I’m afraid I’d run out of stuff to blog and write articles about if it wasn’t for the Digerati team at LifeChurch.tv. Those guys do such great and have so many great projects going (YouVersion, One Prayer, ChurchMetrics.com, VideoTeaching.com, etc.) that I’m always amazed at their latest release and giddy with anticipation about what they’ll do next. Last year, Terry Storch was kind enough to tell me about the design and development process behind the original YouVersion (read the article here) and I’ve been curious to see how the LifeChurch team would find new ways to facilitate “Scripture engagement” via the site and mobile applications.
On Friday, I saw Chris Merritt tweet that YouVersion 2.0 was live and I was really pleased with what I saw. Along with some great new features (for example, the parallel feature), the user interface has been significantly upgraded. To me, the reader is much cleaner and easier to navigate, and my guess is that those improvements lead to increased utilization of the social/community features that make YouVersion so special in the world of online Bibles. I think the screenshots below speak for themselves, but be sure to check out the new YouVersion and see it with your own eyes.
