TAO Outliner (finally) updated

Posted by Hugh
Apr 28, 2009 at 05:57 PM

Yes, thank you for this. TAO is as you say uniquely powerful (unlike OO it has clones, for example) but to some extent unrecognised, and I think this version is slightly more refined than the previous one.

It’s some while since I tried it, and I seem to remember from that experience a large and complex Style pane in which it was necessary to rummage to set up each column. That appears to have been broken up into separate palettes. But one thing hasn’t changed: go to Window > Customise Toolbar and see one of the most (initially) intimidating collections of icons in the whole of Macdom! In a way I suppose it’s a compliment by the developer to what he must believe is the willingness of his customers to get to grips with his software and their desire for ultimate outliner power.

It’s also interesting to note that he provides a means of using key-bindings that mimic those of More, which as I understand it is regarded as a classic like GrandView (though I may be wrong there - I wasn’t using outliners at the time).

I think this software it may be worth putting in the effort.