ANN: New release of InfoMatic

[Dale Edwards]

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Dale Edwards
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On Oct 10, 2005, at 1:14 PM, Roger Guay wrote:

> Mark,
>
> Thanks you so much for your thorough and prompt feedback.  It is so 
> important to have fresh eyes look at this stuff . . . I really 
> appreciate it.  I'll get right to fixing the bugs you found, and 
> perhaps include most of the new features you suggest ASAP.
>
> Cheers, Roger
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2005, at 10:00 AM, 
> education-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 17:38:36 -0700
>> From: Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net>
>> Subject: Re: ANN:  New release of InfoMatic
>> To: Revolution in Education <education-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>> Message-ID: <10932233429.20051009173836 at ahsoftware.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Roger-
>>
>> Well, you piqued my interest, so I had a look. Feedback:
>>
>> Once I got used to the interface it was easy to use. The shift-click
>> thing was not at all intuitive, nor was the idea that dragging a card
>> onto a basket was the way to get it off the main screen area. Of
>> course, now that I have it figured out it makes perfect sense.
>>
>> I like the drag transparency. The Luddite streak in me loves the index
>> card appearance of the note cards.
>>
>> It's not clear to me what the "Show Tools" menu item is supposed to
>> do. The Tools palette is shown at all times. If there's a way not to
>> show it, I haven't found it yet.
>>
>> A search feature would be a nice addition. I can see this getting to
>> the point where I've added a lot of data and can't quite remember
>> where I filed something. Or want to cross-reference something,
>> possibly with cards in other baskets. Or other major categories. Or
>> just can't remember whether or not I've already files something.
>>
>> I might, for example, want to explore interlocking directorates by
>> entering each by company and then searching on a director's name to
>> see what hits come up.
>>
>> The "Tag reference" and "Tag URL" features look very useful, but my
>> first attempt at trying to use them caused the IDE to lock up (a Tag
>> reference to a runrev stack).
>>
>> The Help box says you can use the Tools bar to quit the application,
>> but I don't see that as an option - it's either the app menu or the
>> windows decoration.
>>
>> Is it possible to delete a basket once you've created it?
>>
>> ...and, of course, I think the ability to have baskets within baskets
>> would make this even more useful.
>>
>> -- 
>> -Mark
>>
>
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