Can we talk about Info Select?

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 31, 2012 at 03:29 PM

Slartibartfarst wrote:
>Oh. Wot an anti-climax.

Not at all; I don’t know what you expected but I personally found the whole story very interesting. It confirms that in this forum (a) we know just about every information management software out there aimed at personal use and more, and (b) there are still uses of much of that software that we haven’t considered.

UltraRecall’s ability to use an external editor for its embedded content is perhaps not the kind of feature that would stand out in a comparative overview of information managers. Yet in Wolfgang’s case it was very important, as it was in Pavi’s case for working on complex documents. I also found the concept quite similar to Traderclee’s use of the OPML editor via Text Editor Anywhere to edit content kept in Resophnotes described very recently in this thread http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/4275

I think most of us can think of quite advanced ways of using the particular information managers of our choice; as we get to know specific tools more, we find uses that even their developers might have not considered. At the end of the day some solutions may not come just by selecting the right tool, but actually using the right tool right. And this forum is a treasure chest of such examples.

I also found Wolfgang’s experience with Apple vs Microsoft systems at the level of a big lab quite insightful. It confirmed the reasons for my own dislike for Apple’s products and it explains why—as much as Macs may be the choice hardware for individuals- Apple is unlikely to win a government bid any time soon. Governments—local, national and transnational- are moving towards more open systems, and I look forward to the day that Linux will be used at the EU level.