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A Lot of Buzz about ConnectedText, but what about Mac users?
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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 8, 2013 at 11:19 AM
I suddenly realized that I made an error here. Symantec acquired GrandView and NetManage acquired ECCO. Just want to keep the record straight!
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>The history of one developer acquiring an app from the original
>developer has not been promising: I’m thinking of Mori and Brainstorm,
>specifically. Though we could very well go back in time to when ECCO was
>acquired by Symantec. The original developer is usually the one with the
>passion for the app, and it subsequently languishes. But I am at least
>heartened by the enthusiasm from the new developer of VP. One of the
>first things I wish they would do is give the interface a makeover. It
>is so drab and boring now that it actually discourages me from using the
>software.
>
>Steve Z.
Posted by Prion
Nov 8, 2013 at 03:30 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Well, that solves one of my reservations about VoodooPad, which is that
>it is hard to take seriously a developer called “Flying Meat.”
>
I believe that the developer just happens to be fond of rock climbing:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/North_America/United_States/Missouri/Central_Missouri/Andromeda/Andromeda_Buttress/Flying_Meat_50764.html
Whether or not it is a good moniker for a company is a different question, of course.
>The history of one developer acquiring an app from the original
>developer has not been promising: I’m thinking of Mori and Brainstorm,
>specifically. Though we could very well go back in time to when ECCO was
>acquired by Symantec. The original developer is usually the one with the
>passion for the app, and it subsequently languishes. But I am at least
>heartened by the enthusiasm from the new developer of VP. One of the
>first things I wish they would do is give the interface a makeover. It
>is so drab and boring now that it actually discourages me from using the
>software.
>
Really? The interface hasn’t bothered me so much. This is not to say that it could not be improved but there are worse examples.
The visual presentation of *Markdown* in Voodoopad, however, does qualify as one such example.
It is very ugly indeed and what is worse, there is no way of *typing* a link in plain text, or is there? In my opinion, this is a combination of the weakest aspects of two concepts. One should be able to type a [[link like this]] in which case it could be made to work on the ipad as well.
But sadly, Voodoopad just acts as a repository of Markdown with some barebones formatting. Visually and functionally it is far far behind almost every Markdown editor everyone suddenly seems to love.
Oh well.
Prion
>Steve Z.