Re: Aibase

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Posted by sub
2005-08-24 16:18:57

> it looks to me something like Axon Idea Processor.

It appears to have a similar logic but its approach is quite different; it is less diagram-oriented and more information-targetted.

The program seems extremely powerful but let down by an unnecessarily unconventional interface. A case in mind is that there appears to be no distinction between entries having linked documents and ones that don’t.

For example, most entries in the help file have many more sub-entries below them; you can keep pressing F2 to your heart’s contentment and drill-down to more and more information.

BTW, the choice of F2, a Windows standard for editing, for “go to Linked Doc” is another unecessarily unconventional choice.

I think anyone having the desire and patience to experiment will probably be rewarded by a very flexible tool; at 49 Euros it’s a bargain for people involved in education or doing frequent presentations. Ironically though, a similarly powerful tool—Compendium- is free.

alx

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