As Chris Pepper said, I don't want to fork the chart. I would be willing to maintain it, if it could be hosted at (or at least linked from) plkr.org directly, so that people can find it.
Eventually, I would like to include more comparisons, such as what you might get with a Doc Reader or an online browser, since those are also alternatives to Plucker for some users. Meanwhile, here is my first batch of suggestions. iSilo vs iSilo free: Should we mention which iSilo features are disabled after the trial period? You lose all hypertext links (including bookmarks), images, most formatting (including color, font sizing, tables), and the ability to export text. For some users, that would eliminate it. Compression, AvantGo: > The chart says AG doesn't do compression, but > <http://www.plkr.org/index.plkr?a=faq&sec=1.2> says: AvantGo does use compression (proprietary format), and has for years. Since they say so in their own documentation, it hurts plucker's credibility to say otherwise. I can't give a solid comparison on how good it is; in my experience, Plucker does much better, but that might be just a matter of better tuning over exactly what gets plucked. It is still a huge gain over "view source" on the original web page. Tables: AvantGo table support is turned off by default, because it is so slow and the results are still ugly. I haven't tested the plucker table support myself, but this might be a good place for more detail than simply a "yes". Local Files: AvantGo "None" should probably be made stronger. Many people will still assume that they can get to any web page - but those behind a firewall (or certain other authorization schemes) are not available, even if you can get them on the desktop from the same machine. Text: Can't plucker also do left/right/center alignment? Should plucker and iSilo just be a colspan on this one? Mail links, Plucker: Yes: supported via standard HTML 'mailto' tag *and included mailer.* Plucker does better than just having the link, because you can actually write the mail when you're not connected, instead of just copying the link for later. Security, AvantGo: SSL can also be used for the offline version, but (1) You can't easily mix secure/unsecure (2) Secure frequently times out, so that you end up with no data at all. (3) It does not work well with logins. For instance, it can login to yahoo, but after a few syncs, it may log you back out and go back to the (huge) default channel. And the lack of beaming plus proprietary format does lead to some security. Additional Navigation Elements, AvantGo: AvantGo can use calendar and address buttons for back and forwards. But since both buttons are to the left of the arrow keys, it can be counterintuitive. You cannot choose which buttons to use, or which function they call; only whether to turn this feature on or off. Number of channels: The 8 custom channel limit does not exist; I have more. Fonts, Plucker: Additional custom font support available in experimental versions. -jJ _______________________________________________ plucker-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-dev
