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The DNE Desktop from Dekstrus makes it easy to organize access to the knowledge you are using. Knowledge management isn't just about storing the information you have, it's also about being able to get that information when you need it. The DNE Desktop offers several strategies for making your information more accessible.
| • | Multiple desktops. The desktop interface - a single place to put shortcuts to things you use a lot - is a great idea. But if you use your desktop intensely, it quickly becomes a cluttered mess of shortcuts to applications, documents and system tools. We have rethought the desktop and our innovative interface makes it easy use your desktop for managing access to information that you are using on a daily basis. |
| • | Multiple desktops let you keep different sets of knowledge distinct, |
| • | The ability to set a distinct desktop for applications and system tools leaves your "information" folders clear of clutter, |
| • | Connecting lines let you indicate relations between whatever you want, and |
| • | Resizeable icons let you remind yourself graphically what's more important or more time-sensitive. |
| • | The cabinet. Digital knowledge management is about balancing a long term information structure with the need to be able to find things in that structure. Generally this means a tree structure and a search engine. But while search engines have been vastly improved in recent years, the actual tree structure - how it's viewed and navigated - has remained pretty much the same. The cabinet changes that. Rather than just relying more and more on search engines, we have also tweaked the tree. |
| • | Access all your information - files on your computer, files on your company's intranet, bookmarked web pages, subdocuments within larger files - from the same place, |
| • | Open multiple branches of the tree at once to gather and access information from many places at the same time, in simultaneous displays in twelve non-overlapping panels |
| • | Single click access to everything you need: |
| • | The cabinet remembers its state on close and reopens to the same state, so you don't have to keep clicking through your tree to find the same information, and |
| • | You can save multiple cabinet configurations to keep different sets of information distinct, and have everything you need for each task (and nothing you don't) at your fingertips. |
| • | Spill. The typical folder-file structure organizes your information automatically: alphabetically, by date or file size, etc. It will not organize your information from "most important to you" to "least important to you". But your most important files don't always start with "A". The DNE Desktop puts you in control of your information. |
| • | All information can be put in any order by drag'n'drop, |
| • | Multiple spill lines make it as easy to shuffle information between many topics as within one, and |
| • | You can configure and save spill configurations for quick access to information you use regularly. |
| • | The internet manager. The internet is a powerful source of information, but for every useful page you find, you'll come across ten that don't help you at all. With the internet manager you can separate what you want from what you don't, on the fly. |
| • | Save browse session-specific histories, to make it easier to go back and find a page days or weeks later, and |
| • | Save links to web pages by simple drags, to organize your browse results as you go. |
| • | The bench. The bench is the point of interface between the desktop, the cabinet, spill and the internet manager. NEs, tiles, folders, files and web pages can be dragged onto or off of the bench from anywhere. |
| • | Use the bench to transfer knowledge from tool to another, or simply use it to manage access to knowledge you use a lot. |
| • | Subdocumenting. A piece of information isn't always equal to a file. Some pieces of information is bigger than a file (a collection of folders and files gathered on a desktop) and some pieces of information are smaller than a file (a sentence, paragraph or page in a document, a set of cells in a spreadsheet or a slide in a slide show). The DNE Desktop Basic lets you manage your information at the subdocument level. A subdocument is a link to a bookmark that you can place on any desktop, and that will open your source file directly to any highlighted passage. The DNE Desktop Basic supports subdocumenting for Microsoft® Word, Excel®, PowerPoint® and Visio®. |
| • | Configurations. A configuration is a collection of hyperlinks toinformation, in any format including folders, files, web pages and subdocuments, that you think belong together for whatever reason. For instance, a configuration might be everything you need to complete a particular task. By saving a configuration you make all that information, even if it is scattered across many different folders on your computer, your company's intranet and the internet, available at a single mouseclick. Facilitate multitasking by toggling between configurations for different tasks, or return to a periodic task without skipping a beat by opening a past configuration and finding everything you need in front of you. You can save configurations in the desktop, cabinet, spill and the internet manager. |
If your question is not answered in this help file, please contact us at help@dekstrus.com
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