Franz Grieser

Reinstalling Brainstorm 10/4/2012

Thanks Alex. So, I'll DL the software on another machine (with a different security suite), double-check and then see, if I can define exceptional rules in F-Secure to be able to use Brainstorm on my...

Reinstalling Brainstorm 10/4/2012

Hi. F-Secure wouldn't let me download and install the current version of Brainstorm. Anyone else tried to DL the software lately? Franz

Is there an outline program that allows tagging text with different layers? 9/24/2012

Hi. If you're talking about stylesheets that allow quick reformatting of headings, etc., then Word, LibreOffice/OpenOffice Writer, Scrivener, Papyrus, Latex (and all the editors based on TEX) come to...

Inspiration 9.1 is available (U.S. version only) 9/21/2012

Cassius wrote: >Find it at: http://www.inspiration.com/Help-Center/Inspiration#updater > >Why >only U.S.? -- I don't know. Strange policy. And, as I gather, you need vs9.1 to be able to exchange ...

Exchange Difficulties Buying Software or Other Goods 9/20/2012

Dr. A. That's better. Yes. I downloaded the trial and will see if it's worth the price for me. Franz

Exchange Difficulties Buying Software or Other Goods 9/20/2012

Another strange story (has nothing to do with Digital River, in this case): In the US you can buy a download licence for Inspiration for $59 (at the moment, you get it even at a discounted price of $2...

A look back at the old outliners 9/16/2012

Thanks for the pointer. There are a few on the list that I haven't had on my radar any more. And: Yes, astonishing how many outliners are available for *ix systems. Franz

Check this out, iPad users! 9/15/2012

Hm. Cotton is a nice little outliner but on a par or even better than Ecco? The edits I made last night to the web page Madaboutdana shared are gone, too. Franz

forum enhancement suggestions 9/13/2012

Nice try: The person whom others on this forum refer to as a troll tries to define what/who a troll is. Thanks for the laugh, Foolness. Franz

forum enhancement suggestions 9/13/2012

Hi. What I find difficult for a protocol is to take the definition from Wikipedia: >>The wikipedia >entry does a reasonable >>job of defining >trolling: >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28In...

forum enhancement suggestions 9/13/2012

Chris. May I add another feature I'd like to see: the ability to filter out postings of particular members (and to turn the filter off again). Thanks, Franz

forum enhancement suggestions 9/12/2012

Hi. First of all: Thanks to Chris a) for hosting the forum and b) for the offer to improve the forum. And c) for the clear reaction to Foolness/Fredy. What I'd like to see a) the ability to edit po...

Where are all these quality topics that are being buried by long ramblings? 9/8/2012

Hi F. >If anyone can kindly share all these “worthy of length” posts in one major set of links, I would be deeply thankful. Who defines what these "worthy" posts are? And who should take...

Reviews of OneNote vs. other outliners 9/6/2012

>(But I do appreciate the encouragement -- I wasn't sure if anyone was missing it or not!) Nice. I am sure many us here have been waiting eagerly not daring to push you (or at least I have). Though I...

Can we talk about Info Select? 8/29/2012

Ahm, Wolfgang. Wolfgang wrote: >So, I looked around for a program that lets me do what Devonthink does, >including ... >... So this >programme was better than Devonthink on the mac and better than...

Smartword - a free tool for all writers 7/31/2012

Hugh. Actually, I have a license for Textanz, too, which I do use when writing copy for my customers or for my websites. If found its creator very helpful when I had to install Textanz an my new PC a...

Smartword - a free tool for all writers 7/30/2012

Hi. The author of PageFour also write an interesting free tool (still free - there will soon be a commercial Pro edition): SmartEdit scans your text, creates a list of used words, counts the frequenc...

Rightnote has Evernote Cloud Syncing Notes 7/9/2012

Hi Stephen. I bought the Rightnote license through Bitsdujour, too. When installing F-Secure issued a warning. I checked the installer file using 2 other virus scanners that did not find fault with i...

Jot Plus Notes -- moribund 6/23/2012

Mark >A forum is also where would-be customers see all the problems with your software and >decide to go elsewhere ... ;-) That's what I used to think, too. Meanwhile, I check forums to see wheth...

Best PIM for project management? 4/22/2012

Jim. The PM software the Mac users I know sear by is Merlin by the German software developer Project Wizards: www.projectwizards.net I have no experience with the software but program managers I hold...

most facile outliner 4/15/2012

Hi. Just tried to download BrainstormSW but F-Secure reported that the EXE file contains spyware and adware. :-(

Scrivener for Windows stability 4/13/2012

Hi. No data loss over here. I started using ScrivWin beta 1.2 or so. Some of the betas crashed but I haven't lost data even then. I do not use Scrivener on a daily basis but when I write in Scrivener...

What must-have software for a new mac owner can you recommend? 4/12/2012

Hi. What I recommend in addition to the apps/tools mentioned: * Curio - there is a great review/how-to by Steve on http://mac.appstorm.net/reviews/office-review/curio-a-workshop-for-your-creative-pr...

ConnectedText vs. Scrivener 3/16/2012

Dr Andus wrote: > ... > Because Scrivener's tree hierarchy is constantly in your >face, it exerts some pressure on you to have to keep the entire structure and the >hierarchical relationships const...

ConnectedText vs. Scrivener 3/6/2012

Steve >The true answer is: nothing. But I'm desperate. Oh, oh. Like Hugh and Dr. Andus I'd use Scrivener to break the manuscript into manageable chunks. And then edit in Scrivener or in Word or Li...

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