- New "boxed" inline display options for Strongs Numbers, User Notes, Text Notes, and BYOSB Links. This option moves inline text to a separate line and places a box around the text, making it easier to distinguish the new text.
- New "local server" mode. Located under Notes, Backup, "Local Server", this option allows you to download your notes to a file on your computer (PC, Mac, Linux, etc.)
- Turn on the local server
- Visit the address listed from any web browser in the local network
- Download and save your notes file
- Optionally, you can upload a file named Notes.txt, which will restore the notes on your device
- In addition, you can upload and download any other files, using the application as a way to temporarily store files on your device (NOTE: Mantis provides no warranty for data loss if you use this feature.)
- In-app purchases are now updated individually when you view them
- New optional search results screen (Tools, Options, Search Tree View)
- More bug fixes
- Update to In-App-Purchase: Apple now allows for In-App-Purchase for free apps, so this capablity should now work with all versions of Mantis.
- Fixed startup delay.
- Fixed highlighting bug.
- Many other bug fixes.
- "In App Purchase" - tap to purchase any of over 140 resources from the Apple App Store and download immediately. (This feature is only available in paid versions of Mantis, it will not work in the free version of Mantis as Apple does not allow in app purchases from free apps.)
- Badges appear in the bookshelf showing you how many un-downloaded books you have available.
- Ask for Overwrite or Merge when restoring from backup. This should allow you to merge existing notes with notes from your backup.
- Many bug fixes and performance enhancments.
- BYOSB - Build Your Own Study Bible (See below)
- Automatic scrolling
- Inline verse menus
- Inline translation comparison
- Inline commentary display
- Copy/paste now enabled on main reader screen
- Includes 5 different Bible Reading Plans
- Includes optional night reading color scheme
- New icons and graphics
- Bug fixes and speed improvements
- Highlighting is much improved -- no more screen redraws during highlighting.
- Color set example view.
- Analyze verse speed improvements
- Removed ability to swipe left/right to change chapters in order to allow for copy/paste in the main reader screen.
- If a commentary entry is not found for the current verse, we offer the previous and next commentary entry instead.
BYOSB - Build Your Own Study Bible
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This is a huge new feature. Alternate translations and commentaries appear as links in the current verse when you tap the verse number. Then you can tap these links to display these alternate translations or commentaries right inline in the main reader screen.
Imagine...you're reading the NIV, but you like to drill down to look at strongs number detail in the CWS. Just tap the verse number, tap [CWS], and you have the current verse in the CWS right inline. Tap on words to open the strongs numbers and drill down just like you normally would in the CWS.
Now you want to read the MacArthur Study Notes, and maybe the IVP Background Commentary for this verse. Just tap [MAC] then tap [IVP]. Tap the verse number again to close everything and return to the verse.
It's way cool.
It's also pretty flexible. You can select which of your installed translations will show up and which of your commentaries will show up. You can decide to place translation links at the beginning or the end of the regular verse text, and the commentary links can also be placed at either the beginning or the end.
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Optional Inline Notes - Notes can be created and edited in the main reader screen
User Definable Color Sets
Email a verse with attached notes
Selectively enable and disable corner scrollers
Shake device to reset and close all open toggles (notes, strongs definitions, etc.)
Added Backup and Restore of Settings (backs up and restores user definable color sets)
Toggle translation note asterisks on and off from the toolbar
Added bookmark and note folder sort options
Translation notes are now active in Analyze Verse mode
Fixed alternate strongs dictionary lookups for NASS strongs numbers ending in "a" or "b"
Support for maps and other graphic elements that can be viewed full-screen, zoomed, and scolled.
Many small bug fixes
Fixed memory leaks making program much more stable and less prone to crashing
History is now logged when using scrollers, also logs where you were when you navigated away if you scrolled from verse 1 down to verse 42 for example
Limiting initial bookmark and note table loading to 20 -- this dramatically increases the response time for users who have hundreds of notes or bookmarks in a folder
Speed improved when switching volumes
New optional startup animation
JUMP links inside verse previews now brings up a menu with new options
Allow notes not attached to a verse (global notes)
Alternate background colors for nested strongs numbers, better colors for links inside strongs definitions
Modifications for Complete Word Study Bible features to handle grammar, grammar notes, and lexical helps
Plus dozens of other bug fixes and speed improvements
Landscape (sideways) orientation implemented throughout (and added configurable option to turn off rotation)
Searching speed increased by an order of magnitude
Saving search results to a folder of bookmarks speed increased substantially and now includes activity indicator
Personal notes are now automatically marked up with scripture cross-reference links (this is highly intelligent and will recognize hundreds of different notation systems, such as Genesis 1:1, Gen 1:1-2, Gn 1:1-2, Jude 4, etc.)
New Book Scroller (tap and hold in the bottom left corner and drag up to choose a book)
New Volume Scroller (tap and hold in the bottom right and drag up to choose from among installed Bibles, commentaries, dictionaries, and other books)
Added ability to delete individual history items
New History Options - Local or Global (allows you to view and access history items across multiple volumes)
Dramatic speed improvements in highlighting -- no more "saving highlights" messages
In-place editing of notes from the notes list.
Dramatic speed increase in Strongs Number [Find] option
Change blue words in Strongs "Words Mode" to underlines -- this solves the problem with red words that have Strongs Numbers, and is also less distracting while reading
Turned off Strongs Numbers while in highlight mode
Marked extra Strongs words with [+] in order to give a little extra room to click
Fix for nested Strongs Numbers (once again allowing you to drill down to the root word)
Optimization of settings screen so it closes faster
Fixes to navigation -- returns to exact scroll position when possible, also returns to the exact last verse whenever possible
Fix to remove stray markup formatting from verse previews containing red lettering
Fixed search screen resets caused by low memory warnings
Only show >>NOTE link in cross references where appropriate (inside commentaries)
Entering a scripture reference in search box now takes you directly to that location.
New Options Toolbar for quick access to: Highlighting, toggling Strongs Numbers, Daily Reading Plan, Help
Daily Reading Plan Feature: one reading plan included, others available as an optional free download. Program tracks which passages have been read and offers an option to open the plan to the current day's reading or to the last unread passage.
Swipe left and right to change chapters.
Double-tap the screen to toggle full-screen mode.
New tutorial tips for new users (with an option to turn them off under Tools, Options).
Set default font to 15 point.
Got rid of "Notes" header in note editing screen, making the note edit area bigger.
Alternate Strongs Integration -- any volume installed that's based on Strongs Numbers will show up as a link in the strongs definition. This integrates Brown-Driver-Briggs', Thayer's Greek Definitions, and King James Concordance with the King James w/Strongs or NASB w/Strongs volumes.
New "Analyze Verse" system: compare translations, view commentary, define words, and view/edit your personal notes. This integrates all installed Bible translations, all installed commentaries, and all installed dictionaries into one convenient place.
New icon.
Selective restore now allows you to restore from your backup any one of: Bookmarks, Notes, Highlights, Reading Log, or all.
Search results that have been visited are now marked with a checkmark.
Added back button to chapter and verse chooser screens.
Fixed bug in sorting of bookmarks
Program now remembers and reopens the last set bookmark folder.
Fixes to download status code -- we now show [NOTES] and [STRONGS] when those files are downloaded, all downloading information appears at the top of the table.
Many other minor cosmetic fixes and bug fixes
Faster (background) loading of chapters (significantly speeds up longer chapters)
For me, this is most noticable in Psalm 119 in a translation with strongs numbers turned on. What used to take up to 5 or 6 seconds is now a second or less.
Show/hide links in Analyze Verse are now "sticky", allowing a default custom analysis screen
A couple of you pointed out that, while the new Analyze Verse screen is handy, you have to tap "Show" each time you go there for the translations or commentary you want to view. How handy would it be if you could just toggle on the items you wanted and they stayed that way? And how about if they stayed that way even after you restart the program? Done.
New: Strongs Number [FIND], summary and detail drill-down
Example: tap a Strongs Number to get its definition,
Tap [FIND] to see how many times that number is used in each book,
Tap Gen to see links to all the verses in Genesis where that number is found,
Tap individual verses to view the text of each verse
This, to me, is the most exciting feature I think we've ever added. In order to get a good sense of what a word means (I mean a Greek or Hebrew word) you should look at how that word is used elsewhere in Scripture. That can be a tedious process. Not many people know that, since Mantis 2.0, you can search for a strongs number by typing it in the search screen (such as H1234 or G456). That's great, but still not good enough.
So, we've added inline strongs searching. Fair warning -- this first release is on the slow side. You'll tap the [FIND] button and think it's not working (but it is!) Seconds later, you'll see some results like this:
Gen (3), Exo (1), Lev (12), Ruth (4)
Those results show how many times the strongs number is found in each book. Tap a book name to get cross-reference links from that book. This all happens inline. Tap the reference that shows up to view the verse text. As usual, with each cross reference, there's a link to jump there. And also, as always, tapping again toggles an item off, so if you tap a verse, and it's not relevant, just tap it again to close it. Or tap a book name again to close the references for that book. [NOTE: In the 4.0.0 release, we have addressed the speed issue, and this feature is nearly instantaneous.]
This feature either means absolutely nothing to you, or you're as excited about it as I am.
New Settings Options:
Display Strongs Numbers as:
Numbers (the current method)
Hyper-linked words (easier to read)
Or turn them off
By popular demand, we're offering two ways to view strongs numbers now:
ThisH123 is the firstH456 wayH789.
This is the second way.
The new "display as hyper-linked words" option makes things much more readable. Words that can be tapped are in blue (just like the verse numbers.) You can also turn off strongs numbers completely as before. [NOTE: red-letter words cause a problem in this version, so in 4.0.0, click-able words will be displayed as underlined words instead of in blue.]
To get the new "display as hyper-linked words" option, you will need to download an updated version of the NASS or KJVS text that supports this option. (Just go to the bookshelf and swipe your finger over the NASS or KJVS entry, delete it, and download it again to get the updated version.)
Turn triangle guides (scroller guides) off
Some of you found the new triangle guides in the reader screen distracting. You can now turn them off. Turning them off does NOT turn off the chapter and verse quick-scrollers, so you can still tap and drag down in the top left and top right of the reader screen.
Sort bookmarks by book (scripture order) or date (date entered)
Sort notes by book (scripture order) or date (date entered)
You can now sort bookmarks and notes by date & time entered (in reverse chronological order, so your latest bookmark or note will always be on top.)
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