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Posted by Tumbleweed
Sep 14, 2023 at 12:12 PM
Indeed, Heptabase just clicked for me in a way that addressed about 95% of my CRIMP symptoms. The visual organization, multiple nested whiteboards, recent whiteboards/cards at left, linking, PDF handling, tags and tag view. It all works together to enhance my ability to get an overview, see various aspects, etc. The flexibility is astonishing. I am getting a better visual overview of my goals and what they entail than with Goalscape. And I’m creating better project organization, not to mention starting to build up knowledge base.
One thing that really struck is a video link someone posted here about not taking and saving notes on everything. I previously did that meticulously, and organizing all that info can be more of a burden than a help (and now those are scatter among programs). Now I am trying to make a frame of relevant topics/areas, and set a “skeleton” of information which can be updated and replaced. The visual organization style is conducive to this, because you can remember where something is “supposed to be” and add/alter as needed, as well as get a fast overview of pertinent info.
I agree that not opening files/emails with the local app is frustrating. As well as not having at least whiteboard level export. I’ll ask them about these, and see if they are on the roadmap. The program is so mature in features that hopefully they will put resources to those core features instead of more bells and whistles.
Lucas, if you like 1-paners, I see no reason to move away from InfoQube! And for those that want individual info items, again there is nothing like InfoQube IMO. I still like it tremendously, but I was not able to keep up with it and it’s clear that I require a more visual style.
Posted by Tumbleweed
Sep 14, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Okay, I have to disagree with Export being weak.
If you click the settings icon, and “Export now”, you get a zip with all cards as markdown, the whiteboard structure, etc. The database stuff appears to be cards linking to cards, whiteboards, embedded pics, etc. I’m not sure how these could be omitted from the export, I’m mean this also acts as a manual backup.
So the main missing feature is to allow linked/attached files to open on your local machine, which hopefully they will address soon.
Posted by exatty95
Sep 14, 2023 at 04:02 PM
I signed on with Heptabase and am more or less abandoning Scrintal. I’m just starting out, but while there’s much to like, there are some features that are kludgy or nonexistent as far as I can tell.
I don’t think you can add tags on the fly (they must be added in the Info section of a particular card). Tags in particular seem to have quite limited utility so far. I find it particularly frustrating that I cannot input tags into the Property section of a card, but must essentially be type the name of each tag and have it appear as a separate bubble without any connection to the tag—and the information put into Properties is not searchable across cards. People who have used Roam, Tana, Logseq or Obsidian might miss the ability to click on a tag and see every reference to it in one location.
I think that selecting multiple cards and moving or resizing them is poorly implemented—you can’t select multiple cards via Control + Click, but only by dragging the cursor over them. And changing the size and location of cards on a whiteboard seems similarly onerous. Maybe I’ve missed easier ways to do these things or that they are on their way to being improved, but I think that some users might find navigating the app to be a bit frustrating. And to be clear, in my opinion the documentation is particularly weak at this point—more about the philosophy behind the app than about step-by-step instructions on how to do things.
Very interested in whether I have just missed things, or that these and other feature are in the works.
Posted by Dormouse
Sep 14, 2023 at 06:57 PM
Tumbleweed wrote:
Okay, I have to disagree with Export being weak.
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>If you click the settings icon, and “Export now”, you get a zip with all
>cards as markdown, the whiteboard structure, etc. The database stuff
>appears to be cards linking to cards, whiteboards, embedded pics, etc.
>I’m not sure how these could be omitted from the export, I’m mean this
>also acts as a manual backup.
This demonstrates no data lockin (up to a point) but is virtually useless in day to day use. Copy and paste is more effective.
Posted by Dormouse
Sep 14, 2023 at 06:58 PM
exatty95 wrote:
I signed on with Heptabase and am more or less abandoning Scrintal.
Purely out of interest, what’s prompted you to abandon Scrintal?