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Posted by Garland Coulson
Jan 13, 2013 at 08:09 PM
I just stumbled across this forum last night and wanted to thank you all for providing such an amazing resource. You totally took up most of my Saturday night downloading and testing new software!
I am a long time productivity tools aficionado, starting with PC-Outline back in the 80’s. I regularly use outliners, mind maps, note capture programs, project management programs, etc. and I am looking forward to participating in the discussions here.
I found the forum while looking for an outliner program as I find the one in Word is very poor. Based on reading your forum posts, I am going to try Noteliner for a while to see how it works for me.
Thanks again!
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 14, 2013 at 05:03 AM
Many thanks! I cannot speak on behalf of others, but you definitely made my day.
Garland Coulson wrote:
>You totally took up most of my Saturday night downloading and testing new software!
Well, if you can be thankful about something like that, you are most welcome to the club :-)
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 14, 2013 at 02:18 PM
Garland,
I can only echo Alexander’s sentiments and say welcome. This group is like an oasis for me.
As for Noteliner, it is a very good tool (though, like all modern outliners, it fails to live up to the best of the DOS outliners). I hope you’ll update us on what you think of it.
Steve Z.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 14, 2013 at 03:47 PM
Another welcome from me.
But also an admission. I’ve read many contributions to this forum that suggest the good ole’ days of DOS outliners were some kind of Golden Age.
I’m sorry - this may sound treacherous. But I just don’t see it myself. Outliners only really became interesting once the GUI was invented. I’m sure that’s why there are so many more older Mac outliners around! I’ve used DOS outliners and been mildly impressed. But I didn’t start to rely on outliners for info management purposes until early experiments with Ecco Pro back in, oh, whenever it was. Not least because the GUI also introduced the multitasking interface, which meant you could use your outliner alongside your word processor/spreadsheet program/database etc. etc.
Sorry! I realise I’ve probably cause upset and various favourite contributors to the forum are now weeping into their coffee/milk/organic fruit juice! Sorry!
A contrite Bill
Posted by Ken
Jan 15, 2013 at 04:09 PM
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Sorry! I realise I’ve probably cause upset and various favourite
>contributors to the forum are now weeping into their coffee/milk/organic
>fruit juice! Sorry!
>
>A contrite Bill
What! No mention of tea? Decaf, no less! You should be contrite, Bill! ;)
In all seriousness, I also started “experimenting” with Ecco Pro back when it was released in 1993, and almost nobody had heard of Outlook. I would agree that the combination of a GUI and a program like Ecco was a key turning point for me, but I was never really a fan of DOS (I started computing on a 128k Mac in 1984), and I never had a chance to try Grandview, a program beloved by many. So, I am not certain if DOS was considered a Golden Age because of notalgia, or just an appreciation of all things uncomplicated. Now, back to my weeping!
—Ken