Software for dissertation research & writing

Posted by Softwareguru
Dec 5, 2006 at 07:49 AM

Hi,
The only application on the market with a reasonable price for academic (and even non-academic) writing is IdeaMason.
The interface of version 2.2 looks old fashioned and a bit childish but it is a very capable application.
Version 3 will be released by the end of December or beginning of January and will a have an interface similar to Ultra Recall and will include keyboard shortcuts and a lot of very interesting and useful features. I myself rate IdeaMason as the best company so far in regard of customer responsiveness. All the features I have requested (rtf export, smaller Icons, keyboard shortcuts etc.) will be in the coming version 3.

ndxCards is very nice but I personally don’t like the interface and the strict card metaphor.

Notabene is the rolls royce but too expensive and complex for me.

I can’t imagine how it would work to use ADM, Ultra Recall or any other Outliner/PIM application for serious academic research and/or writing because these tools are not designed for that purpose.

Who I am:
I am a software developer (OO, Java, .NET, C#) living in Austria.

Regards,
Softwareguru