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About oremus Bible Browser
oremus Bible Browser v3.0
29 April 2019
oremus Bible Browser is copyright © 1998–2019 Simon Kershaw <biblemail@oremus.org>.All rights reserved.
Some of the texts included in the oremus Bible Browser are copyright © theindividual copyright holders, and are used by permission.
Donations
The oremus Bible Browser is, and always has been, offered free of any charge. Ifyou would like to make a contribution to costs then donations may be made viaPayPal or Amazon to simon@kershaw.org.uk. To use PayPal, simply browse topaypal.me/SimonKershaw,enter the amount and click or tap the “Next” button.Do select “Sending to a friend or family”: if you select “Paying foran item or service” PayPal will deduct a fee.
Or you can log in to your Paypal account, and select “pay or send money”and then “Sending to a friend or family”; enter the email addresssimon@kershaw.org.uk, and specify your donation.PayPal does not charge a fee for this transaction; if you select“Paying for an item or service” they will.
Alternatively, Amazon gift vouchers are a convenient method and can be purchasedonline at Amazon and delivered by email to simon@kershaw.org.uk.Please do use amazon.co.uk and not amazon.com or anotherAmazon site to buy vouchers. amazon.com vouchers can only be redeemed or spentat the US amazon.com (and similarly for other countries).
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Donations
The oremus Bible Browser is, and always has been, offered free of any charge. Ifyou would like to make a contribution to costs then donations may be made viaPayPal or Amazon to simon@kershaw.org.uk.
Donate by PayPal
Browse topaypal.me/SimonKershaw,enter the amount and click or tap the “Next” button.Do select “Sending to a friend or family”: if you select“Paying for an item or service” PayPal will deduct a fee.What does this mean?See why this does not affect your rights.
Or you can log in to your Paypalaccount, and select “pay or send money” and then “Sending to a friendor family”; enter the email address simon@kershaw.org.uk, and specify your donation.PayPal does not charge a fee for this transaction; if you select “Paying for anitem or service” they will.What does this mean?See why this does not affect your rights.
Donate by Amazon voucher
Amazon.co.uk gift vouchers can be purchased onlineat Amazon.co.uk in various denominations and delivered by email to simon@kershaw.org.uk.
Please do use amazon.co.uk and not amazon.com or another Amazon siteto buy vouchers. amazon.com vouchers can only be redeemed or spent at the US amazon.com(and similarly for other countries).
Thank you: your donation is much appreciated.
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oremus Bible Browser Help
Looking up a bible reference
The oremus Bible Browser is a simple, friendly way of accessing bible texts. Just enter areference to a bible passage in the box and press ‘return’, and the passage willbe displayed. Optionally, you can tap the search icon (🔍)rather than using the ‘return’ key.
As you use the oremus Bible Browser, it remembers the passages and searches you haveentered, displaying the first few lines of each as a ‘visual history’ at thebottom of the page. This grows to become a horizontal scrolling list, and tapping on an itemrestores it to the main panel. These items are stored in the browser page, and you do notneed to be on-line to restore them.
Searching for words and phrases
You can also enter other words or short phrases to search for the text anywhere in thebible. You can force a search rather than a reference by prefixing it with the word‘search:’ – this is useful if you want to search for a word that is alsothe name of a biblical book, such as ‘revelation’ or ‘Ezekiel’ orwords such as ‘Paul’ or ‘letter’ which are otherwise ignored.
Search results appear in a separate, scrollable, panel, and you can tap on a verse todisplay the verse and its surrounding context in the main panel.
Retrieving multiple passages
Tapping on the down arrow (▼) enlarges the text entry panelallowing you to enter multiple bible references, one per line. You can then tap the searchicon (🔍) to retrieve the passages.
Selecting a bible version
The menu system (accessed via the menu icon at the top left of the page) allows you toselect a different bible version. The oBB currently supports the New Revised StandardVersion in both American and British spelling editions, together with the Authorized Versionof 1611, also called the King James Version. In addition there are three further versions ofthe psalms: the psalters from Common Worship (the Church of England’s2000 prayer book), the Alternative Service Book 1980, and from the 1662 Book ofCommon Prayer. The oBB remembers the version selected until it is changed again.
Display options
The menu also lets you choose whether to display verse numbers (including chapter numbers),footnotes and footnote markers, section headings (which are provided by some translations asan aid to the reader), and also the passage reference and links to adjacent passages. Youcan toggle the display of all these on and off independently, and the oBB remembers yoursettings.
Text size
The size of the type used to display bible passages can be increased and decreased using thetwo buttons (T▲ and T▼).
Dark mode
Setting dark mode changes the colour scheme, so the background colour is dark – nearlyblack – and the text is pale. This is useful when reading from the oremus BibleBrowser in a dark setting, for example at a nighttime service in a church or elsewhere.
Search options
By default, searching for text scans the entire bible. You can limit you search to a rangeof books by selecting them in the ‘search options’ panel.
Quicklinks
Tapping the star icon (★) will generate a short link to apassage, multiple passages, or a word search. This link is stored by the oBB server, and canbe shared with others.
Browser support
Version 3 of the oremus Bible Browser works with the latest versions of popular browsers,including Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Edge on desktop and laptop computers and also ontablets and phones. Internet Explorer is not supported.
To make full use of the oBB you must use secure https, rather than the old http. Somefunctionality will not work without https, including remembering your settings.
Cookies
The oBB stores some data in cookies, including the settings options and the most recentbible reference (or references). Although your web browser automatically sends oBB cookiesto the oBB server, the server does not use them at all. It is only used by the web browserto remember your options and to reapply them each time you visit the oBB page.
Simon Kershaw
22 June 2019
