![]() Call me sentimental but the extra time investment has paid off in that (a) now I like looking at IQ. I made IQ look & act as much like Ecco as possible. Looked at all the on-line stuff and still felt better w/ IQ. But like I said, I was mad and also needed a serious solution. And I still love opening Ecco and marveling at the speed and ingenuity in its DNA. At my age I am not interested in learning yet another piece of not-so-easy software. I had to get really really really mad at Ecco dropping data about the same time a new, in-depth project - the kind that cannot be risked to 30 year old 'shaky' software - was being developed. how many Ecco users are retired or near retirement? 0The author Pierre is super helpful and the Forum people are too, but when you are stuck at 1am, all you really want is a complete and up-to-date Help section. I sometimes work odd hours and man, this program's documentation has ticked me off with sometimes 10 year old screen captures and explanations that go back 32.5 beta versions. Except maybe the steep learning curve and the 'Help' section. What is not to love? If you were brand new to IQ without having seen Ecco+EE, the answer would be nothing. It has the same types of data folders as Ecco (called Fields in IQ) as well as a separate and well-thought out Tags section which is text based and independent of Fields. As mentioned in this thread, it is getting better at syncing w/ the Google world. At this point IQ has evolved to be like Ecco+EE+EccoMagic's tools with some even newer funner cooler 'Views' added like MindMapping, a pivot chart & table, a timeline, an improved Gantt chart, a card view (looks like a late 80's Aldus Mac tool?) and an uber modern 'live search'. But as for all the usual stuff Ecco is famous for, IQ can do it too, and then some. Maybe Pierre or another Ecco-turned-IQ user can comment. IQ has scripting but how complete it is as compared to Ecco+EE, I can't say. Because the UI is detached from the database, the data stays safe. Best news is it has no internal or database limits. My 2 cents.Īfter a fair amount of time setting up & working with InfoQube, I can say it has matured, become solid, mostly complete and quite an exquisite PIM. If you have any questions regarding the switch and my experience with it, you're welcome to ask. InfoQube is complex and powerful so there is a steep learning curve, but I feel that anyone who has grasped most of what Ecco does will do just fine, the forum is very helpful. A light version of IQ focussing on the core outlining functionality is also being released by popular request. While his licensing fees are extremely reasonable anyway, you can still save a few $$ by joining in before the beta phase ends, which shouldn't be very long now. Felt the need to share this (not at the author's request or anything), Pierre really deserves more people using his software and supporting him. tagging, mapping / visualization, dashboard / multi-view, conditional formatting, portability by default to name a few examples). InfoQube's feature set also outstrips Ecco in many respects (e.g. Also, I am no longer worried about data loss as there are no longer any threatening limitations on data structure, it is much harder to overwrite stuff in IQ or to unwittingly delete things, and the backup options are solid. Most importantly, InfoQube can now sync with Google Calendar and Tasks, which is a game changer, contact sync as well as outline sync with other platforms should be implemented in the near future. Pierre, InfoQube's author, has been very active during those one and half years, providing support, bug fixes and implementing new features. ![]() InfoQube has excellent support for data import from Ecco so no worries there. While I still love Ecco, which I used exclusively for info management and GTD for almost 20 years beforehand, and I currently still keep my large work-related file in Ecco as there hasn't been as much of an incentive to move that over also, I don't have any regrets at all, on the contrary, I feel relieved. Just wanted to report that about one and a half years ago persistent fears of major data loss / corruption after a few narrow escapes reverting to older backups - and the risk of losing Android sync ability since there are no longer any Ecco versions of Myphone Explorer - led me to make the switch to InfoQube.
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