Graham Smith
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- Member since
- May 2006
- Topics started
- 9
- Total posts
- 128
- Last active
- 12/9/2007
Posts
Good bye DTSearch, Hello Archvarius
12/29/2006
Having stuck with DTSearch for years, including regularly updating it, I have finally said good bye. I have never been tempted by the free desktop search tools available as they all seem slow and clun...
Foxit PDF reader
12/29/2006
If you want a free very fast and small (2mb) PDF reader, have a look at Foxit.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Unlike Acrobat reader, foxit opens almost instantaneously on my PC, compa...
askSam - or not...?
12/29/2006
Derek
>The bottom line seems to be that once a
>software company loses interest in its product it is well-nigh impossible to put
>things right - even if the original developers want to.
All very s...
askSam - or not...?
12/28/2006
Ken,
>Have you tried pdf995
I have in the past, and I can't remember the outcome, but I am aware of having had some issues with every PDF converter I have tried.
Most of the time all the programs w...
askSam - or not...?
12/27/2006
Hello
LM7 wrote:
>There may be a much cheaper solution to generating PDF files which handle foreign
>characters properly.
Not sure of this was for me, but my problem isn't foreign characters, but ...
askSam - or not...?
12/24/2006
Graham
>Graham, if you can afford it I recommend Acrobat 7 for your problem - you can then
>"print" from Word and Excel to PDF and it works flawlessly. My >1000 page book contains
>>1000 tables an...
askSam - or not...?
12/24/2006
Derek,
>Yes, I remember your askSam experience earlier in the year. Their
>behaviour seems positively self-destructive, unless they have a huge pool of
>satisfied corporate users we don't know abo...
askSam - or not...?
12/23/2006
Derek
>No satisfied users out there then?
Not me, I thought about upgrading to 6 at beginning of the year, and buying 10 to 20 licenses for a project distributing data. I had some issues (possibly b...
Your choice of mind mapping software
12/22/2006
Derek
>Which edition of MindGenius are you using? The home version is
>clearly more limited, but it isn't clear whether or not the business and educational
>uses offer the same or a slightly differ...
Your choice of mind mapping software
12/22/2006
Jane
> I think ConceptDraw Mindmap www.conceptdraw.com is the perfect tool for
>the creation of wonderful, individual and truly useful mindmaps.
Actually, I have this as well.
The problem I have ...
Daly
>Graham, I got a reply.
I am encouraged that you got a reply, it will be interesting to see how it develops.
Graham
Daly
>Graham, I got it to download, and I have email asked for more information about future
>plans. I hope to get a reponse. It has always intrigued me even though I am not quite sure
>how I would...
Daly
>Does snyone here use B liner, and is there any indication this prouct is
>undee development? It appears that last version is from 2002.
I had a license for it, but it for me in the UK it woul...
Fallows Article on Info Managers
11/19/2006
Daly,
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Stephen, I am curious about your comment re OSX -- I hadn't realized it had a problem
>with speed. Tha concerns me since I am thinking of getting back into the Mac world....
Zotero
11/15/2006
Ian
>I would advise getting both - they are both simple to use, and work as
>advertised.
Thanks, I will give them a look. It all sounds very useful.
Graham
Zotero
11/13/2006
Derek,
I will be interested to hear how you get on with this, I have a couple of extensions that don't work with release 2, but not too bothered about losing them.
However, it would still be nice to...
Zotero
11/11/2006
Dan,
>Aside from those items, I'm
>totally sold, and I highly recommend it.
Another really useful feature is the ability to "scrape" bibliographic info from an Amazon.com page. Putting together a...
Quick capture for Mind Manager
11/11/2006
Ike
>For my GTD notes, the kind of information I want to have around with me all of the time, I
>use Quick Notes Plus:
>http://www.conceptworld.com/qnp/default.asp -
>$20.
A very valuable feature...
How I use Ideamason - and why
10/29/2006
Ken,
>That's weird. I have no problem with my system (laptop
>running 1600x1200 with 32bit color).
>
>I couldn't go w/o ClearType since it's make
>the screen so much more legible in my system.
If...
How I use Ideamason - and why
10/29/2006
Ken
>>This gave me purple
>>fringing around closely spaced
>letters and I had to switch it off as it was annoying me
>>so much
>Strange. Have you tried to tune ClearType? It's not apparent in
>...
How I use Ideamason - and why
10/29/2006
Kenneth
>This is quite interesting indeed. I can
>only speak from my experience, but having used Windows XP (SP2) and Windows 2000 in the
>past and present, there is no way I would ever want to us...
How I use Ideamason - and why
10/29/2006
Kenneth
>I did run Windows 2000 before, but XP is so much more
>stable and "convenient" when it comes to drivers that I can't see any good reason why
>anyone who can afford it does not want to upg...
How I use Ideamason - and why
10/29/2006
>>Are you
>>serious? At least in Germany, you would have had
>to try hard to find a Windows PC in the
>>last 4-5 years that does not fit the
>requirements (including the need for Word).
>Windo...
InfoSelect trial
10/28/2006
Rather strangely, even though Infoselect don't offer a trial of Infoselect, Mindsytems in Australia do.
http://www.mindsystems.com.au/launchpad/InfoSelect-Trial/
May be of interest to some.
Graham
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/27/2006
>Any one got suggestions of what else I should look at.
Well, after a very non-scientific review of what I aready have and what else is available, I think I have decided to just stick with Mind Manag...