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Core distinguishing features of two-pane PIMs
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Posted by jimspoon
Dec 13, 2012 at 12:41 PM
I think the only way to get the “feature comparison” matrix is to do a detailed analysis of each organizer - make a organized list of its features. Then move to the second organizer - compared to the first organizer, you’ll find features that are missing, and new features - add those features to the list of features. On to the other organizers - keep adding features to the list, and reorganize the list in a way that makes sense. This could be a good collaborative effort, though people would have very different opinions about the resulting list.
Thinking about this topic, I smiled at the “feature comparison” tables that we see in advertisements, where one vendor compares its product to those of its competitors. Amazingly enough, when you look at the table, the product being advertised always has YES! YES! YES! in its column - it has ALL the features that would ever be desired for that kind of product. The columns for the products of the poor competitors are littered with NO NO NO. The features that the advertised product doesn’t have are conveniently excluded from the feature comparison table.
Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 13, 2012 at 01:16 PM
jimspoon wrote:
I think the only way to get the “feature comparison” matrix is to do a
>detailed analysis of each organizer - make a organized list of its
>features. Then move to the second organizer - compared to the first
>organizer, you’ll find features that are missing, and new features - add
>those features to the list of features. On to the other organizers -
>keep adding features to the list, and reorganize the list in a way that
>makes sense. This could be a good collaborative effort, though people
>would have very different opinions about the resulting list.
Perhaps the easiest way to do this would be in a public spreadsheet like Pierre’s:
http://www.editgrid.com/user/pplandry/List_of_Outliners
However, rather than having a column for every feature (which would create too many columns), we could have columns only for a limited number of distinguishing features, i.e. features that no other outliner/PIM has. E.g. “Unique feature 1,” “Unique feature 2,” etc. Maybe max. 3 to 5 (to keep it manageable)? The final column could be a link to an individual thread on this forum, where the given software has been discussed.