On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Peter von Kaehne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:refdoc@gmx.net" target="_blank">refdoc@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Next item - I have updated and expanded on some blurbs, but would really<br>
appreciate if I could get some input from you good folk. Within teh<br>
current layout and planning to accommodate OS icons I can accommodate<br>
about 90 words per application. For most I have a < 10 sentence stating<br>
this is a really powerful application. So, please do send me something -<br>
otherwise I might make it all up and then let it all rot for another 5<br>
years... ;-) - really important is the number of GUI translations your<br>
applications have.</blockquote><div> </div></div>I'm not sure whether the winking smile applies to the 5 years, or the importance of the number of GUI translations. I presume the former. If not, feel free to ignore this next bit.<br>
The number of GUI translations does not make a particular Bible program either good or bad. This is a very bad way to rate how good a program is. The primary language of use, no matter how many translations you put in, is likely to be English. I'm just wondering whether this is harped on in SWORD because it is the only thing done better than any other application. Sorry if that sounds harsh.<br>
<br>And no, I'm not against i18n - I think it is a good thing. That is why I added it to BPBible 0.4. But it is not the "main" feature of crosswire products.<br>
<br>How about this for a blurb for BPBible (I'm open to different suggestions, but this was what Jon and I came up with quickly):<br>BPBible is an exciting new piece of Bible software which empowers the user. Flexible and user friendly, with a wide variety of available Bibles, dictionaries, commentaries, and other books, it could easily become your first point of call for Bible Study. It has features usually found only in expensive commercial software, such as a word proximity based cross-verse search, and is available in Vietnamese and English. It works well under both Windows and Linux, and is also an official PortableApp. <br>
<br clear="all">God Bless,<br>Ben<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Multitudes, multitudes,<br> in the valley of decision!<br>For the day of the LORD is near<br>
in the valley of decision.<br><br>Giôên 3:14 (ESV)