Large software applications need to present so much data to their users that it's just impossible to see everything at-a-glance.  Unfortunately, presenting the data in separate windows can often leave the user confused.  This common problem has several good solutions.

The Compleat Botanica uses the popular side-by-side views first used widely with Microsoft's Windows Explorer.  The software's main window is split into two panes:  the left-hand pane shows a listing of all filtered records, while the right hand pane shows the details of a single record.  By using the selected record in the left-hand pane as an anchor point, multiple detailed views in the right hand pane are easily shown without disorientation.  Moving around the software and getting to your data is never confusing.

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