[jsword-devel] Next version of iPhone-ish site

[Jonathan Morgan]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have continued working on the site between end-of-semester work and
>  exams and such.  Updates this round include:
>
>  --Better (read: existent) handling of improper keys entered manually

I can't get enter manually to work at all.  I get the message box
"Enter desired key" (I still prefer verse or reference) and then when
I type a reference nothing happens.

>  --More elegant labels and timings of the "Back" button
>  --New landing site to give the OT/NT split (default module: ESV)

That is much better.

>  --Intelligent messages to the user if there are no applicable options
>  (i.e. choosing "New Testament" from the LXX doesn't leave you in
>  never-never-land)
>  --Direct URL referencing with the following accepted (if not specified
>  the default module is ESV -- interpret the syntax of the following
>  lines similar to the syntax of GNU cli argument specifications, name,
>  anything in square brackets is optional, nested squares mean the
>  options are nested, and angle brackets indicate that the words in them
>  should be replaced by a value):
>  *#books[.<module>.[<testament>]]
>  *#chapters[.<module>[.<testament>]].<book>
>  *#testaments[.<module>]
>  *#verses[.<module>[[.<testament>]].<book>.<chapter>
>  *#modules-list
>  *#bymodule.<module>.<book>.<chapter[s> | [.<verse[s]>]
>  *#<book>.<chapter[[s]> | [.<verse[s]>]]
>  --Mostly supported Back & Forward buttons (the only place I know them
>  to not function atm is if you use the in-app button to go "Back" and I
>  know where to fix that, and just haven't yet).

What are the arrows on the sides of items in your list of things to
select intended to represent?  When I see them as a desktop user, I
assume they mean some kind of pop out menu (which they don't).

I still think that it is very easy to get lost navigating from
chapters to verses, since if I click on something like "3" in the
chapter view, I will get a view of verses that will appear almost
identical, and it is unclear that I have actually got anywhere (the
only thing that changes is the  top link to verses rather than
chapters).

I don't actually get any verse output, either by clicking through to
it or be entering a reference manually.  I just get a blue screen with
a header bar.

Jon