Franz Grieser

mac emulators 3/12/2008

Hi. As Chris pointed out: There is no Mac emulator for PCs, only (illegal) hacks. What you can do: Go buy a used Mac (e.g. a pre-Intel Mac Mini - these are comparatively cheap). Download the trial v...

The Five Applications Most Used in 2007 1/2/2008

The software I used for work (non-fiction writing, translating, consulting, training) on my Windows PC: 1. OpenOffice.org Writer and Calc 2. The Bat 3. Firefox 4. Langenscheidt Office-Bibliothek (dic...

Mourning the passing of Pocketthinker 12/17/2007

Pierre Paul Just one hint: Save the screenshots as GIF or PNG files. The JPG files look sh... And keep them simple. And do keep your app simple. It does not make sense to add every feature you like...

Undo in MaxThink - a workaround 12/1/2007

Stephen R. Diamond wrote: >There is a partial workaround to the lack of undue in Maxthink. Maxthink can save an >indefinite number of time-stamped backup files. This essentially provides all the >p...

Becoming obsessed with the idea of a mac 11/21/2007

>Lately, however, I have become obsessed >with two programs for the mac, Devonthink and Scrivener. Does anyone have any >experience with these? Please tell me that they are not that great and I sh...

MaxThink 11/18/2007

>To take an example: wouldn't it be >useful to efficiently set up a handful of categories and efficiently assign all of a >long list of topics to its proper bin? This is what Binsort does. Stephen....

MaxThink 11/17/2007

>I saw all of the positive reviews about MaxThink on the MaxThink website so I gave >MaxThink a try last night. I wasn’t impressed. I prefer NoteMap. I think the reviews relate to Maxthink for DOS...

Evernote for free as Giveawayoftheday 11/15/2007

From the readme.txt file: ----- quote ----- Terms and conditions Please note that the software you download and install during the Giveaway period comes with the following important limitations: 1) ...

Evernote for free as Giveawayoftheday 11/15/2007

Hi. Today (Nov 15) Evernote can be downloaded and installed for free: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/evernote/ Note that you have to install it today. Franz

A New Tool 10/24/2007

Hi. Flying Logic has been discussed in the Scrivener forum (the developer also joined the discussion): http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2496&start=0 There is also a lengthy de...

Wiki tool for Windows and Mac? 10/19/2007

Thanks for the pointers so far. @Ike: I tried PmWiki more than a year ago. It was OK on Windows but somehow it was not what I needed (can't remember exactly what it was that was missing). I'll give i...

Wiki tool for Windows and Mac? 10/19/2007

Hi. Let me add a few features that I need/would like: MUST HAVE * Full-text search (with Boolean operators) * Searching through several Wikis * Support for bold, italic, strikethrough * Tables * Bul...

Wiki tool for Windows and Mac? 10/19/2007

Hi all. Each time, Manfred talks about ConnectedText I feel the urge to give it a try. But I have always been held back by the fact that CT does not run on the Mac (I know I can run Windows using VMw...

Best software for emergent order 10/14/2007

Hi Stephen >Probably my Mac skills had already atrophied when about a year ago I tried Tinderbox, >which was loaded on a Mac at the local Mac store. Whether because of the program's >limitation or ...

InfoSelect 2007 - Experiences? 6/18/2007

Dominik >Is the search in >InfoSelect still very fast when you are using it with huge files (>10 mb)? Yes. On my 2 GHz machine, there is no difference between searching a single 2 MByte database o...

3-1/2 years later ... 6/11/2007

Hi. Let's see if I remember the info management and writing tools I used in 2003: - Infoselect - Notemap - Mindmanager - Storylines - Microsoft Office 2003 incl. Outlook Today: 2 weeks ago my Wind...

using the brain as front end 5/22/2007

Hi. >The only other app of its kind that I am waiting for with baited breath is >Tinderbox for Windows, from Eastgate systems - which is supposed to be released in >beta in July. Who told you so? ...

New Product Alert: Debrief 5/8/2007

Hi. >The other feature that seems special and interesting to >me is that you can create what they call a card deck. That is, you can select cards from >your existing list and organize them how you ...

PageFour free at Giveawayoftheday 5/4/2007

Hi. For all those who'd love to have Scrivener's power on Windows: Today, www.Giveawayoftheday.com offersPageFour for free. It does not have all the bells and whistles of Scrivener but I found one i...

Advice needed from Mac owners 5/2/2007

Kenneth >I also forgot to mention Mellel as a potential >wordprocessor. Mellel is a decent word processor with a nice outlining feature. But in my opinion, Mellel is no reason to switch to the Mac ...

Advice needed from Mac owners 5/1/2007

Ah, I forgot Opal as an alternative outliner - sorry David. Franz

Advice needed from Mac owners 5/1/2007

Kenneth >1. Tinderbox (one of the reasons I want to get the Mac >notebook). I got tired of waiting for the Windows version. You´ll get Yoyimbo with the Tinderbox license. Yoyimbo is a nice clippi...

Featured on Bits du Jour next week 4/25/2007

Hi. Just got the newsletter from Bits du Jour. In the next days and weeks, they will bring among others: ° UltraRecall ° IdeaMason ° Backup4all ° ClipMate ° FolderMatch ° Auction Sentry ° Act...

Organising the organisers 4/3/2007

Stephen. GoalEnforcer Hyperfocus sounds interesting. Can you tell me what the main differences between GoalEnforcer Hyperfocus and the basic GoalEnforcer tool is? The only difference I found on the ...

Poll 2: Now it is easier: You can add three applications to your computer! 3/25/2007

My list for Windows: * Ideamason * Mind Genius Business * Infoselect (or Zoot 32bit) My list for Mac OS X: * Scrivener (definitely) * maybe Tinderbox (but only if the Mac is my main machine because...

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