Quoting Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com>:
4) IMHO, the layout does not at all look like a Mac application. It should
have a Mac look and feel. Especially since the download is 38M. That is
pretty big for a the Bible programs available on the Mac. Some of it has a
Mac look and feel (e.g. tabs) but much of it doesn't (the same can probably
be said of BibleDesktop). (Acceptance by Mac users will determine whether
this is a big deal.)
Yeah... I've thought that myself. It's very much a Linux/Windows app,
and without labels accompanying the images on the icon bar, it can be
even more counter intuitive. And rearranging the entire app to be
more Mac-like is probably not what the rest of the BibleTime team has
in mind. ;)
I did not look into the app to see what worked and what did not. I'm not
familiar with BT and at first glance it was not obvious how to use it. I
couldn't figure out how to select a passage from an installed Bible. If it
were obvious/intuitive, I would have poked around a bit. I think a Mac user
expects that the application will help them in the most simplest manner to
install a Bible and to use it. Simplicity of first use is a rule on the Mac.
Depth is generally hidden for those that want it and dig for it.
BibleTime is not terribly intuitive, I will admit that. But it's made
big strides since I first used it back in the 1.4 or so range. It may
never be as intuitive as MacSword to a new Mac user, but in similar
vein, I find most Mac-native applications so simple that they're more
or less not intuitive. This app may find a home among those who are
more comfortable with the complication of apps from the Windows and
Linux family and are looking for a Mac Bible software. Of course,
plus all that self-promoting about being the best free Bible software
and so on... ;P
For me the order of importance is 1. Linux/*nix, 2. Windows and 3.
Mac. It's just impossible to design a "native" Mac interface with a
cross-platform toolkit, at least if we don't start again from scratch.
BibleTime on Mac is at least at the moment meant for those who want to
use one app on several platforms.
There's still much to improve in intuitiveness and first-time
helpfullness. If people give good hints about usability for specific
situations they may be integrated. And there's nothing wrong in taking
BibleTime to direction towards Mac-likeness as long as it doesn't make
it strange to Linux and Windows users.
--Eeli Kaikkonen
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