Jeremy Conlin said...

Syncing annotations with the Church’s website is a fantastic idea. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

April 10, 2010 7:18 pm #

Scott Chester said...

Looks like the app is actually called Gospel Lbry.

April 10, 2010 7:20 pm #

Steve said...

Sounds like a good idea. But is there anything for regular people who can’t afford an iPhone? Maybe an app that we can run from our laptops while we’re on the train or riding in a car? I just can’t imagine there is a very high percentage of church members who own an iPhone.

[joel: Yes. We're working on versions for Palm Pre, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Android. We are also working on a web version anyone will be able to access as long as they have Internet and the appropriates browser(s).]

April 10, 2010 10:24 pm #

David said...

Please support Android! I don’t know if you have been following the Apple/Adobe conflicts lately but Apple ethics have gotten even worse (if that’s possible) by prohibiting all cross-platform development tools. I understand iPhone has the largest user base but hopefully by developers taking a stand, that will change. I would hope that the Church would fully support an open platform such as Android over the closed and controlling company that is Apple.

[Joel: Android version is now available on the store.]

April 11, 2010 6:57 am #

Kim Siever said...

The best gospel library app in the App Store. Hands down. I love its speed and interface.

April 11, 2010 1:24 pm #

Ryan Brown said...

I have been waiting for something like this, absolutely wonderful. I was happy to see so many options for a version 1.0 release. Great job. I especially love that you can have multiple screens (like safari) so it is so easy to jump back and forth between lessons and scriptures.

My only real concern right now is menu access. For example, having the teachings of the presidents manuals tucked away under study helps/general conference/other/youth/other/teachings of the presidents seems hard to find and access. Perhaps you are working on a fix for the next release?

I can’t complain, this is such a wonderful app. Love the interface and how everything works so well together. Thanks for all of your hard work.

For your web versions, you mentioned appropriate browsers, I hope this includes safari

April 11, 2010 2:52 pm #

Collin said...

Awesome! This is just what I’ve been waiting for!
You mentioned the app was made with the help of community developers, what do you have to do to help? I am an iPhone developer and would love to help out.

April 11, 2010 2:56 pm #

Nic Johnson said...

First of all, a huge thanks to the LDS Tech Community developers on making this App a success. It’s wonderful to see it all come together.

@Jeremy: Thanks! We’re excited for syncing too.

@David: As Joel mentioned we’re currently developing a version for Android, Pre, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. We’re not taking sides on any platform debates/issues. We’re trying to do our best to get the prophetic word into the members’ hands. If anyone is interested in helping on any of the five platforms, please sign up over at tech.lds.org or contact me at nicjohnson at ldschurch dot org. We’d love your help!

@Kim: Thanks!

@Ryan: Thanks. When I browse to the Presidents manuals I go to Other > Teachings of the Presidents and there they are. Try again and see if it’s still wrong on yours. For the web version, it will absolutely include Safari support. (There are some of us that prefer it )

@Collin: Like I mentioned above, go to tech.lds.org or email me.

April 11, 2010 5:42 pm #

Ryan Brown said...

reinstalled the app, everything is perfectly in its place. Thanks so much for such a wonderful app!

April 11, 2010 7:11 pm #

Jan D. said...

Thanks for doing this – there are some really good apps out there already but having something that is both free and has the backing of the Church is a good option to have.

I had the same issue as Ryan – where the “Other” content was buried under the Scriptures / Study Helps / Other category. I reinstalled, and of course had to re-download the content I wanted. But it is now behaving properly. Seems to be an odd glitch that it doesn’t work right first time around.

Also, I found that the search would hang if I typed more than a word – e.g. searching for the hymn title “How Firm a Foundation” caused it to hand for an extended period after each new word was typed. There’s no progress indicator to suggest that the non-responsiveness is caused by activity in the background.

But thanks again – these are minor niggles with a great app.

April 12, 2010 5:31 am #

Brian Hall said...

Request: Verse-based bookmarking, and bookmark syncing.

April 12, 2010 7:07 am #

Ryan Brown said...

@ Jan – when you do the search and it seems to hang, which it did for me as well, you will notice a little flicker next to the ’spotlight’ icon. It looks like it the spinning circle (not beach ball) but in white, so it barely shows up. I think it is working in the background, but just takes an extended period of time. Glad that it is working for you now as well

April 12, 2010 8:42 am #

Jan D. said...

Ah, yes, – it would be visible if it wasn’t on a mostly white background – it needs to be a different color to make the spinning wheel more apparent. Even so, it doesn’t allow you to continue typing at least some of the time, so there is some hanging going on, even if it’s searching at the same time, so it’s not ideal from a UI point of view.

April 12, 2010 9:03 am #

Kim Siever said...

Is it possible to re-sort alphabetically the songs in the Children’s Songbook?

April 20, 2010 7:15 am #

Chris said...

Great app, looking forward to see if it will be scaled up for the iPad.

April 23, 2010 12:07 pm #