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Posted by Ken
Nov 8, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Well, frankly, I would argue that tagging is indeed a way of showing
>different views of the same data. So are other possibilities provided by the various
>info managers discussed here:
>
>- Imagine a common two-pane outliner, where
>information items are organised on a hierarchical tree.
>- Now imagine those items
>being tagged, and tags organised on another hierarchical tree.
>- Now switch to the
>tag tree view (you can do this in Surfulater for example) and you instantly have
>another view of the information items.
>- Surfulater in particular can also show a
>chronological tree, with items automatically organised in month folders. (From
>what Neville Franks has written, other views may be offered in the future).
>
>
>In any case, it is true that there’s
>very few information managers that combine outlining with multiple database
>columns. You mentioned InfoQube, which is by far the most versatile, and rapidly
>developing. Another one is List Pro which is definitely worth a second look. I should
>also mention UltraRecall, though its columns can’t be viewed on the tree.
>
Alexander,
I was not aware that some programs could use tags to create views (I was mostly thinking filtering with tags). This would certainly be useful if the views could be saved and recalled with ease. The multiple columns, in combination with these views, though, are very useful when performing task management. I will give Surfulator a look soon. Does it install and uninstall easily?
—Ken
Posted by OSUser
Apr 19, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Ken wrote:
> I am still using Ecco as it meets most of my current needs. I am now
>considering a web capture program, most likely separate from my PIM program, to help
>me better track information that I hunt down on the web. As I ponder the current
>developments (both for PIM and web capture), what comes to my mind is that there are
>many great programs out there, but few that do well one thing that Ecco makes quite easy
>for me. I would have previously sid that it was the ability to have customiezed
>columns, but that is only part of it. What Ecco makes easy, and certainly columns are a
>big contributor to this ease, is the ability to look at the same piece of data in
>multiple contexts or views.
>
Ecco + web capture = EccoMV
Posted by Jan Rifkinson
Apr 20, 2009 at 12:21 PM
I believe IQ, i.e. InforQube does what you want.
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Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA