Web Outliner?

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Mar 30, 2009 at 05:55 AM

Great to hear that Linux covers most of my needs. I am still working on my own transposition; I love the OS, but there’s several Windows applications I still rely on for my daily work. Re outlining in Linux, I don’t know if you’ve tried NoteCase Pro ( http://www.virtual-sky.com ) which has been discussed here in the past; it’s cross-platform, very powerful and constantly developed.

To web outlining; the applications I remember having read about here are:
Checkvist http://checkvist.com/login
iOutliner http://www.ioutliner.com/
list.it http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/listit/
Microsoft Listas http://listas.labs.live.com/

For me, none of the above comes even close to a capable PC-based outliner, but others’ opinion may differ.

However, a similar kind of webware that seems to be developing rapidly is mind mapping. If you can live with the appearance, the underlying concept is more or less the same and some of the apps are quite powerful. Examples include:
Mindmeister http://www.mindmeister.com/
Mind42 http://www.mind42.com/
Bubbl.us http://bubbl.us/
Webspiration - web version of Inspiration http://www.mywebspiration.com/ (Beta, currently closed)

There’s many more; see the whole list at http://www.mind-mapping.org/ and some reviews at http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com

By the way, the same goes for Linux; capable mindmapping applications such as FreeMind and XMind are also available there. Like it or not, it seems that ‘graphical outliners’ such as mind mappers are drawing in more interest than classic outliners.