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Posted by Fedir Nepyivoda
Oct 30, 2009 at 12:08 PM
>Is the app fully portable i.e. can run independently off an external USB
>device?
It can run from any device. However it depends on .NET Framework 3.5 which is ~100 MB if downloaded using Microsoft Installer. (~250 MB if redistributed separately)
Fortunately, Windows 7 already ships with it.
>Thanks and good luck
Thank you!
Posted by Jon
Oct 30, 2009 at 01:56 PM
Hi. I’m fairly new to the use of one-pane outliners. I would apprerciate it if someone would describe the advantages of Fedir’s elegant-looking program over using Word’s outlining functions. Thank you.
Jon
Posted by Lucas
Oct 30, 2009 at 04:58 PM
Hi Jon,
There are many advantages to using a dedicated tool like UV Outliner. I’ll start off by just mentioning the one difference that I think is most critical: Unlike dedicated outliners, Microsoft Word allows for only nine outline levels. This is probably sufficient, in most cases, for outlining the major sections of a document (which is probably the purpose for which the tool is designed), but when it comes to complex brainstorming and the like, the nine level limit will start to cramp your style.
Lucas
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 30, 2009 at 04:59 PM
Jon wrote:
>Hi. I’m fairly new to the use of one-pane outliners. I would apprerciate it if someone
>would describe the advantages of Fedir’s elegant-looking program over using Word’s
>outlining functions. Thank you.
Theoretically, it would have little advantage over Word’s outliner, but using an outliner should be as transparent as possible. That is, while working with an outliner, your complete focus and concentration should be on the content of the material you are creating and not on using the outliner. (This is one reason a single-pane outliner is superior in many ways to multi-pane applications.) I’ve found that Word’s outliner is not very intuitive, especially since it depends on what viewing mode you happen to be in. So it has never passed that transparency test with me. I’ve not used Fedir’s outliner much yet, so I can’t say for sure that it will, in fact, be more transparent, but my sense is that it will be.
If you’re using Word’s outliner and are happy with it, I’d say there’s no reason to look further. (Although, there are a few other benefits to Fedir’s approach: for one, you can add check boxes to items in your list.) Fedir is suggesting that additional features will be added, such as a hoist and these may also give his a approach and advantage over Word in the future.
Anyway, that’s my two cents.
Steve Z.
Posted by dan7000
Oct 30, 2009 at 05:50 PM
Very nice product - the version you have posted is already very useful. One feature that appears to be missing that would be very important for me:
- Rich text paste from other programs.
For instance, I would like to cut and paste from a Word doc and retain formatting (at least bold, underline, and fonts).