Mac and PC User Interface Differences

!! Feature Parity

!!! Not yet Fixed - Logos 5 and 4

* PC Notes can indent lines of text, while [[Mac can only indent within a list >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/50517.aspx]] that is fixed in [[Logos 5.1]]

* PC Program launch typically opens to usable Window size, while [[Mac may open to a shrunken size >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/47886.aspx]]

* PC Resource Table of Contents (ToC) cannot be scrolled using arrow keys, but [[Mac can click in ToC so arrow keys no longer scroll resource text >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/49248.aspx]] -- Logos 4.5b regression

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* PC Passage List Print/Export has Font Slider plus handles longer passages correctly [[while Mac has text flow issue across pages >> http://community.logos.com/forums/p/61899/438962.aspx#438962]]

* PC Home Page font size can be changed using Program Scaling while Mac [[font size >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/64441.aspx]] lacks [[scaling option >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/64490.aspx]]

* PC Parallel Resources has orange indicator for current resource,which is [[missing on Mac >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/67018.aspx]] that is fixed in [[Logos 5.1 Beta 5]]

* PC Resource Support Info can be copied, while [[Mac's cannot >> http://community.logos.com/forums/p/66246/464883.aspx#464883]]

* PC Passage Lists can be copied, while [[Mac has some bugs >> http://community.logos.com/forums/p/67258/468329.aspx#468329]] that is fixed in [[Logos 5.1 Beta 7]]

* PC Text Comparison in Hebrew displays correctly, while [[Mac displays some verses with smaller font >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/67267.aspx]] that is partially fixed in [[Logos 5.1 Beta 7]]

* PC Bible Sense Lexicon displays correctly, while [[Mac displays first entry with smaller font and other entries with *bo*ld *weird*ness >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/67459.aspx]] that is fixed in [[Logos 5.1 Beta 5]] {{# Bible Sense Lexicon has font slider bugs in Logos 5.1 RC 1 on Mac OS X and Windows}}

 

!!! Won't Fix

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* PC Syriac ligature connected correctly, but Mac displays Syriac text as independent letters.  [[Mac final forms are disconnected >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/32952.aspx]] Logos User Voice suggestion => [[Connect Syriac Ligature on Mac >> http://logos.uservoice.com/forums/42823-logos-bible-software-4/suggestions/2495573-connect-syriac-ligature-on-mac]]

* *Logos:* Text display is a function of the operating system, not Logos. Some ancient scripts have errors on certain platforms. We plan to implement our own low-level text shaping / rendering in a future release of Logos Bible Software, to ensure consistency across all platforms, but until then will be unable to address text shaping bugs at the OS level.

* PC Notes can [[automatically hyperlink scripture in notes >> http://community.logos.com/forums/p/30845/228725.aspx#228725]] while hyperlink can be manually added on Mac, [[Logos 5.1 Beta 5 implemented automatic hyperlink detection >> Logos 5.1 Beta 5]]

* *Logos:* We presently use operating system controls for rich text editing on each platform. The functionality is not the same on each, and we are unable to hook in at a low level to enable all the desired features on the Mac platform. Our long term plan is to replace the OS provided rich text editor with our own component, but until then we are unlikely to be able to advance the text editing features beyond their current state.

* PC Notes performance for typing is [[better than Mac >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/51459.aspx]]

* *Logos:* We are concerned with note editing performance on both platforms. Our long term plan is to replace the OS provided rich text editor with our own component, but until then we are unlikely to be able to advance the performance beyond their current state.

* PC Text Comparison can [[select and copy individual verses, but Mac needs workaround using Print/Export >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/32961.aspx]]

* *Logos:* The Windows edition gets text selection "for free" from the system-level control used to display the comparison grid. On the Mac we have to render the grid directly; there's no "free" support for text selection. This would be very expensive to write, and our future plans involve an alternate display path that will again give us "free" selection support from the platform. We are unlikely to fix this until we make this more fundamental change.

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* PC Timelines has styles menu to change [[timeline appearance, not yet implemented on Mac >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/32661.aspx]]

* *Logos:* We are investigating options for unifying the Mac and Windows timeline layout logic which will give us the ability to share skins on both platforms for timelines.

* Note: Logos 5 Timeline Tool on PC and Mac has style choices.

 

Logos User Voice suggestion => [[Improve Mac Feature Parity with PC >> http://logos.uservoice.com/forums/42823-logos-bible-software-4/suggestions/2091639-improve-logos-4-mac-feature-parity-with-pc]]