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My experiment: InfoQube on HP Slate 2
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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 19, 2012 at 03:55 PM
I’m not trying to make a sales pitch for Zoot. The program is terrific, but it has its failings, chief among these right now is that it still has no Help File for the new version. Also, the interface can certainly be a turnoff, especially when you’re first trying to learn it. And if you find InfoQube meets your needs, great.
But just for the sake of posterity—in case some one reads this thread months or years from now, I want to clarify a few things about Zoot. It is a really powerful application that pays dividends when you do finally “get it.” Zoot could handle your complete list of requirements, other than the mind map requirement. (And, while Zoot does contacts well, it does not have a function for printing mailing labels.) Like InfoQube, you can create your own fields easily and quickly, so you can manage pretty much any text-based information.
As an example, here’s a screen capture of my “People” database in Zoot (with a phony contact selected):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/155244/Zoot—-Desktop—-Peoplezdb.png
You can see that I created a Field called “Type.” I can then classify each of my contacts, and Zoot automatically creates Smart Folders that filter for Types. So I can, at a glance see all the Vendors or all the Designers just by selecting the appropriate folder.
You can also set up your Smart Folders to perform actions on your information. For instance, you could have any item marked as “High Priority” turn red.
Zoot has a ton of well-thought-out features. It is, however, a little quirky at times, but the developer continues to iron these things out (hence the tardiness of the help file, I think).
Anyway, as I said, I have no interest in talking you or anyone else into using Zoot. I just want to make clear what Zoot’s capabilities are.
Steve Z.
Posted by Steve
Oct 19, 2012 at 08:18 PM
Airways wrote:
>Anyway, my planned hardware to run InfoQube is a HP
>Slate 2 (UPS has it on it’s way) running Windows 7. I’m also a little worried about the
>hardware still (the CPU is a bit on the slow side), but it’s impossible to find 8-9”
>Windows slates and reviews from business users seem to be fairly positive for the most
>part.
I have the first version of the HP Slate - Slate 500. You should not have problems. The “underpowered” aspect is by design and has the benefit of long battery life. I do keep it pretty clean as in not much installed programs besides what I want. I primarily run; Chaossoftware’s Intellect, AskSam, Acrobat or PDF Annotator, Feedemon, Atlantis word processor. No problems. The only time it gets irritating is when I have to interact with facebook. Do take the time to read up on the touch-type of controls.
I will be interested in how IQ works with the Slate 2.
Steve