Curio 28 has been released (Mac only)

Posted by moritz
Feb 8, 2024 at 09:11 PM

Curio is one of the most impressive tools of its kind.

However, a small number of essential quality-of-life issues have gotten in my way of using it:

1. PDF export/print will frequently create lines that are vertically cut in half, with the top of the characters separated from the bottom.

2. No ‘text editor’ mode exists: Text is always regarded as a graphical box with a defined width and height. To write longer pieces, I found I had to revert to integration with external markdown files, which is clumsy. This is unlike Tinderbox, which offers a Map view and an Outline view of the same document and a separation of ‘body text’ and ‘label’ per note.

3. Sharing information collaboratively on an ongoing basis is impossible (that includes the aspect of Mac-only support). This is in contrast to Obsidian, where it’s clunky but can be done for small teams (via Sync or Github).

4. Basic export via the clipboard to PowerPoint does not render graphical formatting correctly. Sorry, but that’s a hard show stopper for any business use?

This situation breaks my hard, in light of all of the awesome goodness across so many other powerful features.
I would rate Curio a 6/5 stars. Sadly, because of 1.-4. will not try to use it again - in the past, it became a black hole for my work, which I then had to redo with inferior tools that didn’t suffer from the same limitations.