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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Mar 9, 2021 at 11:50 AM
InfoSelect was unique, I think, in that it combined a nimble outlining pane, in which you could also embed meta data of varioud kinds, with a content panel that also could organize and display various data (spreadsheets and databases, to name two). Granted, it didn’t always go smoothly. If memory serves me correctly, the outlining pane was much more refined than the content pane, with which I often had to fidget to get things the way I wanted them. Good outliners for Windows are rare (InfoQube is perhaps an exception; I say “perhaps” only because I have not used it). I only wish the developer had spent more time refining its features instead of cramming more in, thus making it ever more esoteric and beyond the ken of most users.
Posted by Jon Polish
Mar 9, 2021 at 02:53 PM
Sarah, Info Select had some unique abilities and infuriating quirks. I do miss it though, but not for email. It was largely replaced by Ultra Recall and InfoQube. My email has always been handled by The Bat. I sometimes need to lay out my thoughts/research/work in a more graphic form and for me, Freeplane works well. From time to time I use NoteCase (also with some unique and infuriating features) and MyInfo (version 6. Version 7 is appealing but still lacks many of the features I use in 6). Writing is with WhizFolders and increasingly Scrivener.
Jon
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Mar 9, 2021 at 02:59 PM
Jon, I haven’t looked at the new version of MyInfo yet. What is it missing that used to be in version 6? I am debating whether to fire up my Windows laptop, and try version 7. Thanks.
Daly
Jon Polish wrote:
Sarah, Info Select had some unique abilities and infuriating quirks. I
>do miss it though, but not for email. It was largely replaced by Ultra
>Recall and InfoQube. My email has always been handled by The Bat. I
>sometimes need to lay out my thoughts/research/work in a more graphic
>form and for me, Freeplane works well. From time to time I use NoteCase
>(also with some unique and infuriating features) and MyInfo (version 6.
>Version 7 is appealing but still lacks many of the features I use in 6).
>Writing is with WhizFolders and increasingly Scrivener.
>
>Jon
Posted by Jon Polish
Mar 9, 2021 at 04:29 PM
The big one is filtering. You cannot filter on words contained in the notes yet. This will be restored eventually. I wish template, while improved, would be more robust (like in Ultra Recall). On a positive note, attachments can now be included in the note and the limit is now 100 MB. The interface is nicer and I recall some mention of themes. There are some sporadic bugs which crop up from time which I cannot repeat, but nothing fatal. It is a nice upgrade but still very much a work in progress.
Jon
Posted by Sarah
Mar 10, 2021 at 10:12 PM
Jon, so glad I asked. Thank you.
I just downloaded a trial of Note Case Pro to my phone & will do the same on Windows later today. It looks great.
The linking feature is so important sometimes when doing an outline or a mindmap. I find xmind the easiest to use (on ipad, for a better view than the phone) but got stuck yesterday when I couldn’t link 2 related but separate nodes.(A mind map that only links to websites but not other nodes doesn’t seem right, so perhaps I missed something).
Anyway, thanks again.
Sarah