Notecase Pro is coming soon at Bits du Jour

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 29, 2012 at 06:30 PM

razorboy wrote:
>Go ahead: repeat yourself. What’s it like?

As I will in all probability forget many interesting points about NCpro, I suggest to anyone interested to check out the full list of features here http://virtual-sky.com/features.php

I first learnt of NCpro from this thread http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/645 Since then, the program has grown by leaps and bounds. The features below are the ones I am personally most interested in:

- As cross-platform as can be: BSD, Linux, Mac, Solaris, Windows and now Android
- Imports just about anything from Psion 5 CSV (!) to Mind Manager
- Can work with OPML transparently, i.e. you can use it as if it were a native format
- Multiple documents support
- Multilanguage support (even at this day and age, this is not evident)
- Node clones (think of it as nodes with multiple parents)
- Nodes can be labeled as Tasks and all pending tasks listed separately with one command
- Search results can be displayed as a list (an alternative to finding entries needing attention)
- Tagging and tag cloud

When you first work with NCpro you are likely to find its interface rather dated: it depends on the GTK framework for its interface and looks. It is thans to GTK that it is cross-platform though, so I cannot complain. That said, the Android version was apparently developed from scratch as GTK does not support Android.

Don’t let the looks discourage you. It is extremely powerful, to the point of being scriptable. If there’s something it can’t already do, in most cases you’ll be able to do it via Lua scripting. Miro, the developer, is ready to help you via the Google Group.

The usual disclaimer applies: I have no affiliation with the developer other than being a happy customer. The only reason I am not purchasing the license at today’s sale is because I already have it. I bought it last year, when I realised that the pace of development was so fast, that the perpetual license was a bargain compared to the regular one. And we are talking about genuine development here: each ‘minor’ release includes more changes than Firefox puts in its ‘major’ ones (there, I’ve said it, I had to get that off my chest…)