MadaboutDana
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Marvellous! Thanks, Maurice, for this update – very reassuring, I’d noticed the data loss issue, which had rather baffled me, but would love to keep using Zavala.
Cheers,
Bill
WriteMapper 4 is out for Mac and Windows
12/13/2023
It’s an easy app to underestimate – the improved mindmapping options alone are interesting, and the full Document View (which is also editable) is extremely useful.
There are niggles: you...
WriteMapper 4 is out for Mac and Windows
12/12/2023
Good one – I haven’t had a chance to give it a really good kicking yet, but I’ve immediately noticed that it still doesn’t have “smart” punctuation (i.e. curly...
WriteMapper 4 is out for Mac and Windows
12/11/2023
This is a very interesting piece of software. It looks like the developer has rewritten it completely, dealing with the weaknesses of the previous version. It has a whole bunch of interesting features...
I'm not really following them, much as I love TiddlyWiki. But here's the latest state of play in the TiddlyWiki-as-alternative-to-Roam-Obsidian space: https://tiddlyroam.org (TiddlyRoam)
Otherwise, w...
Ah, I knew I had an answer for this: Tiddly Research!
You'll find more info (including a downloadable web page) here: https://postkevone.github.io/tiddlyresearch/
It's one of the nicest outliner-sty...
Affine.pro is past its growing pains..
11/22/2023
And, after getting quite excited by their pricing (currently very modest for teams in particular), the usual disappointment: the search function is poor.
How people can develop big, sophisticated con...
Well, that's disconcerting – dtSearch used to be the bees' knees for integrated search-plus-preview. But I haven't used it for years (since transitioning to Mac), so maybe it's deteriorated...
Lattics
11/22/2023
I'd agree that Lattics takes a slightly tangential approach to writing, but I do like the total integration and the developers' enthusiasm.
The most disconcerting thing for me is that it really isn't...
Affine.pro is past its growing pains..
11/22/2023
... although AnyType already has mobile apps; I notice they're still on Affine's roadmap.
Affine.pro is past its growing pains..
11/22/2023
However, Affine is clearly much further down the collaboration road than AnyType is.
Affine.pro is past its growing pains..
11/22/2023
Looks interesting – AnyType is trying to do something very similar in the open-source space, of course (anytype.io). After deleting the latter from my system a couple of months ago, recent ...
A critique of tagging
11/7/2023
I used to get grumpy about apps that didn't offer folders but only tags, but I have to say Bear's (and now Obsidian's) nested tags have largely changed my mind. As have the clever (Obsidian) plugins t...
A critique of tagging
11/6/2023
I think it's good that he's changed his mind – or at least, as you say, modified his stance.
I have plenty of respect for people who are prepared to change their opinions. Much less (close...
That's an interesting idea! I've only just discovered this Local Graph thing, but I'm looking forward to experimenting with it.
Amusingly, as you probably already know, there are several different ra...
Good move! I'm always astonished at how many journalists don't appear to do that...
And the search function has indeed just appeared and can be installed as an "extension". It doesn't include indexin...
@Franz, well, you could, but it's not optimised/set up for that. It would be easy enough to create a separate folder and master page for blog posts, however – that would work very nicely. Once t...
Now, you'll tell me this doesn't have a great deal to do with outlining – but stop! It does, because static CMSes are often highly compatible with notetakers like Obsidian et al.
So there'...
Relevant to this interesting topic is, perhaps, this article in The Sweet Setup about Obsidian's Local Graph feature. The full graph of links in Obsidian isn't, as the author rightly remarks, very use...
... although I realise FoxTrot Pro isn't a note-taking app as such! Otherwise it'd have to be Obsidian with the OmniSearch plugin, which is really exceptionally good.
I would say the app that still inspires me and finds me new ideas is FoxTrot Pro, the Mac search app.
You can index anything (or exclude stuff, too), which happens at very high speed. You can then se...
You're right, I've been taking a closer look recently, and it's a clever piece of software.
But you can do exactly the same thing in Obsidian – what's more, you can put panes (showing diff...
Actually, I'd have to add Bike to the apps I actively enjoy using. I haven't found a use case that would justify my replacing e.g. Obsidian with Bike, but I'm very happy to support Bike in any case, s...
Ah yes, I used to love Noteliner (when I was a Windows user)
But with respect to multiple views on the same outline: you can in various outliners, most recently in Bike (you can open an outline in mu...
Ah. You'll find a relevant thread in the sidebar ("CRIMP defined"), but here's the link for you: https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/17/0/crimp-defined