SQLNotes aka InfoQube or IQ forum

Posted by Jan Rifkinson
May 27, 2009 at 06:06 PM

Fredy,

For many years I have searched for & used many PIM type programs starting with Lotus Agenda (a program way ahead of it’s time) +/- 30 yrs ago. Each time I thought I had found *it*—the program that would do everything I wanted. I suppose I could say that EccoPro came the closest & that ADM was the most interesting & capable approach IMO. Unfortunately, both went down in flames.

UltraRecall Pro is a good program but you know the history there so I won’t repeat it.

I cannot comment on your installation problems as I am on an American PC. However, I can tell you that the SQLNotes forum was having problems & seems to be fixed now. The past months have been made much more complicated because the product name changed, the forum & community sites changed & transferred to new servers. And as a lone developer, I think Pierre has had his hands full handling all that, making a living, being a husband, father & programming InfoQube as well. I say all this even tho I exhibited some impatience.

I will also say that I sometimes get annoyed @ Pierre’s constantly saying InfoQube handles this & that or will handle this or that or he has plans for IQ to handle this or that. While I admire his plans & I pray they all come true, I am interested in a working program where I can organize my stuff now. IQ does that for me at this time.

I find Pierre to be extremely responsive to user concerns for the most part, very attentive to bugs & problems—again—for the most part while there are some things which I’m frustrated are taking so long to implement while I see effort expended on things that I see as less important. Of course, if you were to talk to the next user, they would probably say the same thing—but referring to different things. But for the most part, I believe (from years of playing around w these programs) InfoQube is progressing in a rational manner.

It is quirky but, in all honesty, I can say that it is extremely useful, malleable for many uses but does take some learning. Perhaps too much but that’s an individual judgment. However, it is a solid program, stable. I am no longer afraid to commit all my stuff to it & I do so every day. It handles all that I do even better than UR did. Again, I recognize different strokes for different folks & what works so well for one doesn’t for another. All I can say is that IQ is so flexible you can make it do almost anything you want it to do both in text, html, MHT. Getting data into the program from other sources couldn’t be easier.

The latest version, which can be downloaded from URL http://www.infoqube.biz/download has some really good changes in it. And within a relatively few days, IQ will offer import from a number of other dBs including UltraRecall. For me personally, this is wonderful news as I can hardly wait to rid myself of that program, get if off my machine & say goodbye to Kinook.

Take a look @ the InfoQube roadmap @ URL http://mantis.sqlnotes.net/roadmap_page.php I would say that Pierre has been pretty true to that.

If you still encounter problems, I can’t imagine Pierre ignoring you or your problems.

Also if I can be of help, I am happy to do so as I really believe in this software (& no, I have absolutely no financial interest in Pierre’s company or the product itself)

Sincerely,
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Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA