MyInfo

MyInfo is a personal-reference information manager. It helps you collect, organize, edit, store, and find personal information like documents, random notes, and project-support materials at one place.

Pros: The application is a personal-reference information manager. It helps you collect, organize, edit, store, and later find personal-reference information like documents, random notes, and project-support materials. What it does is make access to the documents at a common place. One is able to add, edit, save and just read documents of one’s interest from the same control window.

The window has Microsoft Word like interface, with some controls added to make these different kinds of access easy. Whether the material is documents on the local disks, a tasks/ to-do list or web pages; they are all at one place. It is a very convenient way of organizing stuff for one topic- for a project for example. Along with the search facility made available and organization of information in documents and topics this reference system is easy to maintain and search for information in.

Calendar support is available for tasks, as is alerts associated with the tasks. Web-pages could be update periodically from the same management page. The management page or the main user interface is easy to use and is quite intuitive. Information could be encrypted and the application is extensible, supports third party import/export modules. Automatic back up keeps the documents safe from damage. The built in editor saves files in Word compatible formats and supports word features like inserting other documents OLE objects etc. Help and tutorials are useful too.

Cons: No obvious problems or short comings noted. The package worked well on the Windows XP. Not known if it is compatible with other versions of windows and if there are plans for Vista compatibility.

Overall: Good user interface, good functionality makes this application a 4 star candidate.

MyInfo is free form personal information manager. It helps you collect, organize, edit, store, and later find personal-reference information like documents, random notes, and project-support materials. It is a valuable tool for everyone who uses GTD, serving as a reference-management system for electronic documents.
If you are looking for a way to organize all documents and information scattered all over your hard drive in a unified and easy to use system, MyInfo will offer you a complete solution. By separating the information in documents and topics, your reference-system will be easy to maintain and search in.
MyInfo has clean and intuitive user interface. It includes popular features like tabbed interface for easier browsing of your information, encryption for keeping your documents safe, and various ways for searching in your reference library. MyInfo is extensible application, supporting third-party import and export modules and templates.
Collect information from a variety of sources, including existing files, the Internet, drag and drop from other applications, and capturing ideas and thoughts on-the-fly.
Organize your personal-reference information in an easy way to browse and use. By separating information in topics and documents, you can easily rearrange and modify your library. Each document has user-defined attributes, which are easy to edit, using the multi-column tree editor.
Edit documents with the powerful, built-in text editor, featuring rich text formatting, tables, OLE objects, hyperlinks, pictures, and spelling.
Store your information securely with the help of MyInfo file encryption and automatic backup.
Find instantly the information you need. MyInfo indexes your information, so search results are instant! MyInfo exports to Microsoft Word compatible file format and you can print your data or save it as a web page.
Make a flying start learning MyInfo with the included tutorial and extensive help.