Show HN: New Forms of Readinghttps://john11.app
In an effort to develop new forms of reading, I’ve built a minimalistic Bible app (only on iOS for now), called John 1:1. The Bible is well-suited because it: (i) has a history of driving reading innovations and revolutions (e.g., 2nd century: scroll -> codex; Gutenberg in Mainz, 1454: codex -> movable metal type; Estienne in Geneva, 1551: introduction of verse numbers); (ii) remains popular and widespread, with public domain translations in many languages (the app ships ten translations in seven languages); and (iii) is intrinsically self-linking and annotated over millennia (31,102 verses…