Submitted by jimspoon on 2015/08/11 20:06
For years I had resisted abandoning Ecco and moving my daily notetaking to Infoqube.  I just thought I couldn't work as comfortably or as smoothly in IQ as I could in Ecco.  A couple of weeks ago I hit the Ecco "low memory" message, "application restart required" again and I decided, let's give this a try.  I moved my 2015 notes (because of file size limits I had to start a new Ecco file every year) over to IQ.  There were a few rough spots where I thought I'd throw in the towel and go back to Ecco.  But I stuck with it and I have to say, I am now feeling very comfortable working in IQ.  You can't really learn how to work with a program like IQ until you make it your constant work environment.  I am starting to love this program.  Funny I feel that way about computers and programs, ha ha!  And I know I have not even scratched the surface of what this program can do.  Eventually I hope to have the time to learn IQ thoroughly.

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Hi Jim
 
This is great news. More features and usability improvements to come !
(This week for sure)
 

Great to read indeed! 
 
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Windows 8.1
Sony Vaio S Series 13 (SVS131E21L)
Ram:8gb, CPU: Intel i5-3230M, 2.6ghz

 I agree. Years ago I ran Ecco and IQ simultaneously. I was concerned about IQ's stability, GUI and useability oddities, infuriating gotchas (you encountered that with the bottom row entry), and complexity. Ecco seems very straightforward to me and I remain very fond of it. However time and technology have moved on. I no longer duplicate my work as I have found IQ to be trustworthy. Still infuriating at times, but (for me) stable. Most important is the freedom from memory errors.
 
Jon
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Sony Vaio Z, Intel Core i7, 8 GB RAM, 800 GB SSD
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Thanks for the encouragement to make the leap.  I'm still using Ecco every day as my primary PIM while still fooling around with InfoQube and half a dozen others.  At some point I need to move over but there's a strong (and somewhat irrational) attachment to something I've used every day for so long.  Maybe I can ease the transition by using Ecco Pro for some kind of sideline light duty so I don't have to abandon it completely.
 
Wayne
 
Wayne
Win 7, 64 bit Cyberpower Model 1, C Series (2011) 16 GB RAM
27" Samsung S27A350H, 24" ASUS VW242H  1920x1080