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BibleSync

2021-05-01T16:14:08Z

Karl: /* Protocol details */

BibleSync is a multicast protocol to support Bible software shared co-navigation. It uses LAN multicast in either a personal/small team mutual navigation motif or in a classroom environment where there are Speakers plus the Audience. The library implementing the protocol is a single C++ class providing a complete yet minimal public interface to support mode setting, setup for packet reception, transmit on local navigation, and handling of incoming packets.

This library is not specific to any particular Bible software framework, completely agnostic as to structure of layers above BibleSync, and is not a product of The Sword Project. But its first implementation has been grafted into [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]].

==History==
BibleSync is a protocol first proposed by Costas Stergiou of theWord and, along with William Mills, wrote a version 1 draft specification. This draft appears not to have wide distribution, but in October 2012 a version 2 specification was sent around by Mills to a number of people with particular interest in widely-known Bible applications including theWord, BibleAnalyzer, Accordance, and Laridian. Karl Kleinpaste was among those reached as the contact point for Xiphos. Comments were taken about the v2 specification, but an update was not made available until September 2013. Response to that update was vast silence.

In March 2014, Karl took a personal interest in the updated v2. The specification still had some considerable rough edges and Karl took a number of liberties with it based on his networking background, with the intent of producing an updated specification that would reflect the changes that had been necessary. An initial implementation only for the Linux platform was produced by mid-April, as an integrated part of Xiphos. A bare level of Windows compatibility was then added, and Xiphos 3.2.0 was released in the 1st week of May 2014 with BibleSync capability.

At this time, the protocol offered 2 message types: A presence announcement, to inform other applications of participants in the conversation, and a synchronization message, to drive other listening applications. There is no security or privacy provided in the protocol, but it supports a passphrase as a conversation discriminant in the event that more than one BibleSync conversation occurs over a single LAN. Fundamentally, the protocol operates in either a Personal peer-among-peers mode, where each application drives all the others, or in a speaker/audience motif, where one or more Speakers navigate and the Audience applications listen and respond in kind. The difference is entirely within the matter of which half of the conversation (transmitting or receiving navigation synchronization) the application uses. Speaker and Audience each carry out half, transmitting or receiving, while the general Personal mode is both transmitter and receiver. This is to say, an application in Personal mode is both Speaker and Audience.

In May 2014, the protocol facility proper was then excised from Xiphos, becoming an independent library available for use by any application; it is not specific to Sword Project applications. What is necessary in the application is the "glue" code to interface with the library plus enough user interface to control the protocol use according to the wishes of the user. BibleSync has a code repository at github.com under Karl's management. Xiphos 3.2.1 was released in early June 2014 with the new library structure in place.

During the period from early April to mid-June 2014, Karl engaged the others who were part of the initial inquiries about the v2 specification, first to see if any others had produced an implementation, and then to garner discussion about the future of the protocol and the developing code base. No other implementation yet existed. There was considerable, lively discussion over the course of about 8 weeks.

Tim Morton of BibleAnalyzer took the offered implementation and began to experiment with it. He did some work in Python and found it workable but mentioned the problem that it was too easy to mis-start BibleSync in an application that would inadvertently drive others, i.e. the "grandma case": Give your grandmother a BibleSync-capable application on her iPhone or Android and send her to church where the pastor will use a BibleSync-capable application to drive teaching. If she can inadvertently (or even maliciously :-) start driving others' applications by not selecting Audience mode, then there is a problem.

This was discussed briefly and Karl chose a beacon-based enhancement to the protocol, where would-be Speakers must regularly announce their availability, and Audience applications can select which beacon-announced Speakers are to be heard and allowed to navigate.

The beacon enhancement was part of the excision from Xiphos integration and is part of how the implementation exists today. The use of beacons is not universally approved. Email discussion among the participants ranged widely, some in approval while others claimed that beacons would cause handheld devices to consume too much power, with which Karl disagreed on grounds that it is a single packet sent only every few seconds by a live application that the user has specifically requested, and when the device goes idle, the application will go to sleep and stop transmitting.

Significantly, no other participants in the conversation have ever offered either updates to the existing github codebase or a competing implementation in order that the benefits and costs of each might be considered, toward the goal of picking one as the base for future work. Therefore Karl's implementation stands as the single working, deployed, real world implementation.

By late June 2014, discussion among the email participants had gone silent. Nothing more has been said. Development of the library continues, with small bug fixes and anti-spoofing improvements. Notable was the adjustment of the specification in 2018 for a new chat message capability, intended as free-form text to be informally shared among participants by whatever UI methodology the application designer wishes. An unexpected failure of the default route discovery code led to an important re-write there in 2020.

==Protocol details==
BibleSync communicates using local multicast. Three operational modes are provided: Personal, Speaker, or Audience.

In Personal mode, BibleSync operates as a peer among peers, both sending and receiving navigation synchronization on the shared local multicast network. Applications are expected to respond appropriately to navigation, and to send synchronization events of their own as the user moves about his Bible.

In Speaker or Audience mode, BibleSync either transmits only (Speaker) or receives only (Audience) navigation. The Audience is expected to follow along with the Speaker's direction. The Speaker ignores incoming navigation; the Audience transmits no navigation.

The protocol is based on single packet transmissions, specifically intended to fit within one MSS of a typical Ethernet. There are 4 packet types defined: Presence announcement, Speaker beacon, navigation synchronization, and chat message. The packet format consists of a number of header fields followed by a series of name=value parameters terminated by newlines. A UUID is part of the packet definition. The header is 32 bytes and the UUID (16 bytes) is aligned to the latter half. Maximum size is 1280 bytes. A protocol version identifier, currently 3, is present as well as a packet type indicator. The specification makes allowance for possible future use of a multi-packet methodology but at the moment the packet count and packet index are required to be 1 and 0, respectively, with the possibility of this being enhanced if the protocol specification should see future discussion. The packet also includes a magic number to add certainty that the packet is intended for this protocol.

After the header, name=value pairs identify a number of required fields. Presence announcement and beacon are distinguished only by the packet type and are otherwise identical. Synchronization packets have additional fields to specify a Bible, a verse reference, and a few other utility fields. Note that BibleSync transmits references, not content. All packets identify the user, the application, the passphrase, and may optionally identify as well the application version and the device on which the application runs.

On startup of the protocol, BibleSync transmits a presence announcement, informing other communication partners of the application's participation. BibleSync makes this announcement available to the application; whether the application shows these announcements to the user is the application designer's choice.

Thereafter, as appropriate to the operational mode selected, BibleSync is tasked with polled reception of incoming navigation event packets and transmission of navigation event packets on the user's part.

Transmitters (Personal and Speaker modes) issue availability beacons every 10 seconds. Initial received beacons for previously-unknown Speakers are handed up to the application. These beacons provide for receivers (Personal and Audience modes) to maintain a managed list of available Speakers. Furthermore, when a transmitter ceases to issue beacons, its presence in the library's list of available Speakers is aged out until being removed after 30 seconds of beacon silence. The application is again informed when a Speaker goes dead.

Default listening behavior is that the first Speaker heard via beacon is marked for listening. Other transmitters claiming Speaker status via beacon are recognized and remembered but initially ignored, with their presence made known to the application. This provides for the application to maintain a list from which the user can select Speakers he wishes to synchronize his application. This default "first Speaker only" policy can be overridden by the application with any other policy desired.

Synchronization events include 5 data elements: The Bible abbreviation; the verse reference; an alternate reference (if desired; not required) which may allow the application to interpret better based on variant versification; a synchronization group identifier; and the domain.

The group identifier is a single ASCII digit between 1 and 9. The specification is imprecise as to this parameter's use. The initial interface with BibleSync in Xiphos uses the synchronization group as an indicator of the tab number in its tabbed interface: Not only is the Bible navigated, but the tab in which to navigate is selected.

The domain parameter is currently fixed as "BIBLE-VERSE". This may be put to greater use if there are ever future revisions of the protocol.

BibleSync transmits no packet when the application leaves the conversation.

===Reference syntax===
Applications must ensure that the references they send via BibleSync are sensible. In particular, Sword applications are fairly forgiving about reference syntax, but other applications may not be. Therefore it is imperative that applications ship only standards-compliant references. The protocol itself does not enforce any particular format, but the specification references [http://semanticbible.com/bibleref/bibleref-specification.html BibleRef] and [http://www.bibletechnologies.net OSIS].

===Sharing multiple references===
The point of the protocol is to ship a reference indicator for navigation by the receiving audience. This reference need not be a single verse. It could be a multiple reference generated by a search, a list from a Bible's cross reference, or a bookmark set maintained by the user in his application.

The limitation on how much can be shared is the maximum packet size of 1280 bytes. With basic overhead plus other name=value requirements in the packet, this leaves around 1000 or 1100 bytes in which to pack references. The implementation will take an arbitrarily large string for the reference, trimming it to fit the packet size limitation.

===Security implications===
BibleSync is a protocol defined for a friendly environment. That said, beacons had to be deployed because of the risk of a malicious or stupid user causing improper navigation in others' applications. Beyond that, there are a couple of implications, both in the realm of avoidance of impersonation.

(1) It would be possible for any malicious user to generate his own navigation packets using a legitimate Speaker's UUID. Therefore the protocol must retain information about every legitimate Speaker from his beacons so as to be able to verify the origin. This is to say, the implementation makes sure the UUID offered in navigation packets is always coming from the right origin IP address, as indicated by ongoing beacons.

(2) The first beacon needs to be transmitted before the presence announcement, in order to lay proper claim to a position as Speaker. If the presence announcement is transmitted first, then a malicious user could use that UUID to begin transmitting beacons and navigation from his own (different) IP address, unseating the legitimate Speaker. By sending the first beacon before the presence announcement, this is prevented.

==Current state==
At this time, Karl manages the github code repository. Help from Greg Hellings has kept the process of building the code for public use in a sane state, especially in its dependence on CMake. Release 1.1.2 was made on Christmas Eve 2014. A complete, updated specification including beacons and other matters beyond the original v2 specification is part of the source tree, along with a UNIX-style manual page, biblesync(7), for programmer reference.

The chat message capability induced version 2.0 in 2018, and a low-level update to re-work default route discovery led to 2.1 in 2020, which is where BibleSync stands today.

The entirety of the implementation is in the public domain.

Although a number of the early participants claimed an interest in deploying BibleSync, only Tim Morton is known to have experimented directly.

Inquiries to other Sword Project application developers showed interest from the authors of at least Bibledit and [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]].

== External links ==
* [http://biblesyncprotocol.wikispaces.com/ BibleSync original wiki page] – Original specification. It has been updated since then; see man/specification.n in the source at github. (u:General_Public p:password)
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync github repository]
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync/releases Current downloadable packages]
* [http://xiphos.org/manual/preferences#biblesync Xiphos Preferences page for controlling BibleSync]

[[Category:BibleSync]]

BibleSync

2021-04-30T12:13:12Z

Karl: /* History */

BibleSync is a multicast protocol to support Bible software shared co-navigation. It uses LAN multicast in either a personal/small team mutual navigation motif or in a classroom environment where there are Speakers plus the Audience. The library implementing the protocol is a single C++ class providing a complete yet minimal public interface to support mode setting, setup for packet reception, transmit on local navigation, and handling of incoming packets.

This library is not specific to any particular Bible software framework, completely agnostic as to structure of layers above BibleSync, and is not a product of The Sword Project. But its first implementation has been grafted into [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]].

==History==
BibleSync is a protocol first proposed by Costas Stergiou of theWord and, along with William Mills, wrote a version 1 draft specification. This draft appears not to have wide distribution, but in October 2012 a version 2 specification was sent around by Mills to a number of people with particular interest in widely-known Bible applications including theWord, BibleAnalyzer, Accordance, and Laridian. Karl Kleinpaste was among those reached as the contact point for Xiphos. Comments were taken about the v2 specification, but an update was not made available until September 2013. Response to that update was vast silence.

In March 2014, Karl took a personal interest in the updated v2. The specification still had some considerable rough edges and Karl took a number of liberties with it based on his networking background, with the intent of producing an updated specification that would reflect the changes that had been necessary. An initial implementation only for the Linux platform was produced by mid-April, as an integrated part of Xiphos. A bare level of Windows compatibility was then added, and Xiphos 3.2.0 was released in the 1st week of May 2014 with BibleSync capability.

At this time, the protocol offered 2 message types: A presence announcement, to inform other applications of participants in the conversation, and a synchronization message, to drive other listening applications. There is no security or privacy provided in the protocol, but it supports a passphrase as a conversation discriminant in the event that more than one BibleSync conversation occurs over a single LAN. Fundamentally, the protocol operates in either a Personal peer-among-peers mode, where each application drives all the others, or in a speaker/audience motif, where one or more Speakers navigate and the Audience applications listen and respond in kind. The difference is entirely within the matter of which half of the conversation (transmitting or receiving navigation synchronization) the application uses. Speaker and Audience each carry out half, transmitting or receiving, while the general Personal mode is both transmitter and receiver. This is to say, an application in Personal mode is both Speaker and Audience.

In May 2014, the protocol facility proper was then excised from Xiphos, becoming an independent library available for use by any application; it is not specific to Sword Project applications. What is necessary in the application is the "glue" code to interface with the library plus enough user interface to control the protocol use according to the wishes of the user. BibleSync has a code repository at github.com under Karl's management. Xiphos 3.2.1 was released in early June 2014 with the new library structure in place.

During the period from early April to mid-June 2014, Karl engaged the others who were part of the initial inquiries about the v2 specification, first to see if any others had produced an implementation, and then to garner discussion about the future of the protocol and the developing code base. No other implementation yet existed. There was considerable, lively discussion over the course of about 8 weeks.

Tim Morton of BibleAnalyzer took the offered implementation and began to experiment with it. He did some work in Python and found it workable but mentioned the problem that it was too easy to mis-start BibleSync in an application that would inadvertently drive others, i.e. the "grandma case": Give your grandmother a BibleSync-capable application on her iPhone or Android and send her to church where the pastor will use a BibleSync-capable application to drive teaching. If she can inadvertently (or even maliciously :-) start driving others' applications by not selecting Audience mode, then there is a problem.

This was discussed briefly and Karl chose a beacon-based enhancement to the protocol, where would-be Speakers must regularly announce their availability, and Audience applications can select which beacon-announced Speakers are to be heard and allowed to navigate.

The beacon enhancement was part of the excision from Xiphos integration and is part of how the implementation exists today. The use of beacons is not universally approved. Email discussion among the participants ranged widely, some in approval while others claimed that beacons would cause handheld devices to consume too much power, with which Karl disagreed on grounds that it is a single packet sent only every few seconds by a live application that the user has specifically requested, and when the device goes idle, the application will go to sleep and stop transmitting.

Significantly, no other participants in the conversation have ever offered either updates to the existing github codebase or a competing implementation in order that the benefits and costs of each might be considered, toward the goal of picking one as the base for future work. Therefore Karl's implementation stands as the single working, deployed, real world implementation.

By late June 2014, discussion among the email participants had gone silent. Nothing more has been said. Development of the library continues, with small bug fixes and anti-spoofing improvements. Notable was the adjustment of the specification in 2018 for a new chat message capability, intended as free-form text to be informally shared among participants by whatever UI methodology the application designer wishes. An unexpected failure of the default route discovery code led to an important re-write there in 2020.

==Protocol details==
BibleSync communicates using local multicast. Three operational modes are provided: Personal, Speaker, or Audience.

In Personal mode, BibleSync operates as a peer among peers, both sending and receiving navigation synchronization on the shared local multicast network. Applications are expected to respond appropriately to navigation, and to send synchronization events of their own as the user moves about his Bible.

In Speaker or Audience mode, BibleSync either transmits only (Speaker) or receives only (Audience) navigation. The Audience is expected to follow along with the Speaker's direction. The Speaker ignores incoming navigation; the Audience transmits no navigation.

The protocol is based on single packet transmissions, specifically intended to fit within one MSS of a typical Ethernet. There are 3 packet types defined: Presence announcement, Speaker beacon, and navigation synchronization. The packet format consists of a number of header fields followed by a series of name=value parameters terminated by newlines. A UUID is part of the packet definition. The header is 32 bytes and the UUID (16 bytes) is aligned to the latter half. Maximum size is 1280 bytes. A protocol version identifier, currently 2, is present as well as a packet type indicator. The specification makes allowance for possible future use of a multi-packet methodology but at the moment the packet count and packet index are required to be 1 and 0, respectively, with the possibility of this being enhanced if the protocol specification should see future discussion. The packet also includes a magic number to add certainty that the packet is intended for this protocol.

After the header, name=value pairs identify a number of required fields. Presence announcement and beacon are distinguished only by the packet type and are otherwise identical. Synchronization packets have additional fields to specify a Bible, a verse reference, and a few other utility fields. Note that BibleSync transmits references, not content. All packets identify the user, the application, the passphrase, and may optionally identify as well the application version and the device on which the application runs.

On startup of the protocol, BibleSync transmits a presence announcement, informing other communication partners of the application's participation. BibleSync makes this announcement available to the application; whether the application shows these announcements to the user is the application designer's choice.

Thereafter, as appropriate to the operational mode selected, BibleSync is tasked with polled reception of incoming navigation event packets and transmission of navigation event packets on the user's part.

Transmitters (Personal and Speaker modes) issue availability beacons every 10 seconds. Initial received beacons for previously-unknown Speakers are handed up to the application. These beacons provide for receivers (Personal and Audience modes) to maintain a managed list of available Speakers. Furthermore, when a transmitter ceases to issue beacons, its presence in the library's list of available Speakers is aged out until being removed after 30 seconds of beacon silence. The application is again informed when a Speaker goes dead.

Default listening behavior is that the first Speaker heard via beacon is marked for listening. Other transmitters claiming Speaker status via beacon are recognized and remembered but initially ignored, with their presence made known to the application. This provides for the application to maintain a list from which the user can select Speakers he wishes to synchronize his application. This default "first Speaker only" policy can be overridden by the application with any other policy desired.

Synchronization events include 5 data elements: The Bible abbreviation; the verse reference; an alternate reference (if desired; not required) which may allow the application to interpret better based on variant versification; a synchronization group identifier; and the domain.

The group identifier is a single ASCII digit between 1 and 9. The specification is imprecise as to this parameter's use. The initial interface with BibleSync in Xiphos uses the synchronization group as an indicator of the tab number in its tabbed interface: Not only is the Bible navigated, but the tab in which to navigate is selected.

The domain parameter is currently fixed as "BIBLE-VERSE". This may be put to greater use if there are ever future revisions of the protocol.

BibleSync transmits no packet when the application leaves the conversation.

===Reference syntax===
Applications must ensure that the references they send via BibleSync are sensible. In particular, Sword applications are fairly forgiving about reference syntax, but other applications may not be. Therefore it is imperative that applications ship only standards-compliant references. The protocol itself does not enforce any particular format, but the specification references [http://semanticbible.com/bibleref/bibleref-specification.html BibleRef] and [http://www.bibletechnologies.net OSIS].

===Sharing multiple references===
The point of the protocol is to ship a reference indicator for navigation by the receiving audience. This reference need not be a single verse. It could be a multiple reference generated by a search, a list from a Bible's cross reference, or a bookmark set maintained by the user in his application.

The limitation on how much can be shared is the maximum packet size of 1280 bytes. With basic overhead plus other name=value requirements in the packet, this leaves around 1000 or 1100 bytes in which to pack references. The implementation will take an arbitrarily large string for the reference, trimming it to fit the packet size limitation.

===Security implications===
BibleSync is a protocol defined for a friendly environment. That said, beacons had to be deployed because of the risk of a malicious or stupid user causing improper navigation in others' applications. Beyond that, there are a couple of implications, both in the realm of avoidance of impersonation.

(1) It would be possible for any malicious user to generate his own navigation packets using a legitimate Speaker's UUID. Therefore the protocol must retain information about every legitimate Speaker from his beacons so as to be able to verify the origin. This is to say, the implementation makes sure the UUID offered in navigation packets is always coming from the right origin IP address, as indicated by ongoing beacons.

(2) The first beacon needs to be transmitted before the presence announcement, in order to lay proper claim to a position as Speaker. If the presence announcement is transmitted first, then a malicious user could use that UUID to begin transmitting beacons and navigation from his own (different) IP address, unseating the legitimate Speaker. By sending the first beacon before the presence announcement, this is prevented.

==Current state==
At this time, Karl manages the github code repository. Help from Greg Hellings has kept the process of building the code for public use in a sane state, especially in its dependence on CMake. Release 1.1.2 was made on Christmas Eve 2014. A complete, updated specification including beacons and other matters beyond the original v2 specification is part of the source tree, along with a UNIX-style manual page, biblesync(7), for programmer reference.

The chat message capability induced version 2.0 in 2018, and a low-level update to re-work default route discovery led to 2.1 in 2020, which is where BibleSync stands today.

The entirety of the implementation is in the public domain.

Although a number of the early participants claimed an interest in deploying BibleSync, only Tim Morton is known to have experimented directly.

Inquiries to other Sword Project application developers showed interest from the authors of at least Bibledit and [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]].

== External links ==
* [http://biblesyncprotocol.wikispaces.com/ BibleSync original wiki page] – Original specification. It has been updated since then; see man/specification.n in the source at github. (u:General_Public p:password)
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync github repository]
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync/releases Current downloadable packages]
* [http://xiphos.org/manual/preferences#biblesync Xiphos Preferences page for controlling BibleSync]

[[Category:BibleSync]]

BibleSync

2021-04-30T12:10:37Z

Karl: /* Current state */

BibleSync is a multicast protocol to support Bible software shared co-navigation. It uses LAN multicast in either a personal/small team mutual navigation motif or in a classroom environment where there are Speakers plus the Audience. The library implementing the protocol is a single C++ class providing a complete yet minimal public interface to support mode setting, setup for packet reception, transmit on local navigation, and handling of incoming packets.

This library is not specific to any particular Bible software framework, completely agnostic as to structure of layers above BibleSync, and is not a product of The Sword Project. But its first implementation has been grafted into [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]].

==History==
BibleSync is a protocol first proposed by Costas Stergiou of theWord and, along with William Mills, wrote a version 1 draft specification. This draft appears not to have wide distribution, but in October 2012 a version 2 specification was sent around by Mills to a number of people with particular interest in widely-known Bible applications including theWord, BibleAnalyzer, Accordance, and Laridian. Karl Kleinpaste was among those reached as the contact point for Xiphos. Comments were taken about the v2 specification, but an update was not made available until September 2013. Response to that update was vast silence.

In March 2014, Karl took a personal interest in the updated v2. The specification still had some considerable rough edges and Karl took a number of liberties with it based on his networking background, with the intent of producing an updated specification that would reflect the changes that had been necessary. An initial implementation only for the Linux platform was produced by mid-April, as an integrated part of Xiphos. A bare level of Windows compatibility was then added, and Xiphos 3.2.0 was released in the 1st week of May 2014 with BibleSync capability.

At this time, the protocol offered 2 message types: A presence announcement, to inform other applications of participants in the conversation, and a synchronization message, to drive other listening applications. There is no security or privacy provided in the protocol, but it supports a passphrase as a conversation discriminant in the event that more than one BibleSync conversation occurs over a single LAN. Fundamentally, the protocol operates in either a Personal peer-among-peers mode, where each application drives all the others, or in a speaker/audience motif, where one or more Speakers navigate and the Audience applications listen and respond in kind. The difference is entirely within the matter of which half of the conversation (transmitting or receiving navigation synchronization) the application uses. Speaker and Audience each carry out half, transmitting or receiving, while the general Personal mode is both transmitter and receiver. This is to say, an application in Personal mode is both Speaker and Audience.

In May 2014, the protocol facility proper was then excised from Xiphos, becoming an independent library available for use by any application; it is not specific to Sword Project applications. What is necessary in the application is the "glue" code to interface with the library plus enough user interface to control the protocol use according to the wishes of the user. BibleSync has a code repository at github.com under Karl's management. Xiphos 3.2.1 was released in early June 2014 with the new library structure in place.

During the period from early April to mid-June 2014, Karl engaged the others who were part of the initial inquiries about the v2 specification, first to see if any others had produced an implementation, and then to garner discussion about the future of the protocol and the developing code base. No other implementation yet existed. There was considerable, lively discussion over the course of about 8 weeks.

Tim Morton of BibleAnalyzer took the offered implementation and began to experiment with it. He did some work in Python and found it workable but mentioned the problem that it was too easy to mis-start BibleSync in an application that would inadvertently drive others, i.e. the "grandma case": Give your grandmother a BibleSync-capable application on her iPhone or Android and send her to church where the pastor will use a BibleSync-capable application to drive teaching. If she can inadvertently (or even maliciously :-) start driving others' applications by not selecting Audience mode, then there is a problem.

This was discussed briefly and Karl chose a beacon-based enhancement to the protocol, where would-be Speakers must regularly announce their availability, and Audience applications can select which beacon-announced Speakers are to be heard and allowed to navigate.

The beacon enhancement was part of the excision from Xiphos integration and is part of how the implementation exists today. The use of beacons is not universally approved. Email discussion among the participants ranged widely, some in approval while others claimed that beacons would cause handheld devices to consume too much power, with which Karl disagreed on grounds that it is a single packet sent only every few seconds by a live application that the user has specifically requested, and when the device goes idle, the application will go to sleep and stop transmitting.

Significantly, no other participants in the conversation have ever offered either updates to the existing github codebase or a competing implementation in order that the benefits and costs of each might be considered, toward the goal of picking one as the base for future work. Therefore Karl's implementation stands as the single working, deployed, real world implementation.

By late June 2014, discussion among the email participants had gone silent. Nothing more has been said. Development of the library continues, with small bug fixes and anti-spoofing improvements.

==Protocol details==
BibleSync communicates using local multicast. Three operational modes are provided: Personal, Speaker, or Audience.

In Personal mode, BibleSync operates as a peer among peers, both sending and receiving navigation synchronization on the shared local multicast network. Applications are expected to respond appropriately to navigation, and to send synchronization events of their own as the user moves about his Bible.

In Speaker or Audience mode, BibleSync either transmits only (Speaker) or receives only (Audience) navigation. The Audience is expected to follow along with the Speaker's direction. The Speaker ignores incoming navigation; the Audience transmits no navigation.

The protocol is based on single packet transmissions, specifically intended to fit within one MSS of a typical Ethernet. There are 3 packet types defined: Presence announcement, Speaker beacon, and navigation synchronization. The packet format consists of a number of header fields followed by a series of name=value parameters terminated by newlines. A UUID is part of the packet definition. The header is 32 bytes and the UUID (16 bytes) is aligned to the latter half. Maximum size is 1280 bytes. A protocol version identifier, currently 2, is present as well as a packet type indicator. The specification makes allowance for possible future use of a multi-packet methodology but at the moment the packet count and packet index are required to be 1 and 0, respectively, with the possibility of this being enhanced if the protocol specification should see future discussion. The packet also includes a magic number to add certainty that the packet is intended for this protocol.

After the header, name=value pairs identify a number of required fields. Presence announcement and beacon are distinguished only by the packet type and are otherwise identical. Synchronization packets have additional fields to specify a Bible, a verse reference, and a few other utility fields. Note that BibleSync transmits references, not content. All packets identify the user, the application, the passphrase, and may optionally identify as well the application version and the device on which the application runs.

On startup of the protocol, BibleSync transmits a presence announcement, informing other communication partners of the application's participation. BibleSync makes this announcement available to the application; whether the application shows these announcements to the user is the application designer's choice.

Thereafter, as appropriate to the operational mode selected, BibleSync is tasked with polled reception of incoming navigation event packets and transmission of navigation event packets on the user's part.

Transmitters (Personal and Speaker modes) issue availability beacons every 10 seconds. Initial received beacons for previously-unknown Speakers are handed up to the application. These beacons provide for receivers (Personal and Audience modes) to maintain a managed list of available Speakers. Furthermore, when a transmitter ceases to issue beacons, its presence in the library's list of available Speakers is aged out until being removed after 30 seconds of beacon silence. The application is again informed when a Speaker goes dead.

Default listening behavior is that the first Speaker heard via beacon is marked for listening. Other transmitters claiming Speaker status via beacon are recognized and remembered but initially ignored, with their presence made known to the application. This provides for the application to maintain a list from which the user can select Speakers he wishes to synchronize his application. This default "first Speaker only" policy can be overridden by the application with any other policy desired.

Synchronization events include 5 data elements: The Bible abbreviation; the verse reference; an alternate reference (if desired; not required) which may allow the application to interpret better based on variant versification; a synchronization group identifier; and the domain.

The group identifier is a single ASCII digit between 1 and 9. The specification is imprecise as to this parameter's use. The initial interface with BibleSync in Xiphos uses the synchronization group as an indicator of the tab number in its tabbed interface: Not only is the Bible navigated, but the tab in which to navigate is selected.

The domain parameter is currently fixed as "BIBLE-VERSE". This may be put to greater use if there are ever future revisions of the protocol.

BibleSync transmits no packet when the application leaves the conversation.

===Reference syntax===
Applications must ensure that the references they send via BibleSync are sensible. In particular, Sword applications are fairly forgiving about reference syntax, but other applications may not be. Therefore it is imperative that applications ship only standards-compliant references. The protocol itself does not enforce any particular format, but the specification references [http://semanticbible.com/bibleref/bibleref-specification.html BibleRef] and [http://www.bibletechnologies.net OSIS].

===Sharing multiple references===
The point of the protocol is to ship a reference indicator for navigation by the receiving audience. This reference need not be a single verse. It could be a multiple reference generated by a search, a list from a Bible's cross reference, or a bookmark set maintained by the user in his application.

The limitation on how much can be shared is the maximum packet size of 1280 bytes. With basic overhead plus other name=value requirements in the packet, this leaves around 1000 or 1100 bytes in which to pack references. The implementation will take an arbitrarily large string for the reference, trimming it to fit the packet size limitation.

===Security implications===
BibleSync is a protocol defined for a friendly environment. That said, beacons had to be deployed because of the risk of a malicious or stupid user causing improper navigation in others' applications. Beyond that, there are a couple of implications, both in the realm of avoidance of impersonation.

(1) It would be possible for any malicious user to generate his own navigation packets using a legitimate Speaker's UUID. Therefore the protocol must retain information about every legitimate Speaker from his beacons so as to be able to verify the origin. This is to say, the implementation makes sure the UUID offered in navigation packets is always coming from the right origin IP address, as indicated by ongoing beacons.

(2) The first beacon needs to be transmitted before the presence announcement, in order to lay proper claim to a position as Speaker. If the presence announcement is transmitted first, then a malicious user could use that UUID to begin transmitting beacons and navigation from his own (different) IP address, unseating the legitimate Speaker. By sending the first beacon before the presence announcement, this is prevented.

==Current state==
At this time, Karl manages the github code repository. Help from Greg Hellings has kept the process of building the code for public use in a sane state, especially in its dependence on CMake. Release 1.1.2 was made on Christmas Eve 2014. A complete, updated specification including beacons and other matters beyond the original v2 specification is part of the source tree, along with a UNIX-style manual page, biblesync(7), for programmer reference.

The chat message capability induced version 2.0 in 2018, and a low-level update to re-work default route discovery led to 2.1 in 2020, which is where BibleSync stands today.

The entirety of the implementation is in the public domain.

Although a number of the early participants claimed an interest in deploying BibleSync, only Tim Morton is known to have experimented directly.

Inquiries to other Sword Project application developers showed interest from the authors of at least Bibledit and [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]].

== External links ==
* [http://biblesyncprotocol.wikispaces.com/ BibleSync original wiki page] – Original specification. It has been updated since then; see man/specification.n in the source at github. (u:General_Public p:password)
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync github repository]
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync/releases Current downloadable packages]
* [http://xiphos.org/manual/preferences#biblesync Xiphos Preferences page for controlling BibleSync]

[[Category:BibleSync]]

BibleSync

2017-08-22T12:29:00Z

Karl: /* External links */ updated biblesync releases website

BibleSync is a multicast protocol to support Bible software shared co-navigation. It uses LAN multicast in either a personal/small team mutual navigation motif or in a classroom environment where there are Speakers plus the Audience. The library implementing the protocol is a single C++ class providing a complete yet minimal public interface to support mode setting, setup for packet reception, transmit on local navigation, and handling of incoming packets.

This library is not specific to any particular Bible software framework, completely agnostic as to structure of layers above BibleSync, and is not a product of The Sword Project. But its first implementation has been grafted into [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]].

==History==
BibleSync is a protocol first proposed by Costas Stergiou of theWord and, along with William Mills, wrote a version 1 draft specification. This draft appears not to have wide distribution, but in October 2012 a version 2 specification was sent around by Mills to a number of people with particular interest in widely-known Bible applications including theWord, BibleAnalyzer, Accordance, and Laridian. Karl Kleinpaste was among those reached as the contact point for Xiphos. Comments were taken about the v2 specification, but an update was not made available until September 2013. Response to that update was vast silence.

In March 2014, Karl took a personal interest in the updated v2. The specification still had some considerable rough edges and Karl took a number of liberties with it based on his networking background, with the intent of producing an updated specification that would reflect the changes that had been necessary. An initial implementation only for the Linux platform was produced by mid-April, as an integrated part of Xiphos. A bare level of Windows compatibility was then added, and Xiphos 3.2.0 was released in the 1st week of May 2014 with BibleSync capability.

At this time, the protocol offered 2 message types: A presence announcement, to inform other applications of participants in the conversation, and a synchronization message, to drive other listening applications. There is no security or privacy provided in the protocol, but it supports a passphrase as a conversation discriminant in the event that more than one BibleSync conversation occurs over a single LAN. Fundamentally, the protocol operates in either a Personal peer-among-peers mode, where each application drives all the others, or in a speaker/audience motif, where one or more Speakers navigate and the Audience applications listen and respond in kind. The difference is entirely within the matter of which half of the conversation (transmitting or receiving navigation synchronization) the application uses. Speaker and Audience each carry out half, transmitting or receiving, while the general Personal mode is both transmitter and receiver. This is to say, an application in Personal mode is both Speaker and Audience.

In May 2014, the protocol facility proper was then excised from Xiphos, becoming an independent library available for use by any application; it is not specific to Sword Project applications. What is necessary in the application is the "glue" code to interface with the library plus enough user interface to control the protocol use according to the wishes of the user. BibleSync has a code repository at github.com under Karl's management. Xiphos 3.2.1 was released in early June 2014 with the new library structure in place.

During the period from early April to mid-June 2014, Karl engaged the others who were part of the initial inquiries about the v2 specification, first to see if any others had produced an implementation, and then to garner discussion about the future of the protocol and the developing code base. No other implementation yet existed. There was considerable, lively discussion over the course of about 8 weeks.

Tim Morton of BibleAnalyzer took the offered implementation and began to experiment with it. He did some work in Python and found it workable but mentioned the problem that it was too easy to mis-start BibleSync in an application that would inadvertently drive others, i.e. the "grandma case": Give your grandmother a BibleSync-capable application on her iPhone or Android and send her to church where the pastor will use a BibleSync-capable application to drive teaching. If she can inadvertently (or even maliciously :-) start driving others' applications by not selecting Audience mode, then there is a problem.

This was discussed briefly and Karl chose a beacon-based enhancement to the protocol, where would-be Speakers must regularly announce their availability, and Audience applications can select which beacon-announced Speakers are to be heard and allowed to navigate.

The beacon enhancement was part of the excision from Xiphos integration and is part of how the implementation exists today. The use of beacons is not universally approved. Email discussion among the participants ranged widely, some in approval while others claimed that beacons would cause handheld devices to consume too much power, with which Karl disagreed on grounds that it is a single packet sent only every few seconds by a live application that the user has specifically requested, and when the device goes idle, the application will go to sleep and stop transmitting.

Significantly, no other participants in the conversation have ever offered either updates to the existing github codebase or a competing implementation in order that the benefits and costs of each might be considered, toward the goal of picking one as the base for future work. Therefore Karl's implementation stands as the single working, deployed, real world implementation.

By late June 2014, discussion among the email participants had gone silent. Nothing more has been said. Development of the library continues, with small bug fixes and anti-spoofing improvements.

==Protocol details==
BibleSync communicates using local multicast. Three operational modes are provided: Personal, Speaker, or Audience.

In Personal mode, BibleSync operates as a peer among peers, both sending and receiving navigation synchronization on the shared local multicast network. Applications are expected to respond appropriately to navigation, and to send synchronization events of their own as the user moves about his Bible.

In Speaker or Audience mode, BibleSync either transmits only (Speaker) or receives only (Audience) navigation. The Audience is expected to follow along with the Speaker's direction. The Speaker ignores incoming navigation; the Audience transmits no navigation.

The protocol is based on single packet transmissions, specifically intended to fit within one MSS of a typical Ethernet. There are 3 packet types defined: Presence announcement, Speaker beacon, and navigation synchronization. The packet format consists of a number of header fields followed by a series of name=value parameters terminated by newlines. A UUID is part of the packet definition. The header is 32 bytes and the UUID (16 bytes) is aligned to the latter half. Maximum size is 1280 bytes. A protocol version identifier, currently 2, is present as well as a packet type indicator. The specification makes allowance for possible future use of a multi-packet methodology but at the moment the packet count and packet index are required to be 1 and 0, respectively, with the possibility of this being enhanced if the protocol specification should see future discussion. The packet also includes a magic number to add certainty that the packet is intended for this protocol.

After the header, name=value pairs identify a number of required fields. Presence announcement and beacon are distinguished only by the packet type and are otherwise identical. Synchronization packets have additional fields to specify a Bible, a verse reference, and a few other utility fields. Note that BibleSync transmits references, not content. All packets identify the user, the application, the passphrase, and may optionally identify as well the application version and the device on which the application runs.

On startup of the protocol, BibleSync transmits a presence announcement, informing other communication partners of the application's participation. BibleSync makes this announcement available to the application; whether the application shows these announcements to the user is the application designer's choice.

Thereafter, as appropriate to the operational mode selected, BibleSync is tasked with polled reception of incoming navigation event packets and transmission of navigation event packets on the user's part.

Transmitters (Personal and Speaker modes) issue availability beacons every 10 seconds. Initial received beacons for previously-unknown Speakers are handed up to the application. These beacons provide for receivers (Personal and Audience modes) to maintain a managed list of available Speakers. Furthermore, when a transmitter ceases to issue beacons, its presence in the library's list of available Speakers is aged out until being removed after 30 seconds of beacon silence. The application is again informed when a Speaker goes dead.

Default listening behavior is that the first Speaker heard via beacon is marked for listening. Other transmitters claiming Speaker status via beacon are recognized and remembered but initially ignored, with their presence made known to the application. This provides for the application to maintain a list from which the user can select Speakers he wishes to synchronize his application. This default "first Speaker only" policy can be overridden by the application with any other policy desired.

Synchronization events include 5 data elements: The Bible abbreviation; the verse reference; an alternate reference (if desired; not required) which may allow the application to interpret better based on variant versification; a synchronization group identifier; and the domain.

The group identifier is a single ASCII digit between 1 and 9. The specification is imprecise as to this parameter's use. The initial interface with BibleSync in Xiphos uses the synchronization group as an indicator of the tab number in its tabbed interface: Not only is the Bible navigated, but the tab in which to navigate is selected.

The domain parameter is currently fixed as "BIBLE-VERSE". This may be put to greater use if there are ever future revisions of the protocol.

BibleSync transmits no packet when the application leaves the conversation.

===Reference syntax===
Applications must ensure that the references they send via BibleSync are sensible. In particular, Sword applications are fairly forgiving about reference syntax, but other applications may not be. Therefore it is imperative that applications ship only standards-compliant references. The protocol itself does not enforce any particular format, but the specification references [http://semanticbible.com/bibleref/bibleref-specification.html BibleRef] and [http://www.bibletechnologies.net OSIS].

===Sharing multiple references===
The point of the protocol is to ship a reference indicator for navigation by the receiving audience. This reference need not be a single verse. It could be a multiple reference generated by a search, a list from a Bible's cross reference, or a bookmark set maintained by the user in his application.

The limitation on how much can be shared is the maximum packet size of 1280 bytes. With basic overhead plus other name=value requirements in the packet, this leaves around 1000 or 1100 bytes in which to pack references. The implementation will take an arbitrarily large string for the reference, trimming it to fit the packet size limitation.

===Security implications===
BibleSync is a protocol defined for a friendly environment. That said, beacons had to be deployed because of the risk of a malicious or stupid user causing improper navigation in others' applications. Beyond that, there are a couple of implications, both in the realm of avoidance of impersonation.

(1) It would be possible for any malicious user to generate his own navigation packets using a legitimate Speaker's UUID. Therefore the protocol must retain information about every legitimate Speaker from his beacons so as to be able to verify the origin. This is to say, the implementation makes sure the UUID offered in navigation packets is always coming from the right origin IP address, as indicated by ongoing beacons.

(2) The first beacon needs to be transmitted before the presence announcement, in order to lay proper claim to a position as Speaker. If the presence announcement is transmitted first, then a malicious user could use that UUID to begin transmitting beacons and navigation from his own (different) IP address, unseating the legitimate Speaker. By sending the first beacon before the presence announcement, this is prevented.

==Current state==
At this time, Karl manages the github code repository. Help from Greg Hellings has kept the process of building the code for public use in a sane state, especially in its dependence on CMake. Release 1.1.2 was made on Christmas Eve 2014. A complete, updated specification including beacons and other matters beyond the original v2 specification is part of the source tree, along with a UNIX-style manual page, biblesync(7), for programmer reference.

The entirety of the implementation is in the public domain.

Although a number of the early participants claimed an interest in deploying BibleSync, only Tim Morton is known to have experimented directly.

Inquiries to other Sword Project application developers showed interest from the authors of at least Bibledit and [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]].

== External links ==
* [http://biblesyncprotocol.wikispaces.com/ BibleSync original wiki page] – Original specification. It has been updated since then; see man/specification.n in the source at github. (u:General_Public p:password)
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync github repository]
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync/releases Current downloadable packages]
* [http://xiphos.org/manual/preferences#biblesync Xiphos Preferences page for controlling BibleSync]

[[Category:BibleSync]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2017-08-20T22:25:07Z

Karl: /* Module Management */ xiphos MinimumVersion support.

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on xulsword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''EQ''' — [[Frontends:Eloquent|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibtrussia.org/pc Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
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| '''Runs on Windows 2K/XP/Vista/7/8/10'''<ref>Windows 8 is supported only on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
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| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
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| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
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| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Windows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''<ref>These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
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|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>For iOS 3, we couldn't install user fonts, so we could only display fonts that Apple had bundled with the iPhone. This changed with iOS 4, from which point PocketSword supports this.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
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| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Lemmas'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISLemma or GlobalOptionFilter=ThMLLemma. The KJV module is one such example. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
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| '''Can display variants'''<ref>Applicable only for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=ThMLVariants or GlobalOptionFilter=OSISVariants. For a front-end without proper support for this feature, the default is that both readings are displayed. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Module options context menu includes Variants: Primary/Secondary reading as well as All readings. The default is that only the Primary reading is displayed.</ref>
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| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="bcs173">Av11n is supported as from release 1.7.3</ref>
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| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
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| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
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| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
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<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Appears to have stopped working properly since the release of iOS 9.x</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
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| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
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| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
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| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
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| '''User is warned of internet access'''
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!  {{yes}}
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| '''User is advised about download size'''
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| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
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| '''Download can be canceled'''
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| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
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| '''User is notified of module updates'''
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| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
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| '''Modules sorted by type'''
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
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| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
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| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
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| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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| '''Respects MinimumVersion'''<ref>Drops any module that requires a SWORD version beyond the engine's capability.</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref name="jsmv">JSword has never cared about the field. It represents what the SWORD engine can and cannot handle. Rather it has a different mechanism. It examines each field in the conf for unsupported values and marks those where it makes a difference with “Unsupported”.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>4.0.7 and later.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Dropped modules are listed in the <tt>consoleLog.txt</tt> file in the MK user profile after the app closes.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| ''' Image resizing'''<ref>Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.</ref>
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.</ref>
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| ''' PNG format'''
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| ''' SVG format'''
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<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<ref>Example: http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/xiphos/about_modules.png</ref>
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Text only after clicking 'More'. Not a hyperlink.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Window layout flexible'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
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| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
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| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
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!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
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| '''Doublespace lines option'''<ref>Useful (e.g.) to prevent Strongs numbers obscuring the diacritics for the line below. Or (e.g.) for those non-Roman scripts that have some very tall characters.</ref>
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| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
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| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
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| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
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<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Feature stopped working after Apple released iOS 9.x so issue requires fixing for next software update PS.</ref>
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| '''Able to delete a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
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!  {{no}}<ref>Other than by deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
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| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
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| '''Indexed Search'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>PocketSword cannot search at all unless there is a search index installed. i.e. All PocketSword searches currently use the Lucene search index installed for each module.</ref>
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| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
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| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
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| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
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| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression Regular expressions], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_expression Boolean combinations], Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
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| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref><ref>Lucene also provides for "fuzzy" searches. Try searching the KJV for: <code>melchesidec~</code> The tilde on the end indicates to the Lucene search engine to do a fuzzy search. This example will find <code>Melchizedek</code> in Gen 14:8, Psalm 110:4 and the 9 instances of <code>Melchisedec</code> in Hebrews, though it also gives <code>Malchielites</code> in Numbers 26:45 !</ref><ref>What if you want to fuzzy match two or more words? Try this for example: <code>tilgath~ AND paliser~</code> </ref>
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| '''Normalize the search string'''<ref>Automatically [[Encoding#Normalization|normalize]] the Unicode search string to NFC when entered, so that it is able to match the normalized text in the module.</ref>
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| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
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| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
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| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
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| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
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!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
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| '''Search within search results'''
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| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books, possibly with predefined options for search OT only & search NT only.</ref>
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| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
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| '''Share search results'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
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| '''Manual adding'''
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| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
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| '''Permanent'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
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| '''Hierarchical'''
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| '''Drag and drop management'''
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| '''Exportable'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
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| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
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| '''User comments'''
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| '''Delete all'''
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| '''Study notes'''
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<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
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| '''Interface language'''
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| '''Open modules'''
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!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
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| '''Search results'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
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| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
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<references/>

=== Help System ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Manual, English'''
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| '''Active links to online help'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
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| '''Tooltips'''
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<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
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| '''English'''
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| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
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| '''Deutsch (German)'''
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| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
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| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
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| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
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| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
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| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
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| '''Français (French)'''
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| '''Česky (Czech)'''
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| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
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| '''Español (Spanish)'''
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| '''Polski (Polish)'''
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| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''<ref>Also known as Text to Speech (TTS).</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>When '''Speak selection''' is enabled in iOS accessibility settings, then selected text in any iOS app can be sent to the built-in TTS engine. The user may wish to adjust the reading speed. See [http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/text-to-speech-ios/] for more details.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2017-08-11T11:44:06Z

Karl: /* Localization */ xiphos italian

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on xulsword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''EQ''' — [[Frontends:Eloquent|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibtrussia.org/pc Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2K/XP/Vista/7/8/10'''<ref>Windows 8 is supported only on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Windows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''<ref>These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>For iOS 3, we couldn't install user fonts, so we could only display fonts that Apple had bundled with the iPhone. This changed with iOS 4, from which point PocketSword supports this.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Lemmas'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISLemma or GlobalOptionFilter=ThMLLemma. The KJV module is one such example. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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| '''Footnote expansion'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Morphological segments'''<ref>Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display variants'''<ref>Applicable only for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=ThMLVariants or GlobalOptionFilter=OSISVariants. For a front-end without proper support for this feature, the default is that both readings are displayed. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Module options context menu includes Variants: Primary/Secondary reading as well as All readings. The default is that only the Primary reading is displayed.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="bcs173">Av11n is supported as from release 1.7.3</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="bcs173"/>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Appears to have stopped working properly since the release of iOS 9.x</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
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| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
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| '''User is notified of module updates'''
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!  {{no}}
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| '''User is notified of new modules'''
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| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
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| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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| '''Respects MinimumVersion'''<ref>Drops any module that requires a SWORD version beyond the engine's capability.</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref name="jsmv">JSword has never cared about the field. It represents what the SWORD engine can and cannot handle. Rather it has a different mechanism. It examines each field in the conf for unsupported values and marks those where it makes a difference with “Unsupported”.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Dropped modules are listed in the <tt>consoleLog.txt</tt> file in the MK user profile after the app closes.</ref>
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<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| ''' Image resizing'''<ref>Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
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|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
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|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<ref>Example: http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/xiphos/about_modules.png</ref>
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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| ''' Installed size'''<ref>For CrossWire hosted modules this property is generated automatically.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Text only after clicking 'More'. Not a hyperlink.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
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| '''Multiple texts'''
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|-valign="top"

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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
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!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
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| '''Font settable per module'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
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| '''Font settable per language'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Doublespace lines option'''<ref>Useful (e.g.) to prevent Strongs numbers obscuring the diacritics for the line below. Or (e.g.) for those non-Roman scripts that have some very tall characters.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>As of xulsword 3.15</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
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|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Feature stopped working after Apple released iOS 9.x so issue requires fixing for next software update PS.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Other than by deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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| '''Indexed Search'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>PocketSword cannot search at all unless there is a search index installed. i.e. All PocketSword searches currently use the Lucene search index installed for each module.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression Regular expressions], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_expression Boolean combinations], Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref>All words, any word, exact phrase.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref><ref>Lucene also provides for "fuzzy" searches. Try searching the KJV for: <code>melchesidec~</code> The tilde on the end indicates to the Lucene search engine to do a fuzzy search. This example will find <code>Melchizedek</code> in Gen 14:8, Psalm 110:4 and the 9 instances of <code>Melchisedec</code> in Hebrews, though it also gives <code>Malchielites</code> in Numbers 26:45 !</ref><ref>What if you want to fuzzy match two or more words? Try this for example: <code>tilgath~ AND paliser~</code> </ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Normalize the search string'''<ref>Automatically [[Encoding#Normalization|normalize]] the Unicode search string to NFC when entered, so that it is able to match the normalized text in the module.</ref>
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!  {{n/a}}<ref>Currently unable to test PocketSword search due to an issue caused by iOS release. Search last worked OK with iOS 8.x</ref>
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! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
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| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500"/>
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| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
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!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
!  {{no}}
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| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>via independent search result windows</ref>
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| '''Search within search results'''
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| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books, possibly with predefined options for search OT only & search NT only.</ref>
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| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
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| '''Share search results'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
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|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
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| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
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| '''Exportable'''
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| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
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| '''User comments'''
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| '''Delete all'''
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| '''Study notes'''
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<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
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| '''Interface language'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
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| '''Open modules'''
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!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
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| '''Search results'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
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| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
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<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Manual, English'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
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| '''Tooltips'''
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<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
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| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
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| '''English'''
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| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
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| '''Deutsch (German)'''
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| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
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| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
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| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
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| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
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| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
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| '''Français (French)'''
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| '''Česky (Czech)'''
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| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
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| '''Español (Spanish)'''
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| '''Polski (Polish)'''
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| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
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| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
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| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
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| '''Afrikaans'''
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| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
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| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
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| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
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| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
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| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
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| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
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| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
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| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
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| '''Român (Romanian)'''
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| '''Русский (Russian)'''
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| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
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| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
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| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
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| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
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| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
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| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
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| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="Eloquent" | EQ
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''<ref>Also known as Text to Speech (TTS).</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>When '''Speak selection''' is enabled in iOS accessibility settings, then selected text in any iOS app can be sent to the built-in TTS engine. The user may wish to adjust the reading speed. See [http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/text-to-speech-ios/] for more details.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
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!  {{yes}}
! 
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! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Help:Contents

2016-02-08T12:40:56Z

Karl: /* Front-end applications */ update xiphos link

== Problem solving ==

Before reading the rest of this page, please pay a visit to this Wikipedia article about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Disciplines_Problem_Solving problem solving]. Think carefully about how best to describe the problem you wish to report, and which details are needed as evidence, and which are superfluous. Before reporting a problem, make certain that you and/or others can reproduce it by going through exactly the same steps. And always remember to provide sufficient information about the program version, module name, operating system, etc. None of us are mind-readers, so describing a problem as accurately and precisely as possible is a vital part towards getting it solved.

=Reporting Bugs and Requesting Features=
CrossWire is an all volunteer organization. Getting help is easy, but we can help you best if you provide us with enough information.

Most questions that we receive have been answered in our [[EnduserFAQ|Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]]. Please read this first.

The SWORD Family of applications runs on many operating systems and encompasses many applications. Sometimes we can guess what program you are using or are wanting information about, but it is much easier if you tell us up front.

Let us know the following:
* '''Software''': Which application are you using?
** The SWORD Project for Windows
** Bibletime
** Xiphos (formerly GnomeSword)
** MacSword
** BibleDesktop
** FlashCards
** etc.

* '''Version''': Which version of the application are you using? (If at all possible, it is best to use the most recent version of your application.)

* '''Module''': In which module (Bible, Commentary, Dictionary, ...) do you see the problem? Can you supply a specific reference that we can use to reproduce the problem? (It might not be a problem, but a question or a feature request.)

* '''Operating System'''
** Windows (9x, 2000, NT, ME, XP, Vista, 7) ''remember to state which service pack''
** MacOSX (Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion)
** Linux (which distribution)
** etc.

* '''Description''': Give a brief description of the problem. Is there something else we need to know in order to see the problem?

==Specific Application Support==
Please note that it may be more efficient to send support requests to a specific project. If you have questions about projects such as BibleTime, Xiphos, or Eloquent please see these websites directly for better answers. If you are having problems installing an application, please read its installation instructions first.

==Email Support==
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td>'''Comments / Feedback'''</td>
<td>sword-feedback at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Bug Reports'''</td>
<td>sword-bugs at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''General Questions'''</td>
<td>sword-support at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
</table>

==Mailing List Support==
At CrossWire Bible Society, we have some subscription mailing lists. All of these lists are public. Some do not allow posting. Email sent to these lists is broadcast to all of the members of the lists. Monthly you will be sent an email with your password. Please don't use an important password.

===General Mailing Lists===
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>List Address (subscribers only)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sword-info [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-info Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-info Archives]</td>
<td>A very low volume list where significant updates to The SWORD Project for Windows are announced.</td>
<td>No posting allowed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>bibledesktop-announce [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/bibledesktop-announce Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/bibledesktop-announce Archives]</td>
<td>A very low volume list where significant updates to Bible Desktop are announced.</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1">No posting allowed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>bibledesktop-users [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/bibledesktop-users Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/bibledesktop-users Archives]</td>
<td>A medium volume list to allow users to discuss usage of Bible Desktop.</td>
<td>bibledesktop-users at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>xiphos-users [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/xiphos-users Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/xiphos-users Archives]</td>
<td>A medium volume list to allow users to discuss usage of Xiphos.</td>
<td>xiphos-users at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
</table>

===Developer's Mailing Lists===
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>List Address (subscribers only)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sword-devel [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel Archives]</td>
<td>A medium volume list for discussion amongst the various Sword application and module developers.</td>
<td>sword-devel at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>jsword-devel [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/jsword-devel Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/jsword-devel Archives]</td>
<td>A medium volume list for discussion amongst the various JSword project developers.</td>
<td>jsword-devel at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>bt-devel [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/bt-devel Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/bt-devel Archives]</td>
<td>A medium volume list for discussion amongst the various BibleTime project developers.</td>
<td>bt-devel at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>xiphos-devel [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/xiphos-devel Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/xiphos-devel Archives]</td>
<td>A medium volume list for discussion amongst the various Xiphos project developers.</td>
<td>xiphos-devel at crosswire dot org</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sword-cvs [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-cvs Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-cvs Archives]</td>
<td>A potentially high volume list of all software changes to the SWORD project.</td>
<td>No posting allowed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>jsword-svn [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/jsword-svn Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/jsword-svn Archives]</td>
<td>A potentially high volume list of all software changes to the JSword projects.</td>
<td>No posting allowed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>xiphos-source [http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/xiphos-source Subscribe]  [http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/xiphos-source Archives]</td>
<td>A potentially high volume list of all software changes to the Xiphos project.</td>
<td>No posting allowed.</td>
</tr>
</table>

==Live Chat==
You may also try our live forum on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Internet Relay Chat] (IRC), using your favorite IRC client. Just point it to:
irc.freenode.net #sword

Some of the CrossWire projects also have their own IRC channel.
irc.freenode.net #xiphos

For a simple web based, IRC client use [http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.freenode.net&channel=%23sword Mibbit irc.freenode.net #sword].

==News==
Get our news feeds:
* General news: http://crosswire.org/news.rss.jsp
* Modules news: http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/pubmods.rss

==Bug/Request Tracking==
If you don't see the relevant project issues tracker further below, then look for it in
* [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa#all All Projects]
For convenience, here is a list of our trackers.
* Bible Desktop (BD)
* BibleCS (BCS)
* Eloquent (MACSW)
* Eloquent for iPad (ELOIPAD)
* Flashcards (FC)
* JSword (JS)
* Module Tools (MODTOOLS)
* Modules (MOD)
* New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR)
* PocketSword (PS)
* Prose (PROS)
* QPSword (QPS)
* SWORD (API)
* SwordReader (SR)
* SwordWeb (SWEB)
* Tyndale STEP (TYNSTEP)

=== Back-end ===
Report issues for the SWORD API here:
* [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/API SWORD API]

=== Modules ===
Report text and/or markup issues here: (only for modules in the main or av11n CrossWire repositories)
* [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/MOD Modules]

=== Front-end applications ===
:''Please update the link here if you have migrated your project.''
Each project has its own reporting mechanism. Here are a few:
* [http://crosswire.org/bugs/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10004 The SWORD Project for Windows (code name: BibleCS)]
* [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=954 BibleTime]
* [https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos Xiphos]
* [http://www.crosswire.org/tracker/browse/BD/ BibleDesktop]
* [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=73300 MacSword]
* [http://code.google.com/p/bpbible/issues BPBible]
* [http://www.crosswire.org/tracker/browse/PS/ PocketSword]

== See also ==
* [[Program crashing]] – hints on what general steps to take when any front-end application crashes.

==Snail Mail==
The CrossWire Bible Society
P. O. Box 2528
Tempe, AZ 85280-2528

[[Category:Support]]
[[Category:Mailing lists]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-08-27T02:47:49Z

Karl: /* Operating Systems and Portability */ add

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on xulsword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2K/XP/Vista/7/8/10'''<ref>Windows 8 is supported only on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''<ref>These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Morphological segments'''<ref>Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
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| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
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| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| ''' Image resizing'''<ref>Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.</ref>
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.</ref>
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| ''' PNG format'''
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| ''' SVG format'''
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<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<ref>Example: http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/xiphos/about_modules.png</ref>
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Window layout flexible'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
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| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
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| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
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<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Share search results'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
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|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
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! 
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Frontends:Xiphos

2015-08-27T02:45:02Z

Karl: updated 4.0.x releases.

'''Xiphos''' (formerly known as '''GnomeSword''') is a Bible study tool written for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using [http://www.gtk.org/ GTK], offering a rich and featureful environment for reading, study, and research using modules from [http://www.crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project] and elsewhere. It is open-source software, and available free-of-charge to all.

== Release history ==

* Xiphos 4.0.3 was released on Aug 06 2015.
* Xiphos 4.0.2 was released on Apr 15 2015.
* Xiphos 4.0.1 was released on Mar 29 2015.
* Xiphos 4.0.0 was released on Dec 24 2014. Merry Christmas!

* Xiphos 3.2.2 was released on Aug 24 2014.
* Xiphos 3.2.1 was released on Jun 06 2014.
* Xiphos 3.2.0 was released on May 05 2014.
* Xiphos 3.1.6 was released on Jan 17 2014.
* Xiphos 3.1.5 was released on Feb 19 2012.
* Xiphos 3.1.4 was released on Oct 15 2010.
* Xiphos 3.1.3 was released on Mar 22 2010.
* Xiphos 3.1.2 was released on Dec 24 2009.
* Xiphos 3.1.1 was released on Aug 09 2009.
* Xiphos 3.1.0 was released on May 17 2009.
* Xiphos 3.0.1 was released on Feb 19 2009.
* Xiphos 3.0.0 was released on Feb 09 2009.

[ name change for v3, introducing win32 capability. ]

* GnomeSword 2.4.1 was released on Nov 05 2008.
* GnomeSword 2.4.0 was released on Sep 20 2008.
* GnomeSword 2.3.6 was released on Aug 02 2008.
* GnomeSword 2.3.5 was released on Jul 02 2008.
* GnomeSword 2.3.4 was released on May 26 2008.
* GnomeSword 2.3.3 was released on Jan 20 2008.
* GnomeSword 2.3.2 was released on Dec 26 2007.
* GnomeSword 2.3.1 was released on Oct 14 2007.
* GnomeSword 2.2.3 was released on Mar 24 2007.
* GnomeSword 2.2.2 was released on Feb 23 2007.
* GnomeSword 2.2.1 was released on Jan 27 2007.
* GnomeSword 2.2.0 was released on Dec 25 2006.

== External links ==
* [http://xiphos.org/ Xiphos] official site

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|Xiphos]]

BibleSync

2015-07-19T22:12:25Z

Karl: small editing changes for flow and punctuation

BibleSync is a multicast protocol to support Bible software shared co-navigation. It uses LAN multicast in either a personal/small team mutual navigation motif or in a classroom environment where there are Speakers plus the Audience. The library implementing the protocol is a single C++ class providing a complete yet minimal public interface to support mode setting, setup for packet reception, transmit on local navigation, and handling of incoming packets.

This library is not specific to any particular Bible software framework, completely agnostic as to structure of layers above BibleSync, and is not a product of The Sword Project. But its first implementation has been grafted into [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]].

==History==
BibleSync is a protocol first proposed by Costas Stergiou of theWord and, along with William Mills, wrote a version 1 draft specification. This draft appears not to have wide distribution, but in October 2012 a version 2 specification was sent around by Mills to a number of people with particular interest in widely-known Bible applications including theWord, BibleAnalyzer, Accordance, and Laridian. Karl Kleinpaste was among those reached as the contact point for Xiphos. Comments were taken about the v2 specification, but an update was not made available until September 2013. Response to that update was vast silence.

In March 2014, Karl took a personal interest in the updated v2. The specification still had some considerable rough edges and Karl took a number of liberties with it based on his networking background, with the intent of producing an updated specification that would reflect the changes that had been necessary. An initial implementation only for the Linux platform was produced by mid-April, as an integrated part of Xiphos. A bare level of Windows compatibility was then added, and Xiphos 3.2.0 was released in the 1st week of May 2014 with BibleSync capability.

At this time, the protocol offered 2 message types: A presence announcement, to inform other applications of participants in the conversation, and a synchronization message, to drive other listening applications. There is no security or privacy provided in the protocol, but it supports a passphrase as a conversation discriminant in the event that more than one BibleSync conversation occurs over a single LAN. Fundamentally, the protocol operates in either a Personal peer-among-peers mode, where each application drives all the others, or in a speaker/audience motif, where one or more Speakers navigate and the Audience applications listen and respond in kind. The difference is entirely within the matter of which half of the conversation (transmitting or receiving navigation synchronization) the application uses. Speaker and Audience each carry out half, transmitting or receiving, while the general Personal mode is both transmitter and receiver. This is to say, an application in Personal mode is both Speaker and Audience.

In May 2014, the protocol facility proper was then excised from Xiphos, becoming an independent library available for use by any application; it is not specific to Sword Project applications. What is necessary in the application is the "glue" code to interface with the library plus enough user interface to control the protocol use according to the wishes of the user. BibleSync has a code repository at github.com under Karl's management. Xiphos 3.2.1 was released in early June 2014 with the new library structure in place.

During the period from early April to mid-June 2014, Karl engaged the others who were part of the initial inquiries about the v2 specification, first to see if any others had produced an implementation, and then to garner discussion about the future of the protocol and the developing code base. No other implementation yet existed. There was considerable, lively discussion over the course of about 8 weeks.

Tim Morton of BibleAnalyzer took the offered implementation and began to experiment with it. He did some work in Python and found it workable but mentioned the problem that it was too easy to mis-start BibleSync in an application that would inadvertently drive others, i.e. the "grandma case": Give your grandmother a BibleSync-capable application on her iPhone or Android and send her to church where the pastor will use a BibleSync-capable application to drive teaching. If she can inadvertently (or even maliciously :-) start driving others' applications by not selecting Audience mode, then there is a problem.

This was discussed briefly and Karl chose a beacon-based enhancement to the protocol, where would-be Speakers must regularly announce their availability, and Audience applications can select which beacon-announced Speakers are to be heard and allowed to navigate.

The beacon enhancement was part of the excision from Xiphos integration and is part of how the implementation exists today. The use of beacons is not universally approved. Email discussion among the participants ranged widely, some in approval while others claimed that beacons would cause handheld devices to consume too much power, with which Karl disagreed on grounds that it is a single packet sent only every few seconds by a live application that the user has specifically requested, and when the device goes idle, the application will go to sleep and stop transmitting.

Significantly, no other participants in the conversation have ever offered either updates to the existing github codebase or a competing implementation in order that the benefits and costs of each might be considered, toward the goal of picking one as the base for future work. Therefore Karl's implementation stands as the single working, deployed, real world implementation.

By late June 2014, discussion among the email participants had gone silent. Nothing more has been said. Development of the library continues, with small bug fixes and anti-spoofing improvements.

==Protocol details==
BibleSync communicates using local multicast. Three operational modes are provided: Personal, Speaker, or Audience.

In Personal mode, BibleSync operates as a peer among peers, both sending and receiving navigation synchronization on the shared local multicast network. Applications are expected to respond appropriately to navigation, and to send synchronization events of their own as the user moves about his Bible.

In Speaker or Audience mode, BibleSync either transmits only (Speaker) or receives only (Audience) navigation. The Audience is expected to follow along with the Speaker's direction. The Speaker ignores incoming navigation; the Audience transmits no navigation.

The protocol is based on single packet transmissions, specifically intended to fit within one MSS of a typical Ethernet. There are 3 packet types defined: Presence announcement, Speaker beacon, and navigation synchronization. The packet format consists of a number of header fields followed by a series of name=value parameters terminated by newlines. A UUID is part of the packet definition. The header is 32 bytes and the UUID (16 bytes) is aligned to the latter half. Maximum size is 1280 bytes. A protocol version identifier, currently 2, is present as well as a packet type indicator. The specification makes allowance for possible future use of a multi-packet methodology but at the moment the packet count and packet index are required to be 1 and 0, respectively, with the possibility of this being enhanced if the protocol specification should see future discussion. The packet also includes a magic number to add certainty that the packet is intended for this protocol.

After the header, name=value pairs identify a number of required fields. Presence announcement and beacon are distinguished only by the packet type and are otherwise identical. Synchronization packets have additional fields to specify a Bible, a verse reference, and a few other utility fields. Note that BibleSync transmits references, not content. All packets identify the user, the application, the passphrase, and may optionally identify as well the application version and the device on which the application runs.

On startup of the protocol, BibleSync transmits a presence announcement, informing other communication partners of the application's participation. BibleSync makes this announcement available to the application; whether the application shows these announcements to the user is the application designer's choice.

Thereafter, as appropriate to the operational mode selected, BibleSync is tasked with polled reception of incoming navigation event packets and transmission of navigation event packets on the user's part.

Transmitters (Personal and Speaker modes) issue availability beacons every 10 seconds. Initial received beacons for previously-unknown Speakers are handed up to the application. These beacons provide for receivers (Personal and Audience modes) to maintain a managed list of available Speakers. Furthermore, when a transmitter ceases to issue beacons, its presence in the library's list of available Speakers is aged out until being removed after 30 seconds of beacon silence. The application is again informed when a Speaker goes dead.

Default listening behavior is that the first Speaker heard via beacon is marked for listening. Other transmitters claiming Speaker status via beacon are recognized and remembered but initially ignored, with their presence made known to the application. This provides for the application to maintain a list from which the user can select Speakers he wishes to synchronize his application. This default "first Speaker only" policy can be overridden by the application with any other policy desired.

Synchronization events include 5 data elements: The Bible abbreviation; the verse reference; an alternate reference (if desired; not required) which may allow the application to interpret better based on variant versification; a synchronization group identifier; and the domain.

The group identifier is a single ASCII digit between 1 and 9. The specification is imprecise as to this parameter's use. The initial interface with BibleSync in Xiphos uses the synchronization group as an indicator of the tab number in its tabbed interface: Not only is the Bible navigated, but the tab in which to navigate is selected.

The domain parameter is currently fixed as "BIBLE-VERSE". This may be put to greater use if there are ever future revisions of the protocol.

BibleSync transmits no packet when the application leaves the conversation.

===Reference syntax===
Applications must ensure that the references they send via BibleSync are sensible. In particular, Sword applications are fairly forgiving about reference syntax, but other applications may not be. Therefore it is imperative that applications ship only standards-compliant references. The protocol itself does not enforce any particular format, but the specification references [http://semanticbible.com/bibleref/bibleref-specification.html BibleRef] and [http://www.bibletechnologies.net OSIS].

===Sharing multiple references===
The point of the protocol is to ship a reference indicator for navigation by the receiving audience. This reference need not be a single verse. It could be a multiple reference generated by a search, a list from a Bible's cross reference, or a bookmark set maintained by the user in his application.

The limitation on how much can be shared is the maximum packet size of 1280 bytes. With basic overhead plus other name=value requirements in the packet, this leaves around 1000 or 1100 bytes in which to pack references. The implementation will take an arbitrarily large string for the reference, trimming it to fit the packet size limitation.

===Security implications===
BibleSync is a protocol defined for a friendly environment. That said, beacons had to be deployed because of the risk of a malicious or stupid user causing improper navigation in others' applications. Beyond that, there are a couple of implications, both in the realm of avoidance of impersonation.

(1) It would be possible for any malicious user to generate his own navigation packets using a legitimate Speaker's UUID. Therefore the protocol must retain information about every legitimate Speaker from his beacons so as to be able to verify the origin. This is to say, the implementation makes sure the UUID offered in navigation packets is always coming from the right origin IP address, as indicated by ongoing beacons.

(2) The first beacon needs to be transmitted before the presence announcement, in order to lay proper claim to a position as Speaker. If the presence announcement is transmitted first, then a malicious user could use that UUID to begin transmitting beacons and navigation from his own (different) IP address, unseating the legitimate Speaker. By sending the first beacon before the presence announcement, this is prevented.

==Current state==
At this time, Karl manages the github code repository. Help from Greg Hellings has kept the process of building the code for public use in a sane state, especially in its dependence on CMake. Release 1.1.2 was made on Christmas Eve 2014. A complete, updated specification including beacons and other matters beyond the original v2 specification is part of the source tree, along with a UNIX-style manual page, biblesync(7), for programmer reference.

The entirety of the implementation is in the public domain.

Although a number of the early participants claimed an interest in deploying BibleSync, only Tim Morton is known to have experimented directly.

Inquiries to other Sword Project application developers showed interest from the authors of at least Bibledit and [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]].

== External links ==
* [http://biblesyncprotocol.wikispaces.com/ BibleSync original wiki page] – Original specification. It has been updated since then; see man/specification.n in the source at github. (u:General_Public p:password)
* [https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync github repository]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnomesword/files/BibleSync/1.1.2/ Current downloadable packages]
* [http://xiphos.org/manual/preferences#biblesync Xiphos Preferences page for controlling BibleSync]

[[Category:BibleSync]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-05-06T13:06:41Z

Karl: /* Module Management */ xiphos remove several "version >= 4.x.y" notes (current release is well beyond these)

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
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| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
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| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
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!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
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| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Personal commentary'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''<ref>These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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| '''Footnote expansion'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
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| '''Morphological segments'''<ref>Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
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| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''User is warned of internet access'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Download can be canceled'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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| '''User is notified of module updates'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''User is notified of new modules'''
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| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
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| '''Modules sorted by type'''
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
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| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
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<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| ''' Image resizing'''<ref>Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.</ref>
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
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|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
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|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<ref>Example: http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/xiphos/about_modules.png</ref>
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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| ''' Module name'''
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
! 
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
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|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref>All words, any word, exact phrase.</ref>
! 
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! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
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! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
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! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>via independent search result windows</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Share search results'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
! 
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
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!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-05-06T13:05:08Z

Karl: /* Module Support */ xiphos remove several "version >= 4.x.y" notes (current release is well beyond these)

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''<ref>These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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| '''Footnote expansion'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Morphological segments'''<ref>Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
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| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''<ref>Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
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!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<ref>Example: http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/xiphos/about_modules.png</ref>
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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| ''' Module name'''
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| ''' Abbreviation'''
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' Installed size'''<ref>For CrossWire hosted modules this property is generated automatically.</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref>Size shown only when installation is requested.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' Short Promotional'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Includes auto-hotlinking bare URLs.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Text only after clicking 'More'. Not a hyperlink.</ref>
|}
<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
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|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref>All words, any word, exact phrase.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500"/>
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| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
! 
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!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
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| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
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!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>via independent search result windows</ref>
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| '''Search within search results'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Share search results'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
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|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
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!  {{no}}
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| '''Delete all'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
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! 
!  {{yes}}
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! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-02-05T04:04:28Z

Karl: /* Module Information */ xiphos: add example image url

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''<ref>These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
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| '''Footnote expansion'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Morphological segments'''<ref>Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0e</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''<ref>Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<ref>Example: http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/xiphos/about_modules.png</ref>
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
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| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Permanent'''
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<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
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! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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<references/>

=== Help System ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
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! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-02-05T03:52:39Z

Karl: /* Module Information */ xiphos: type: yes

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

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=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''<ref>These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
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! 
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Morphological segments'''<ref>Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0e</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
! 
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''<ref>Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.</ref>
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| ''' PNG format'''
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| ''' SVG format'''
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<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
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| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
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| '''Font settable per module'''
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| '''Font settable per language'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
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| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
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| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
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| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Able to create a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
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| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
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| '''Able to delete a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
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!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
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| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
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| '''Indexed Search'''
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| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
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| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
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| '''Share search results'''
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<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
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! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
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| '''Permanent'''
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| '''Hierarchical'''
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| '''User comments'''
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| '''Study notes'''
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<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
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| '''Interface language'''
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| '''Open modules'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
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| '''Search results'''
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! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-02-05T02:54:54Z

Karl: /* Image Module Support */ correct PS resize; add explanatory footnote; update SPW.

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''<ref>These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Morphological segments'''<ref>Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0e</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''<ref>Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.</ref>
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.</ref>
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| ''' PNG format'''
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<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
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| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
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| '''Font settable per module'''
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| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
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<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Able to create a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
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| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
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| '''Able to delete a search index'''
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<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
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! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

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==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
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! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Morphological segments'''<ref>Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.</ref>
! 
! 
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0e</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
! 
! 
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! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
! 
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
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| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
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| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
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| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>
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| ''' PNG format'''
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!  {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref>
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| ''' SVG format'''
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<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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| ''' Installed size'''<ref>For CrossWire hosted modules this property is generated automatically.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Text only after clicking 'More'. Not a hyperlink.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
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| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
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| '''Multiple texts'''
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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
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!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
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| '''Font settable per module'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
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| '''Font settable per language'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
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| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
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| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
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| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
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| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Able to create a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
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| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
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| '''Able to delete a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
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!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
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| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
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| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
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| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
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| '''Permanent'''
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| '''Hierarchical'''
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| '''Drag and drop management'''
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-01-03T17:51:42Z

Karl: /* Module Information */ small updates to PS (install size) and Xi (promo)

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
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| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
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| '''Modules sorted by type'''
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
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| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
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| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>
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| ''' PNG format'''
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!  {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref>
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| ''' SVG format'''
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<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's [[DevTools:conf Files|conf file]]. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS<ref>Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.</ref>
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| ''' Installed size'''<ref>For CrossWire hosted modules this property is generated automatically.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
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| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
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| '''Multiple texts'''
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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
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| '''Font settable per module'''
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| '''Font settable per language'''
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| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
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| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
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<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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| '''Able to create a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
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| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
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| '''Able to delete a search index'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
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| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
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<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-01-03T04:19:51Z

Karl: /* Module Information */ new table for detailed module info

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
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| '''User is notified of module updates'''
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| '''User is notified of new modules'''
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| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
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| '''Modules sorted by type'''
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
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| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
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| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
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!  {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
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!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Configuration Item
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Module name'''
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| ''' Abbreviation'''
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| ''' Description'''
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| ''' Type'''
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| ''' Version'''
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| ''' Language'''
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| ''' Distribution license'''
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| ''' Filter features'''<ref>Headings, footnotes, xrefs, Strong's numbers, morph tags, ...</ref>
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| ''' Installed size'''
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| ''' Short Promotional'''
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<references/>

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
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| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''
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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
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!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
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| '''Font settable per module'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''
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!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
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| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
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| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
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| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
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| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
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| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
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| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
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|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
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| '''Able to delete a search index'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
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| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
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| '''Indexed Search'''
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| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
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| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
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| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
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| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
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| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
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| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>
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| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
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!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
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| '''Combined module search'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
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| '''Search within search results'''
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| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>
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| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
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!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
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| '''Share search results'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
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|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Frontends:Xiphos

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'''Xiphos''' (formerly known as '''GnomeSword''') is a Bible study tool written for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using [http://www.gtk.org/ GTK], offering a rich and featureful environment for reading, study, and research using modules from [http://www.crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project] and elsewhere. It is open-source software, and available free-of-charge to all.

== Release history ==

* Xiphos 4.0.0 was released on Dec 24 2014. Merry Christmas!

* Xiphos 3.2.2 was released on Aug 24 2014.
* Xiphos 3.2.1 was released on Jun 06 2014.
* Xiphos 3.2.0 was released on May 05 2014.
* Xiphos 3.1.6 was released on Jan 17 2014.
* Xiphos 3.1.5 was released on Feb 19 2012.
* Xiphos 3.1.4 was released on Oct 15 2010.
* Xiphos 3.1.3 was released on Mar 22 2010.
* Xiphos 3.1.2 was released on Dec 24 2009.
* Xiphos 3.1.1 was released on Aug 09 2009.
* Xiphos 3.1.0 was released on May 17 2009.
* Xiphos 3.0.1 was released on Feb 19 2009.
* Xiphos 3.0.0 was released on Feb 09 2009.

* Xiphos 2.4.1 was released on Nov 05 2008.
* Xiphos 2.4.0 was released on Sep 20 2008.
* Xiphos 2.3.6 was released on Aug 02 2008.
* Xiphos 2.3.5 was released on Jul 02 2008.
* Xiphos 2.3.4 was released on May 26 2008.
* Xiphos 2.3.3 was released on Jan 20 2008.
* Xiphos 2.3.2 was released on Dec 26 2007.
* Xiphos 2.3.1 was released on Oct 14 2007.
* Xiphos 2.2.3 was released on Mar 24 2007.
* Xiphos 2.2.2 was released on Feb 23 2007.
* Xiphos 2.2.1 was released on Jan 27 2007.
* Xiphos 2.2.0 was released on Dec 25 2006.

== External links ==
* [http://xiphos.org/ Xiphos] official site

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|Xiphos]]

Choosing a SWORD program

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==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
! 
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
! 
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref>All words, any word, exact phrase.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
! 
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!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>via independent search result windows</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Share search results'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
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! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-01-02T20:45:06Z

Karl: /* Other */ pocketsword extra features note

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
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!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
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|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
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|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref>All words, any word, exact phrase.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
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| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
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!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>via independent search result windows</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Share search results'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Search results are storable as bookmarks. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-01-02T20:42:17Z

Karl: /* Other */ pocketsword completeness, xiphos extra features update

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
! 
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
! 
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref>All words, any word, exact phrase.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>via independent search result windows</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Share search results'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Search results are storable as bookmarks. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-01-02T20:36:08Z

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==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
! 
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref>All words, any word, exact phrase.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>via independent search result windows</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''
!  {{no}}
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! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{no}}
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! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Share search results'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
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!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Search results are storable as bookmarks. See sidebar verse list context menu.</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2015-01-02T20:28:38Z

Karl: /* Module Management */ font & companion cells

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date. Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ And Bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|Eloquent]] – formerly named '''MacSword2'''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''ST''' — [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
*'''XS''' — [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword] (''aka'' [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Holy Bible] / [http://ibt.org.ru/ru/pc.htm Электронная Библия])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8'''<ref>Windows 8 is only supported on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="runsOnFirefox">xulsword is essentially a Firefox Add-On, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for this system.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>BSD and Solaris.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch'''<ref>iOS 3.1.3 and higher.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Android
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="runsOnFirefox"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>WIndows only.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left scripts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text bidirectional algorithm].</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>See [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CmplxRndExamples Examples of Complex Rendering].</ref><ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
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! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{part}} <ref>Does not use ICU and appears incapable of transliterating anything other than Greek and Hebrew. Even Greek and Hebrew transliteration is limited to a small subset of texts.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Glosses'''<ref>Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. See [[DevTools:conf Files]].</ref>
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! 
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! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0c</ref>
! 
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| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Glossary links'''<ref>i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ... </ref>
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
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! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]], yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Show encoded transliterations'''<ref>For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Supports module abbreviations'''<ref>For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= 4.0.0a</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST <ref>Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons</ref>
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Also supports built-in key generator capability</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of obsolete modules'''<ref>When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Version >= v4.0.0b.</ref>
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''<ref>This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can install specified font'''<ref>Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{n/a}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.</ref>
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
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{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Text comparisons in parallel displays'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Font size is also adjustable per module.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Doublespace lines option'''
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! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>A per-module option.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''CSS display control for authors'''<ref>Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Overall application CSS display control'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[BibleSync]] shared navigation'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Honors coded note tags'''<ref>For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"</ref>
! 
! 
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! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.</ref>
! 
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells.''
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to download a search index'''<ref>For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Index in background'''<ref>User can continue to use application while index is being created.</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref>All words, any word, exact phrase.</ref>
! 
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! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search lexicon results'''<ref>Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.</ref>
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
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! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500">Result includes up to 500 search results.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Strong's search reverse lexicon'''<ref>Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.</ref>
! 
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!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name="first500"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Return to last search results'''<ref>Without having to search again.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>via independent search result windows</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>
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!  {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref>
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Share search results'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>On verse list context menus via [[BibleSync]].</ref>
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>(until cookies in browser history are cleared)</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''
! 
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{n/a}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref>
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored">Not result but search query is stored</ref>
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}} <ref name="queryStored"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''
!  {{n/a}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}} <ref>This is done by bookmarking URLs</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''
! 
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!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{part}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== [[Localization]] ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
:''Please add content to the empty cells, and make changes when locales are added to each front end.''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP BIble" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized numerals'''<ref>Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''English'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
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| '''Français (French)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''
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| '''Español (Spanish)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''
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| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''
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| '''Dansk (Danish)'''
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| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''
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| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Lietuvių (Lithuanian)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''
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| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''
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| '''Русский (Russian)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''
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| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''한국어 (Korean)'''
!  {{yes}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Türkçe (Turkish)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Ελληνικά (Greek)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Swahili (Kiswahili)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Қазақша (Kazakh)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT">Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Къумукъ (Kumyk)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic)'''
!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Татар теле (Tatar)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur)'''
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin)'''
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|-valign="top"
| '''Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic)'''
!  {{no}}
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!  {{yes}}<ref name="atIBT"/>
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref>
!  {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref>
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}} <ref>Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
:''Please add content to the empty cells''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="And Bible" | AB
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="STEP Bible" | ST
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
! title="xulsword" | XS
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
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!  {{no}}
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!  {{no}}
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|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>
!  {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like [http://www.slovocars.org/en/get_mod.php Central Asian Russian], install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only for Android devices that have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis TTS] Engine.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}<ref>Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''
!  {{no}}
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! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Export passage to clipboard'''<ref>Configurable feature.</ref>
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!  {{yes}}
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!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!  {{yes}}<ref>Night mode display option (white text on black background).</ref><ref>Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
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! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]