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Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 27, 2007 at 05:11 PM
Is anyone following the beta development of Biblioscape, and have a sense of whether it will able to compete with IdeaMason once it is released?
Is anyone using Knowledge Workshop, or tryingn out its beta?
Daly
Posted by Derek Cornish
May 27, 2007 at 08:59 PM
Daly -
I have temporarily given up on Biblioscape - mainly because its pocketpc version no longer works with later ppc O/Ss. Also, for some reason their new forum software makes it very difficult to get support or follow discussions. Just too much like hard work.
Derek
Posted by Dominik Holenstein
May 29, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Daly,
Nice to read from you!
No news from KnowledgeWorkshop. They still have the same old news on their website stating that KnowledgeWorkshop 2 beta is available for testing. This news has been there for months. I wrote them an e-mail regarding the fact that I can’t uninstall KnowledgeWorkshop 2 beta because I get an error message. They replied, apologized for the error and assured to fix it. I have never heard from them… KnowledgeWorkshop 2 beta is still on my PC because I can’t uninstall it. It is very buggy and therefore absolutely useless.
My big new highflyer is Zotero (Firefox Add-in): http://www.zotero.org/
And my daily workhorse is still UltraRecall Professional.
All the best,
Dominik
Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 29, 2007 at 02:43 PM
Dominik, thanks for your response. I hope you’re well.
I’ve played around with the KW beta, but am not impressed.
My thought re Biblioscape and IdeaMason is that Bib may be a strong competitor for it.
I am using both UltraRecall and MyInfo. I like both, but keep getting pulled back to MyInfo.
I probably won’t make a final decision until MyInfo’s next version is released.
Daly
Dominik Holenstein wrote:
>Daly,
>
>Nice to read from you!
>
>No news from KnowledgeWorkshop. They still have the
>same old news on their website stating that KnowledgeWorkshop 2 beta is available for
>testing. This news has been there for months. I wrote them an e-mail regarding the fact
>that I can’t uninstall KnowledgeWorkshop 2 beta because I get an error message. They
>replied, apologized for the error and assured to fix it. I have never heard from
>them… KnowledgeWorkshop 2 beta is still on my PC because I can’t uninstall it. It is
>very buggy and therefore absolutely useless.
>
>My big new highflyer is Zotero
>(Firefox Add-in): http://www.zotero.org/
>And my daily workhorse is still
>UltraRecall Professional.
>
>All the best,
>Dominik
>
>
Posted by Tom Colvin
Jun 21, 2007 at 02:07 PM
I am currently evaluating [once again] bibliographic software, as I am working on an extremely research-heavy book. Several years ago, I started off with AskSAM [which I still use for a couple of projects] and Citation, which I have finally abandoned.
I’m currently looking at EndNote [nice interface, but weak on research note management], Scholar’s Aid [intriguing software] and the new version of Biblioscape, now 7.1.
Biblioscape is so far the winner, hands down. While it appears that the software creates problems for people upgrading from previous versions, it is so far working well for me. I especially like the note-taking facility, with its tree-structure and simple link-to-reference capability. I have also created a couple of custom Reference entry templates to cover types of references not supported in any of the programs I’ve surveyed. I was also able to import my Citation database, though I’m still going thru old records to fine-tune them for Biblioscape.
I’ve just learned about this forum and will be reading back through the discussions—maybe I’ll find something that takes me off in a new direction.
Tom
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