Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-15 Thread A. Rick Anderson
Steven H. McCown wrote: #1 problem? How about the #2 problem. :) You also can't change the highlight color on searched terms. For colorblind people (like myself), this makes it really hard to see what was just highlighted. I wrote in about it and was told that it may be considered for 'the n

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-15 Thread Thomas Haws
It goes down the list and uses the first font on the list that it can find. So you put the exact favorite you want first, then proceed forward to more general substitutes in case the first isn't found. Tom On 6/15/06, Tom Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes you can. Does the OS make substitu

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-15 Thread Tom Welch
Yes you can. Does the OS make substitutions before going to the next font in the list? I'm not sure on that point. Tom Thomas Haws wrote: You do know you can specify in order the font faces you prefer, right? "Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,sans serif" Tom -- Tom Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801)

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-15 Thread Thomas Haws
You do know you can specify in order the font faces you prefer, right? "Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,sans serif" Tom -- Tom Haws 480-201-5476 OpenOffice.org v. MS Office: Kids love OOo. Wife didn't notice I switched. Get OOo free. "There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-15 Thread Nathan
On 6/15/06, Tom Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The font we currently use is Arial. We have to stick with a font that is available or easily substituted on every OS because if we were to use something like Trebuchet, few people would have that font on their system and so they would get some s

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-15 Thread Tom Welch
The font we currently use is Arial.  We have to stick with a font that is available or easily substituted on every OS because if we were to use something like Trebuchet, few people would have that font on their system and so they would get some substitution that may not be suitable.  Tom Ste

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-15 Thread Tom Welch
Excellent feedback Charles.  Thanks.  Tom Charles Fry wrote: The issues that bother me are: I constantly find myself cutting and pasting from the online scriptures into documents I am editing. Doing this with footnotes enabled is a trecherous endeaver, as the footnote letters get copied

RE: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Steven H. McCown
I read somewhere that Trebuchet and Veranda were considered the best fonts for online reading. Could that help the readability? Does anyone know what the current font is? Steve -Original Message- On Behalf Of Charles Fry > The current display format is highly unreadable. ___

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Charles Fry
> In that case having a paragraph format would be nice. If you ever tried > using your 1920 pixel width to read the scriptures (in the normal font > size) you will be faced with little more than whitespace. Regarding this, I must admit that my all time favorite version of The Book of Mormon to rea

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Shane Hathaway
Thomas Haws wrote: >> off the footnote letters > > I strongly agree. :-) I do too. >> I wouldn't want more than one column. I see no benefits to that. Nor >> would I want a column of some arbitrary width. > > I agree. One column and leave width to the browser or provide a > draggable frame

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Charles Fry
> I wouldn't want more than one column. I see no benefits to that. Nor > would I want a column of some arbitrary width. I'm quite capable of > selecting the width that is best for me. I have a nice 24" widescreen > monitor set at 1920x1200. I really don't need someone deciding I can > only use

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Thomas Haws
off the footnote letters I strongly agree. :-) I wouldn't want more than one column. I see no benefits to that. Nor would I want a column of some arbitrary width. I agree. One column and leave width to the browser or provide a draggable frame width that's initially somewhat narrow. -- T

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 01:55:30PM -0400, Charles Fry wrote: > The issues that bother me are: > > I constantly find myself cutting and pasting from the online scriptures > into documents I am editing. Doing this with footnotes enabled is a > trecherous endeaver, as the footnote letters get copied

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Charles Fry
The issues that bother me are: I constantly find myself cutting and pasting from the online scriptures into documents I am editing. Doing this with footnotes enabled is a trecherous endeaver, as the footnote letters get copied into the text which is pasted. I just noticed the "Hide footnote indica

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Tom Welch
Excellent news!  Thanks!   Tom>>> "Charles Boling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/14/2006 10:05 AM >>>No beefs to report; just want to say that I like the options under "print" to be able to hide the superscripts, etc. Makes it a bit easier to include quotes in other documents!

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-14 Thread Charles Boling
No beefs to report; just want to say that I like the options under "print" to be able to hide the superscripts, etc. Makes it a bit easier to include quotes in other documents! ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/m

RE: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-13 Thread Steven H. McCown
#x27;. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Pyne Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:52 AM To: 'LDS Open Source Software' Subject: RE: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site On 13 Jun 2006 at 7:33, Steven H. McCown w

RE: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-13 Thread Richard Pyne
On 13 Jun 2006 at 7:33, Steven H. McCown wrote: > When I go to the Distribution Center, I can buy a CD for $5, but > the license agreement says that we can only install it on 1 > computer. For $5, the Church is doing little more than paying > for manufacturing and infrastructure for the CD. Ther

RE: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-13 Thread Steven H. McCown
This link has the Internet version of the scriptures -- I don't seem to be able to find a link for the downloaded version. Is there an effort to make the installable version available for download? The Church would still maintain copyright for works that they would allow to be used for free. Whe

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-12 Thread Steve Dibb
Tom Welch wrote: failing that, just some decent html of the standard works, ideally with footnotes and stuff. Especially so for the foreign language versions. I would love to be able to download the whole lot for offline use. Or Not currently but something I'd like the OSS community to help

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-12 Thread Gary Thornock
> I know it's the same as the previous version, but I like the > photographs and maps. Is there any chance of getting larger > versions, perhaps linked to from the current images? > > I would love to be able to download the whole lot for offline > use. Or failing that, just some decent html of th

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-12 Thread Tom Welch
Thanks, I'll pass your comments along.  Comments inline below Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:35:59PM -0600, Tom Welch wrote: I couldn't find any other languages. I assume they are not yet supported but will and up being accessible from the English link in the top right

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-12 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:35:59PM -0600, Tom Welch wrote: > I'm sending this email to enlist your help in > testing this new scriptures program. You can find it at > http://beta.scriptures.lds.org. Give it a try and send me feedback on > bugs or improvements. Inter

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-12 Thread Tom Welch
I should have specified that we only have English available at this time. Tom Jesse Stay wrote: I can only select English as the language for the scriptures. How do we select other languages? Jesse On 6/12/06, Tom Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Although I am over the open source initiativ

Re: [Ldsoss] New Scriptures Beta Test Site

2006-06-12 Thread Jesse Stay
I can only select English as the language for the scriptures. How do we select other languages? Jesse On 6/12/06, Tom Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Although I am over the open source initiative for the Church, I've also been asked to help project manage the online scriptures program. The c