| | 1 | Text flows in Sophie 1 and Sophie 2 |
| | 2 | || || '''''Sophie 1''''' || '''''Sophie 2''''' || |
| | 3 | || Feature name || Flow frames || Auto chain || |
| | 4 | || Frame type || Special type - flow frame || Normal text frame || |
| | 5 | || How to accomplish || Inserting a flow frame in Sophie 1 creates automatically new pages when the special frame is full || User selects from a HUD what type of chaining does he want - none, manual or automatic (new pages for the content) || |
| | 6 | || Creating more than one flow || By default, all flows are connected. To create an independent flow, the user has to insert the frame holding a special key. || Text frames are independent by default. The user has to chain them if he wants flow connection between them.|| |
| | 7 | || Creating complex flows || The user has to set up page layout before inserting the text. Otherwise he has to apply a template page by page. || User has to set up page layout before choosing "Autochain" option (but this may be before or after inserting text). Otherwise he has to apply a template page by page || |
| | 8 | || Automatic page removal || Some automatically created pages do not disappear - if they are between custom pages. || Automatically created pages disappear if they are not modified and have no text. || |
| | 9 | || Advantages || More convinient work with simple flows if they are used often - the user just inserts text into the frame || More precize and fast work with flows - especially with large content and complex layout - the user sets up the layout, and then just chooses the autochain option. The links are set up to a page identifier istead of page number - this way deleting pages does not mix with links. Ability to unchain frames - to turn a flow frame into non flow and non-flow into flow. || |
| | 10 | || Disatvantages || Hard to work with more than one flow and with non-flow frames together - special keys, non-flow template content, etc. The links point to a page number which is inconsistent and dangerous with links. No option to turn a non-flow to a flow and vice-versa.|| If simple flows are often used, it may be inconvinient to choose "Autochain" every time. This may be resolved by frame templates. || |
