Whiz Folders Deluxe 6

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Feb 28, 2007 at 09:26 PM

Graham,

Perhaps “overwhelmed” was a bad word choice on my behalf. It would probably be more accurate to say that I find the way the windows open in WhizFolders distracting. I’m sure that others have had the same comment, because Sanjay added a Windows List view tool, to help navigate the windows a couple of years ago.

I want to emphasize that my comment is a reflection of my own personal feeling toward WhizFolders and not a criticism. I admire the program and always upgrade to the new version—I bought a license four years ago, I believe. It is a good program. I just wish I could warm up to it.

Steve Z.

Graham Rhind wrote:
>I’ve been a fan of Whizfolders for a while, and have used it to write all my software
>manuals and one book. (My books don’t require references, footnotes etc., which is
>why I don’t need other, in my eyes overcomplicated, programs to achieve this).
>Sanjay, the writer, moved very quickly to resolve any problems I had and added new
>features as I requested them.
> >I find it a completely intuitive program to use (I know
>this is a personal thing - some members here find programs intuitive which I find a
>complete mystery). I don’t really get the “overwhelmed with windows” comments.
>Whizfolders opens one window with a documents list and one new window per document
>open, so if you work on one document you get two windows. (The first time you use the
>program a tutorial window opens, which may seem off-putting). I prefer this to
>programs where documents are tabbed within a single window; and once you’ve found the
>right keystroke it is quick to switch between windows. I like the paradigm of keeping
>documents distinct in this way - it means I can have multiple instances of the program
>running on different machines and accessing different documents over the network,
>without having to close instances or worry about a single document containing all my
>data getting corrupted or whatever. The documents are also easy to carry around on,
>for example, a USB stick.
> >I am a fan but I do have my criticisms of the program - table
>editing suffices but is primitive, and only small pictures can be easily embedded,
>but there are workarounds, and when I find the perfect organising program, I’ll let
>you all know :-)
> >Graham
> >Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I just can’t get over all the windows
> >>that pop up as you run the program… they kind of overwhelm me. I am sure that if I just
> >>stuck with the program for a while I would get used to this, but when you’re trying to
> >>write something and you have a deadline, it isn’t easy to have patience, I’m
> >>afraid.
>>
>>Steve Z.