OO3 is more and more like 'More'

[Bruce Lewis]

Yes. I too agree that the programme is closer to "More".

A key for me is the inline notes. This is a great advantage. A few
"constructive criticisms" about them.

They are not implemented like More's. In more the notes were a separate
little internal box or window with its own scroll bars. It was much easier
to tell what was note and what was outline.

You could set it so only part of the note was visible and the rest of the
outline was visible below. You can do the same with the note pane on the
bottom, but I would have liked it better in the inline notes.

The inline notes weren't selected when they were oepend. I think this is a
confusing and possibly dangerous behaviour.

They were opened and created by a press of the enterKey. That seems to work
in OO, but it takes the view to the end of the note, which is sometimes
useful, but is the wrong place 90% of the time.

The symbol for notes was much less obtrusive.

More was snappier both with opening notes and with going down a level when
clicking on handles. More was instant, but there is some sort of
windowshade effect in OO. Can this be turned off as a user preference. Is
this considered an advantage by some?

Again, I think it is a great job and I am trying to be constructive.

Bruce

At 6:58 PM -0500 12/4/04, Paul List Hess wrote:
>I'd like to be the first to comment, and hopefully other stalwarts will
>agree, that OO3 has taken a huge step towards being more like the classic
>More program that many of us learned to love years ago.  I'm not talking
>about specific exact features but more in terms of the feel and the soul
>of the program it seems much more gracefully useful under a wide range of
>flexible circumstances than OO2 ever was.
>
>I, and others, came to OO hoping you would imitate every one of my
>favorite More features and was initially disappointed with OO2 but instead
>with OO3 you've made a holistic elegant modern outline program along the
>same lines that the creators of More might have done if they had written
>it in the 2004's instead of way back so many years ago.  I'm sure we'll
>keep saying "please include More's feature XYZ next" but I think you've
>done a great job on the overall usability.
>
>At 4:56 PM -0800 12/3/04, Ken Case wrote:
>>I think our team has done an amazing job, and I hope you enjoy using
>>OmniOutliner 3 as much as I do!
>>
>>http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/beta/
>>
>>				Cheers,
>>				Ken
>
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