EN 3 Changes and a Market Overview

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
May 7, 2008 at 02:08 PM

Daly,

A few notable applications you left off your list:

* OneNote is quite powerful, though it is quite different than most of the information managers discussed here. It has the support of the titan behind it. I believe one reason for EverNote’s change in direction is that version 2.2 was competing directly with ON… and even though EN was cheaper (in fact free), it appears to have been losing that battle. The biggest issue with ON is that it still does not play as well with its own siblings (Word, Excel) as it could.

* The Brain… which I do not know much about… Is it an information manager or a mind mapper?

* Personal Knowbase… I know it doesn’t have much of a following on this forum, but it has always appealed to me in its simplicity. A keyword based note card system… a stripped down version of InfoHandler. Still has a loyal following.

And as long as you’re mentioning Treepad, we should probably mention the other long-in-the-tooth two-pane outliners: Jot+, ActionOutliner, Maple and BlackHole Organizer. These were exciting when they first came out six or seven years ago, but now have been passed by. I must say, however, that I still use Treepad Lite fairly often. It is quick and easy to use, is a single executable file (so can be used from a USB drive), and the lack of bells and whistles is just right for some jobs.

Steve Z.