Jon Polish

Correlate is back 3/14/2014

Daly de Gagne wrote: Greetings Dominik! > >I hope all is well with you. > >I've just taken a quick look at Correlate. I appreciate the concept. I >think it is in some ways similar to Smart Outline or ...

XMind 1/31/2014

Thank you for sharing your experiences Franz. I thought I was missing something. Jon

XMind 1/30/2014

Can I get some feedback on XMind 2013 Pro? I have asked for a refund because I am underwhelmed by the feature set. As an aside, I don't understand why, in order to try the pro features, one has to pur...

WinCatalog 1/24/2014

Wayne K wrote: >I thought MyInfo would handle this with ease but that didn't work out >either. If you select a column of pdf's in your file manager and drag >it into MyInfo, it creates a nice list ...

Watership Planner Review - It's on bits again, after five long years... But might it simply be another crimpers' toy? 1/24/2014

I was intrigued by the possibilities it presents. I can get backlogged with my schedule and tasks, and the promise of dynamic restructuring seems like an interesting approach and one worth trying. Aft...

search as-you-type and filter-as-you-type 1/12/2014

InfoQube for one. Jon

TheBrain as file manager? 12/16/2013

I agree that The Brain is quite useful in this regard, but for what you want (and your budget), I would suggest Ultra Recall. It indexes your files and has a pretty powerful search tool. You can link ...

two-pane outliner that can show more than one note at a time in the viewer/editor pane? 10/16/2013

22111 wrote: Thank you, Jon. So (and if I understand correctly), any second program >could be loaded, with a file referenced in the UR tree; the advantage >here would be that the external file would...

two-pane outliner that can show more than one note at a time in the viewer/editor pane? 10/16/2013

22111 wrote: >@Jon Polish >"In combination with Jarte (a lightweight text editor), UR can display >and edit in multiple windows." > >Could you explain this? If you happened to replace the bad, grat...

two-pane outliner that can show more than one note at a time in the viewer/editor pane? 10/14/2013

In combination with Jarte (a lightweight text editor), UR can display and edit in multiple windows. Perhaps not what was asked for originally, but it works well for me. For me, UR is great for informa...

two-pane outliner that can show more than one note at a time in the viewer/editor pane? 10/11/2013

Unless I am misunderstanding your situation, you can do this in WhizFolders. Select a topic and open it in the Advanced Editor. Select another topic and do the same. Initially the topics open as tabbe...

askSam dead? 9/10/2013

The site is back up with limited functionality and a new look. Jon

Need advice on Ecco migration 7/17/2013

Very interesting approach. I confirm that a text driver can be installed in Windows 7. I will try your suggestion to see how it works. Thanks. Jon

Need advice on Ecco migration 7/15/2013

I don't know if this will be helpful, but perhaps it will give you a point from which you may start your migration. 1. Why not print your various notepads to pdf? They will be text based and searchab...

Project Management Software? 6/26/2013

Dr Andus wrote: >Most recently I've been using RationalPlan I too use RationalPlan (the multiple project version). I find it to be a good balance of power and ease of use. With some caveats (learn...

Software for creating writing project dashboard with links to files 6/3/2013

jaslar wrote: My use doesn't quite match yours, but I use Notecase Pro for my overall >dashboard. if you like the mindmap approach, Xmind is a good free >alternative. It does some nice structural vi...

Software for creating writing project dashboard with links to files 5/31/2013

Dr Andus wrote: >If I remember correctly, my problem with TheBrain was that individual >items can't be permanently pinned to a board. When you click on an item, >all the related items dynamically re...

Editing multiple documents simultaneously 1/15/2013

You guys do know that Info Select does this as does WhizFolders (well, soft of using its Advanced Editor)? I really wish Ultra Recall could do this natively. I know and use the CTRL+J trick (editing d...

Writing Software for Writers 12/27/2012

Another thought about WhizFolders in particular, but many mature programs in general. If a program achieves its goal of functionality, except for bug fixes and updates because of OS changes, should we...

Writing Software for Writers 12/27/2012

I have been in touch with Sanjay who is the developer. I had some problems and he issued a fix for me. I inferred from my conversation that an update is coming. Jon

Search and 'hoist' text 12/27/2012

askSam.com is back up. Jon

Writing Software for Writers 12/27/2012

What, no WhizFolders? I suppose it depends on the definition of writing software, but certainly WhizFolders belongs in this group. I would also include Q10 right alongside WriteMonkey. I see word proc...

Search and 'hoist' text 12/26/2012

Daly de Gagne wrote: I would say don't consider askSam at all. It's fraught with problems, >and pricey. Check the forums if they still have them up. > >Daly I agree, however Simon mentioned askSam,...

Search and 'hoist' text 12/24/2012

You should consider Ultra Recall. It can be a document manager, or almost anything you configure it to be. If you ever try askSam, do not get the latest version (7). It is terribly buggy. The last sta...

Search and 'hoist' text 12/21/2012

Jon Polish wrote: >WhizFolders also does what you seem to want with the exception of saving >and/or exporting. >Jon Wrote too soon. WhizFolders is such an impressive program but it is very deep and...

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