Comments on: Trying Xobni, wondering if I can add ClearContext into the mix

By: PreMagination » Post Topic » Xobni VS ClearContext

PreMagination » Post Topic » Xobni VS ClearContext — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:57:12 +0000

[...] up ClearContext and would like to run them both instead. I did a little googling and came across a post from someone else asking the same question. As usual, the ClearContext folks were completely on top [...]

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:21:13 +0000

As a quick update, I redownloaded and installed ClearContext IMS this morning. All seems good. Of course I had to reset the views to get things to show up right, but that’s cool.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:03:22 +0000

Fred, yes I have the same issue with a lot of add ins, I think it’s an issue with Outlook, actually. I generally go to the friendly neighborhood task manager and kill the extra Outlook process. Not great, but it lets Outlook close. This is also important for Brad’s tip on running SCNPST (highly recommended, btw).

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:15:58 +0000

I like the program, but had to uninstall as it wouldn’t let me close Outlook properly (and thus my backup couldn’t occur)… I’ll try again once they release a final version.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:46:51 +0000

Thanks for coming by Brad. I’ll let you know how it goes. Good reminder on maintaining Outlook–very, very important to do often! Which means…

By: Brad Meador

Brad Meador — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:39:56 +0000

Tris:

FYI – in one of the early Xobni betas there was report of a conflict between Xobni and IMS, but it appears that the Xobni team fixed it in later builds. If you do encounter some performance issues, my first advice would be to perform a little maintenance on your mail file and see if it helps:

http://blog.clearcontext.com/2006/12/video_outlook_p.html

This is, BTW, a good exercise to go through even when you’re not running any add-ins…

Dave:

If you decide to check out ClearContext, our GTD setup guide is probably a good place to start:

http://www.clearcontext.com/gtd/

Feel free to send questions our way about the product as you have them.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:50:12 +0000

Yeah CC has been a “clear” winner for me! Thus far Xobni has been great (it’s pronounced Zob (like nob) knee).

Deva–very, very interested to see what’s coming down the pike!

By: Agoracom

Agoracom — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:01:12 +0000

Hey, Tris. This is George from AGORACOM. Sorry to see Mark go but good to see you slotted in.

Let me know how the experiment goes. I’ve been thinking about using Xobni but always afraid of things in Beta – especially when it comes to something like outlook.

Best,
George

By: Deva Hazarika

Deva Hazarika — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:27:31 +0000

Tris,

We have tons of users who run multiple Outlook addins, but not sure about Xobni. Sounds like the guys over there have been working hard to address their Outlook performance issues, so perhaps the latest build might work OK in conjunction. Will be interested to hear your results.

On a related note, we have some prototype stuff that we’ll be releasing to a small group soon that I think you’ll find quite “sexy” :-)

By: Dave Barger

Dave Barger — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:17:29 +0000

Hi Tris,
I’m not familiar with either ClearContext or Xobni (you could do an Utterz on how to pronounce Xobni), but desperately needing to GTD, sounds like you’re saying ClearContext is the formidable player (sans the sex appeal). I didn’t know what I didn’t know. Thanks for sharing this experience!
All the best,
Dave