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Posted by basilides
Jun 18, 2009 at 08:08 AM
Franz, if I may,
Thanks for the information. By the way, do you know when DevonThink 2.0 will be out of beta? I couldn’t find any indication on their website. It seems to be the program I am looking for, at least until UltraRecall incorporates the two features I mentioned and a MAC version is made available.
Posted by Chris Thompson
Jun 18, 2009 at 04:58 PM
It’s unclear when it will be out of beta… my guess is another six months. But it’s usable now (and has been usable for quite a while; two features are not yet implemented however). One of the major focuses in 2.0 was improvements in the multi-database interface. The latest beta has a nice “inbox” as well where you can drop things quickly before sorting into individual databases.
—Chris
basilides wrote:
>Franz, if I may,
>
>Thanks for the information. By the way, do you know when DevonThink
>2.0 will be out of beta? I couldn’t find any indication on their website. It seems to be
>the program I am looking for, at least until UltraRecall incorporates the two
>features I mentioned and a MAC version is made available.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jun 18, 2009 at 06:39 PM
Basilides.
Sorry, I don’t know when it will be final. I am not even sure the developers know.
The current beta seems to be stable, I haven’t heard complaints about crashes. But to be honest: Right at the moment, I do not use Devonthink as my main work has to be done on Windows at the moment.
Franz
Posted by basilides
Jun 19, 2009 at 04:14 PM
A clarification, please. According to Stephen Z. and Franz G., DevonThink Pro features searches across databases, but Chris T. says the two features I am interesting in (global searching and hit highlighting) are not yet available in 2.0 beta. So who is correct here?
Posted by Hugh
Jun 19, 2009 at 05:17 PM
basilides wrote:
>A clarification, please. According to Stephen Z. and Franz G., DevonThink Pro
>features searches across databases, but Chris T. says the two features I am
>interesting in (global searching and hit highlighting) are not yet available in 2.0
>beta. So who is correct here?
basilides, all are correct. The features you’re seeking are already available in the betas of DT Pro 2.0 and Pro Office 2.0. Two other features - possibly more - aren’t available yet. (I suspect one missing feature Chris was referring to is full tagging functionality.) Anyway, it sounds as if DT fits your requirements, so it may be worth giving it a trial.
H