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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 25, 2010 at 02:34 PM
Here: http://www.bitsdujour.com/
MyBase is a fairly full-featured tree-based PIM often discussed here.
Steve
Posted by Jan Rifkinson
Jan 25, 2010 at 05:59 PM
What’s the major difference(s) between myBase & UltraRecall?
Thanks.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 25, 2010 at 06:32 PM
Jan,
I’m not sure I can answer your question adequately as I use neither application (though, in true CRIMP form, I own licenses for older versions of both), but here’s what little I think I do know.
First of all, they are very similar programs in many ways. MyBase has been around longer (my license dates from around 2001 or so). MB seems to use a plug-in architecture to add different functions, including what is reputedly a very good web page archiver. MB has (or at least used to have) the ability to create a run-time version of any database, so you could share data with anyone. If I were to choose one or the other application at this point, I’d probably pick MB, but I don’t think there’s a really big difference.
Steve
Posted by Cassius
Jan 25, 2010 at 09:34 PM
I am a long-time user of MyBase+WebCollect and have a license for UltraRecall Pro 3.5.
I have tried UR but found it slow in saving Web pages as compared with MB+WC. That plus all of the material I already have in MB led me to stick with MB+WC. I keep finding new capabilities in MB, but I expect that UR has capabilities that MB does not.
Other Web page-saving PIMs that some contributors on this site have recommended include Surfulator and WebResearch. Very occasionally, there is a Web page that MB+WC cannot properly save. In those cases, I often just copy the entire page as a .jpg graphic and paste it into the “Text Note” tab. (Corresponding to each left-pane tree entry are two right-pane windows accessible by tabs: a pane for a web page and a pane for notes, RTF text & graphics.) I use “FastStone Capture 5.3” to save Web page images. This version is free and I KNOW you will be pleased with it.
WebResearch developers are in Germany; MyBase developers are in central China. Software development is truly ubiquitous.
-c
Posted by Jan Rifkinson
Jan 26, 2010 at 03:57 PM
Thanks Stephen & Cassius.