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Why isn't notetaking software better?
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Posted by Derek Cornish
Sep 25, 2006 at 06:39 AM
Steve -
> The few single-pane outliners are definitely more deft at reorganizing your work and provide the holistic view that is crucial for smooth writing, but they lack an database functionality.
I couldn’t agree more. I’m hoping that the long-awaited new version of Zoot will enable all sorts of goodies, including single-pane outlining to get linked with or embedded in the program. I’m not holding my breath on that one though. Meanwhile I am continually looking for ways to add value to Zoot. Hence the recent dabbling with WhizFolders - though not for outlining, of course :-), only for its rich text editing.
Derek
Posted by Derek Cornish
Sep 25, 2006 at 06:54 AM
Kenneth -
> For windows, I would suggest Evernote for note taking and Ariadne for outlining.
Although I admire the different tack that Evernote has taken, I’m still very much wed to Zoot for my text notes; and if it wasn’t Zoot, it would probably be InfoHandler, since I am an old Agenda fan hard to teach new tricks to. The only thing that would lure me away from Zoot would be the sort of thing Steve mentioned - in my case, a sophisticated single-pane outliner with decent freeform database functions so that note-taking, note organizing, outlining and drafting could all be done in one program (preferably) - or, if not, in an integrated or interlinked suite. Not NotaBene, though, which has a very clunky outliner. Microsoft, of course, has all the tools to do this, but apparently not the will, expertise, or inclination (strike out those that don’t apply).
I’ll take a look at Ariadne, though. I’ve been meaning to for some time.
All the best,
Derek