The Journal on Bits Du Jour - July 11

Posted by JohnK
Jul 7, 2008 at 10:46 PM

Thanks for your comments, Steve. I’ve been playing with The Journal today—despite my addiction to writing software it’s the first time I’ve tried The Journal. I’m impressed. As you say, lots of great features.

I think I’ve seen enough to encourage me to add it to my collection, although whether it will replace my current favourite notebook program (PageFour) remains to be seen. But it’s certainly much more powerful and flexible than PageFour.

One query, Steve, if you don’t mind. What about database integrity? Have you had any problems with it? I’ve searched around The Journal web site and the Yahoo group and I can’t find any discussion about the database format used. I’m always reluctant to commit to this kind of program unless I know the engine is robust (in the case with PageFour, all individual entries are saved as RTF files. Simple, and maybe not the ideal, but reliable and functional for a simple writing program).

The Journal’s feature set would probably encourage me to put more varied content into the database, hence my query about its reliability.