09-12-2003, 07:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Another Review Comparing Agenda Fusion To Pocket Informant
http://www.mobileslash.com/cms_view_article.php?aid=12
"As I begin to write this review of Agenda Fusion vs Pocket Informant, I honestly don't know which one I am going to choose as a final winner. I am hoping that throughout the process of writing this, I will reach a decision. My problem currently lies on the fact that I like them both for different reasons and in fact I wish I could combine the best attributes of each to form the perfect program. But alas, I can not."
This is a good review and well thought out. I will say this though. You should still download both apps and take advantage of the trial periods. I won't tell you who won in this review, but I will tell you why the winner was picked. The author really liked the Week View of one over the other. Personally, I never use the week view. I find it the least useful of the calendar views, which just highlights that the "P" in "PIM" stands for Personal, and not only is it your personal data, but it is your personal preference in how that data is displayed, so chances are, whichever app you pick, you'll pick it for different reasons than Matt, I, or anyone else will.
If you are in the market though for one of these Super-PIMs, this article is a must read. Enjoy, and thanks for the review Matt Kitchen! :way to go:
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09-12-2003, 07:15 PM
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Least useful eh? What is the most useful in your opinion then?
May God Be With You.
-Matt
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09-12-2003, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Tek
Least useful eh? What is the most useful in your opinion then?
May God Be With You.
-Matt
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I spend about 85% of my time in Agenda View with tasks showing and the other 15% in Month View. I keep trying to use Week View but it just doesn't work for me.
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09-12-2003, 07:28 PM
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Neophyte
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ah, i see. Well personal preference makes the world go round... or something like that...???
Enjoi.
-Matt
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09-12-2003, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Tek
ah, i see. Well personal preference makes the world go round... or something like that...???
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Yup. Hence my comment -
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find it the least useful of the calendar views, which just highlights that the "P" in "PIM" stands for Personal, and not only is it your personal data, but it is your personal preference in how that data is displayed...
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09-12-2003, 07:37 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Both are excellent programs.
I chose PI because of their support site bulletin board.
Easy way to stay in touch with the developer and other users.
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09-12-2003, 08:18 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Not an entirely accurate review.
Quote: "The current day is always the largest and the other days go from left to right (even though for some reason my eyes keep wanting to go from top to bottom)" (pertaining to PI's Week View)
PI allows you to arrange days in Week View top-to-bottom style. You can also select the size for the current day (so it can be the same size as the rest). You can select to always have the week start with current day, or have an "actual" week view starting with Monday, Sunday or whatever you choose. So Matt's statements regarding PI in this area are quite false. It's actually very customizable and this is also one of the reasons I myself prefer PI.
Cheers,
Rok
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09-12-2003, 08:34 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Nov 2003
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I also disagree with this review. PI is more customizable, has many more features..
AF has a cleaner interface and is very fast.
For me, PI is for the power user
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09-12-2003, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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I think the author missed a couple of things with regard to PI
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Yes, AF has included the current task list along with the weekly view of your appointments. This way you can view all your week's appointments and your tasks in one glance.
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PI does this as well, just enable tasks on the Week View
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Now before I even show you the separate task management part of the application, keep in mind that AF has task management included with several of the appointment views as well. This does already give AF an advantage in this area.
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PI allows you to display tasks and work with tasks in every calendar view so I am not quite sure what the author is trying to state here.
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First off, in viewing the actual tasks, AF allows you to view both your completed and uncompleted in separate categories in which you can minimize either one. In PI you must go into the task options and choose to display either just the uncompleted ones or the completed along with the uncompleted ones.
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PI has the same functionality if you use the Group by Completion function.
I also think the author short changes the Task Priority Manager Feature in PI.
Just my .02
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09-12-2003, 09:14 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jun 2002
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I choose AF too. My reason is AF is faster and cleaner than PI, which I never succeed in figuring out how to use.
The author's opinion about Alarm notes in AF is COMPLETELY WRONG in this review. AF uses the buildin note standard format for its alarm notes which can be viewed and edited in buildin note program.
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