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Hi Group,
A discussion on Ecco Pro and its limitations vs current InfoQube development was started a few days ago by long-time user Jon Polish on the sister group Ecco_Pro:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ecco_pro/conversations/messages/16418 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ecco_pro/conversations/messages/16418
As the author of InfoQube, I posted a reply but somehow, it got "lost" ...
So 24 hrs later, I've just re-posted it. Hopefully, it will find it's way to Ecco_Pro users.
For reference, and in case there is again some issue with my posting (perhaps, I've got a problem with my computer... ;-) ) I'm posting here too.
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June 2nd 6 PM EDT
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Hi all,
It's been a while since I posted here...
InfoQube is still evolving and new features are being added every few weeks. Named Outline styles is next up as Jon mentioned. Switching between styles and the option to override item format are really cool... 2 major extensions to Ecco's outline styles.
The current Ecco vs IQ question could be best summarized as such:
1- Both share many features (calendar, outliner with columns, multiple views of items)
2- But they are also fundamentally different in many ways too. One example is that in Ecco, delete an item and all subs are gone too. In IQ, you have the choice, since parent - child links are more open. Like humans, Items exist, independent of their parents / children. Multiple parents and recursion are build-in.
3- Ecco has some features that IQ does not. No need to list them here, Ecco users know these very well.
4- IQ has many features that Ecco does not. To name a few: Customizable outliner, Grouping, Gantt charts, Hoist, Hyperlinks, Row and column equations, Rich text pane, Ink documents, Office live-links, Pivot tables, EmailToIQ, Universal clipper and Email merge.
5- IQ still has some bugs. But I do my best to fix them ASAP. UI quirks are progressively eliminated.
If Ecco works for you, no need to change.
I put everything inside IQ of course !
Pierre Paul Landry
IQ Designer