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InfoSelect 2007 - Experiences?
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Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Jun 18, 2007 at 06:34 PM
Thank you all for your very interesting posts!
I appreciate them very much.
Most of your reports are similar to my experiences.
I plan to use IS as a workhorse for daily note taking (during meetings and phone calls) and for task planning. The built in calendar is not a highlight of usability but very helpful in organizing the tasks on a daily basis. I won’t use IS for e-mails and web capturing.
After a day of testing IS during a hard working day here my summary:
Pros of IS:
- Fast search
- Easy outlining and note taking
- Easy integration for external folders
- Easy linking to external files
- Different types of topics
- Editor
- GUI (yes, I like it…!)
- Templates
- Printing (much better than in IS 6 and 7)
- Context folders
- Quick Text
Cons of IS:
- No metadata (not really an issue for me)
- Missing internal linking like UR provides
- No tabs (to open several topics the same time)
- The high price (I think of starting with the $50 yearly subscription)
IS is a complex application and it takes time to get used to it, even more than to UR. I am testing IS the third time now and I start to understand and like it.
Dominik
Posted by quant
Jun 18, 2007 at 08:43 PM
Hi Dominik,
so UR has lost another user ...
I’ve seen someone a week or so ago posting on Kinook’s forum that he/she is moving to UR from IS. Seems that people are migrating from one PIM to another. I don’t want to copy your post, would you mind posting on Kinook’s forum the reasons why you prefer IS to UR? I think UR users and developers might find it useful as well, to see what UR weaknesses are and how to get rid of them :)
Good luck!
Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Jun 19, 2007 at 12:24 AM
quant,
UR has not lost a user!
I am still in the testing phase of IS and I don’t plan to migrate from UR to IS completely. UR has some outstanding features and is overall the the more powerful application.
Posting on the UR forum is a bit risky especially when mentioning a competior product. I suggest that I post a ‘experience’ report on the UR forum mentioning the most important issues and features to be improved without mentioning IS.
Do you have experiences with IS?
Dominik
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jun 19, 2007 at 04:20 PM
Dominik, sometimes it is helpful to talk about competitor’s products on the forums if done constructively.
I’d suggest keeping an eye on MyInfo—also I wonder how MDE Infohandler might work for your needs. It is a very powerful program, but the paradigm is somewhat different. Manfred, who is very creative, responsive, and enthusiastic, is open to suggestions. He might be appreciative of thoughts you culd offer form a business perspective.
Daly
Dominik Holenstein wrote:
>quant,
>
>UR has not lost a user!
>
>I am still in the testing phase of IS and I don’t plan to
>migrate from UR to IS completely. UR has some outstanding features and is overall the
>the more powerful application.
>Posting on the UR forum is a bit risky especially when
>mentioning a competior product. I suggest that I post a ‘experience’ report on the UR
>forum mentioning the most important issues and features to be improved without
>mentioning IS.
>
>Do you have experiences with IS?
>
>Dominik
>
Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Jun 19, 2007 at 06:28 PM
Daly,
Thank you very much for your hints.
MDE Info Handler is on my list.
But first I want to test IS2007 intensively and decide by the end of July whether I will buy the one-year subscription. The full price is definitely too high (it is equal to have subsribed for five years - a long time for software.).
Dominik