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Posted by Pixelpunker
Oct 11, 2022 at 02:55 PM
I mean that in the best positive way. This place reminds me of the internet of the late 90ies, early 2000s when the Internet was mainly used by academic types, the Mac was still called the Macintosh and outliners were all the rage.
Posted by Ken
Oct 12, 2022 at 04:53 AM
Like some of the products that we talk about here and use, I tend to think of the forum as an extension of my brain. I frequently search for old posts when I need some information from past discussions. It is quite a helpful feature of any good forum with search capabilities.
—Ken
Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 12, 2022 at 09:50 AM
Totally agree – a rather wonderful, nostalgic timeline with brief (and sometimes lengthy) mentions of a wide variety of in-their-time iconic products… ah, Blackwell Idealist; ah, Ecco Pro; ah, askSam…
I’ve just rediscovered this excellent list by Chris Murtland, compiled back in 2008: (https://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/4179)!
Ken wrote:
Like some of the products that we talk about here and use, I tend to
>think of the forum as an extension of my brain. I frequently search for
>old posts when I need some information from past discussions. It is
>quite a helpful feature of any good forum with search capabilities.
>
>—Ken
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 12, 2022 at 01:24 PM
I was always fond of InfoSelect, which had a lot of potential, but was too expensive and a bit esoteric. I find that it still available:
https://www.miclog.com/info-select/
A new purchase is $279, however. And I don’t think it has been updated in a decade or more.
MadaboutDana wrote:
Totally agree – a rather wonderful, nostalgic timeline with brief
>(and sometimes lengthy) mentions of a wide variety of in-their-time
>iconic products… ah, Blackwell Idealist; ah, Ecco Pro; ah, askSam…
>
>I’ve just rediscovered this excellent list by Chris Murtland, compiled
>back in 2008: (https://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/4179)!
>
>Ken wrote:
>Like some of the products that we talk about here and use, I tend to
>>think of the forum as an extension of my brain. I frequently search
>for
>>old posts when I need some information from past discussions. It is
>>quite a helpful feature of any good forum with search capabilities.
>>
>>—Ken
Posted by Pixelpunker
Oct 12, 2022 at 02:01 PM
>I’ve just rediscovered this excellent list by Chris Murtland, compiled
>back in 2008: (https://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/4179)!
Does anyone care to check how many of those links still work? :-)