is Scapple the best for "thinking on paper"

Posted by Dellu
Nov 25, 2017 at 06:52 PM

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>You can write a lot of text as the note’s name, so you don’t really need the note pane open.

I have been thinking about this in Tinderbox for a bit. But, honestly, it seems counter intuitive, and against the intention of the $Title of TB. It might be fine to write a few lines of text; but, I don’t think writing 5 pages of text on the title would be fine. I mean, you can use that strategy as a means of compromise. But, honestly, I don’t think that is a good practice for using TB.

What would be interesting (and, comparable to Scapple) on the side of TB is if direct insertion of $Text on the map would be possible (without an editor window). This has been discussed in TB forum before, I remember. The $Text is view-able on the map, but, cannot be edited without opening the editor. That is really what makes writing in Scapple map much simpler. The map is also fixed and stable in Scapple than in TB. The map is a bit wobbly in TB, I don’t know why. You have to scroll around to get the notes (You can tell me to fix that X and Y coordinate: well, that is just one further stuff to twink, another burden on the side of the user.)

I am not saying TB can be replaced by Scapple.
What I am saying is that the map in Scapple is really the most convenient panel just to drop ideas fast and connect them the way you want: closest to paper and pen.