I understand that the conversation has since reverted to nested
folders, but…
The blogger made a mistake; It appears Eagle Filer uses a
combination of flat file structure AND Core Data (SQLite db) for
its database, instead of Yojimbo's exclusive use of Core Data.
Flat file system? What version of EagleFiler did you try that did
not have hierarchical folders for storage? Are you misrepresenting
EagleFiler? ;-)
The blogger used the phrase "flat file structure" to describe the
finder-based directory hierarchy it uses for file storage. The point
was that Eagle Filer uses a flat file structure as well as Core Data,
which contradicts the blogger's claim about an "additional database
engine" and "corruption and loss". If anything Eagle filer is more
susceptible to corruption because it relies on the disk catalog
(especially if the disk format is an older HFS format), but that
shouldn't be a deciding factor, should it… ;-)
The documents themselves are not in the database.
Right.
I think both Yojimbo and EagleFiler are great products (I have
licences for both), and I do not think it's misrepresenting Yojimbo
to say that it does not support nested folders and does not store
its documents in the file system, which seemed to be two
requirements of the blogger. In fact, I think this discussion is
most benefic for both products as it shows real cases where users
have some needs not covered by one or the other application. (For
instance, I really miss the encryption capabilities of Yojimbo when
I use EagleFiler.)
It is misrepresenting when, of the final 4 deciding factors, 1.
(quick input panel) does not appear to be substantiated by other
users as a "known issue", and 4. (method of data storage) is
partially erroneous. 2. (Nested Folders) and 3. (Encryption) are
mutually exclusive in either application, so pick your poison and
wait for your feature request to come through. A more accurate
decision defense could have been simplified to a preference towards
nested folders and a finder-browseable file hierarchy.
But then, it is a blog, and I wouldn't be the first one frustrated
when trying to hold a blogger to traditional Journalistic standards,
would I…
Now, where were we? Oh, nested folders, right…
Michael
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