Accordance Bible Software Blog Comments http://www.accordancebible.com/common/rss2/?&channel=blog_comments&article_id=3410798 Syndicated BLOG Comments from Accordance Bible Software. en-us Copyright 2013 Accordance Bible Software Sun, 19 May 2013 16:24:25 -0400 support@accordancebible.com (Accordance Bible Software) David Lang https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Kevin, I'm sorry our initial release did not live up to your expectations, and of course, I'm sorry for the crashes you experienced during the installation process. The app is indeed still a work in progress, and hopefully future versions will alleviate your frustration.

]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:02:54 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 David Lang Kevin Swan https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Frankly, I expected much more. With all the "we're waiting so we can get it just right" talk on your site, I was expecting something much more functional and polished. 

I've been using Mantis for nearly 2 years because it was the only thing available that supported commentaries, etc. Since then, Olive Tree's reader has come out (and a handfull of others).

Bluntly, taking notes in your software is painful. What good is it to be able to split the pane and have your notes sitting there--waiting to be edited--if you can't just tap in there and leave a note (or edit one). No. To make a simple note on a verse, you have to: 

• click and hold on the verse number
• determine if this is a new note, or you're editing a note
• select your note file
• wince as the note screen comes up and takes up the whole page, obscuring the text you're wanting to comment on (those split screens are useless to us?)
• then type your note

In Mantis, you:
• Click the note icon next to the verse
• Write your note (IN LINE WITH THE TEXT)

In Olive Tree, you:
• Click the verse number
• Click "add note"
• Leave your note in a floating box near the text

This is only one example of the many, many UI and workflow failures in this app.

Got a bible verse in your notes? Can't click it to take you to the verse. 

Want to make the text look less hideous and add a little padding to the reading? (something all readers should offer--or at least not default to slamming it up against the edge of the device) Can't do it.

Don't even get me started on the crashes.

Then there was the "Easy Install," which had to be the most ironically named button on my iPad. Even if it didn't crash every time I tried to sync with my purchased items, the fact that you have to sit there and stare at a screen for hours (because it can't download in the background) is failure enough. Not even a progress bar? Not an 'estimated time remaining?' Nothing to let us know that the application is still working. Just a big "cancel" button staring at you until the app crashes. 

The UI is entirely unpolished. You guys are 2 years behind everyone else, you couldn't find someone to help you in this department? Olive Tree looks much more refined, is easier to read, more intuitive, and has more options. I just don't want to repurchase my hundreds of dollars of materials again, so I feel trapped.

Really disappointed in the effort. I could go on, but I only have 90 characters remaining. :(

]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:45:02 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Kevin Swan Caroline https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:44:57 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Caroline Rick Bennett https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 @Kevin: Our app is universal for all devices running iOS 4.2 or higher. Future plans include iPad specific UI enhancements. We are also in the process of updating older modules with images so that they are compatible on iOS. 

In the meantime maybe it's time to 'upgrade' that IVP Atlas for one of the new Carta releases. ;-)

]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:44:08 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Rick Bennett kevin https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 i know that a bunch of apps are different from ipad to iphone/ipod is this true of the accordance app?

i've been holding out in buying an ipad waiting for this app, yet i think i was disappointed in that graphics are not integrated into the text (think IVP Atlas, and others) and i'm wondering if this is different on the ipad...

]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:14:20 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 kevin Dustin B. https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Best Bible app for iOS I've ever used. Thank you.

]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:16:46 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Dustin B. Jon https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:56:55 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Jon Fr. Rusty Matheny https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Thank you all!

Very Pleased and have mentioned it on Facebook and several e-mails, showed it to others and will continue to do so at every opportunity.

The speed of the app in all categories is just incredible on both the Ipad and my old Iphone 3g.

Thanks again.

Grace and Peace.

]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:05:32 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Fr. Rusty Matheny Robert Silber https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 I couldn't agree with Alan more! I paid nothing and got so much more!

I have done alpha and beta testing for other business-centric apps and know what goes into development. For a 1.0 app, this one is well-developed. I can only imagine what's in store for the next release. While my heavy work is on my MacBook Pro, I have waited for this and am not disappointed.

Accordance continues to deliver the Word!

]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:58:44 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Robert Silber Samuel Clough https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 I'm pleased with it, mostly because I know that new features will come quickly and right now it is fast and capable. Sync with desktop would be a great improvement.

I also really appreciate the fact that it was free. To me that is excellent customer service. Too many companies seem to "nickel and dime" their customers to death by charging for iOS versions of software you've already invested in.

]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:53:14 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Samuel Clough Guntis https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Bugs, they love me, this I know, for they stick to my phone so… :) I ran into problems immediately, had to reinstall app twice, but the developers found those bugs and hopefully in the next release they'll be fixed. Application is free, fast, and I think it was well worth the waiting. Just have to wait few more weeks for these initial bugs to be eliminated. Future looks very promising! 

]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:33:55 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Guntis Michael Romans https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:39:10 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Michael Romans Alan Houtzer https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Was it worth the wait?  This seems like a silly question for a free app.  I paid nothing and received the ability to read many versions of the bible (the versions that I had previously paid for) on my iPad, display them side-by-side and with commentaries.  That's pretty good!  It probably does more stuff that I haven't realized yet, but so far that much has already been used in the pulpit last Sunday.  I do miss my user notes from my Mac, but you said that you would be working in sync with the Mac, so I can wait.

 

Thanks!

]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:28:23 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Alan Houtzer Michael Romans https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:27:51 -0500 https://www.accordancebible.com/3410798 Michael Romans