Black Hole Organizer?

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Nov 25, 2012 at 09:04 AM

I understand what Stephen Z. means by saying that the program hasn’t advanced much in 10 years: there is no way to import or export items (aside copy/paste), no tags, categories are exclusive (i.e. no ‘clones’ or other ways to store an item in multiple category folders), the toolbars have fixed positions…

The program can still run in “floating” mode, i.e. as a minimised icon which you can place anywhere on your screen; I assume this is what you referred to earlier. Right clicking on the icon allows you to create a “document” (note) from the clipboard. You can do the same from BHO’s system tray icon, so I don’t see the convenience of the floating one—possibly in the past there was no tray icon. Other options when right clicking are to maximise the program, plus “email list” and “URL list”, which I assume can be used as a quick address book and favourites list respectively.

It seems to me that the main benefit of BHO’s current incarnation is to existing users. If one started using the program in the 90s they will surely have gathered a lot of info during these years. Within this context there are really not many info managers that have been around so long, and Starre software’s initiative to take over the code is commendable.

The new owner/developer noted that for purchasers of today’s offer the upgrade to v4 will be free, implying that this will take place in less than a year. This sounds like a good incentive for whomever is interested in the program.