On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Daniel Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I took a look at BPBible, and it is indeed fairly feature rich and pleasing > to the eye. I especially like the way it handles looking up dictionary > entries. I would use it regularly if: > > > Fonts could be set by language or module, > Bibles could be viewed in parallel, either BibleTime or BibleDesktop > fashion, and > > and the Linux installation were a bit easier (I got stuck when trying to > install the swig bindings). The project has made a strong start. The search > dialog is pretty sharp, though average users aren't familiar with regular > expressions. A regular expression builder dialog would be fantastic. The > method that commentaries are linked to the Bible text is great.
Bear in mind that it is still very much a work in progress, but thankyou for the comments. I will agree that Linux installation may be hard, and I'm sure that that will be addressed in some way in later releases. However, I don't agree with the regular expression suggestion. It is true that most users aren't familiar with regular expressions. However, regular expressions aren't a feature that most users will need to use. I understand regular expressions well, and search the Bible frequently, and yet I have never had cause to use regular expressions. I suspect that only people who understand regular expressions well will actually want to use them. Most Bible searches are satisfied by multi word or phrase search, which is quick and easy and anyone who has used Google can understand. Jon _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
