BerBible is dramatically simplified freeware software oriented to non-techies(such as children, missionaries, seniors, etc.) The learning curve is almost trivial because the user interface includes only the bare essentials:
· go directly to a specific chapter or verse
· find verses with specified word(s)
BerBible has tutorials for new and experienced users. There are menu-items within 'Help' to view the basic and extended tutorials online.
Context-sensitive-help can be shown for any button or other control by clicking on the "What's This" question-mark icon in the upper right and then clicking on what you want information about.
Here are some key features of "BerBible":
· Simple! Intuitive user interface. Trivial learning curve.
· Basic tutorial oriented to less experienced computer users
· New features tutorial with 70 steps oriented to experienced users
· Minimal hardware/software/os requirements: Win98/WinNt or later. Will work with many Win95 systems
· Small self-contained download (under 1.8 meg including English Standard Version Bible 2001 Good News and Crossway Publishers).
· Mature, stable software actively supported with regular updates
· Web enabled. Send e-mail and visit home page from within program
· Yahoo e-group community for support by developer and peer users
· Optimal for 800*600+ resolution, but works well with 640x480 VGA (no scrolling!) for older computers and laptops.
· Very quick, simple, and 'well-behaved' installation. No system .dll's added.
· Thorough, well-behaved uninstall. No residual files or registry entries left behind.
· Desktop Animated slideshow (Qarbon viewlet) demonstrates basic features of Windows-Desktop version
· PPC Animated slideshow (Qarbon viewlet) demonstrates basic features of Pocket-PC version
· Native Win32 app launches and runs very fast, even on older dinosaur systems. On most computers, launch is immediate and searching is as fast as you can type.