Thread: New Article - Hone Comparison Table

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

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After all, the chart was just an idea. However, the questions will remain the same, and the amount of spurious, superfluous, and contradicting information in the forum will grow even further. I wonder whether that is useful.

I still think a chart is a good idea.

As you may remember, I sent you a notification of your guide being transferred (for lack of a better word) to the Wiki. Unfortunately, I never received a direct response. If you are unhappy with your post being in the Wiki, just let me know, and it will be killed as quickly as heavyduty's - no problem whatsoever...

I was off of the forum for some weeks when you sent a notification. You received a direct response on the same day that I returned to the forum. Since I am continuing to update and support the original post (the last update was on 2008.12.27), I accept your offer to delete the redundant wiki version. (Edit: it's easier for me to update just one location) I had no problem editing the original post; it is easy for any moderator to do at OP request, as was done in December.

I cannot quite see why Excel should be a problem, but I am sure Bart could provide an RTF file with a simple table in it, too...

Some users have an excel reader, but no app to edit an excel spreadsheet. Everyone has a text editor.

I really thought this would be simpler, by the way...

Don't give up too fast, I still think a graphical chart is a great way to make fast relative comparisons. Speaking strictly as a professional engineer (retired), it is well known that a graph/chart is a great way to spot trends and relationships that go completely unnoticed on a "data list". Even if very few questionnaires get returned, enough hone data already exists to get a basic graph constructed. Info on additional hones can be easily added later as it becomes available, once the basic graph format is up and running.