10 June 2008

e-Sword Live

Back in December 2007, Rick asked me to beta test e-Sword Live.

I tested it out, using Firefox, Konqueror, and two or three other browsers that are available for Linux. I also tested it on Windows, using Firefox. (Microsoft Internet Explorer was removed from my Windows Box, within an hour of installing Windows.)

The thing I like the most, is the cross-references, underneath the Bible display. The downside is that there are none for deuterocanonical material. :( The 1899 Douay-Rheims and KJVA are the only Bibles that include deuterocanonical material. None of the commentaries cover deuterocanonical material.

e-Sword Live was publicly announced 23 May 2008.


For those who have difficulty in submitting questions/bug reports/requests for enhancement to http://live.e-sword.net/about/contact.html the following _might_ help:

Do not use any of the following:
* Parenthesis. That is "(" and ")";
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e-Sword Poll Results

2008 Poll results
Between 23 February 2008 and 1 April 2008, nineteen polls about operating system usage were run on the eSword support list. Due to the low numbers1, the results of these polls are inconclusive.
001/Operating Systems
001: What Operating System do you use e-Sword on? Please answer this poll and the operating specific poll as well. This poll allows for more than one vote.

Eighty eight votes were cast. The results were2:
OS/2 Warp 0%
Unix 0%
Solaris / Open Solaris 0%
BeOS 0%
ReACT 0%
Windows 84%
Macintosh 4%
Linux 10%
BSD 0%
Other 1%
002/Windows
002: Which of the following versions of Windows do you run e-Sword on? Please answer this poll and, if applicable, the Version Specific poll as well.

There were 43 votes. The results were3:
Windows NT 3.1 0%
Windows NT 3.5 0%
Windows NT 3.51 0%
Windows NT 3.51 0%
Windows NT 4.0 0%
Windows 95 0%
Windows 98 0%
Windows 98 2nd Ed 4%
Windows ME 2%
Windows 2000 6%
Windows XP 74%
Windows 2003 0%
Windows Vista 11%
Windows 2008 0%
003/Windows 95
003: Which of the following versions of Windows 95 do you use e-Sword on?

There was 1 vote. The results were4:
Windows 95-B OEM Service Release 2 100%
Windows 95-B (USB) OEM Service Release 2.1 0%
Windows 95-C OEM Service Release 2.5 0%
Windows 95 0%
Windows 95 Retail 0%
Windows 95 Retail SP 1 0%
Windows 95-A OEM Service Release 1 0%
004/Windows NT 4.0
004: Which of the following versions of Windows NT 4.0 do you use e-Sword on?

There was no votes. The results were5:
Windows NT 4.0 Server 0%
Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition 0%
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server 0%
Windows NT 4.0 Work Station 0%
005/Windows NT 3.x
005: Which of the following versions of Windows NT 3.x do you use e-Sword on?

There was no votes. The results were6:
Windows NT 3.1 0%
Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server 0%
Windows NT 3.5 Server 0%
Windows NT 3.5 Workstation 0%
Windows NT 3.51 Server 0%
Windows NT 3.51 WorkStation 0%
006.Windows XP
OO6: Which of the following versions of Windows XP do you use e-Sword on? This poll allows for one vote only.

There were 58 votes. The results were7:
Windows XP Home Edition (32 bit) 37%
Windows XP Professional Edition (32 bit) 51%
Windows XP 64 bit Home Edition 0%
Windows XP 64 bit Professional Edition 1%
Windows XP Media Center Edition 3%
Windows XP Tablet Edition 5%
Windows XP Embedded Edition 0%
Windows XP Starter Edition 0%
Windows XP Edition N 0%
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy Systems 0%
007/Windows 2003
007: Which of the following versions of Windows 2003 do you use e-Sword on?

There were 2 votes. The results were8:
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition 50%
WS 2003 Web Edition 0%
WS 2003 Small Business Server 0%
WS 2003 Datacenter Edition 0%
WS 2003 Enterprise Edition 50%
WS 2003 Computer Cluster Edition Edition 0%
WS 2003 Storage Edition 0%
WS 2003 Home Edition 0%
WS 2003 Standard Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Web Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Small Business Server 64 BitVersion 0%
WS 2003 Datacenter Edition 64 BitVersion 0%
WS 2003 Enterprise Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Computer Cluster Edition Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Storage Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Home Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
008/Windows 2000
008: Which of the following versions of Windows 2000 do you use e-Sword on?

There were 13 votes. The results were9:
Windows 2000 Server 7%
Windows 2000 Advanced Server 0%
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server 0%
Windows 2000 Professional 92%
009/64 Bit Windows
009: Which of the following versions of 64 Bit Windows do you run e-Sword on? Vote for one choice only.

There were 1 vote. The results were10:
WS 2003 Datacenter Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Enterprise Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Computer Cluster Edition Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Storage Edition 64Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Home Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Standard Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 0%
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 0%
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition x64 0%
Windows Web Server 2008 Edition x64 0%
Windows Storage Server 2008 Edition x64 0%
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Edition x64 0%
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Edition x64 0%
Windows Server 2008 Itanium Edition 0%
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition x64 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition x64 0%
Windows Vista Business Edition x64 0%
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition x64 0%
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64 0%
Windows XP 64 Bit Home Edition 0%
Windows XP 64 Bit Professional Edition 1 100%
Windows XP 64 Bit Itanium: Version 2002 0%
Windows XP 64 Bit Itanium2: Version 2003 0%
WS 2003 Web Edition 64 Bit Version 0%
WS 2003 Small Business Server 64 Bit Version 0%
010/WS 2008
010: Which of the following versions of Windows Server 2008 do you use e-Sword on?

There were 0 votes. The results were11:
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x86 0%
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x86 0%
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition x86 0%
Windows HPC Server 2008 0%
Windows Web Server 2008 Edition x86 0%
Windows Storage Server 2008 Edition x86 0%
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Edition x64 0%
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Edition x64 0%
Windows Server 2008 Itanium Edition 0%
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 0%
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 0%
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 0%
Windows Web Server 2008 Edition x64 0%
Windows Storage Server 2008 Edition x64 0%
011/32 Bit Windows Vista
011: Which of the following versions of 32 Bit Windows Vista do you use e-Sword on? The "N" editions are only distributed in Europe. The "K" and "KN"editions are only distributed in South Korea. You may vote once in this poll.

There were 11 votes. The results were12:
Windows Vista Starter Edition x86 0%
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition x86 18%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition x86 54%
Windows Vista Business Edition x86 0%
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition x86 0%
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x86 18%
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition N x86 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition N x86 9%
Windows Vista Business Edition N x86 0%
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition K x86 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition K x86 0%
Windows Vista Business Edition K x86 0%
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition KN x86 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition KN x86 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition KN x86 0%
Windows Vista Ultimate Limited Edition x86 0%
Windows 0%
012/64 Bit Windows Vista
012: Which of the following versions of 64 Bit Windows Vista do you use e-Sword on?

There were 2 votes. The results were13:
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition KN x64 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition KN x64 0%
Windows Vista Business Edition KN x64 0%
Windows Vista Ultimate Limited Edition x64 0%
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition x64 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition x64 50%
Windows Vista Business Edition x64 0%
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition x64 0%
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64 50%
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition N x64 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition N x64 0%
Windows Vista Business Edition N x64 0%
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition K x64 0%
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition K x64 0%
Windows Vista Business Edition K x64 0%
013/ OS/2 Warp
013: Which of the following versions of OS/2 Warp do you use?

There were 0 votes. The results were14:
OS/2 Warp 2.0 0%
OS/2 Warp 2.1 0%
OS/2 Warp 3.0 0%
OS/2 Warp 4.0 0%
OS/2 Warp 4.5 0%
OS/2 Warp 5.0 0%
eComStation 1.0 0%
eComStation 1.1 0%
eComStation 1.2 0%
eComStation 1.2R 0$
014/Macintosh
014: Which version of the Macintosh Operating System do you use e-Sword on? Vote for one option only.

There were 4 votes. The results were15:
Macintosh OS X 10.4 Tiger 25%
Macintosh OS X 10.3 Panther 0%
Macintosh OS X 10.2 Jaguar 0%
Macintosh OS X 10.5 Leopard 75%
Macintosh OS X 10.1 Puma 0%
Macintosh OS X 10.0 Cheetah 0%
Macintosh OS X 10.4.1 Developer Edition (AKA Macintosh for Intel) 0%
Macintosh OS X Server Standard 10.5 Leopard 0%
Macintosh OS X Server Workgroup 10.5 Leopard 0%
Macintosh OS X Server Advanced 10.5 Leopard 0%
Macintosh OS X Server 10.4 Tiger 0%
Macintosh OS X 1 Server 0.3 Panther 0%
Macintosh OS X Server 10.2 Jaguar 0%
Macintosh OS X Server 10.1 Puma 0%
Macintosh OS X Server 10.0 Cheetah 0%
Rhapsody DR-1 (Mac 5.0) 0%
Rhapsody DR 2 (Mac 5.1) 0%
Macintosh OS X Server 1.0 (Mac 5.3) 0%
Macintosh OS X Server 1.2 (Mac 5.6) 0 %
Macintosh OS 9 0%
Macintosh OS 8 0%
Macintosh OS 7.6 0%
System 7.5 0%
System 7 0%
Other Macintosh Version 0%
015/Linux Distros
015: Which distro based version of Linux do you run e-Sword on. One vote only.

There were 10 votes. The results were16:
Red Hat Enterprise Edition Based 10%
Fedora Based 0%
Slackware Based 0%
Slax Based 0%
Mandrivia Based 10%
Knoppix Based 0%
Gentoo Based 0%
Puppy Linux Based 0%
Other RPM based 0%
SuSe Based 0%
Debian Based 10%
Ubuntu Based 70%

016/Christian Orientated Linux Distros
016: Which Christian Orientated Linux distribution do you run e-Sword on? If you select "Other",please post a message to the list stating what it is. AFAIK, I have listed all of the Linux distributions that claim a Christian orientation.

There were 0 votes. The results were17:
Ichthux 0%
Ubuntu Christian Edition 0%
Christux 0%
Church Puppy 0%
Other 0%
017/Ubuntu Based Distros
017: Which Ubuntu derived Linux distribution do you use e-Sword with.

There were 7 votes. The results were18:
Ubuntu 85%
Kubuntu 0%
Edubuntu 0%
XuBuntu 0%
Linux Mint 14%
FreeSpire 0%
gNewSense 0%
Ubuntu Studio 0%
GoBuntu 0%
Fluxbuntu 0%
gOS 0%
LinuxMCE 0%
MythBuntu 0%
nUbuntu 0%
UbuntuLite 0%
NexentaOS 0%
GooBuntu 0%
GuadaLinux 0%
Imp iLinux 0%
MoLinux 0%
Baltix 0%
Linspire 0%
UbuntuME 0%
FrogLinux 0%
Other Ubuntu Derivative 0%
018/Top 10 Linux Distros
018: This is the top 10 list of Linux distros according to DistroWatch. Which, if any, do you run e-Sword one?

There were 8 votes. The results were19:
Ubuntu 7.10 62%
OpenSuse 0%
Fedora 8.0 0%
Debian 4.0 12%
Mandrivia 2008.0 12%
PCLinuxOS 2007 12%
SimplyMEPIS 7.0 0%
Knoppix 5.1.1 0%
Slackware Linux 12.0 0%
Gentoo Linux 2007. 0%
019/BSD
019: Which BSD distribution and version do you use e-sword with? Vote for one choice only. Macintosh does not count as a BSD operating system for the purposes of this poll.

There was 1 votes. The results were20:
Debian GNU/kFree BSD 0%
PC-BSD 0%
DebianGNU/NET BSD 0%
Ging 0%
Desktop BSD 0%
Closed BSD 0%
Other BSD Distribution 0%
Gentoo/FreeBSD 100%
DragonFly BSD 0%
NetBSD 0%
NetBSD 0%
OpenBSD 0%
FireFly BSD 0%
OliveBSD 0%
MirOS BSD 0%
Gentoo/OpenBSD 0%
Anonym.OS 0%
Fuguita 0%
BSD 4.4 0%
Quetzal 0%
Midnight BSD 0%
BlackBSD 0%
Force120 Networks 0%
Gentoo/NET BSD 0%
Jibbed 0%