I was pleasantly surprised to find BPBible a great little piece of Bible software that is built to handle Crosswire book downloads. If you check out their Screenshots you’ll notice that that interface is plain but serviceable and has the kinds of search and context functionality you’d expect.
Best of all, installation of new books, commentaries, and resources from Crosswire is literally a matter of a couple of a clicks. Very nice indeed.
This software is only at 0.4.5 so it still has a way to go but it it’s definitely worth checking out. There’s also a Portable Apps Version that can run from a flash drive with no installer which is great for travel or Bible study on the go. Try that with your $1500 Bible Software!
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As a user and developer of BPBible, I’m encouraged by your comments. While I think it’s fair to say that we try to go beyond what CrossWire provides (in areas like gospel harmonies and topic management), a key reason for using it was so that a large number of useful resources could be made available, and the list continues to grow.
With regard to our version number, different people have different expectations of a version number (from those who say they won’t touch or recommend it until it reaches version 1 as it’s obviously not intended for mainstream use to those who say “isn’t it great how much it does when it isn’t even at version 1?”). I think there are still a number of things that need doing before I am happy with it being called version 1, though I use it daily. However, I’m curious to know what you think needs doing before it’s ready for a version 1 or some similar milestone.
Thanks again!
Jonathan,
Thanks for stopping by!
My comment wasn’t really aimed at any specific flaw that I’ve found. Jamie and I have both been professional developers and we tend to subscribe to the “when it’s ready for prime time you call it 1.0″ way of thinking. I understand that others may look at that differently.
I’ll be happy to flex the software a little bit over the next few days and send you feedback.