tightbeam
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- Member since
- August 2008
- Topics started
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- 5/23/2025
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a few thoughts about infoqube
10/22/2019
Lothar put it bluntly, but his point is still valid: it is so difficult for users - especially casual users, the vast bulk of the market - to get a handle on InfoQube that they give up (as I did).
In...
Treepad
10/1/2019
For anyone who needs the free TreePad Viewer, you can still download it from here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190407130226/http://www.treepad.com/download/tpview.html
Where's the "hate"? A robust expression/exchange of views shall not be dimmed by manufactured outrage or calls for censorship.
Listerene wrote:
CherryTree is a remarkably good outliner; (almost) as g...
Treepad - website down or ???
9/5/2019
And...no. TreePaad Fun Center was an indoor playground. The site for TreePad software is still down..
satis wrote:
Site's back up - but not with good news:
>
>We are sorry, to inform you, unfortunat...
This is true, and I've used it for that purpose many years ago, but I wonder if the approach would be beneficial to college note-taking. Reducing the essentials of a course to "snippets" that can be o...
Anyone here use - or have an opinion of - Information Mapping techniques for note-taking / documentation?
https://www.informationmapping.com
Be careful. If you turn in a circle while chanting "Polywick Server" three times, that guy will show up here and start posting again.
Write Mapper for Mac/Windows
7/28/2019
Thank you, and sorry for being obtuse.
mathew wrote:
>
>tightbeam wrote:
>Setting WriteMapper apart from MindNode and iThoughts: it has a Windows
>>version.
>
>???? iThoughts is both Mac and Windows...
Write Mapper for Mac/Windows
7/27/2019
Setting WriteMapper apart from MindNode and iThoughts: it has a Windows version.
Hugh wrote:
I'm in the middle of a WriteMapper 2 trial. So far, I like its UI and
>the features it offers.
>
>Howeve...
I would not support a developer, or buy software from a developer, who solicits feedback and then does not respond to it or even acknowledge it, but does come back here to advertise his software again...
Collegiality
6/16/2019
Erm...
Isn't it simply common sense not to tolerate "personal attacks, insults, and profanity"? And yes, bullying, too. I'm not sensitive to any of it, though I believe its absence constitutes the ba...
Collegiality
6/16/2019
The forum should be inclusive of all viewpoints. One's "sensitivity" to strongly worded posts - provided, of course, that those posts do not devolve into personal attacks, insults, or profanity, which...
I don't think washere comes off as "patronizing or dismissive". His posts are usually informative, helpful, and a breath of fresh air - not to mention a necessary counter-weight to the many vapid pro-...
Is there a demand for another "great writing app" among Mac users? Is there a demand for *a* great writing app, something like Ulysses, maybe, among Windows users? Hmm...
Forced Upgrades
6/10/2019
If I use software regularly and like it, then 48 hours is ample time for me to decide whether I want to upgrade. Miss the deadline? My bad.
I suppose it depends a bit on the *type* of software, too. ...
I tried a previous version of the software. It didn't work well, mangled the appearance of Word, and took some doing to eradicate.
Now that Scrivener is available for Windows, at a reasonable price, ...
Great deal on Leadertask today
5/24/2019
The Russian government may have done that, but I don't think the developer of LeaderTask had any involvement, just as the majority of Russian citizens had no involvement, and so I'm not inclined to pe...
Great deal on Leadertask today
5/24/2019
Here's the missing link:
http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/leaderTask-Daily-Planner/in=todays-deals-home
and the missing platform designation: Windows only.
It is indeed a Russian company - but so...
Seems to be primarily a tool to generate websites (in Bootstrap) from Word documents, and not really an outliner anymore. It'll be interesting to see how well it does what it's advertised to do.
Checkvist recent updates
5/17/2019
I agree with jaslar that the software becomes sluggish when dealing with large amounts of text, such as chapters in a book. Maybe Checkvist isn't meant for writers? I'd be interested to know if recent...
Subscription as investment
5/14/2019
MadaboutDana wrote:
>For Windows, I dunno. But I'd have thought markdown was more of a rarity
>in the Windows world?
Despite the sometimes infuriating sense that this forum ought to be called MacOutl...
Tinderbox 8 is released
4/13/2019
It's a two-way street. Yes, the developer has to put forth some effort to explain the software, but the user has to put forth some effort to learn how to use it, without expecting instant, friction-le...
Nimbus Notes Redux
4/8/2019
Nimbus Notes "recognizes business cards", but has no export feature. I question their priorities...
I don't see "export" on their Trello roadmap, either.
Mind Forger
4/8/2019
I say the same thing all the time about perfectly good software not having a Windows version.
Luhmann wrote:
Looks interesting. Unfortunately there is no iOS version…
I'm always leery of software promoted as "free forever". I get that you're using it as a hook to bait customers into paying for your "value-added" deal, but "nothing lasts forever but the earth and sk...