
Re: Some Advanced functions via config.ini are not working
Thanks, Jon.
Apparently my Bible search settings got re-set by themselves somehow, as I had mentioned before. I would never have selected the option of having the pop-up to appear.
While I generally find ALL pop-ups useful to a beginner, they can become very obtrusive to an experienced user. It's like putting things in the user's face that he did not ask for, and it's worse when the user has no recourse, no option to disable them when they are no longer useful. Most programs seem to allow them to be disabled.
My suggestion to Costas is that he allow the user to disable all hyperlinks of any sort in Bookview, including and ESPECIALLY any verse references, and any other tooltips, balloons, or pop-up windows throughout the program.
I suppose that, out of every 100 Bible references that I come across in Bookview, from day to day, I may open only one of them. I typically just read the text in the window, not the Bible passages referenced therein.
I do not suggest that Costas remove these pop-ups from the program, but simply that he allow the user to disable them, even if only by hacking into the config.ini file, which is simple enough. Better yet, he should allow them to display only when the CTRL key is pressed, as this is a very nice compromise already offered throughout the program. (I suppose the hack would be called "bookview.showpopup.on.biblerefs=2" in the case of the Bible references).
Apparently I am not alone in my frustration with tooltips, pop-up windows, balloon reminders, etc. In recent years I have stumbled across perhaps 100 people online who are so bothered by these things that they take the time to search online for tweaks and advice for disabling them within different programs. I just did a quick search and found the examples listed below, usually accompanied by the words "obnoxious," and "annoying," to describe the feature: The programmers see them as helpful, but the users often see them as obtrusive, as you will see:
for Firefox:
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... qje9ck3-Jgfor the Combat video game:
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... RGCoEil8LQfor various Adobe programs:
https://forums.adobe.com/message/3727892#3727892https://forums.adobe.com/message/8718732#8718732https://forums.adobe.com/message/4071563#4071563https://forums.adobe.com/message/5709826#5709826https://forums.adobe.com/message/8979179#8979179https://forums.adobe.com/message/8918720#8918720for the Counter-Strike video game
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... g7PKM56Xogfor Tableau:
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... zWoTPDN5aAfor Jetbrains IDE:
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... zdNVFBCcowfor HeidiSQL
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... 5tBXlig09wfor Drupal content-management software:
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... bbNU1GvV7gfor Apple OSX
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... Gk7Ly_DBtwfor Windows Explorer:
https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=t&rct=j ... a-zGyhLEiQThe list goes on.