Wishlist/Bible Reader
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This is probably redundant if a good generic ebook reader can be be found/developed. What are compelling advantages of a "bible reader" over an "ebook reader"? | This is probably redundant if a good generic ebook reader can be be found/developed. What are compelling advantages of a "bible reader" over an "ebook reader"? | ||
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| + | Most religeous texts are broken into separate books. Another issue is that individuals may want to see dual language versions with a religeous text (IE, for the new testament, greek/english). Beyond the segmentation into books, each verse of a religeous text is usually noted. If I were reading a traditional book, I wouldn't care what verse I was reading, but with a religeous text, the verse/line pairing is important. I am fairly sure that these approaches are true of all abrahamic religeons, however, I would suspect that they are also true of other religeons as well. | ||
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A "Bible Reader" may have better handling of regular reading practices, for instance someone who wishes to do a daily devotion, or similar. bible+ does not seem to have this function, however, so perhaps a more fully-featured program such as Gnomesword would be a better inspiration. | A "Bible Reader" may have better handling of regular reading practices, for instance someone who wishes to do a daily devotion, or similar. bible+ does not seem to have this function, however, so perhaps a more fully-featured program such as Gnomesword would be a better inspiration. | ||
Perhaps this should be in "talk", also. | Perhaps this should be in "talk", also. | ||
Revision as of 01:40, 21 August 2007
Most handheld platforms have some sort of bible, or religeous text reader. An excellent example would be bible+ for the palm platform. A good generic approach so that the reader was designed to read any religeous text would be a good idea.
This is probably redundant if a good generic ebook reader can be be found/developed. What are compelling advantages of a "bible reader" over an "ebook reader"?
Most religeous texts are broken into separate books. Another issue is that individuals may want to see dual language versions with a religeous text (IE, for the new testament, greek/english). Beyond the segmentation into books, each verse of a religeous text is usually noted. If I were reading a traditional book, I wouldn't care what verse I was reading, but with a religeous text, the verse/line pairing is important. I am fairly sure that these approaches are true of all abrahamic religeons, however, I would suspect that they are also true of other religeons as well.
A "Bible Reader" may have better handling of regular reading practices, for instance someone who wishes to do a daily devotion, or similar. bible+ does not seem to have this function, however, so perhaps a more fully-featured program such as Gnomesword would be a better inspiration.
Perhaps this should be in "talk", also.
