Re: ndxCards v. 1.92 Re: Lessons from the World of Clip Mana

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Posted by srdiamond15
2005-02-15 14:34:59

Charlie,

Thanks for the explanation. What I meant by “interferes less in a database” was this. In an outliner intended for organizing a writing, the two pane format inferes with continuity. In a database continuity is less important, so the compromises imposed by two panes are _less_ a burden, even if they *also* impose something of a burden on users of a database, when two panes are companed to one.

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“Maybe the two-pane format merely interferes _less_ in a database, and it seems easier to implement. Alex might be able to comment on whether that speculation about ease of implemention is correct.”

I don’t know what is meant by interference with a database,

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