Re: Living with Maxthink

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Posted by srdiamond15
2004-08-18 18:14:28

MaxThink is the only outliner I have tried that felt I couldn’t use without a manual. It is also the only outliner I’ve tried that lacks one, apart from the list of shortcuts.

From what I have gleaned from tinkering with it, its essential approach is like BrainStorm (http://www.BrainstormSW.com). It automates keeping you in a focused hoist mode, which I think is an excellent approach to outlining. The only reports I have heard about the Windows version of MaxThink have been like yours, so I’m not eager to put down $200, which I guess you have to do to find out how to use it. Do you happen to know anywhere online where I can find either a manual or a description of how the program works. I’m extremely curious about it, but not enough to treat figuring it out as an exercise in inductive logic.

In answer to your query, if Maxthink is really cumbersome, you might try BrainStorm, which is wonderfully executed if less elaborate. I’d be interested in your opinion about the similarities in the strategies the two programs seem to implement.

srdiamond

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