[Design] InfoSelect

[Richard]

Bowen Dwelle wrote:
>  I ran across the InfoSelect PIM on PC World's list of "20 Products We
>  Love". Has anyone looked at InfoSelect for comparison/features?
>
>  "Info Select is the award-winning Personal Information Manager that
>  helps you manage all your daily random information and organize all
>  your Internet data.... Just drag and drop your data into the
>  categories you create. With full control over the level of detail
>  displayed, you'll see the "big picture" more clearly and be better
>  able to reach your goals."
>
>  PC Magazine "Editors' Choice Award." - twice
>  PC World "A perfect report card."
>  http://www.miclog.com/isover.htm
>  http://www.miclog.com/isdesc.htm

I used it through version 6 for about 6 years. It is the one program I
really haven't been able to replace on Linux. I've tried all those
claiming to be PIMs that I've been able to find. That is why I follow
the Chandler list --in hopes that "soon he'll be here.", like Santa Claus.

I did not upgrade to the latest version 7 since I was in the process of
switching to Linux. Currently using Korganizer, Mozilla Browser & Mail,
with Kjots occasionally. This group still doesn't come close but they
suffice. Tried Evolution through ver1.0.8 but it was still lacking.
I'll try version 1.2 from a distro that is said to mostly work. I would
have switched to Linux a year earlier but I spent most of the time
searching for a suitable PIM. And my needs aren't really strenuous. Just
want something that works reliably.

InfoSelect 6 had some shortcomings, but it also included a mini
database, that allowed creating your own address book, that could export
to cvs. The filters were a pain to create, but they worked once you
learned their quirks. It lacked a good calendaring section but did have
one.  It also could search for data like it's ancestor, Tornado on DOS.
Many of these shortcomings were addressed in v7.

One of the best things about the interface was the way it allowed
organizing email, notes, links, databases, into a superb visual
representation. Remember how most email folder trees run down the left
side of the page: it allows creating topics within levels that extend
across the page.

If someone has a place to post it, I'll send a 50kb png of what mine
used to look like and what I found so useful.  It used the whole screen
to allow one to visualize your data.  I think it would be a very useful
addition to Chandler. I've not found any other email client that comes
close to so easily represent ones cache of email.  This is what comes to
my mind when someone talks about Outlines --an outline of my stuff and
where to look for it.

regards,
Richard.