I'm sure most of you saw this comment posted yesterday by Tom Davis on the Zoot Yahoo Forum, but for those who didn't and those sceptical of progress toward the 32-bit Zoot, here is what he wrote:

"I'm still ironing out a few wrinkles in z32 and waiting on a couple of Vista

machines for further testing, but I'll have something ready for beta soon.

Tom Davis
Zoot Software"

Steve Z.

Steve,

Thanks so much for the update. I trialed Zoot quite some time ago, and was discouraged by its antiquated appearance; I also didn't quite "get it" at the time. I'm eagerly awaiting this update to give it another try.

Regards,
Wes

I have just bought a license for Zoot, after trying it out for a couple of weeks and extensively reading posts regarding its usability (I find it particularly brilliant that the Zoot forum archive itself is provided as a .zot file that one can use as a sample to play around with).

I found that handling of Greek text has improved compared to the previous time I tried it (about a-year-and-a-half ago); in fact, I think it's particularly positive that the developer has been silently and continually supporting and improving the 16-bit version, all the time while working on the 32-bit port.

CRIMP aside (which I think I have grown over after a six month period of abstaining from any software purchases), the main reason I bought Zoot at this point in time, rather than waiting for the 32-bit version, is to support the Admiral in his labour of love; other than that, I have a good reason for trying to get accustomed to such a powerful information manager --my on-line master's degree which I'll be starting in a few weeks' time.

For the last six months, I've been consistently using just 3+1 complimentary tools (ignoring most of the programs I've purchased during my CRIMP youth): Brainstorm, for note-taking and working on texts before outputting through Word; UltraRecall, as my project management database; and Idea! for organising large numbers of files. Interestingly, I have not had a long term notes repository till now; ideally Zoot can be it.

alx

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:

I have just bought a license for Zoot, after trying it out for a couple of weeks and
extensively reading posts regarding its usability (I find it particularly
brilliant that the Zoot forum archive itself is provided as a .zot file that one can use
as a sample to play around with).

Alexander,

It is always nice to learn that a new member has joined the ranks. So welcome, fellow Zooter.

Steve Z.