iChronos organizer.
It's graphic. And it certainly is personal.
iChronos organizer software is a graphic personal organizer in which you can create projects, tasks and notes, store contacts, documents, use reminders about important events, birthdays, appointments or any other matters.
A striking difference of iChronos organizer from other organizers,
PIMs (Personal Information Managers) and planners is a graphical representation of projects, contacts, notes and... even the time.
iChronos helps not only to organize information, but also show it in visual form.
This particular difference determines one-of-a-kind interface and non-standard features of program.
iChronos organizer software works on Windows, including Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
The latest program version is iChronos version 3.2, that was released on the 26th of March, 2012.
It can be downloaded from the page Download iChronos organizer.
iChronos organizer interface.
The main window contains 4 smaller windows:
- — Item list;
- — Workspace (top right);
- — Today events;
- — Timeline (bottom right).
In each of them independently of each other, the same information is presented in various forms to provide the user with a systemic vision of all planned projects and events.
In each of these windows you can work separately, including creating objects (tasks, events, reminders, etc.), and any changes made in one of them will be reflected immediately in the other windows.
The border widths and heights of all 4 windows can be changed, each of the windows can be minimized, and the sizes of Workspace part and Timeline part can be scaled.
iChronos organizer features.
Graphical program interface.
There is visual display of all objects (folders, contacts, tasks, notes, events, holidays, appointments, calls, reminders) in the program.
The sizes of all objects, as well as Workspace and Timeline, can be scaled.
Colours of objects are chosen by user.
If the object's icons are not enough, or you wish anything else, you can always add new icons to the program.
The unusual appearance of contacts.
Besides the fact that you can set the standard contact information, you can also customize the appearance of contact. Blondes, brunettes, bald, hairy, wearing a tie or cap — each contact can get a specialness, that he (she) has in everyday life.
Each contact is a separate object and can be created in any project (folder) or moved to any project in the working field.
The capability to store files or to run any file (or program) from iChronos.
You can attach a file to any created project: either create a shortcut for the file (or the program), or copy the file to the project, or move it to the project. In all cases the running of file (program) will be directly from iChronos organizer by clicking on the file's (program's) shortcut or icon.
Desktop sticky notes.
You can create notes in the program. The notes can be placed, moreover, on the desktop, and if necessary, on top of everything. Colors and fonts are at the user's choice.
Sound pop-up reminders.
iChronos can show pop-up reminders. Sound reminders help you not to miss the important (or not so important) event. Reminder's tone can be changed.
Visual control and management of your projects.
Due to the fact, that contacts, notes, reminders, appointments, files, etc. are substantive objects and can be attached to any projects (folders), the projects appear more visible. You can create not only a very simple projects in the form of collections, such as photographs or pictures or music files, but also more extensive and large-scale projects.
For example, small folder-project of the private zoo "My small Zoo".
There can be placed in this folder:
all information about the new animals that have just arrived or will arrive soon at the Zoo;
note about arrival of the elephant Tom, and sound reminder of the date and time when Tom should be met;
task to order one of the types of animal feed for the next week (6000 lbs of carrots);
reminder of the date and time when the workers will wire a new Tom's house for electricity;
note to pick the projectors for the Zoo's park zone;
excel file with prices for all kind of projectors;
contact of veterinarian Iden;
appointment with Iden to offer him a job at Zoo;
event WAZA Conference, which will be held from 6 to October 12, 2012;
link to youtube video of Melbourne Zoo.
Convenience and visibility of such projects is that all information relating to one project is located in the only one folder on Workspace, always at your fingertips. And the so-called "control" of the project can be carried out from one place. When you need to work with this project, you should just click on the header of project's window and it opens in full width of iChronos Workspace.
Calendar.
iChronos has also a calendar. But it's not an independent planning tool, but as a useful addition to Timeline and as a tool to navigate at Timeline.
Timeline.
It has a much greater capacity than any calendar, because in addition to standard calendar features, it also graphically shows all the events.
It is convenient to create and view scheduled (or past) events, reminders, tasks, appointments in iChronos Timeline (moreover, it can be done in different time scales). And also to keep track of execution of tasks, projects and finally to find out dreams that came true.
In general, Timeline is a rather unusual and interesting thing. Moving on Timeline, you can visually explore changes happened in your life. The starting point of Timeline is the beginning of Common Era. So if you are a history lover, you might like it too.
Access to main program features from the system tray.
It's not necessary to maximize iChronos main window at each time. From the system tray you can get quick access to main iChronos features, such as: "create item" (contact, note, task, appointment, etc.),"today tasks", "calendar".
Protection from unauthorized access.
Program settings enable to set a password for opening a project file and a password to lock iChronos after being idle.
Export/import, transfer of data.
It is possible to export your contacts from iChronos, as well as import contacts, tasks, notes into iChronos from Microsoft Outlook.
Projects created in the program, if necessary, can also be transferred.
iChronos is portable. Organizer for USB flash drive.
iChronos organizer can be run from any type of removable media, including USB flash drive. So you can bring iChronos with you to use wherever you go.
More detailed information can be obtained from the page iChronos organizer Help.
We are very grateful to Afterwarp interactive company and personally to Yuriy Kotsarenko for their wonderful graphic module used in iChronos organizer.