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Posted by Donovan
Jul 6, 2012 at 11:05 PM

Cassius wrote:
>But myBase is 50% off TODAY!

Okay, I have 8 hours left before myBase deal expires. BUT…putting all money considerations aside….assume it’s not a factor….

Is there anyone here, who might be familiar with both programs, be willing to do a pros and cons of Rightnote and myBase? Mybase seems, on the surface at least, to be a much more complicated program. (Meaning its a “kitchen sink” program to me)...but maybe I am wrong.

All money issues aside….why would a person want myBase over Rightnote?

Thanks for the help. This is a great new community for me.

Posted by Cassius
Jul 7, 2012 at 12:53 AM

Donovan wrote:
>... Mybase seems, on the surface at least, to be a much more complicated program. (Meaning its a “kitchen sink” program to me)...but maybe I am wrong.

I can’t comment on RightNote, but here’s something I said in the Bits du Jour comments:

“myBase has so many capabilities that I still haven’t made use of all of them. I suggest you start with creating a new database (under FILE), adding Web pages (using WebCollect (right click on page), adding rtf notes, indexing (under FILE/Maintenance), and searching. That wil give you most of what you want.”

In other words, you don’t HAVE to use all the capabilities…I don’t. You can do very well using the FILE menu, right clicking on Web pages, right clicking on tree items, and using a handful of icons on the task bars. I can even tell you which ones.

Posted by Donovan
Jul 7, 2012 at 02:04 AM

Thanks Cassius for taking the time to respond. I think I’m going to pass on myBase. I read the thread on bits and one thing struck me as odd and dishonest. Somebody asked how their program differs from InfoSelect and they claimed to have never heard of it (same for a couple of other programs people asked about). To me, if you don’t know your competition, something is wrong. I really don’t think they don’t know - I think they were being dishonest. Somebody called them on it as I read down the thread and they didn’t respond. Bad vibes. Maybe warranted, maybe not, but I’m going to move along. I’m trying a couple of others as well. So far, Rightnote hits the ‘right’ spot for me.

Posted by Cassius
Jul 7, 2012 at 02:35 AM

The developers, wjjsoft.com, are in Central China. (Their English is better than most Americans.)

Posted by Donovan
Jul 7, 2012 at 04:03 AM

I’m sorry. So many questions. Have any of you used Scrivener for a general research-keeper? I was looking at its tree-like structure and inclusion of web pages with an embedded browser, simple notes, quick search, nice word processor for writing, decent export functions. It only seems to lack a lot of the features utilizing right-click. Other than that, it’s hard to find a lot to dislike.

I’m obviously becoming a serious Crimper here! (Thanks, Steve. I only found this place by following your Sherwood blog!)

I like Rightnote, but then I had never thought of using Scrivener as a PIM/outliner. At $40, seems like a steal.

Thoughts?

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