Zavala - An open source outliner for Macs, iPads, and iPhones

Posted by Maurice Parker
Jan 7, 2024 at 05:06 PM

Thanks Satis! I’m not sure that Zavala quite deserves that rating. I think that the people who like it, really like it, and are going out of their way to write reviews. I also think there might be more lenience when it comes to negative reviews when the app is free. I’d be more likely to write a negative review if I had paid for software that disappoints me than free software.

I’m on the fence about providing a default outline. In the past, I’d considered the Help documentation where a user could get that information. Besides, when a default document has been provided to me by an app, I always wonder if I can or should delete it? For some reason, probably because I didn’t create it, I feel weird about deleting it. I know it isn’t logical but I wonder if other users feel the same way.

I think the problem with people not reading the help, is that it is so bad or non-existent for so many apps. Maybe on first launch, I should pop up a dialog that says something like, “New to outlining? Check out the Zavala Help in the Help menu to learn why outlining is so popular”.