
5 features for the future
#1
Posted 27 December 2012 - 03:29 PM
1.) I would love to be able to edit the verse reference for my bible notes to incorporate a range of verses rather than 1 verse at a time. The chapter and verse references aren't always where they should be so sometimes a note needs to stretch over several verses. More over, in narratives it is very common to comment on an entire section rather than verse by verse.
2.) The diagramming tool is coming along but there is no convenient way to store my diagrams. One of the first things I do in studying an epistle is to diagram and then arc each verse. The save option is very inconvenient. I think the best option would be for diagrams to work exactly as user notes do. That way each diagram would be linked to the referenced verses and would have a little icon (as with user notes) next to the verse(s). As with the above suggestion, the chapter/verses are not perfect so one should be able to link a diagram to multiple verses.
3.) Might we be able to paste/insert a photo into our notes? It would be wonderful to be able to scan in and insert a picture of hand written/drawn diagrams (among other things). No matter how friendly the user interface becomes with diagramming, for many of us we'll still prefer to work it out with pen and paper. This would allow us to store and organize our hand written diagrams within Accordance.
4.) We're able to sync our mobile devices with a computer of our choice but what about for those of us who have a desktop and laptop? In the future I would love to be able to sync notes between computers. One possible way would be through a "cloud." I believe Logos already has this.
5.) Finally, and this one should be fairly simple, might we soon be able to read epub and pdf files with accordance? There are so many useful Christian books and resources in electronic format now it would be wonderful to be able to import/store these books within the Accordance suite itself and for there to be a simple tool that automatically searches for and links any scripture references within the text (theWord - a free bible software for PC has this tool. It works brilliantly!)?
Thanks Accordance Team!
Matt
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#2
Posted 27 December 2012 - 05:13 PM
Steve King Running Accordance 12.3.4 on:
Mac 10.14.4 (Mojave), late 2017 15 inch Macbook Pro, 16Gb RAM
iPad2 IOS 9
iPhone XR IOS 12.2
#3
Posted 28 December 2012 - 09:52 AM
Steve, do you mean simply by changing the reference at the top and clicking "make link"? That's simple enough. I do wish that there was some sort of icon displaying that it was over multiple verses. As it is, only the verse it begun with will have a dot next to it. If I'm missing something let me know.
#4
Posted 28 December 2012 - 07:30 PM
Steve King Running Accordance 12.3.4 on:
Mac 10.14.4 (Mojave), late 2017 15 inch Macbook Pro, 16Gb RAM
iPad2 IOS 9
iPhone XR IOS 12.2
#5
Posted 08 February 2013 - 05:40 PM

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#6
Posted 25 February 2013 - 06:45 AM
+1 for diagramming location upgrade.
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#7
Posted 25 February 2013 - 10:41 AM
4.) We're able to sync our mobile devices with a computer of our choice but what about for those of us who have a desktop and laptop? In the future I would love to be able to sync notes between computers. One possible way would be through a "cloud." I believe Logos already has this.
Edited by Outis, 25 February 2013 - 10:43 AM.
#8
Posted 25 February 2013 - 10:57 AM
There is a way to sync your computers through dropbox. I posted directions for this a couple of years ago: http://www.accordanc...utis#entry26686
What has changed is that the iOS now supports dropbox. So now it is possible to sync everything (computers and iOS devices) over dropbox. What follows is my modified instructions as to how to accomplish this...Final warning: I strongly suggest having only one app open at a time. Dropbox relies on the modify dates to find the newest version to sync. If it has muliple versions of new files it gets confused really quickly and as a result your files get messed up really quickly.
Note that while this works we don't officially support it, which means you're on your own if you encounter any issues. I've done basically the same thing personally but created the symlinks without an app. It has worked for me as well, but there were some issue with bad User files that were hidden on my Mac that disrupted syncing on dropbox.
More importantly, Accordance 10.2 will be a native dropbox client and will make this unnecessary. So, if you can hold out, that might be the best option.
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#9
Posted 22 January 2017 - 01:13 AM
I second 2-4. Especially storing the diagrams. It would also be nice to be able to diagram via iPad app!
Absolutely agree with the usefulness of being able to at least read diagrams on iOS. Im not so fussed about diagram creation now that there is a library of diagrams already built in to accordance.
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- 15pt font size for reading text (bible, journal articles, commentaries, etc...)
- Improved searching for Journal articles. (So we can search for journal article by verse + english text)
- Display Journal titles in journal search results. (Imagine a google search where you saw the page text but no headings?)
- Improved greek text search—i.e. allow searching of all greek text the same way you would search LXX+NT, i.e. LXX+NT+ApocFathers+etc...
- Phrase (sympathetic) highlighting.
Also tagged with one or more of these keywords: User Notes, Diagramming, Ereader, cloud syncing, photo insertion
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