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*** Great News! Kinook Software, Inc. has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy! ***

Please note: today's discount can be applied to either the Standard or Professional versions of Ultra Recall!

Ultra Recall is a personal information and document management app that gives you the power to manage all of your data, regardless of its source or location, in one centralized spot. With Ultra Recall, you never need to remember which application holds your data -- all of it is instantly available on demand, no matter where it's located.

What kinds of data are we talking about? How about all of your Microsoft Office files, all of your Outlook messages, appointments, contacts, and notes, any email program that supports the .eml format, websites bookmarked in all of the major internet browsers, and every file on your hard disk, including ZIP archives? Even images, text, online documents, and clipboard data can be fully organized into an on-demand database with Ultra Recall! Populating Ultra Recall is ultra-easy - just drag and drop, copy and paste, or enter your information manually.

When it's time to retrieve all of the information that you need on a topic, just enter your search term into the Quick or Advanced Search, and Ultra Recall will display all of your matching items. Quick Search retrieves a list of matching items in a flash, or use the more detailed Advanced Search to pull information out of the database with surgical precision using logical operators! Each of your data items comes with an attributes list that tells you everything you need to know about that file.

Finding your data is just the first step. Everything that you need to view, organize, and work with your data is neatly contained in Ultra Recall. Use the integrated web browser to view your bookmarked sites, or the rich text editor to open text files. Images display in the image viewer, and the native email message viewer, contact editor, and form viewer round out the arsenal of convenient features. Of course, you can always elect to open web pages and documents in their associated application, but with such robust integration, you may never need to leave the program!

Today's Ultra Recall discount promotion includes the following license types:
Ultra Recall Standard Edition ($19)
Ultra Recall Professional Edition ($39)
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Max Frenkel Can UltraRecall also import data from InfoSelect?
Jan 9 at 5:02am
Peter R Win 8 is not listed under 'Platforms'. Is this correct? According to your web site, v5 runs under Win 8.

Thank you.
Jan 9 at 11:37am
Kyle Alons That is incorrect--UR does run on Windows 8.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 9 at 1:00pm
Paul _ Do you plan to implement the following features in 2013? I would need columns in the Data Explorer pane.
- Keywords pane / tagging improvements
- Add columns to Data Explorer pane
- Custom sorting in tree
Jan 10 at 2:25am
Kyle Alons No guarantees, but that is the plan.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 10 at 5:58am
i am quant I'm ready to buy v5, if any new dev is done, my vote goes to keywords pane / tagging improvements. Keep up great work, the Ultra Recall is still the best PIM by far! Thanks
Jan 10 at 6:19am
Techtoysavvy I bought v4 pro here earlier.
Does the discount apply to the upgrade?
(I assume not :)

So is buying a new copy here again cheaper than upgrading?
Jan 10 at 12:07pm
Stephen Kreyling Will version 6 be released in 2013?
Jan 10 at 1:58pm
Fraser G I have UltraRecall 4.2 Pro (purchased direct from Kinook). Can the 61% discount be applied to the $50 upgrade offered from Kinook's site?
Jan 10 at 2:13pm
Kyle Alons The discount does not apply to an upgrade, and buying a new license is cheaper than upgrading.

Any updates this year will be to v5.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 10 at 4:18pm
Louis Nemecek What are the features of the professional edition
Jan 11 at 7:47am
Brian H For Kinook Software- your product looks very good! But why such an unfriendly upgrade policy?: "Upgrades to future versions of the software will be free for 2 months. For versions after that, upgrades will require additional payment, which will not be discounted." Free upgrades are typically offered for a period of 1 year after purchase, or until the next major new release (eg. v. 2.0 - v. 2.9). And then to not offer current users *any* discounts on future versions of the program ... this just seems "customer-unfriendly" to me (speaking as a software consumer). Your product looks so good- I am hoping that you will keep an open mind an perhaps re-think these rather stringent upgrade policies for future offerings. There is a saying in retail sales that it is far easier to keep CURRENT customers (by presumably keeping them happy) than it is to recruit and find NEW customers. Thanks. -Brian
Jan 11 at 9:14pm
i am quant @Brian H "And then to not offer current users *any* discounts on future versions of the program ..." - the discount is 50%! That's the cost of upgrade compared to full price.
Jan 11 at 11:52pm
Peter C1 According to "The Fine Print" tab: Upgrades to future versions of the software will be free for 2 months. For versions after that, upgrades will require additional payment, which will not be discounted.

Q. Is the update / upgrade policy as stated above correct?

You must either think that Your software is either BL**DY FANTASTiC & UNiQUE, or, Your company really doesn't care that much about retaining a "locked in" customer base to "Ultra-Recall 2".

Q2. What are the chances that You'd actually release any updates during the 2 month FREE Updates period?

If, as You said in a reply above [Thursday at 4:18pm], it is CHEAPER TO BUY NEW than to Buy an Upgrade, I can only assume that a good proportion of UR2 customer look for alternatives elsewhere after the free update period has expired.

I for one am very intrigued and will attempt to trial the software before the promotion period expires to see what is so special to warrant such an unreasonable update/upgrade policy.
Jan 12 at 4:15am
Jan-Christoph Ihrens Just look at the website (http://www.kinook.com/order.html) - there *are* discounted upgrade prices (50% as "i am quant" stated). As to the free upgrades: I'm quite sure that this refers to major versions. Minor versions are free until the next major version (and are normally called updates, not upgrades). At least I could get all updates for my UR Pro 4 (that I purchased via BDJ, too) for free.

So I guess the people from Kinook were just a little distracted when entering the policy here. ;) And if I'm wrong and this is a specialty of the "BDJ license" for UR: Just wait for the next promotion here to purchase the upgrade to version 6.

I'm now using this offer to "upgrade" to version 5, thanks for the promotion! :)
Jan 12 at 5:08am
Kyle Alons Major releases are always 50% off the regular price for owners of prior versions.

We didn't write "...upgrades will require additional payment, which will not be discounted," but what I think it means is that the the BDJ offer does not apply to upgrades.

Major upgrades are every 2 to 3 years, so less than $25 per year to stay on the current release. Or you can wait for a BDJ discount and purchase that instead of an upgrade to save $5 a year more.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 12 at 6:28am
Brenda Gann I have Pro 4.2b.. what is the version offered here? If it is a newer version, what are the changes?

I have a lot of problems trying to save webpages with Chrome. For example, if I try to save someone's FB page it sometimes saves and sometimes does not. If I save a page with a ' (apostrophe) in the title of the item, it screws up the save (but is fine if I delete the apostrophe) Will an update fix these problems?

Thanks
Jan 12 at 7:52am
Danny This software has no interface capabilities multilanguages, is that correct?
Jan 12 at 7:52am
Mark Johnson I have a license for version 4.x but didn't upgrade to 5.x, and I no longer use the product. There are many things about UR that are ahead of some of the competition (forms, vars, templates for example). Unfortunately there are also many things that are behind the competition (the editor/viewer, for example). If you are likely to use the features that UR has but the competition doesn't, then UR is a great choice for you.
The reason I didn't upgrade, and no longer use the product - the updates to the product are few and far between. If a serious bug is found then it is addressed rapidly, but don't expect customer requests for needed feature updates to be addressed.

I would say try the product, and if you can make use of the features it has that other products don't, then it's an instant buy for you. If you try UR and find that it is missing features you would use, don't expect those features to be added.

I'd also recommend taking a look through the customer forum at kinook.com/forum . Note that there is one customer there that tends to dominate threads with messages that drone on and make no sense, but if you ignore his posts the forums are a great place to get a lot of info about UR, how to use it, and how the existing customer base feels about the product.

In answer to questions asked repeatedly here: If you buy a major version of UR (current version is 5.x) then you'll get free updates until 6.x is released. Don't expect 6.x for a year or two, and don't expect much difference between 5.x and 6.x. Then when 6.x is released, there will be a discount for the upgrade (not just for two months). Of course, the upgrade policy could change, but this is how it has been.

By no means do I mean to slam UR. It is a great product, and if the current version meets your needs without any expectation of updates to it, then I recommend the purchase.
Jan 12 at 7:58am
Lito Question about the encryption. In your manual it says you can only encrypt per info database. So does that mean if I want mostly everything unencrypted except for a few certain things, does that password info database show up on the data explorer pane?
For Example:
My Data
-Notes
--Note1
--Note2
-Websites
--Web1
-Passwords -- encrypted
-Journal -- encrypted

Or are the encrypted info in the example above missing from the list and I have to load a new info database manually with a File-Open to get access to it?
Jan 12 at 8:20am
Mark Johnson I should have included this info above:

Version 5.0 was released in mid-2012.
See the link from Kylie Alons above for the features that were updated when moving from version 4.x to 5.

Version 4.2 was released in mid-2010.
http://www.kinook.com/For...php?t=4609
It was the last feature upgrade before version 5.0. There were a couple of hot bug fix releases between 4.2 and 5.x, but no new features.

Versions 4.1 and 4.0 were released in 2009.
Updates included:
http://www.kinook.com/For...php?t=4223
http://www.kinook.com/For...php?t=4091

The roadmap for future UR development is here:
http://www.kinook.com/For...eadid=3204
Before 5.x was released in 2012, the last update to the roadmap was in 2009. I do not believe the 2012 release included any items that were on the roadmap at that time.
Jan 12 at 8:28am
Kyle Alons If a database is encrypted, it cannot be opened until the password has been provided. After the password is entered, the entire database can be viewed/edited.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 12 at 8:35am
Mark Johnson @Lito - UR does not support encryption at any level other than the entire database.
However, some users have worked around that limitation by creating an InfoItem that actually links to an external, encrypted database. Then you can include a templated child item that is actually an entire encrypted external database.
See:
http://www.kinook.com/For...encryption

This is an example of where UR is advanced compared to much of its competition. However, it is also an example of how complex it can be to do many of those advanced features, and how much of a learning curve there is to do them.
Jan 12 at 8:42am
Michael F @Mark: what program do you currently use as it seems you already switched from UR to an alternative, right?

Thanks
Michael
Jan 12 at 9:34am
bvssunnydale (1) Under "fine print" it says that UPGRADES ARE FREE ONLY FOR TWO MONTHS. That's extremely stingy of the manufacturer and I wouldn't seriously consider it unless it was the standard minimum of a year's worth of updates (many products offer free until next full iteration/version, some free for life). I have ver 4.1 which I've never used but thought I'd try eventually; (2) Is there a URL where I could compare the latest ver 4.x with the current 5x? and (3) I have and very much like/use askSam pro. Does UltraRecall import askSam as a single document per UR page (I'm just wondering about how it would divide up the 21K+ docs in my 275MB askSam file. Thanks very much.
Jan 12 at 9:34am
Mark Johnson @Michael F - I currently use RightNote Pro (http://bauerapps.com/). My use of this type of program is mostly to keep track of business rules, plans, how software works, and prioritization of (and instructions/notes for) work items. I also use it at home to keep track of hobby projects, plans, studies, etc.

It really depends on what you would use the software for. If you need the templating and more advanced features that are in UR, then it is the best choice. RightNote doesn't offer a lot of those things, and doesn't do web clipping / webpage archive nearly as well as UR and some others. But RightNote does have spreadsheet notes, much better RTF formatting, source code notes, EverNote integration, multiple trees in one database (not just hoisting), and a slew of other features that people have been requesting in UR for years. Plus you can email the author about a feature you see that's lacking, and he'll respond right away and also likely add the feature in an update faster than you'd expect.

If UR did a little more "Let us take a look at what the competition does better, and incorporate those things into UR" then I'd be back on the UR bandwagon instantly. It is a great product; it really just depends on how you use this type of software what is the right choice for you.
Jan 12 at 9:50am
Joe McCormick Does it import Word Perfect files? I did not see it mentioned on your website. I installed the trial version and it does not seem to.

It does not support scanners either. I think I will pass on this program.
Jan 12 at 12:11pm
Kyle Alons You can import WordPerfect files, but they will not be parsed for text.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 12 at 12:18pm
Jesus Champion Hi, why no payment option for Paypal users? :( God bless u, bye.
Jan 12 at 2:48pm
Techtoysavvy OK, I upgraded to v5. I hope start using the software again. This is a general show of support for the developer.

Out of politeness, I have waited till expiry to post the next comment.
Jan 12 at 11:42pm
Nico Westerdale Great News! Kinook Software, Inc. has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy!
BitsDuJour Admin - Jan 13 at 12:11am
Danny Hello, But 1 payment option and that is with credit card only?? No other option as PayPal and/or IDeal??
Jan 13 at 12:31am
Vikram Sujanani Purchased UR Pro after reading praises here and elsewhere - just tried web capture from StackOverflow --- disappointed that capture is slow, and no way compares to what is done by EverNote or RightNote.

I did not expect this.

Any possibility that I doing it incorrectly?
Is there any fix?

Has anyone tried this?
Jan 13 at 12:39am
Danny Then there not by the Deal for me! Because I have no credit card, is there not also, wan I hate credit card!
Jan 13 at 12:50am
bvssunnydale I downloaded ver 5 to test drive it and it overwrote my ver 4 installation without asking for confirmation. How do I get ver 4 back?
Jan 13 at 1:05am
Kyle Alons Vikram Sujanani: What was the URL, which version of Windows and which browser and version? How are you importing?
http://www.kinook.com/For...php?t=3038

bvssunnydale: Uninstall and download+install v4 from http://www.kinook.com/Dow...Pro42b.exe
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 13 at 7:41am
Mark Johnson @Vikram - slow web capture has been discussed several times in the Ultra Recall forums. I always had slow web captures in Ultra Recall compared to other programs.

Take a look at these threads for some more info:
http://www.kinook.com/For...chid=84720
http://www.kinook.com/For...eadid=2853
Jan 13 at 8:31am
Vikram Sujanani I was trying this page:
http://stackoverflow.com/...rning-path

- Am on Windows Vista Service pack 1
- was using UR internal browser
- selected text and right click
- IE version is 7.0.6001.18000

Will also read the urls you provided for this issue

Surprisingly when I capture from IE - the capture is somewhat better and more predictable.

Tried Firefox - from Firefox the capture is blazing fast.
However from Firefox the page title is not set on the item in UR.
Jan 13 at 9:01am
H. H. Hallo,
when testing verson 5 portable the following questions occured:

1. does ultra recall pro support ms office 2010 files (docx,xlsx,..)?
RightNote seems to handle them without any problem and can show excel files as spreadsheets (it didn´t work with my files)

2. does ultra recall pro support open document files?

If ultrarecall does not handle xlsx, docx, open document files properly at the moment - will this be improved within version 5 in the near future?

3. may there be an export to pdf (not pdf as printer, but as really pdf file with ability to show/click embedded links avilable next ime?

4. I also think that UR is very slow when capturing websites (windows 7 home premium, 64bit, 8GB Ram)
is there any improvement possible?

I think UR has many intersting features - and if it would have solved the above problems, I´d prefer it to RightNote.
But at the moment RightNote seems to have a bietter support of various file formats (import, export) and is much faster on savint websites or parts of websites

with kind regards
H.H:
Jan 13 at 9:56am
Harald Vogel Kyle Alons: Is UR still in development and do you plan to release a new version with some of the features mentioned in the roadmap in the near future? Also on my system UR 4.2b is running fine on Windows 8 so far for over a month. Can you tell whats better in 5.0 regarding Windows 8 or what problems are to expect when running 4.2b with Windows 8? Thanks.
Jan 13 at 2:30pm
Kyle Alons Vikram Sujanani: In my tests, that page takes about 6 seconds to import from the UR internal browser. Selecting part of the page and importing from Firefox could be faster, since it just uses the content it puts on the clipboard, but Firefox doesn't include the page title in the content.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 13 at 4:05pm
Kyle Alons UR does support Office 2010 file format (.docx, .xlsx, etc.).

UR does not support OpenOffice (.odt) format.

UR does not support PDF export (except for imported PDF files).

What are some of the URLs that import slowly, and how slow?
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 13 at 4:09pm
Kyle Alons We do intend to implement features on the road map in the future.

In our testing, the tree is disabled when running UR v4 on Windows 8.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 13 at 4:11pm
Birdy Bird I look at verius posts in UR forum. Lots of objections about latest edition ignoring roadmap?
Jan 14 at 12:48am
Jon in Highlands Ranch Kyle, I spent several hours today running an evaluation of this software for use as a repository of investment due-diligence information for my research and recordkeeping. So far so good - It appears you have done a very comprehensive job and the detailed templating makes this far more functional than my prior method which was much more manual, i.e. combining links to folders, docs, spreadheets & web pages in MS One-Note pages. The eval went so well I went for the Pro version. I hope to see ongoing development of this product so it remains compatible with more and more file formats as technology marches forward.

A high-five to a fellow Coloradoan!

PS, I concur with the poster above about PayPal. It definitely provides more comfort to the average consumer to buy that way rather than spreading their credit card infor all over the internet.
Jan 14 at 12:49am
Michael F [Kyle Alons] "In our testing, the tree is disabled when running UR v4 on Windows 8."

LOL, the same happened at the time Windows 7 was released and I was forced to upgrade to UR v4. It seems that this "bug" is built-in to force current users to upgrade UR when switching to a newer Windows version.
Jan 14 at 12:44pm
Kyle Alons That does seem to be the case for the tree component used in UR, but it's not something that we built in.
Kinook Software, Inc. Vendor - Jan 14 at 4:44pm
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