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Posted by Captain CowPie
May 18, 2006 at 02:46 PM
I was hoping for the ability to add multiple categories to items in IS9. I think Micro Logic is looking for the Tabs (or Folders?) to serve that purpose. Something like Ariadne had would have been great.
But as someone said you are more limited since they scroll across the top. It would be nice to have the option of having them on the sides. I also would wish for more power on the Tabs like Zoot, but lately I am using them more, especially in implementing GTD. Someone on the IS groups mentioned how you could set up a template that is already toggled to a Tab. That changed my whole thinking in regards to the Tabs, and I have been using them more ever since. The Smart Tabs should be even better.
Vince
Posted by Graham Smith
May 20, 2006 at 10:08 AM
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>I’ll be interested in hearing more on how you progress with IS9. It does sound like
>Micrologic has tried to add some new functionality.
Daly,
I have ended up buying UltraRecall and Infoselect: IS because there is no demo and UR because my trial and extended trial had long expired. Mentally, I am comparing them with Zoot as it is Zoot that will be replaced - if possible.
The thing that strikes me most about IS is the range of tools for navigating around the outline, my issue with Outline based programs is the time spent collapsing and expanding outlines as you move around. IS has a row of customised Context tabs (at the bottom of the screen) where you can save an outline in a specific state of expansion. Hit a Context tab and you are taken straight to the outline ready to work on it. Additionally you can add a horizontal row of “labelled hotspots” at the top level item allowing you to jump to specified locations in the Outline. A hot key hides or shows the viewing pane so you can easily create a row of hot spots as wide as your screen. Then there are also book marks available. AND there are tabs at the top of the screen where you can set specific rules for each tab, that will bring together in a single view all items that match the rules. Plus of course there is fast and efficient search that has always been there.
The other really useful feature for me is being able to add a “file manager” branch to the outline that gives you an Explorer style outline in IS of a selected windows folder inside IS. All the normal right click Explorer tools are then available inside IS, and it automatically updates as you add/delete files to the Windows folder that is linked.
A small thing but one that makes a massive difference to clarity is being able to separate parts of the Outline with a horizontal line. I am amazed how big a difference thst has made to knowing where I am in the Outline. Although I haven’t used it yet there is an autocompetle tool which should help to add keywords into text that are consistent. I like the fact you can create small tables inside IS, I ofen want to use small tables to keep track of exam marks or hand in dates etc and Excel has always seemed an overkill, while IS seems to offer an ideal solution. I can add a small table to each outline associated with a particular module, but also I can use the rule based tabs to pull all my mark sheets into a single view for comparison.
All told while only just scratching the surface, I am pretty impressed.
I have few bugs, but then I think this still strictly a beta. Whe you select a word in the list of options in the spell checker, IS inserts the word above the word you selected. I have password protected a file and IS seems to randomly ask for the password regardless of which file I try and open.
I am also much more impressed with UR than I have been in the past, but that is for another thread.
Graham
Posted by Cassius
May 20, 2006 at 05:33 PM
I have a question about IS-9. One of the things I liked about an earlier version was that it did not store everything in one gigantic file, but rather it stored in separate files the contents of different topics in the same tree. However, it worked as if everything were in one gigantic file. Does Ver 9 still store info in separate files?
Also, how well does IS-9 handle graphics and tables?
Thanks!
-cassius
Posted by Franz Grieser
May 20, 2006 at 07:19 PM
Hi.
>I have a question about IS-9. One of the things I liked about an earlier version was that
>it did not store everything in one gigantic file, but rather it stored in separate
>files the contents of different topics in the same tree. However, it worked as if
>everything were in one gigantic file. Does Ver 9 still store info in separate
>files?
You can still split a database into several files. They must have even improved the code: In V8, Infoselect crashed when I tried to create a new database in a folder that contained a large number of databases. In V9, it does not.
>Also, how well does IS-9 handle graphics and tables?
They introduced a new feature called “Image Field” that can be used to insert images in databases (by pasting, by importing or by drawing). When you select text plus images, e.g. from a web page, IS9 now handles images better: They are displayed at the correct size (in V8, images often were extremely huge).
For tables, IS has a feature called “Grid” that allows you to insert a simple spreadsheet containing numbers, calculations and text; you may even create a chart from the numbers.
Franz
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>Thanks!
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>-cassius
Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 21, 2006 at 12:22 AM
Graham, I can see how IS9 looks appealing—especially the navigational elements.
I just tried IS9 read-only on an existing IS file, and found that for me the deal-killer for IS has not been remedied, to wit, the impermanency of web site urls in the selector.
I clicked on a selector web item, and the site appeared quickly. I used the links on the site to travel to other sites.
Then I moved on to another item in the selector.
When I came back to selector item for the url I had first selected and clicked on it I was taken to the *last* site I had been at—not the site the selector item was originally set for. I have never seen any other program do this, and it is somemthing that I had long ago complained to Micro Logic about.
If anyone can show me how to get around this problem, I will probably fork out the money for a one-year subscription.
It seems clear based on what I have heard that IS9 is significantly better than IS8, and that Micro Logic may be taking consumer comments more seriously.
Daly