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)