I'm trying to keep a list of all the different outliner programs to help me evaluate them. Here's where I'm at so far:

PC Outliner Programs (numbers are not rankings):

www.ActionOutline.com
<o2>www.AcuteNotes.com
<o3>www.ADM21.net
<o4>www.Anynotes.com
<o5>www.Argentuma.com/coolbase
<o6>www.AZZCardfile.com
<o7>www.Bitsmithsoft.com - PersonalKnowbase
<o8>www.BrainstormSW.com -
<o9>www.Cancellieri.org
<o10>www.Casesoft.com/notemap
<o11>www.Crystaloffice.com/mprolinfo.html
<o12>www.Gammadyne.com
<o13>www.Inspiration.com
<o14>www.Kingstairs.com ñ Jot+
<o15>www.Maxthink.biz - Maxthink.
<o16>www.Metacard.com
<o17>www.MHsoftware.co.uk
<o18>www.Miclog.com ñ InfoSelect
<o19>www.microsoft.com/office/onenote
<o20>www.Millenix.com
<o21>www.Mindjet.com
<o22>www.Mindwarp-consultancy-software.com Ideas Pad
<o23>www.MultiCentric.com
<o24>www.open-sft.com/ariadne
<o25>www.Pebble-software.com - SkywrulPRO
<o26>www.Secureaction.com/notes
<o27>www.Shellfishsoft.com - Maple
<o28>www.SoftComplete.com
<o29>www.TGSLabs.com - GoldenSection notes
<o30>www.TheBrain.com
<o31>www.Treepad.com *****
<o32>www.Wjjsoft.com ñ MyBase *****
<o33>www.Zootsoftware.com ñ Zoot *****
(I suppose MORE should be added to this list)

Palm OS
www.codejedi.com - ShadowPlan
www.natara.com ñ Bonsai
www.infoselect.com


Both the junk and the gold are included above. The "*****" are the ones that interest me the most. Zoot looks like the best all-around PIM, though I prefer TreePad for basic outlining. Its relatively inexpensive, and gets the job done. The newer versions are packed with features.

On the Palm, ShadowPlan seems to have the most features and the largest follwing. ShadowPlan's creator is very accessible and communicates constantly with his users on message boards. ShadowPlan's weakness is its Desktop version.

Natara's Bonsai is Shadow's direct competitor. The Palm version doesn't match ShadowPlan in features, but is still an excellent program. Bonsai has a well-developed desktop version that syncs fully with the Palm. Its also possible to export directly from the Palm to a TreePad file.

Anybody, let me know if I'm missing something from the above list.

Anybody, let me know if I'm missing something from the above list.

Errr, legibility?

A few that you are missing, just off the top of my head:

InfoRecall at www.phantech.com

Black Hole Organizer at www.lincolnbeach.com

TreeDBNotes Pro at www.softviewer.com

InfoTreeXT at www.nextword.com

Infostore www.mhsoftware.co.uk