Whiz Folders Deluxe 6

Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Feb 28, 2007 at 07:12 PM

Gary,

I can highly recommend IdeaMason. Especially version 3 is very capable. I bought it mainly because of the reference system. Further, the company and its developers are very responsive and listen carefully to what users are telling them.

I prefer WhizFolders for quick note taking and brainstorming when I don’t need references. Undo is not a big issue for me but I know that’s critical for other users.

Regarding the many open windows (a remark from Stephen): I know what you mean! But you can open all topics in one window in tabs. Or you can use the quick editor which provides the main features. Very useful. I think getting used to WhizFolders takes a bit time.

Rough summary:
WhizFolders is the tool for quick note taking and writing documents or software manuals (with screenshots) where you don’t need a professional or academic reference system.

IdeaMason is the perfect tool when you need to write academic/scientific papers or when you have to reference to the sources properly. The composition tool is something of the best I have ever seen.

I do the information gathering (books, websites, papers etc.) in IdeaMason.

Dominik

PS: If you don’t like the WinXP style of WhizFolders then just remove the *.manifest file in the WhizFolders program folder.