For $74.00 I couldn't resist purchasing NoteMap2. I work with Inspiration8 and Brainstorm but couldn't turn down the bargain and the "power" of NoteMap2. I'll justify the purchase somehow. Cheers, BliF

GeorgeB wrote:

For $74.00 I couldn't resist purchasing NoteMap2. I work with Inspiration8 and
Brainstorm but couldn't turn down the bargain and the "power" of NoteMap2. I'll
justify the purchase somehow. Cheers, BliF

Hey, congratulations. I'll bet you find yourself very satisfied with the purchase.

I use NoteMap extensively; I find it an excellent writing tool.



Of course, there's probably something even better just waiting 'round the corner...

Just remember that the export to Word (.doc) has some problems, but export to .rtf works fine and the .rtf files can then be opened in Word.

Don't expect any updates.

-c

Cassius wrote:

Don't expect any
updates.

That does seem to be the situation, doesn't it?

"Small company creates excellent product, large company buys small company out and lets excellent product fade away." Where have I seen this before?

Nonetheless, I'm still using ECCO, and could see myself using NoteMap ten years from now.

But you're right, Cassius; prospective NoteMap buyers should be warned that it seems unlikely there will be any further development.

Bob,

In this case, the "small company," CaseSoft, told us some time ago that it might have one, final update, but maybe not. It wasn't earning enough profit on it.

I'd be surprised if a potential purchaser couldn't get a discount on it. That said, it's a pretty good product.

Has anyone tried running it on Vista?

-c

I spoke to CaseSoft a while ago about NoteMap. The person I spoke with told me they were only interested in marketing the product to attorneys....I suggested they might want to expand their target market a bit, but they said they weren't interested....

Does CaseSoft even exist anymore?

It was my understanding they sold out to Lexis/Nexis. Certainly the latest NoteMap version I'm aware of (2.1) identifies itself as "LexisNexis NoteMap," and the "About" screen makes no mention of a company named CaseSoft.

Whatever the details, the fact remains: one more good product is being allowed to die on the vine. Sad.

It's too bad that NoteMap is dying, though I can understand why it doesn't sell well... the web page for it is useless, with no obvious way to see screenshots or get a general idea of what the program is like. It's as if they're not even making an effort to sell it.

It was a nice product though. It looks like tkOutline and SQLnotes are the only single pane outliners for Windows still in development, and neither is a mature product. Remarkable, really.

Chris Thompson wrote:

It's too bad that NoteMap is dying, though I can understand why it doesn't sell well...
the web page for it is useless, with no obvious way to see screenshots or get a general
idea of what the program is like. It's as if they're not even making an effort to sell
it.

And the ironic thing is one of the listed features on the NoteMap web page is,

"Importing of outlines from WordPerfect, Word and defunct outliners like ECCO using copy and paste."

"Defunct outliners." Getting to be a larger category every day, it seems.