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Posted by quant
Nov 18, 2007 at 01:56 PM

Derek Cornish wrote:
>evaluation copy zeroes out in terms of days remaining. I had briefly evaluated
>Maxthink 2-3 years ago on this computer, so it would not run again - even to the limited

what??? You didn’t reinstall Windows in 2-3 years?

Posted by GeorgeB
Nov 19, 2007 at 03:27 AM

Okay. I purchased it. I blame it on C.R.I.M.P. It also has a ONE-YEAR-return-if-not-satisfied policy—can’t beat that. If it don’t work out I’ll blame it on these lawyers. Cheers…. gB

Posted by Derek Cornish
Nov 19, 2007 at 03:53 AM

> what??? You didn’t reinstall Windows in 2-3 years?

I don’t want to tempt fate by answering this question :-)

Derek

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 19, 2007 at 09:05 PM

Further thoughts on MaxThink:

This is really a very focussed product. It is for collecting and sorting thoughts, then expanding upon them. In this regard, it tries very hard to live up to its name. I can see it is a complement to Notemap, but definitely not a replacement for it.

The collection of tools for achieving this task are quite impressive, though the execution isn’t always great. These include:

Prioritize
Sort
Binsort
Mark and gather
Fence
Levelize

A nifty feature of the program is something called “invert.” This allows you to turn sub-heads into heads. That is, if you have an outline that looks like this:

1. Project A
1. Assigned to: Bob
2. Project B
1. Assigned to: Janet
3. Project C
1. Assigned to: Bob

You can invert the headings to the following:

1. Assigned to: Bob
1. Project A
1. Project C
2. Assigned to: Janet
1. Project B

Not life altering, but I can see some applications for this. Do any other current outliners offer this feature? I’m not aware of any, but I may be missing them.

I think the biggest weakness of MaxThink is that it relies upon a separate editor to edit topics. This creates a two-headed monster, in that commands work or don’t work depending upon if the editor window is open. I find this very confusing. It also makes MT appear to be a two-pane outliner, when it is really a one-pane outliner. If Neil Larson could incorporate inline editing of topics, then he’d improve the usability of MT tremendously.

Just my additional two-cents (and that’s in devalued U.S. Currency) worth.

Steve Z.

Posted by Ken
Nov 20, 2007 at 01:35 AM

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>A nifty
>feature of the program is something called “invert.” This allows you to turn
>sub-heads into heads. That is, if you have an outline that looks like this:
> >1.
>Project A
> 1. Assigned to: Bob
>2. Project B
> 1. Assigned to: Janet
>3. Project C
> 1.
>Assigned to: Bob
> >You can invert the headings to the following:
> >1. Assigned to:
>Bob
> 1. Project A
> 1. Project C
>2. Assigned to: Janet
> 1. Project B
> >Not life
>altering, but I can see some applications for this. Do any other current outliners
>offer this feature? I’m not aware of any, but I may be missing them.
>

Hi Steve,

This can be done in Ecco through its folders and notepads.

—Ken

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