A new Microsoft product for taking notes, which I considered for school. It has a few clever ideas but like most MS products those ideas are crushed under the hulking mass of the rest of the program.
I like software to be lean & mean. You can trust it. The designers & programmers had a clear idea what they were trying to do, and it's less likely to have functional problems. It may be a little homely but it will not let you down.
I have MS products I like & use (eg Excel) but they always have to shove in a bunch of useless widgets. Consequently any first-generation MS program is usually a huge mess.
As for lean & mean, I will use a basic word processor (WordPad or WordPerfect) and I'm trying an information organizer called Zoot.
10 Aug 04
I've been using Zoot for a couple years now. By far the best all-purpose database I've run across for the kind of work I do -- writing magazine and newspaper stories.
One major drawback, however. Zoot doesn't do RTF; you can't, for example, change text color or make highlights to mark your notes.
The program was written by a guy called the Admiral. He's done a great job. I'd suggest that anyone who uses Zoot and likes it tell him so -- and also suggest he get his ass in gear on RTF.
Posted by: Russ Mitchell at August 26, 2004 08:34 PMyour buddy Fallows is a big booster of Zoot & daily presence on the user group board.
Posted by: MB at August 26, 2004 10:09 PM