new GUI for selecting passages and doing searches in BT. I would<br>
like your opinion on this before starting with the implementation to prevent<br>
extra work.<br>
<br>
The basic idea behind all this is to provide a quicker workflow for accessing<br>
bible passages. Passages of which I may or may not know the exact verse, i.e.<br>
I have to search.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://devel.bibletime.info/images/0/09/SelectorProposal.png" target="_blank">http://devel.bibletime.info/images/0/09/SelectorProposal.png</a><br>
<br>
Any feedback is very welcome.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Patrick<br>
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