Looks like a new version of Surfulater is about to be released.

Posted by jamesofford
Oct 30, 2008 at 01:26 AM

When I was on a PC, I was a big fan of Zoot. I had downloaded it and installed it on the recommendation of James Fallows in an issue of the Atlantic. It worked pretty much as advertised, and I used it every day. The programmer(Tom Davis? aka The Admiral)has always been very responsive to questions, complaints, and suggestions. There were times when a new version popped up on the website on a daily basis as he fixed things and incorporated new features. The community of users(Zooters)is active as well. I used it to store and search Outlook, and kept a database of scientific literature in it. It had wonderful abilities to slice and dice information, including the best implementation of Smart Folders that I have used.

Alas, the text only restriction made me move on. Also, I find the MacOS to be more conducive to my way of working. Also, and more to the point in this venue, I find the MacOS to have the better implementations of Outliners and PIMs.

Zoot software is one of the last bastions on the PC of the single programmer shop. I really hope that he succeeds at what he is doing.

Jim