"It opens in situ, expanding within the current context of the outline. Transcluding content in this way is a long-overdue feature of the Web. What's especially stunning, though, is that the feature is here woven into an authoring tool that aims to replace email as the primary mode of communication in closely-knit collaborative teams. "
I believe I may finally be getting my head around this Instant Outlining thing that Userland has unleashed. I agree that it sounds (at least in theory) like it could be a replacement for email. It combines some of the better aspects of instant messaging with email in a structured and persistant format. I think the persistant part is especially attractive. Maybe even more so than the instant aspect.
But as indicated by even Dave himself, the interface is crude. Hopefully someone will grab the ball, run with it (since IO is open) and create a simple interface. This interface would make the technology accessible enough where I could recommend it (without fear of '...you want me to what?') to friends or better yet, co-workers who don't use Radio.
I'm sure there are probably a handful or so busy on this at the moment in one fashion or another. Hopefully, one of them will capitalize on the IM models out there already and find a way to leverage that as a instant outlining interface as well.
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