Don't know what to say about this other than version 11 is out of beta. Even the upgrade seems very overpriced. The list of new features may be found here:

http://www.miclog.com/software/Features/is11features.html

I admit to having a soft spot for Info Select. Venerable is the word that comes to mind. My needs have grown to outstrip most of its capabilities. It seems that time has passed Info Select by.

Jon

I was very much into InfoSelect for years until I switched to the Mac in 2006-7. It was a great product. I would not be using it today because they have not come out with a compatible mobile app, although they said an Android one was in the works.

I always hope they do well, but I was getting worried they may not be updating until I saw the beta discussed on the IS mail list. Glad to see they are still going.

Like you, I have a soft spot for InfoSelect. It has a combination of features that others don't have. And -- at least from my experience with earlier versions -- it has a lightning fast search.

However, I think they are crazy with their pricing model. If the app cost $40, I'd probably succumb to my CRIMP and get it. But IS costs twice that just for a one-year subscription. And, by the way, their subscription model is the worst because once you stop pay the annual extortion fee, IS switches to read-only mode.

And they seem to have ignored any kind of integration with note apps that might make it more useful.

It will be interesting to see if there is ever an IS 12.

Steve Z.

Hi Steve:

I did a quick trial to see what was added and if it was of any use. Discounting the UI changes (a matter of taste), it seems that few additions would be of use to me. The troubling thing is that several features which were in IS 2007, but have been removed. For example, you can no longer search for colors and you no longer have the option to have attachments stored in the file or in a sub directory. And there are inconsistencies such as displaying a file as an attachment in the selector but in the note pane, it shows up as a shortcut.

I don't like subscriptions and don't mind paying a fair price for software. But without significant improvements it seems like gouging to charge $179.00 for an upgrade and $279.00 for a new user. My needs and workflow have changed and become more demanding. Unlesss I am missing something, I see nothing in this update that would appeal to me.

How does Micro Logic expect to gain new users. or is their established base so large and loyal that they would upgrade? I don't get it.

Jon

I started with Micro Logic (Info Select creators) Tornado, which was a DOS based note taker and retriever. Alt-J brought you a lightning fast search, and since I have a cluttered mind and saved every little jot, Tornado was it. Then I upgraded up to v8, a long time ago. Today, Nov. 5, 2024, I re-installed it, but had to get Tech Support to send me my original activation code. Works fine. I generally rely on Joplin now, but the Search speed and organizational ability of Info Select is still spectacular. Perhaps I am just not used to all the ins and outs of Joplin, but I hark back to how easy it was to set up project templates in IS. Still looking for templates from users, but that pool has shrunk to a drop. IS is too expensive, has not kept up with the times and is quite dated, but for those of us who used it for years, it still does unique things that I have not found in any other software package. Just thought I would share my excitement with anyone who still fondly, or not, remembers IS. Hello from India.