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Posted by Daly de Gagne
Mar 23, 2010 at 06:22 PM
I noted similarities to InfoSelect when Jan Rifkinson first alerted me to the program five or more years ago.
Back in the day Ariadne always “felt” better to me than IS, and its feature set worked was more proficient at doing what it was intended to do.
The program was originally developed by a guy called Mike, whose last name I do not know.
Daly
Jon Polish wrote:
>Hmm…
>
>Doesn’t this look like a sensible, non-bloated Info Select? Yuriy too? I
>have not followed Ariadne. Has it always been so strikingly similar to IS? When did the
>project begin?
>
>My main concerns are the limited import and export features. Also,
>as far as I can tell, you cannot attach files. Otherwise, I agree - very
>interesting.
>
>Thank you for pointing this out.
>
>Jon
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Mar 23, 2010 at 06:25 PM
I’m hoping that Yuriy will develop the ability to have more than one database. It would help. However, with the locus (similar to hoisting), accelerators, search features, etc. it is possible to have a very large selection of material, and yet get around it quite quickly.
Daly
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I was intrigued by Ariadne when it was originally being developed, and I’m glad to see
>it is back. I do have some reservations about it. Particularly, it appears that you
>can’t create multiple databases—that is, there is no “New” command in the menu. I
>suppose you can do a “Save As” and create new databases that way, but then you have to
>keep cleaning out info from the original database. Seems like a weird limitation,
>unless I’m missing something. If the intent is to put all data in one file, then I fear
>Ariadne will suffer from the same problem that plagues all hierarchical information
>managers, namely that the data quickly overwhelms the structure—at least for
>me.
>
>Maybe I’m missing something here. I would love to have such a misperception
>corrected.
>
>Steve Z.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Mar 23, 2010 at 07:29 PM
Ah, yes. I hadn’t figured out about the Locus feature. That is equivalent to a hoist and does help make the grid/tree more manageable.
You are right about the similarities with InfoSelect.
Steve
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Mar 23, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Fortunately the similarities to InfoSelect are ones I like!
Daly
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Ah, yes. I hadn’t figured out about the Locus feature. That is equivalent to a hoist and
>does help make the grid/tree more manageable.
>
>You are right about the similarities
>with InfoSelect.
>
>Steve