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Posted by jaslar
Aug 10, 2015 at 06:25 PM
I can’t speak to how it compares feature-for-feature with AskSam, but Workflowy does this quite well.
Posted by Gorski
Aug 11, 2015 at 03:01 AM
OneNote’s search is very good and is search as you type.
Posted by Tester
Aug 11, 2015 at 01:12 PM
Geoffrey Miller wrote:
I’ve used askSam for twenty years but the time has come to bail out
>(prompted by continual crashes when trying to export). I have Ultra
>Recall and MyInfo installed, but does anyone know of a modern
>alternative which offers a Search-as-you-Type facility?
If you are satisfied with MyInfo you could stay with it. I am also looking for such a facility and the developer of MyInfo told me already some time ago that Search-as-you-Type will come with the next major version of MyInfo (MyInfo 7).
To be more specific: The Search-as-you-Type facility should come at least for the search among the documents’ names. (Which is completely sufficient for my purposes.) I do not know if it also intended for the full text search (search within the documents). If this would be of interest for you you should contact the (very cooperative) developer or ask in the Forum of MyInfo.
Posted by Geoffrey Miller
Aug 11, 2015 at 04:31 PM
Hello Peter,
I am after full text search, but have always been very happy with MyInfo otherwise and will almost certainly upgrade.
I also installed the trial version of Zoot yesterday and have the feeling that it is one of those programs where everything suddenly clicks into place. At the moment, however, it hasn’t done so!
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 11, 2015 at 06:37 PM
Geoffrey Miller wrote:
>I also installed the trial version of Zoot yesterday and have the
>feeling that it is one of those programs where everything suddenly
>clicks into place. At the moment, however, it hasn’t done so!
A few principles that helped me as I was learning Zoot:
- Zoot is great at working with multiple databases, but it is best to keep things simple to start. Make one database and put all your information in there. You can always move it to new databases down the line. In fact, you can have Zoot move it for you based on custom criteria.
- Basic organization within a database is via folders, but these are virtual folders and do not reflect, necessarily, the structure on your hard disk. Notes can appear in more than one folder.
- I like to hide all the folders that automatically populate new databases under a top level folder I create called “Administration.” Then I create another top level folder I call All My Notes. I just put everything in that one folder, because Zoot can reorganize your information on the fly as you need it, but until you learn how to do that, you can just dump info into it.
I guess what I’m saying is that Zoot can be as complex as you need it to be, but until you need it to be complex, keep it as simple as possible.
Good luck.
Steve Z.