Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Faster, Easier Access to NWT Pīnyīn Plus Bible Book Links

Links to the Bible books can now be reached more quickly in:

  • NWT Bible (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
    (2007 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly, unofficial,
    incomplete but with many often-used scriptures,
    flashcards integrated with the text,
    context-appropriate English translations
    with literal & effective meanings,
    Simplified & Traditional characters,
    📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced, and
    📘 Reveal None controls
    for all the “flashcards” in a chapter, paragraph, etc.,
    extensive links for getting around, audio links,
    Night Theme that can be turned on or off
    using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
    adjustable text size)
    (Info re offline viewing and printing)
  • Short Links:
    LinksPublications
    New World Translation Bible Links (tiandi.info/bi)

This has been achieved by hiding by default the links in the table of contents to the Introduction page’s subheadings. With these subheading links hidden by default, scrolling to the Bible book links, a relatively frequent task, can be done more quickly and easily. (The Introduction page’s subheading links, which lead to potentially interesting and useful information, can be made to show by tapping/clicking on the Introduction and Disclaimer heading in the table of contents. Tapping/clicking on that heading again will hide the subheading links again.)


Similar section showing/hiding functionality has also been used in other resources I have produced, but this new implementation (which uses modern, highly regarded Vue.js technology, for any who find that interesting) uses a different animation from that used by my previous implementation. Whereas the previous, vaguely “steampunky” animation could make it seem as if lots and lots of writing was pouring into the page as if in a waterfall, which some perhaps could find a little intimidating 😱, this new animation uses a simple fade-in effect which hopefully will be found to be clean, modern, and not at all intimidating. 😊 Eventually, all the resources I produce that have section showing/hiding functionality will use this new implementation.