Comments on: ClearContext Outlook Plug-In – Second Chance

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:35:12 +0000

I’m a big fan of ClearContext, since they’re trying to fix what’s so broken about email. GTD has also made a good effort, though the performance hit is substantial. Unfortunately, both are trying to fix email w/in a paradigm that is already broken… why not redefine email to have more context like Facebook?

Some of my favorite plug-ins:

Lookout (still possible to find, but I don’t have the URL)

SendShield (www.sendshield.com) – saves me from sending files that have metadata and has a PDF writer

LinkedIn’s plug-in, though it still seems to have a few bugs (www.linkedin.com)

By: J.P.C. - Jason Clarke » Blog Archive » Get ClearContext - For Free!

J.P.C. - Jason Clarke » Blog Archive » Get ClearContext - For Free! — Sat, 21 May 2005 06:31:14 +0000

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By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:16:56 +0000

FYI – As requested by Andrew in the comments above, we just posted an eight minute flash demo highlighting the main features of ClearContext. Check it out at http://www.clearcontext.com/ClearContextv11Demo.html .

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:05:01 +0000

Brad appears to be the main guy behind ClearContext, and I have to give him credit: he is probably the most accessible product developer I’ve had experience with. Good luck – I hope the dialog proves fruitful.

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:46:32 +0000

I took the plunge myself and started using ClearContext.
I found a ‘feature’ that I didn’t like and asked a question on their message board. Brad M. responded. I actually was a little frustrated by the response and continued the dialog. We’re in continued discussions and I plan to post more about it on my blog.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:50:20 +0000

I didn’t notice any conflicts between ClearContext and the GTD Plug-in when I was using it, for what it’s worth. For sure, nothing like the clash between GTD and MailFiler that I described above.

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:16:06 +0000

I’m using the GTD plug in to manage e-mail and tasks. Any conflict between ClearContext and the GTD plug in that anyone knows?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 01:29:37 +0000

I have to admit that I’ve been slow to post my impressions of ClearContext, because I still can’t decide. Outlook rules are indeed quite powerful, but in my experience, particularly in an Exchange Server environment, I find that they can be pretty flaky. When they’re set up correctly, they just work, but sometimes I run into problems when trying to add a new rule. The server flat out refuses to allow me to add it, even though there’s nothing wrong with the rule. I use a set of about 10 rules quite extensively, but I’d hate to try to set up rules for every sender that I receive mail from.

Clear Context appears to be trying to mainly allow the user to assign a Topic and Priority as per their scoring system through the AutoAssign dialog. It works and is fairly straightforward, so I’ll give a thumbs-up on that feature. As for the overall approach to my inbox… well, I’m still working on it.

By: Andy Cooke

Andy Cooke — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:41:54 +0000

http://www.clearcontext.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=74

Jason,

I have spent far too long over the weekend testing clearcontext.

At this stage I am yet to be impressed. I don’t know about everyone else, but for me a FLASHdemo speaks a thousand words. A screenshot speaks a few hundread. But a bullet point for explaining a feature just don’t do it for me.

Therefore I am still open minded to the idea of using this product. But feel that the build in RULES wizard (see link above for full post) does more than clearcontext. Ok if your stuck with OUTLOOK2000 you might say different.

Summary
Using GTD addon, together with Mailfilter is fine for me

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:06:54 +0000

Thanks Andrew; I’m glad you’re finding my email experiments interesting! I look forward to reading your blog once it’s up. I heartily recommend WordPress if you’re looking for a blog platform to start with.

By: Andrew Cooke

Andrew Cooke — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:40:49 +0000

Hi Jason,

I’m a Regular here now. Infact it was me that prompted your well written article about Mailfilter and GTD addon.

Co-incidently, i literally done the same thing with clearcontext. And am just about to install (I’m still deciding on which approach to take)

So I guess myself and you must be in the same line of sight !

Anyway good luck. I look forward to your findings…

PS: I am going to venture into the blogging world over the weekend.. As soon as I’ve registered my domain and found an idiots guide to setting up a blog.. (I am guessing there are thousands)