IdeaMason

Posted by Franz Grieser
Aug 4, 2006 at 03:35 PM

Shelby.

>it currently has two serious limitations which negate its
>usefulness to me. First, it requires all references/source materials to be entered
>manually. Sorry, but my existing collections are too big and I have no patience for
>something that can’t import/export in other formats - e.g., EndNote, BibTeX, XML,
>csv, etc. - I can be flexible but the software has to meet me halfway!

This will be addressed in release 3 (slated for December 2006). The developer plans to include at least the ability to import data from EndNote.

>Also, without
>ability to import in one of these formats, it makes it really difficult to leverage
>online lit searches. I also don’t appreciate the lack of ability to import/export
>to/from other formats for notes. If I’m going to bother to put my data into a program, it
>needs to be easy to get that data back out and use it in different programs and share it in
>compatible formats with other researchers.

This will also be added in the December release:

* Import of Word DOC, FTF, HTML, XML, CSV, TXT
* Export to RTF, HTML, XML (Word export is already included)

There will be an interim version 2.5 coming in September.

This is what the developer told me when I asked for these and other features.

Greetings, Franz
(I am just a satisfied customer, in no way related to IdeaMason)