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Posted by Jack Crawford
Jan 3, 2007 at 02:24 AM
I’m probably more interested in the information management rather than the hardcore writing features of these software products.
I’ve been playing with OneNote 2007 and am very impressed. MS has certainly raised the bar in the PIM Dept. The multiple notebooks, the “print to OneNote ” feature, the suprisingly good text recognition, tags, tables etc etc all combine into an enticing package. You should be able to get data from just about any software that prints into OneNote in searchable form. Especially when used in tandem with IE7 and Outlook, OneNote is a powerful alternative.
In 2007, I’ll be keeping an eye also on the activities of Brainstorm and Sycon (Idea!). They had a quiet year in 2006 from a user’s perspective, so it will be interesting to see what they have in store for the new year.
Jack
Posted by Hugh Pile
Jan 3, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Daly
One other omission from your list is Evernote 2.0, currently out in beta. For those who prefer tagging to hierarchies in their note-takers, it provides a relatively inexpensive option.
Overall, I wonder whether the release of OneNote 2007 and the growing maturity of one or two other products will lead to a shake-out in this marketplace in the next twelve months. Hitherto a hundred flowers have bloomed. But one does question why some of them continue to be nurtured, especially now that MS have crashed the garden-party. Perhaps the offerings will be reduced to a handful in each major niche category: wikis, tagging and trees?
Unless, of course, someone can devise an effective new synthesis - like IdeaMason, whose third version I look forward to also.
Posted by NW
Jan 4, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Eastgate might get their PC port of Tinderbox out for us to try.
Nigel
Posted by Francis Morrone
Jan 4, 2007 at 11:04 PM
It could be a very exciting year: ConnectedText 3.0, Zoot 4.5, a new PersonalBrain, OneNote 2007 (which is frighteningly huge, requires the separate installation of Windows Desktop Search, yet has awesome functionality), the new IdeaMason, and, one hopes, Tinderbox for Windows. I don’t sense yet a Microsoft-induced shakeout. Some programs, like ConnectedText, are developing with astonishing speed and sensitivity to users’ requests.
Posted by Jack Crawford
Jan 5, 2007 at 01:43 AM
Francis
A minor correction, if you don’t mind ..
OneNote 2007 doesn’t need Windows Desktop Search. It’s own internal search function is quite powerful and IMHO doesn’t require the added overhead of Windows Desktop Search. I use OneNote happliy without it ... and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Jack