The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97655   Message #1930995
Posted By: dick greenhaus
08-Jan-07 - 10:22 PM
Thread Name: Digital Tradition Upgrade?
Subject: RE: Digital Tradition Upgrade?
Believe it or not, content isn't the problem. And the thought of having different databases for online and stand-alone makes Susan and I shudder to the extent that I fear for the integrity of our home. The search capability of the online version is, IMO, pathetic.
    It's NOT simpler to just update the online version; it's much more difficult than it is to create a new stand-alone one, and then convert that to HTML. The problem of platform independence is one that we're close to licking. The tune handling is not.
The online DT is really a bastardized version of the real DT; created solely because, in the early days, Max had lots of storage space but had problems with processing time due to limited bandwidth. This, hopefully, will not be a limitation in the future.

If the object is simply to increase the number of lyrics available, it's not really necessary top do anything--the forum search can take care of that. I'd hate to see us degrade the product even more than it has been.