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Evaluation Criterion: Structural Paradigm

The software should provide a windowing environment with pull-down menus. Users will be familiar with this interface from other applications. We believe that the card metaphor is too limiting for most purposes, as it forces text chunks to be small. Readers require the ability to compare two pages of text, or write notes while viewing a second page; these facilities are provided in a windowing environment.


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