(2002-04-04) d

Eberhard Lutz doesn't like Instant Outlining or any other kind of OutLining. Such messages point to a lack of expressive flexibility of all hierarchically structured presentations, be they supported by tools or not. It may sound trivial, but this exactly is the reason why I don't like outliners. Not in NNTP, not in Lotus Notes, and also not in Groove. They are too rigid: just try to reassign a text snippet to another train of thought. There are also no simultaneous tracks (crosspostings are strictly forbidden here), plain trees only, no meshes, no rhizomes. (Hierarchal Structure)