Comments on: BibleWorks Edges Out Accordance in Instant Details http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/09/bibleworks-edges-out-accordance-in-instant-details/ Biblical Studies, Exegesis, Theology, etc. by Josh Mann Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Josh Mann http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/09/bibleworks-edges-out-accordance-in-instant-details/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Josh Mann Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:36:05 +0000 http://www.sakeoftruth.com/?p=572#comment-256 David, I appreciate your willingness to dialogue! My intention is to have the best of both worlds (i.e., quickly attain 'instant' information with the option of scrolling further if desired). In BibleWorks, as I hover over a Greek word, I have instant parsing information in the right pane with the BDAG entry immediate following. If I desire, I hold 'shift' and move to the BDAG entry to scroll (all in the same pane). Further, I can set this right pane to list various resources with the result that hovering over a word will call up relevant grammatical topics (based on gram. tags), lexical entries, and/or relevant Scripture references in these resources. As I move the cursor to another word, the pane instantly displays the new information. Granted, once I choose to scroll, an 'instant' has passed, but the whole process is a bit more streamlined in BW. To be clear, I also consider Accordance to be superior in other ways. I hope to make further comparisons in the future to show the differences as I see them. Update: I've posted two screenshots which demonstrate what I mean. Click to enlarge. David, I appreciate your willingness to dialogue! My intention is to have the best of both worlds (i.e., quickly attain ‘instant’ information with the option of scrolling further if desired). In BibleWorks, as I hover over a Greek word, I have instant parsing information in the right pane with the BDAG entry immediate following. If I desire, I hold ‘shift’ and move to the BDAG entry to scroll (all in the same pane).

Further, I can set this right pane to list various resources with the result that hovering over a word will call up relevant grammatical topics (based on gram. tags), lexical entries, and/or relevant Scripture references in these resources. As I move the cursor to another word, the pane instantly displays the new information.

Granted, once I choose to scroll, an ‘instant’ has passed, but the whole process is a bit more streamlined in BW. To be clear, I also consider Accordance to be superior in other ways. I hope to make further comparisons in the future to show the differences as I see them.

Update: I’ve posted two screenshots which demonstrate what I mean. Click to enlarge.

]]> By: David Lang http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/09/bibleworks-edges-out-accordance-in-instant-details/comment-page-1/#comment-255 David Lang Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:05:17 +0000 http://www.sakeoftruth.com/?p=572#comment-255 Josh, is your intention in getting instant information to quickly get the information you need about a word without moving away from the text (the Accordance philosophy), or to have a more streamlined way to switch to a lexicon and scroll through a long article? In the second instance, you've left the realm of instant details and shifted to a detailed examination of a secondary resource. If you want to see most of an article in BDAG instantly, you can change the Instant Details box to a vertical orientation and make it large enough to show all but the longest articles. Adding a scrollbar to the instant details box would require you to hold the shift key in order to freeze the contents of the instant details box so that you can then move the mouse from the word you're examining to the scroll bar. I'm not sure that's any easier than just triple-clicking to open BDAG in a separate, scrollable window. Josh, is your intention in getting instant information to quickly get the information you need about a word without moving away from the text (the Accordance philosophy), or to have a more streamlined way to switch to a lexicon and scroll through a long article? In the second instance, you’ve left the realm of instant details and shifted to a detailed examination of a secondary resource. If you want to see most of an article in BDAG instantly, you can change the Instant Details box to a vertical orientation and make it large enough to show all but the longest articles. Adding a scrollbar to the instant details box would require you to hold the shift key in order to freeze the contents of the instant details box so that you can then move the mouse from the word you’re examining to the scroll bar. I’m not sure that’s any easier than just triple-clicking to open BDAG in a separate, scrollable window.

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