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Posted by quant
Nov 18, 2007 at 01:56 PM
Derek Cornish wrote:
>evaluation copy zeroes out in terms of days remaining. I had briefly evaluated
>Maxthink 2-3 years ago on this computer, so it would not run again - even to the limited
what??? You didn’t reinstall Windows in 2-3 years?
Posted by GeorgeB
Nov 19, 2007 at 03:27 AM
Okay. I purchased it. I blame it on C.R.I.M.P. It also has a ONE-YEAR-return-if-not-satisfied policy—can’t beat that. If it don’t work out I’ll blame it on these lawyers. Cheers…. gB
Posted by Derek Cornish
Nov 19, 2007 at 03:53 AM
> what??? You didn’t reinstall Windows in 2-3 years?
I don’t want to tempt fate by answering this question :-)
Derek
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 19, 2007 at 09:05 PM
Further thoughts on MaxThink:
This is really a very focussed product. It is for collecting and sorting thoughts, then expanding upon them. In this regard, it tries very hard to live up to its name. I can see it is a complement to Notemap, but definitely not a replacement for it.
The collection of tools for achieving this task are quite impressive, though the execution isn’t always great. These include:
Prioritize
Sort
Binsort
Mark and gather
Fence
Levelize
A nifty feature of the program is something called “invert.” This allows you to turn sub-heads into heads. That is, if you have an outline that looks like this:
1. Project A
1. Assigned to: Bob
2. Project B
1. Assigned to: Janet
3. Project C
1. Assigned to: Bob
You can invert the headings to the following:
1. Assigned to: Bob
1. Project A
1. Project C
2. Assigned to: Janet
1. Project B
Not life altering, but I can see some applications for this. Do any other current outliners offer this feature? I’m not aware of any, but I may be missing them.
I think the biggest weakness of MaxThink is that it relies upon a separate editor to edit topics. This creates a two-headed monster, in that commands work or don’t work depending upon if the editor window is open. I find this very confusing. It also makes MT appear to be a two-pane outliner, when it is really a one-pane outliner. If Neil Larson could incorporate inline editing of topics, then he’d improve the usability of MT tremendously.
Just my additional two-cents (and that’s in devalued U.S. Currency) worth.
Steve Z.
Posted by Ken
Nov 20, 2007 at 01:35 AM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>A nifty
>feature of the program is something called “invert.” This allows you to turn
>sub-heads into heads. That is, if you have an outline that looks like this:
>
>1.
>Project A
> 1. Assigned to: Bob
>2. Project B
> 1. Assigned to: Janet
>3. Project C
> 1.
>Assigned to: Bob
>
>You can invert the headings to the following:
>
>1. Assigned to:
>Bob
> 1. Project A
> 1. Project C
>2. Assigned to: Janet
> 1. Project B
>
>Not life
>altering, but I can see some applications for this. Do any other current outliners
>offer this feature? I’m not aware of any, but I may be missing them.
>
Hi Steve,
This can be done in Ecco through its folders and notepads.
—Ken