On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:55 AM, DM Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't like all the interfaces that assume that I want an entire > chapter at a time. Most times, I want specific verses. By default, > BibleDesktop hides the Passage Sidebar. It give the ability to click > on a passage and grow it by a context of 1 or 5 verses. This pre- > existed my involvement, but I find it very handy. I get just what I > ask for and can expand to get more of the context if desired. > Personally, I like to see verses in context. If I have a cross-reference, I can see it by itself just by hovering over it (at least in BPBible). But if I click on it, it is because I want to see it in context.
> > I agree with some of the earlier posts that we need to formalize the > notion of sections and allow people to show a section at a time. This > can be done by analyzing the positions of the headers and assume that > they mark the start of sections. > While I don't see a problem with formalizing the notion of sections (and it would be interesting metadata) I would not use this as a single block of text to display. Possibly something laid out like in, for example, Google Reader - having sections in pages, and allowing scrolling up and down to other pages - would be good. God Bless, Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. Giôên 3:14 (ESV)
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