Bauerapps RightNote on sale at 50% off

Started by Ken on 5/27/2018
Ken 5/27/2018 7:55 pm
I received an email that the app is currently on sale for a few days at 50% off.

--Ken
Tomasz Raburski 5/28/2018 8:29 pm
Thanks!
For some time, I was looking for a replacement for Onenote. First, I was thinking about Myinfo, but the development of the new version is at the unknown stage, forum is not working, and the current version is missing some features important to me (e.g. simple sheets). I can't wait any longer.
Unfortunatelly, getting my notes out of Onenote will be such a nuissance.


Ken 5/29/2018 1:19 am
Good luck on the migration!

--Ken
WSP 5/29/2018 12:26 pm
RightNote may well be a good choice, but I'm puzzled by your comment that the MyInfo discussion forum is not functioning. Here it is:

https://forums.milenix.com/

There is a second MyInfo forum open only to beta testers, but the public forum is alive and well.
Tomasz Raburski 5/29/2018 7:03 pm
WSP wrote:
RightNote may well be a good choice, but I'm puzzled by your comment
that the MyInfo discussion forum is not functioning. Here it is:

https://forums.milenix.com/


I don't see anything. That's waht I get when I log in:
https://ufile.io/95kbz




tightbeam 5/29/2018 7:26 pm
It's been so long since I visited the MyInfo forum that I forgot my password. On the log-in screen, I clicked "Forgot Password" and then entered my email address. The site promised to send me a link. No email came. Not only does the forum appear to be down, but the software responsible for handling lost passwords appears to be inactive as well.

I used MyInfo years ago before moving elsewhere. The developer was friendly and responsive, but as others have noted, his work on the code is best described as glacial.

And I'm not a fan of playing it so close to the vest with the beta updates. Why keep it secret? Even a trickle of information might tempt potential users - or returning users - to wait for the next release before investing in other software, like RightNote.

Ken 5/29/2018 7:35 pm
Tomasz Raburski wrote:
WSP wrote:
RightNote may well be a good choice, but I'm puzzled by your comment
>that the MyInfo discussion forum is not functioning. Here it is:
>
>https://forums.milenix.com/


I don't see anything. That's waht I get when I log in:
https://ufile.io/95kbz

I am not sure what you are seeing, but my AV on my work PC flagged the page link and would not allow it to open.

--Ken


nathanb 5/29/2018 8:45 pm
I haven't been able to get into the MyInfo forums for several weeks, maybe months. Hard to remember. It lets me log in, but just shows an empty forum. I also subscribe to RSS feeds of that forum and those haven't updated in about a month. Something does seem wrong with that server.
tightbeam 5/29/2018 10:39 pm
WSP: If you're a beta tester, maybe you can tell us the last time an update was released? MyInfo 7 began beta testing in October 2016 - !

The Milenix blog hasn't been updated since September 2017. With the forum down as well, people are bound to speculate as to the viability of MyInfo. I wish the developer were more communicative, as his software is very good.

WSP wrote:
RightNote may well be a good choice, but I'm puzzled by your comment
that the MyInfo discussion forum is not functioning. Here it is:

https://forums.milenix.com/

There is a second MyInfo forum open only to beta testers, but the public
forum is alive and well.
WSP 5/30/2018 12:23 am
I continue to feel rather mystified by these reports of the MyInfo board being down, since I've had no difficulty in accessing it; I've dropped a note to Petko this evening to ask him about it.

Petko releases betas of version 7 regularly: the most recent one was dated April 17. The progress has been slow but steady. Waiting for a new version of software from a one-man operation can certainly be annoying at times, but I see no evidence that MyInfo is in danger of being abandoned. Petko is amazingly persistent.
nathanb 5/30/2018 1:23 am


WSP wrote:
I continue to feel rather mystified by these reports of the MyInfo board
being down, since I've had no difficulty in accessing it; I've dropped a
note to Petko this evening to ask him about it.


Me too! It wasn't that long ago that Petko responded to one of my posts on that forum (March-ish?) Since it lets me log in but shows me nothing, it's as if my account was stripped of posting or viewing privileges. That doesn't explain the RSS feed being dead too though. Seems not that the site is 'down', just inadvertently blocking some activity. Maybe from certain regions? I live in Iowa. Millenix is in Bulgaria. Are we in a trade war with them now? It's hard to keep track these days.
Tomasz Raburski 5/30/2018 7:26 am
I am not sure what you are seeing, but my AV on my work PC flagged the
page link and would not allow it to open.

--Ken


Sorry, I should've used another site. Anyway, others described the same problems. I mailed Petko and next day I've got a response. The forum is visible again.

T
WSP 5/30/2018 12:22 pm
Yes, I had a similar note from Petko: that there was indeed a problem with accessing the forum but that it has now been fixed. I assume that I didn't see any error messages earlier because I'm a registered contributor to the forum.