Writing tools

Posted by Thomas
Apr 4, 2007 at 06:36 PM

There are few comments regarding SuperNotecards on http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/

It seems nice and simple. Unlike IdeaMason, it has a visual mode (cards on the desk), and is simpler to use.
IdeaMason is generally more flexible (more ways categorization), allows easier reuse of various text snippets between similar projects.

SNC is written in Java, and generally I wouldn’t use Java software as it tends to be terribly slow, but SNC somehow isn’t affected by this problem on my machine (while IdeaMason, written in .net, is slow slow slow).

SNC doesn’t seem to allow images, IdeaMason allows them (but is size limited thus larger pictures can’t be included directly from IM).

For those in need of references, IM is obviously winner, but SNC can also output them, in MLA format.

Disclaimer: I have only spend a short time with both so far, and I’m not a writer by trade.