Outliner with flexible, sortable columns

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jan 11, 2007 at 04:49 PM

Steve, I agree with you about MyInfo.

Ariadne does not have columns

ADM has probably the most advanced system of columns, but I would recommend waiting until version 4 is released. That may happen soon. A Chinese version, with Chinese characters, has been released.

ADM is the ideal—no program matches its feature set. However, until the new version comes out and has proven itself, I think MyInfo is the way to go.

Daly

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>richardp wrote:
>>I’m looking for a Windows-based outliner program that allows
>multiple columns, each
>>of which can be sorted alphanumerically, by date,
>etc.
> >Richard,
> >I fear you are destined to be disappointed by the offerings in the PC
>world. What you describe sounds like the late great GrandView, an old DOS outliner,
>which, in my opinion, is the best PC software ever.
> >The problem is that all the
>programs in the Windows world that offer columns are not strictly speaking
>outliners, but are better classified as hierarchical freeform databases (also
>known as two-pane outliners). The difference being that with a single-pane outliner
>all content is stored and viewed in the outline; whereas, with a two-pane outliner the
>content is stored and viewed separate from the outline—really, the outline is just a
>categorization scheme. None of the single-pane outliners (NoteMap or Inspiration)
>has column capability. And not all the two-pane outliners offer columns, either. One
>suggestion for one that does and works pretty well is MyInfo (http://www.milenix.com).
>Another possibility, one that I’m not very familiar with, is Ariadne (I don’t know the
>URL)... perhaps someone else can weigh in on this.
> >Steve Z.