Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread Daniel Owens
Karl's idea of configurable extensibility is exactly right, and DM's idea below is one great way to do it. I think putting functionality at the fingertips of the user is all about the menu that pops up with a right click. For example, GS's approach to dictionaries is excellent in that the user

Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread Karl Kleinpaste
Peter von Kaehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You know that I was joking. Sure. But it was a good opportunity to philosophize cheaply. :-) ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel In

Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Karl Kleinpaste wrote: > Peter von Kaehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> You come to the point where you will have to make a decision whether you >> are scratching an itch or doing a ministry ;-) > > I'm doing both -- they're inseparable, the ministry is the itch -- and I > will engineer ways to a

Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread Karl Kleinpaste
Peter von Kaehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You come to the point where you will have to make a decision whether you > are scratching an itch or doing a ministry ;-) I'm doing both -- they're inseparable, the ministry is the itch -- and I will engineer ways to accommodate both. ___

Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Karl Kleinpaste wrote: > Peter von Kaehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> So the ordinary user scope for searching is a lot smaller. > > Yeah, but accommodating the ordinary user with features specific to the > typical habits of that user makes the life of power users like us > profoundly unpleasan

Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread Karl Kleinpaste
Peter von Kaehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So the ordinary user scope for searching is a lot smaller. Yeah, but accommodating the ordinary user with features specific to the typical habits of that user makes the life of power users like us profoundly unpleasant. :-) __

Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Is it not the minority of users who have everything installed? The only reason I have a lot installed is because I want to check some things out +/- demonstrate it. Same as you. But if I wanted to just use the stuff I would have a couple of English and a couple fo German bibles, a commentary or tw

Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread DM Smith
Karl Kleinpaste wrote: > DM Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I have all modules installed, too. (I don't know how you can stand all >> the tabs!) >> > > In the Windows UI, one can right-click the tab set to bring up a picker > to decide which modules should show in the tabs. E.g. in

Re: [sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread Karl Kleinpaste
DM Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have all modules installed, too. (I don't know how you can stand all > the tabs!) In the Windows UI, one can right-click the tab set to bring up a picker to decide which modules should show in the tabs. E.g. in the Bible tabs, I allow only English, Greek,

[sword-devel] Global search

2008-06-09 Thread DM Smith
Karl Kleinpaste wrote: Daniel Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I really like the advanced search dialog (I never knew it was there!), though a "search all modules" or something like that would be nice to save time. Um. Not necessarily a good idea, for those who keep most everything i