On Saturday 06 October 2007 11:05, Diabolic Preacher wrote: > On 05/10/2007, Graham Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I think Sean is talking about is analogous to a note pad > > and a deskpad that you can scribble on while you are producing > > a document. Programmers tend to be linear thinkers, it comes > > with the territory. However a script writer for instance has > > a myriad of things to think about while writing a screenplay. > > Lighting notes, costume stuff, continuity notes, properties, > > direction detail, characterisation, character histories. Some > > of this will make it into the main document. Some will become > > a separate bunch of notes, some will become appendices. None > > of it lends itself to a linear document production. > > It does look like a software like OneNote or BasKet can help you > but just that you want it as an integral part of the word > processor and you want specially named collections/notebooks per > document titled "appendix" and "bibliography" for example. > > p.s. No sarcasm intended (though i'm well-known for that) but > this teaches that desribing how the features of an existing MS > product exactly fits our needs with such clear details is met > with less retaliation than a post that's like "Will you guys make > a OneNote replacement?"
No sarcasm intended but I had to severely edit this reply to keep it civil. You should work on your delivery. I have discussed this with clients who use One note and it has nothing like the functionality of the proposal. (I personally haven't used it because I haven't used windows or MSO in years) For instance when you are collaborating on a document with multiple authors the deskpad goes with the document One Note, from what I understand, is keyed to an individual desktop not the document > Applause for the smart strategy. :) No strategy intended > > I think on the other hand, the requirement is very specific. I'm > not saying that only few users would require that, I mean it > could be that only people with the needs as you describe are more > in number. Actually that's nonsense, most worked like that when pen and paper were the norm. The Computer based model forces us to use a linear model of document creation and it is a completely unnatural way for the human brain to work for around 80% of the population >Couldn't the deskpad's feature be added as an > extension or something? Developing an extension would be the logical way forward Cheers GL -- "GET LEGAL - GET OPENOFFICE.ORG" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer Moderator New Zealand (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED GET OOOGEAR http://ooogear.co.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
