The Visual-Mind Major Version Update

Posted by srdiamond15 on 12/11/2005
srdiamond15 12/11/2005 10:23 pm
Others have mentioned that there's a new version of Visual-Mind out. Does anyone have a reaction?

This may be the first time there's been a major update to a program that is one of my primary outliners, where I will decline it. I'm not sure, but I'm leaning that way.

Part of it may just be that none of the new features happen to be very useful to me. But there's also the matter that the most significant flaws in the program have not been addressed. Ridiculously, one cannot change the default font in the note area. You can change it each time on the fly, but if you happen to have a real distaste for arial, you are stuck with it, unless you sacrifice fluidity to a cosmetic change. I pointed this flaw out and it was acknowledged, but seemingly just forgotten.Another one is some conflicts with clip managers, conflicts whose fault seems to lie with Visual-Mind. I have the impression that the real beta testing is done in-house. The attitude toward customers' suggestions is patronizingly polite.

Stephen R. Diamond