Surfulater (cont'd fr Evernote 4)

Posted by Cady
Nov 16, 2010 at 10:44 PM

Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Cady, I’m replying to your post in the Evernote 4 thread I began yesterday, because as
>you note in your post, it is more about Surfulater than Evernote.
> >I appreciated your
>input on Surfulater.
> >Back in the summer I went to Mac for a two week period - the time I
>had in which to return it to Staples if I was not completely satisfied. I did return it,
>in fact.
> >One of the reasons was that the information programs available, although
>appreciated by many other people whom I respect, were to my mind lacking.
> >One of the
>standards by which I found the Mac lacking was Surfulater
>http://www.surfulater.com/ . I have watched Neville, the developer, fine tune this
>program over the years. He has a keen sense of how to massage information, and the
>software programming skills to make it work well.
> >When it comes to massaging
>information - to respecting information - Neville is miles ahead of Evernote.
>Evernote’s developers have their respect focused on multi-platform
>functionality, and there is something to be said for that, but not quite as much, in my
>opinion, as EN’s developers seem to be saying. My fear, confirmed since the
>introduction of version 3, is that the ability to massage information takes a second
>row seat in the process. EN does not have even such a basic feature as a highlighter -
>imperative when working with information, IMHO.
> >Strategically, I think it would
>be difficult for Neville to compete with EN in terms of multi-platform functionality
>- but space in the cloud is infinite. My bet is that if Surfulater could clip from any
>Windows computer to the cloud, or to the desktop, and to sync between the two as
>Evernote does, that it would greatly expand the Surfulater market.
> >Incidentally,
>yesterday, I downloaded the latest version of Surfulater - 3.40 - and was delighted by
>a new feature, “Remove HTML,” which enables remove of some or all of the HTML markup -
>handy because sometimes it gets in the way of making a clipping. It already solved one
>problem I was having with downloading from a major information site.
> >Just my
>thoughts.
> >Daly
Hi, Daly.
Thank you for the added info.
I just installed Surfulater 3.40 on my virtual machine (and have yet to install it on my HP Mini 2140). “Remove HTML” does come in handy.
Clipping from Surfulater to the cloud is a great idea, and might help create a better workflow on the Mac. Working on 2 platforms, Windows and Mac, I need both Surfulater and DTP (=DEVONthink Pro).
Maybe:
Surfulater (virtual machine on Mac, or an actual Windows machine)—> Cloud—> DTP (Mac) ???
Currently, I export from Surfulater to html and then import to DTP.

Cady