What Is Up With The Church Website?


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Has anyone tried looking up scriptures on the Church website recently?  I can't find a search bar.  All we have is the overall search bar.  Then you have to click the scriptural subcategory separately to find a list of scriptures.  

I don't like that arrangement.  I liked the fact that footnotes and references would show up in the previews.  Now ithey don't.

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They're been trying a new format (they asked me to provide feedback on it), and it's being glitchy.  Like Monday I couldn't get the AofF to load up.  As to the foot notes, I know that at least in the old version, on the righthand side their was an option to toggle them on/off.  I personally like them on for studying, off for me quoting scripture.

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1 hour ago, Carborendum said:

Has anyone tried looking up scriptures on the Church website recently?  I can't find a search bar.  All we have is the overall search bar.  Then you have to click the scriptural subcategory separately to find a list of scriptures.  

I don't like that arrangement.  I liked the fact that footnotes and references would show up in the previews.  Now ithey don't.

At the top right of the beta, there should be a "switch" to let you change to "classic" mode.

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3 minutes ago, zil said:

At the top right of the beta, there should be a "switch" to let you change to "classic" mode.

Yes, I saw it.  And I got back to the interface I like.  But having the option inevitably means that they're transitioning to the new format which is missing certain features.

I can hope that they put those features back in like google maps did with measuring distances on the maps.

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22 hours ago, Carborendum said:

Yes, I saw it.  And I got back to the interface I like.  But having the option inevitably means that they're transitioning to the new format which is missing certain features.

I can hope that they put those features back in like google maps did with measuring distances on the maps.

IMO, the new android GL app sucks compared to the old from a year or so ago. So I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for lost features to be restored. Their answer to my request was functionally "no" and implicitly "there's something wrong with you, you should repent of your sin of speaking ill of the Lord's software".

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cursed auto-correct; no wonder I rarely type on the phone
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2 minutes ago, zil said:

IMO, the new android GL app sucks compared to the old from a year or so ago. So I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for lost features to be restored. Their answer to my request was functionally "no" and implicitly "there's something wrong with you, you should repent of your sin of speaking I'll of the Lord's software".

What I can't get on my phone is both the video and text.  I get a lot more out of reading and listening if I can listen to the spoke word as I read the text.  That way it's more reinforced in my mind.  But when I go to the video, the text is inaccessible.  So, I went and uninstalled the GL app.  I downloaded a version of the LDS scriptures for my study.  I downloaded the video and text separately directly to my phone.  Then I used two different apps to both listen and read at the same time. So, yes, I'd agree that the GL app has problems, err, uhmm... "features".

it's almost like they don't want us to use the GL app.

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26 minutes ago, Carborendum said:

What I can't get on my phone is both the video and text.  I get a lot more out of reading and listening if I can listen to the spoke word as I read the text.  That way it's more reinforced in my mind.  But when I go to the video, the text is inaccessible.

There's a second place for audio-only that leaves the text visible. If you decide you want to go back, let me know and I'll give details.

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1 hour ago, zil said:

IMO, the new android GL app sucks compared to the old from a year or so ago. So I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for lost features to be restored. Their answer to my request was functionally "no" and implicitly "there's something wrong with you, you should repent of your sin of speaking I'll of the Lord's software".

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