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Comments Onfolio and RefViz version 2?
Author:    Posted: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:59:48 -0500
Just received an advertizing flyer for RefViz v.2 and Onfolio. They look very attractive. But I had a bad experience with RefViz version 1. Directory manipulation of files was archaic, no drag and drop, didn't work with RefMan, seemed to crash whenever it tried to open RM's references. Before being burned again, I would greatly appreciate users hands-on comments: - the possibilities of using them with RefMan. Website says they do work with RM. But same was said in v.1, so what in real life? Can I drag a RM library and drop it onto RefViz? - I'm quite confused: if Onfolio is beta-part of Windows, is there any reason to pay $100+? Thanks in advance for sharing your impressions, Vincent Vinh-Hung Oncologisch Centrum, AZ-VUB 101 Laarbeeklaan 1090 Jette Belgium tel +32 2 477 6041 fax +32 2 477 6212 mobile +32 477 788 900 "conrvhgv"

RE: Comments Onfolio and RefViz version 2?
Author: Lucie    Posted: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:45:00 -0800
In response to the inquiry about Onfolio : I have been using Onfolio since last September and could not live without it anymore. I don't understand what you mean by " I'm quite confused: if Onfolio is beta-part of Windows, is there any reason to pay $100+?" Onfolio integrates itself with the Office suite, and IE. For example, in Outlook I can save an e-mail or an attachment in a Onfolio Collections. I use Onfolio for my bookmarks (not just a simple bookmark but you can describe it and add comments) and for managing all electronic documents. For the moment the Academic and Scientific version allow you to manage your reference and synchronise it with your EndNote database, it is not possible to do it with Reference Manager, but I'm sure that if there is a demand for the feature it could be available. It is also very useful to manage your RSS feed. Finally there is a search feature that allows you to search in your collection or feeds that is very useful... Hope this will help you and others as well, _________________________________________ Lucie Comeau Documentaliste Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Université du Québec à Montréal http://www.cirst.uqam.ca/ _________________________________________ Just received an advertizing flyer for RefViz v.2 and Onfolio. They look very attractive. But I had a bad experience with RefViz version 1. Directory manipulation of files was archaic, no drag and drop, didn't work with RefMan, seemed to crash whenever it tried to open RM's references. Before being burned again, I would greatly appreciate users hands-on comments: - the possibilities of using them with RefMan. Website says they do work with RM. But same was said in v.1, so what in real life? Can I drag a RM library and drop it onto RefViz? - I'm quite confused: if Onfolio is beta-part of Windows, is there any reason to pay $100+? Thanks in advance for sharing your impressions, Vincent Vinh-Hung Oncologisch Centrum, AZ-VUB 101 Laarbeeklaan 1090 Jette Belgium tel +32 2 477 6041 fax +32 2 477 6212 mobile +32 477 788 900 "conrvhgv"

Re: Comments Onfolio and RefViz version 2?
Author: Linda_price_5    Posted: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:45:00 -0800
Vincent, I agree that RefViz v2 (and now there is v2.1) is very attractive but, unlike you, I have had a great experience. RefViz has become an integral part of my bibliography workflow. As far as I know, RefViz was never designed to allow you to drag a RefMan library onto the application. Rather, from within RefMan you use the Data Visualization menu command to send all or selected references to RefViz. Then, from within RefViz, you can send "Send References to...Bibliogprahy Manager". These days, my work is almost always to start within RefViz since I can search multiple data sources simultaneously. What a big time savings that is! And, I find the visualization to be the only way I can assimilate the references in my field. Then, I send the references of importance to RefMan very easily. My colleagues do the same with EndNote. Would it be nice to drag-and-drop a RM or EN library? Sure, but that just isn't critical, especially with the searching being done from RefViz. Linda

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