On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Manfred Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am 24.06.2008 um 03:44 schrieb Jonathan Morgan: > >> On 6/24/08, asrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> IMO cross-references not necessarily need to be encoded in the >>> bible module >>> itself. It doesn't help me if some have cross-references and some >>> don't. For >>> bible study I need cross-refs everywhere for every module no matter >>> which >>> language and for which country it is. In my understanding cross- >>> references >>> are not bible translation specific and thus not module specific. >>> One good source for cross-references would be fully sufficient for >>> all bible >>> modules. >> >> The ESV gives an example of why you might want cross-references to be >> version specific - they can be placed in a specific part of the text, >> giving references for a specific word or phrase, rather than having a >> list of cross-references for the whole verse. TSK does similar >> things, by having a list of references for a particular topic, but >> this will be language specific (and the wording looks like it is >> specific to the KJV), and it is further away from the context of the >> verse you are reading. You might be able to develop heuristics to put >> lists of references in the right place in a verse for other versions, >> but displaying it separately from the verse might be less useful in >> any case. I certainly don't see any advantage in lengthy lists of >> cross-references on particular topics or themes without them being >> grouped by their theme and labelled as such. > > Well, it has the advantage of having cross-references at all for > modules that doesn't have crossReference tags. > But you are right, having lengthy lists not grouped is not so good.
That's true. [I actually tend to use the TSK extensively, even when I am using the ESV]. However, I'll just take a quote from Jakob Nielsen: "Studies of content usability typically find that removing half of a website's words will double the amount of information that users actually get." Obviously this may not directly apply to this situation, but I feel users will get more out of a cross-reference module with a "sensible" number of cross-references (for some value of sensible) than out of a lengthy list they ignore. I hope you find a good solution. Jon _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
