Diagram software with notes attached to each space?

Posted by Amontillado
Dec 24, 2021 at 01:36 PM

A thought about Tinderbox, which I’m helplessly sliding toward purchasing afresh. I don’t think I gave it a fair chance the first time around.

Applications that go about a common task in a unique way are usually branded as hard to learn. My word processor of choice, Mellel, is said to have a steep learning curve. In hindsight, I can’t see it. It’s not MS Word. That’s about the extent of the difficulty, and not being Word is a big advantage for the writer. At least in this grump-bucket’s opinion.

Over the last couple of days I’ve watched a few Youtube video tutorials about Tinderbox, particularly Michael Becker’s.

The first big eye-opener was that agents, rules, and edicts are not mysteries. You don’t have such things in OneNote, so if you’re expecting OneNote you’ll need to shift mental gears.

I think what surprised me is that when I first looked at Tinderbox, I didn’t see where agents went or how to use them. If I understand Mr. Becker’s tutorials correctly, an agent appears as a container of automatically gathered aliases. Not hard.

Clearly, one of three things is true:

1) I was, and perhaps still am, a cognitive Prius. Hopefully practical, but soft in performance.

2) Tinderbox gained a lot of nice improvements and usability in the last half decade.

3) My IQ has jumped about 70 points since first looking at Tinderbox.

I’m going with number 3, and I can prove it with a blindfold and an RC helicopter in the living room. Here, hold my beer…

eastgate wrote:
This is absolutely in Tinderbox’s wheel house. Plus, you’ve
>got a powerful outliner, hyperbolic link views, and lots of analytic
>power if you need it.
> >For light-weight tasks, perhaps Scapple will do what you want.
> >Both are currently on sale in the Festival Of Artisanal Software:
>https://www.artisanalSoftwareFestival.com/
>