OpenLP 3.0.2 has been released!

wemmc

NorfolkGreg
https://forums.openlp.org/discussion/comment/15996#Comment_15996
I'm a very occasional user of OpenLP and have only just downloaded 3.0.2 after using 2.4.6.
I use the portable versions and find no noticeable difference between the two for startup times.
I know it's been a few months since you posted and I hope you're used to the new icon pack by now and have made some sense of it.
I don't have any problem with the "show theme" icon. It's a very standard image icon used in many software packages, including this forum, and what is a theme but the image shown behind any text being presented.
Similarly, with the the "Show Desktop" icon, an "X" is about as standard as you can get for "don't" or "close" and it in this case it says don't show, or close, the OpenLP window.
I even actively prefer the vertically oriented Previous and Next icons in the new version, as that's the direction you move objects in in the lists above. And the new icons for Preview (with a blank row of seats in front of the screen) and the Live (with an audience seated in front of the screen) seem , just right to me.
About the only icon that is a bit "techie" is the multi-platter hard disk icon that is used to indicate a database. That's even more old fashioned than 1980s the 3.5" floppy disk icon still common to indicate "Save" in almost every software package. But a database is what you need to have in mind when trying to find a symbol to represent "Maintain the list of authors, topics, and books".

Truthfully, I restored 2.4 from a backup and I'm waiting to test the next version. 3.0.2 doesn't work in our system and the interface is horrible. No one in our team likes it, and it's not stable or useable. The excessive loading time isn't the worst issue, the fact that it doesn't work is.

wemmc

tgc
https://forums.openlp.org/discussion/comment/16321#Comment_16321
Hi!
While we are aware that some users use a shared folder as you describe, it is not a supported feature of OpenLP, so we won't support 2.9.4/5 for keeping this feature supported.
That being said, if we can easily fix the issues related to this, we can try to look into making it work better. So what is the issues you are seeing with the later versions?

Not supporting a shared folder system means we can't upgrade to v. 3.x

This is a feature that is used by hundreds of installations. Dropping it is VERY short sighted. Combined with the fact that you seem to expect churches to have brand new computers instead of 10 year old repurposed machines means we will need to start looking for alternatives.

I am disappointed in the choices that openlp has made.

tgc

wemmc
https://forums.openlp.org/discussion/comment/16340#Comment_16340
Not supporting a shared folder system means we can't upgrade to v. 3.x
This is a feature that is used by hundreds of installations. Dropping it is VERY short sighted. Combined with the fact that you seem to expect churches to have brand new computers instead of 10 year old repurposed machines means we will need to start looking for alternatives.
I am disappointed in the choices that openlp has made.

I think you misunderstand what I'm trying to say. We're not dropping support, because it was never supported. And 2.9.x release series was pre-releases, so it makes no sense to keep that supported. Much better to figure out what doesn't work anymore, and then see if that can be fixed, which was what I asked for in the post.

We have actually just added a new locking feature that will hopefully prevent database corruption on shared systems.

wemmc

Ah, ok. That's much better.

That said, v. 3.0.x is currently unusable and appears to not have been tested with real users. The icons aside, it's not stable and doesn't work on older machines.

I will have to try a clean stand alone install, but based on the last attempt I'm not expecting much.

niyaleon

craigbotha
Still some problems with the web remote that need to be addressed:
It is not possible to adjust the font size in the stage view or chords view (this is a big drawback and makes it unusable).In the 2.4 version, at the end of a song item, in stage view, it displayed "Next Item" at the bottom. I found that very helpful. It's totally missing this feature in 3.0 please bring it back.In the 2.4. version, whatever I put between [square brackets] did not display on the main view, but did display in the stage view or chords view. Now I can't use that feature because it fags it as being not a recognised chord. Even if it's not a recognised chord, just leave it alone. Being able to edit the song and change the key is a great feature, however, every time I press the "up" or "down" button to change the key, it immediately takes me to the bottom of the song, where I can't see the [=G] key signature, and then I have to scroll all the way up again. It's most frustrating. Lastly, when editing a song on my laptop, the font in the edit box is so tiny I can't see it well enough. It would help if I could change the size of that font.In version 2.4 I was able to go to "print view" in the remote, which was black on white and print the whole song with the chords and correct verse order. I would love to have that feature back.

Allow font size adjustment in stage and chords view.Reintroduce "Next Item" display at the end of songs in stage view.Allow text within [square brackets] without flagging it as unrecognized.Prevent the key change from scrolling to the bottom of the song.Enable font size customization in the song edit box.Reintroduce "Print View" for black-on-white printing with chords and correct verse order.

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