| | PmWiki | HintsNet | DesktopWiki (Dokuwiki based) | OrgMode or VimOrganizer | text files on CVS |
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| Screenshots | ? |  | ? | ? | ? |
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| Description of System when testing |
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| Support data type | text,images
any datatype through recipes | text,image | any datatype | ? | any datatype
some repository handle blob better than other
most can ignore sets of files |
| UI type | non WYSIWYG textarea/API/shell | Graphic (WYSIWYG) | Graphic | emacs/vim | ? |
| Mobile support | via plugin and dedicated CSS | ? | ? | via MobileOrg for org-mode | ? |
| Platform support | any that supports PHP | Windows | ? | any that supports emacs/vim | most depending on the versioning system picked |
| How many items/pages in system (unclear) | ? | 6884 | 1217 | ? | ? |
| Data type | plain-text | binary-file | ? | plain-text | plain-text |
| Total storage | ~2MB (web) | 130MB（image file format changed） | 132MB | ? | low |
| Support async search? (unclear) | | yes | yes | ? | ? |
| Cached search? | yes | yes | ? | ? | no |
| Implementation type | web/standalone | standalone | standalone | emacs/vim scripts | depends on the versioning system picked |
| Development language | PHP | C# | PHP | eLisp/vim | depends on the versioning system picked |
| Proprietary/Open software | GPL | proprietary | GPL | GPL | depends on the versioning system picked |
| how long in seconds (min/max/avg) do you need to |
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| to cold open any random item? | ? | 1s/5s/1s | ? | ? | ? |
| search for a word in your PIM? | 1s/10s/3s | 1s/30s/1s | 1s/3s/1s | ? | ? |
| search for a word in a sub-part of your PIM? | 1s/10s/3s | 1s/30s/1s | 1s/3s/1s | ? | ? |
| access a specific piece of information? | ? | 1s/30s/1s | 1s/2min/30s | ? | ? |
| add a textual new piece of information? | ? | 1s/1s/1s | <3s | ? | ? |
| add a non-textual new piece of information? | ? | 1s/1s/1s | <3s | ? | ? |
| uni-directionally link between two specific pieces of information? | ? | 1s/5s/1s | <3s | ? | ? |
| bi-directionally link between two specific pieces of information? | ? | 1s/5s/1s | <3s | ? | ? |
| rename a specific pieces of information and keeping it properly linked? | ? | 1s/1s/1s | <3s | ? | ? |
| modify layout of one item in one page | via built-in syntax or CSS | 1s/3s/1s | ? | ? | ? |
| modify layout of group of items in one page | via built-in syntax or CSS | not supported | ? | ? | ? |
| how long in minutes do you need to restore it |
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| after an hardware failure? | nothing to setup, all file-based, if the environment is sane and a backup is available, only unpacking is required | high fault tolerant,normally less than 1 minute,except all filesystem corrupted | ? | ? | should be instaneous if cloned |
how much attention do you need to do a task
0 = no attention needed, you can conduct the action while talking to somebody else
10 = total attention need, you can not conduct the action without minimum distraction |
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| task X? | ? | 3-5 | ? | ? | ? |
| how much computer resources do you need to do |
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| task X? | the main requirement is the browser rendering | MEM: according to data type
for text <10MB
for image avg ~30MB but sometimes >300MB | ~25M RAM for nginx+php-cgi and DesktopWiki.exe | ? | ? |
| Most relevant plugins |
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| plugins | WikiCalendar and several others in Category/PIM | non modular | ? | Worg | ? |
Note that some description are about the system itself and some are about its content, this should be distinguished.
