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Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 4, 2012 at 12:12 AM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>However, for what you have in mind, I believe that any outliner
>supporting hoist, to help keep you focused, should do nicely.
Thanks. Actually I did think about this, that it is the same as hoisting in other outliners. However, doing it in Brainstorm somehow seems to have a different psychological effect than using other outliners. With outliners I still can’t get away from the feeling that I’m within a hierarchy, while Brainstorm somehow manages to free you from that. I’ve only just played around with it, so these are initial impressions.
Posted by Wolfgang
Oct 4, 2012 at 01:53 PM
Hi.
Actually, brainstorm SW does run on my Windows 7 pro, but the problem is that when I enter my name and then copy the serial number in the field below and hit OK, these don’t remain in the fields but the program remains in trial mode. I am looking at all my old DVDs and data backup external hard disks to see if somehow my serial number is incorrect or incomplete, so far that seems not to be the case. It seems as if the program does not write the registration information to the install directory. It is heartbreaking and horrible because I use brainstorm SW every day.
Concerning the auto hoisting, I have also over the years sometimes wished I could turn it off, but it is still an incredibly useful feature. The other thing that makes brainstorm SW super useful is the ability to throw text to another location-a very efficient way to reorganise documents. The namesakes are also very credibly useful, and although other programs have links and replicates no other program has such quick and automatic way of doing this.
I use this program for storing certain data and numbers though the heavy lifting is really done by ultra recall although of course brainstorm can be run through ultra recall.
Brainstorm SW (along with MS Word) is the best program for wordsmithing—–-which is what single pane outliners are all about. Scrivener et al only allow you to type into a pane, but you cannot take a long paragraph break it up into single sentences rearrange the sentences and reassemble the paragraph. Scholarly scientific writing requires this and that is why brainstorm SW is the best program I found for writing.
I guess I will have to email where those running brainstorm SW now, but an uneasy about doing this.
JBfrom: I’m afraid I cannot make any sense of your suggestion; how will this help me in getting my serial number accepted by the software?
Posted by Wolfgang
Oct 4, 2012 at 02:00 PM
Dear Alexander Deliyannis.
Yes I am running Windows 7 64 bit! And I will try your suggestion. I’ve tried fiddling with running the program under Windows XP mode in Windows 7 64 bit but that didn’t help.
This could be lifesaver.
If there ever were a real update to this programme I would gladly pay the full registration fee again. I have never understood what this programme did not take off in a big way. I suspect that the automatic hoisting was a problem for some, and an option to do the editing an aerial view, as many users have suggested over the years, might have alleviated this concern. At least until the user became more comfortable with the auto hoisting. Another problem might have been the lack of RTF-type formatting although this never bothered me and should not bother a real wordsmith. Finally, the programme looked very much DOS like in some yahoos might have balked at this, although I thought it was charming. There is no substitute for brainstorm, and I hope, I truly do, that the developer will get going again. If only the 2 brilliant English gentleman could come back and save us.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 4, 2012 at 07:17 PM
Wolfgang wrote:
>The namesakes are also very credibly useful, and although
>other programs have links and replicates no other program has such quick and
>automatic way of doing this.
...
>Scrivener et al only allow you to type into a pane, but you cannot take a long
>paragraph break it up into single sentences rearrange the sentences and reassemble
>the paragraph.
I cannot agree more with your two points above. I have found nothing comparable. But the dealbreaker for me is the broken support for non-latin characters :-(
>JBfrom: I’m
>afraid I cannot make any sense of your suggestion; how will this help me in getting my
>serial number accepted by the software?
I believe JB’s suggestions were aimed at Dr Andus for trying out the software.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Oct 4, 2012 at 07:59 PM
Hi.
F-Secure wouldn’t let me download and install the current version of Brainstorm. Anyone else tried to DL the software lately?
Franz