One user or multiple

[coolnote]

When initially setting up a notebook, the options are:
1. 'I will use it on this computer' to specify a local notebook.
2. 'I will use it on multiple computers' to specify that the notebook will
live in a central location that you specify, but will be accessed on 2 or
more computers.
3. 'Multiple people will share the notebook' to specify that the notebook
will reside in a shared location, such as a server or a shared folder on your
computer.

Say I pick option 1, and then later move that notebook to a server where
several people can access it, or move it to a thumb drive so I can use it on
multiple computers. Will it work automatically? There are no switches to
throw change the notebook from a 1 to a 2 or 3. But is that necessary if I
simply move the notebook using Windows Explorer after closing it in the local
computer?

If it works automatically, why does a user have to pick one of those three
options when setting up a notebook in the first place?

 

[Bernd]

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When initially setting up a notebook, the options are:
1. 'I will use it on this computer' to specify a local notebook.
2. 'I will use it on multiple computers' to specify that the notebook will
live in a central location that you specify, but will be accessed on 2 or
more computers.
3. 'Multiple people will share the notebook' to specify that the notebook
will reside in a shared location, such as a server or a shared folder on your
computer.

Say I pick option 1, and then later move that notebook to a server where
several people can access it, or move it to a thumb drive so I can use it on
multiple computers. Will it work automatically? There are no switches to
throw change the notebook from a 1 to a 2 or 3. But is that necessary if I
simply move the notebook using Windows Explorer after closing it in the local
computer?

It's only necessary to close the notebook on ALL computers before it is
moved.

And it's optional to change the standard location for new notebooks in
Tools, Options, Save.

If it works automatically, why does a user have to pick one of those three
options when setting up a notebook in the first place?

I have never found a real reason for the 3 alternatives ;-)

Bernd

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Bernd wrote:

[options for sharing niebiiks]

I have never found a real reason for the 3 alternatives ;-)

Me too.
When being new to ON I had been wondering about the three options the
usage of which does not make any difference.Tagged it with the label
"Mystery".

On re-thinking the issue: Could it be that the devolpers had the sending
of notifications in mind?

BTW: In ON2010 there are two options for creating notebooks:
- Local Notebook
- Network Notebook

Rainald

 

[Bernd]

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Bernd wrote:


Me too.
When being new to ON I had been wondering about the three options the
usage of which does not make any difference.Tagged it with the label
"Mystery".

Agree !

On re-thinking the issue: Could it be that the devolpers had the sending
of notifications in mind?

I didn't mention this "feature" because I think it's a difference, not a
reason ... ;-)

BTW: In ON2010 there are two options for creating notebooks:
- Local Notebook
- Network Notebook

Aha !

I think the distinction of the remaining two alternatives is for
"education" only.

No ON instance will ever know in advance if any other instance will
access "his" notebook. There is no communication, only a sophisticated
lock protocol for parts of a *.one file.

And that's the power of the ON design.

Bernd

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Agree !


I didn't mention this "feature" because I think it's a difference,
not a reason ... ;-)

Yeah!
And the "notifications"-feature did never work in ON2007 and it still
doesn't in ON2010 (it's still totally useless).
At times I'm really asking myself whether the developers might have ever
*worked* with what they created ...

Aha !

I think the distinction of the remaining two alternatives is for
"education" only.
LOL

No ON instance will ever know in advance if any other instance will
access "his" notebook. There is no communication, only a sophisticated
lock protocol for parts of a *.one file.

And that's the power of the ON design.

Exactly!!!
And it's really great to have that.

Rainald