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Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 15, 2006 at 01:37 PM
One question I have about the new IS9: How is the browser? Is it now possible to click on a url in the selector, have a site appear in the browser, then click on a link, and not have the url in the selector change?
I found whenever I clicked on a link the url in the selector would change, making the selector pretty useless as a place to list urls.
Daly
Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 15, 2006 at 01:41 PM
Kenneth, what did you find as the handicaps with ADM for bibliographic work?
I realize it doesn’t have any automactic biblio features, but I don’t think IS does either.
Have you tried the latest version of Ndx Cards? It seems to have a better outlining capability than the previous version.
Daly
Kenneth Rhee wrote:
>
>I beg to differ on this issue. I think IS9 is superior to ADM, Ndx cards,
>or UR when it comes to managing information given its superior search capability,
>outlining, and database function, etc. The only thing it’s lacking is bibliographic
>tool, but you can create the database within IS to keep track of that if you want. I tried
>to use ADM, ndx cards, and UR for my academic work, but after a few days, I give up on those
>programs given their limitations on one thing or another. Ndx Cards showed the most
>promise, but its limitations on searching, bibliographic tool, and outlining left
>much to be desired in my experience. The combination of Endnote and IS9 is a great
>combination for doing academic research if you want a separate bibliographic
>software.
>
Posted by Franz Grieser
May 15, 2006 at 01:59 PM
Daly
>One question I have about the new IS9: How is the browser? Is it now possible to click on a
>url in the selector, have a site appear in the browser, then click on a link, and not have
>the url in the selector change?
>
>I found whenever I clicked on a link the url in the
>selector would change, making the selector pretty useless as a place to list
>urls.
How did you manage to make a selector item a link?
I keep URLs inside notes. When I click one of the URLs, the corresponding page opens in my browser (Firefox). When I click a link on the site inside Firefox, the URL in Infoselect does not change.
Bye, Franz
>
>Daly
Posted by Kenneth Rhee
May 15, 2006 at 02:26 PM
Franz Grieser wrote:
>Daly
>
>>One question I have about the new IS9: How is the browser? Is it now possible to
>click on a
>>url in the selector, have a site appear in the browser, then click on a link,
>and not have
>>the url in the selector change?
>>
>>I found whenever I clicked on a link
>the url in the
>>selector would change, making the selector pretty useless as a place
>to list
>>urls.
>
>How did you manage to make a selector item a link?
>
>I keep URLs inside
>notes. When I click one of the URLs, the corresponding page opens in my browser
>(Firefox). When I click a link on the site inside Firefox, the URL in Infoselect does
>not change.
>
You can insert a web page in the selector pane easily (go to insert and select web page).
If you click the link, the internal web browser will show the page.
Ken
Posted by Kenneth Rhee
May 15, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Kenneth, what did you find as the handicaps with ADM for bibliographic work?
>
>I
>realize it doesn’t have any automactic biblio features, but I don’t think IS does
>either.
>
>Have you tried the latest version of Ndx Cards? It seems to have a better
>outlining capability than the previous version.
>
IS doesn’t have the bibliographic tool, but you can create the database for the bibliographic record. I used ADM quite a bit, but there were a few things that always seem to be getting in the way in terms of usage (including GUI) and bugs.
I tested the latest version of Ndx Cards, but I have always found their search capability limiting for my use. Also, when I imported a bunch of references from Endnote, it just created a lot of duplicate entries and I had difficult time manipulating my sources. Also even with improvement, I don’t find their outlining feature that much more powerful. They promised that these will be worked on in their next version, so we will have to wait and see.
As I said, there is no one perfect program for me, but for the time being, I found IS9 to be “best” all-around info manager for me, but as I said, each of us needs to decide that for oneself.