IdeaList

IdeaList
Final release	5.5 / 2007 (2007)
Written in	C
Operating system	MS-DOS, Windows, Mac
Available in	British English, French, German
Type	Personal information manager
License	Proprietary

IdeaList was a commercially marketed free form text database application originally published by Blackwell Software, a division of Blackwell Science. The incomplete software source for version 4.0 was sold in the late 1990s to Bekon Marketing who continued to develop the product up to version 5.5 before trading ceased. IdeaList originated as an MS-DOS program; versions for Windows and Mac were later released.

The application allows complete textual documents to be entered into a database, then searched and retrieved. It includes script programming to carry out tasks such as printing to labels, envelopes, or letters. It can also publish standalone, search-only databases.

References

• Jordan, Spencer (1 October 1995). "Idealist for Windows 3.0". History and Computing. 7 (3): 156–160. doi:10.3366/hac.1995.7.3.156. ISSN 0957-0144. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
• Fysh, David (1 September 1991). "IdeaList–A Free-Text Database Manager". The Economic Journal. 101 (408): 1325. doi:10.2307/2234464. ISSN 0013-0133. JSTOR 2234464. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
• Sharpe, Richard; Green-Armytage, Jonathan (23 June 1994). "Searching for the last word". Computer Weekly: 38–42. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

External links

• Idealist Google Group
• CHIC - Idealist in Museums
• (abstract) Idealist for Windows 3.0 ISSN 1753-8548 EUP
• Idealist for Windows User's Guide
• Idealist for Macintosh User's Guide