[sword-devel] New front page CrossWire

[Ben Morgan]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:

> OK, now the frontpage is _really_ unwieldy.... ;-)
>
Looks much better, thank you.

I have listened to the various comments and have re-incorporated all
> sword applications but for the truly and irredeemably dead ones. I will
> find a solution for the Palm ones. I do think BpBible should stay in.
> Maybe we can convince them to upgrade their own rating-by-version-number?
>
The problem is not in BPBible ;)
BPBible's version numbering is consistent with other open source software,
which often starts at lower version numbers. When I get to version 1, it's
will probably be better than any other SWORD project software is now. And
I'm sure 0.4 sounds a lot better than 0.3 (33% better, I should think).
As has been mentioned before, Sword's 1.5.x has been received with
incredulity by some:

The interface is poor, and I personally do not think this is a version 1
product, let alone 1.5.9
http://www.fostertribe.org/reviews/sword.html


LCDBible is truly and irredeemably dead. All new development occurs in
BerBible, which is freeware but closed source. I believe the author closed
the source as publishers (such as Nelson for NKJV) didn't like open source -
they thought it was too easy to pull the text out, I think.

I have changed the link to the volunteer page and redirected volunteers
> and developers straight to the wiki. The former volunteer.jsp is now a
> wiki page.
>
> Forums are linked to. Adding the link has led to doubling of traffic
> within minutes. Not sure whteher this was an artefact, but we will see
> in a few days.
>
> I am still freshing things up for a few more days and then will move on
> to proper redesign. If anyone else wants to have a go - feel free.
>
> Peter
>
 In case you hadn't noticed, GoBible has the dagger link at the bottom, and
is missing its graphic, as is Alkitab.

God Bless,
Ben
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