Evernote in beta for Mac (and web)

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Mar 8, 2008 at 11:03 PM

Chris Thompson wrote:
>I can’t think of a major app that’s gone Mac -> Windows in recent years

You’re probably right. Indeed, re-engineeering software built for a specific platform to support additional ones seems to be a huge undertaking, especially considering the time it has taken certain programmers ‘just’ to port a 16-bit Windows application to 32-bit Windows.

BUT, there’s a significant number of programs coming out that are cross-platform from the outset. For example, there are several cross-platform mind-mapping applications, e.g. iMindMap, NovaMind, Xmind etc. It’s no wonder that Mind Manager chose to offer a Mac version as well.

Developers starting out now have an obvious advantage, as powerful tools are now available to develop cross-platform and web-enabled applications. That’s why I believe that a lot of the software we talk about here—much of which has a long history of development for a specific plaatform—probably won’t make it.

alx