[Design] InfoSelect (exporting data)

[Philip Trauring]

Strong template (or is that style-sheet?)-based exporting of data would 
be great. I added 'template-based printing' to the E-mail features wiki 
- but this could apply to any data set, for printing or exporting.

Eastgate System's Tinderbox (http://www.eastgate.com/tinderbox/) excels 
at template-based exporting and we should look to it for ideas (sorry 
Mark - but it's a great product and I'd love it's features in my PIM as 
well - imitation is the highest form of flattery, right?). Tinderbox is 
also a great outliner.

Philip Trauring

On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 04:58  PM, Richard Deal wrote:
> Although this is a bit off the subject, I wanted to ask: has any 
> thought been given to export features and data formats? I noticed on 
> the site Feature Summary a reference to importing, but no exporting of 
> data. Any thoughts?
>
>
> - Richard Deal
> Innovative Business Technology, Inc.
> 703-934-8900
> rdeal@ibtnet.com
>
>>>> Kevin Frank <monk@well.com> 03/07/03 04:04PM >>>
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 07:29:43 -0600, Bowen Dwelle wrote:
>> áI ran across the InfoSelect PIM on PC World's list of "20 Products
>> áWe Love". Has anyone looked at InfoSelect for comparison/features?
>> á
>> á
>> á"Info Select is the award-winning Personal Information Manager that
>> áhelps you manage all your daily random information and organize all
>> áyour Internet data.... Just drag and drop your data into the
>> ácategories you create. With full control over the level of detail
>> ádisplayed, you'll see the "big picture" more clearly and be better
>> áable to reach your goals."
>
>
> I posted the following to this list on November 12th:
>
> ===================================================================
>
> I'm a FileMaker developer by trade, and have been an avid PIM user
> since 1991. I've tried many PIMs over the years, but keep coming back
> to Info Select. The main problem I had with both Ecco and Zoot is
> that they are just too darn complicated. Info Select simply made
> sense from the moment I started using it more than 11 years ago.
>
> I store just about everything in it. I have over 3,000 notes in it,
> and it truly is my surrogate brain.
>
> One thing that makes Info Select very quick, is modality. If you
> aren't specifically in an Edit mode, then you can have single
> keystrokes perform functions... no modifier-key required. So, for
> example, to create a new note, I simply type "N". And, the keystrokes
> are user-assignable.
>
> While Info Select is the best free-form information manager I've
> found so far, I don't care for their email implementation... and am
> not crazy about their scheduling/to-dos either. I guess it goes
> without saying that Chandler should be able to talk to a Palm or
> other hand-held device.
>
> Finally, I threw together a web page showing some uses of Info
> Select. www.kevinfrank.com/info_select.html
>
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