Hi, My copy of the book 'Flora of the Pacific Northwest' was getting a bit dog eared so I signed on to the UW Publishing site and found reference to a CD version. I was wondering if anybody has made the purchase and if they found it useful. Seems like it would be a better alternative to turning pages if so. Harry
We have a copy of it at the garden. I tried it out once, and found it kludgy to use. In theory, floras on CD make a lot of sense, but they are not as fast as being able to flip pages in a book, nor do they allow for those "a-ha!" moments when thinking something might be in a particular genus, but turning a page to find it is indeed in another.
I'd think if it was setup right the database funcionality provided would add a whole 'nother level. So far, however, the plant CDs I've tried were too crude to be better than a book.
Hi Daniel, Ron, Thanks for the input. Guess I'll look for a newer copyright of the old one. Or perhaps try and repair the old one. Harry
When someone figures out how to double the length of a day, I'd give this software a whirl to try and make one: http://www.lucidcentral.org/
