MadaboutDana
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Notability is now available for the Mac
8/29/2014
I'm delighted - I've always liked Notability, but haven't used it as much as I could have done because of the lack of Mac/PC compatibility. Now, encouraged by Paul's experience, I'm testing the iCloud...
Scribbleton - minimalist "wiki"
8/25/2014
Oh, and another thing it doesn't do (yet) is use Apple's automatic elegantification function ('substitution'), which automatically converts straight apostrophes/quotation marks to curly ones. That's e...
Scribbleton - minimalist "wiki"
8/25/2014
To be fair, it is only an alpha version. And it looks very nice! I've noticed:
a) poor export, as you suggest (looks like somebody forgot to specify the 'scribbleton' folder as part of the export pro...
Another goodie for Mac users
8/25/2014
Ha, quite right, Hugh. I've watched OmniGroup since long before moving over to Mac, and been as part-baffled/part-impressed as you clearly are. They're expensive, they don't always include longed-for ...
Another goodie for Mac users
8/24/2014
Oh, and it's worth mentioning that it supports tagging, as well. Tags are bound to each Library, however (so can't be used across Libraries). You can have as many tags in each note as you like (a dist...
Another goodie for Mac users
8/24/2014
Well, I've discovered a rather powerful alternative to NoteSuite (by a Chinese developer), that has really impressed me. Alas, no iOS versions are - as yet - forthcoming, although apparently they're i...
Online (Cloud) Outliners
8/19/2014
Don't forget the sensational Gingko:
www.gingkoapp.com
Weirdly enough, heavy use of Curio has reawakened my interest in Scrivener (which has been sitting, sadly neglected, in my Launcher for quite a while).
It's an impressive program. Rather than nervous...
The joys of web archiving
8/14/2014
Good news! Stache on iOS not only synchronises properly, it also has a nice search function. There's two parts: a 'Quick Search', which clearly only looks at titles/URLs of web pages, but there's also...
The joys of web archiving
8/14/2014
Hm. That's a good question about Stache. Not sure! I'll check it out...
The joys of web archiving
8/14/2014
Excellent, Hugh – thanks. You mention EagleFiler, which is an interesting but horribly flawed app with a totally useless search function (finds very little at all).
But your contention that one...
The joys of web archiving
8/14/2014
I'm an obsessive collector of web articles and pages, and am always on the lookout for tools that enable me to collect/extract/analyse/search through/archive/organise web pages of all kinds.
On the P...
Thanks, Alexander – very tempting, as I try to decide which I prefer, Curio or Scrivener, but it's worth mentioning that Literature&Latte have an impressively wide range of videos, support artic...
What a nice little app! I shall certainly be playing with that... Thanks, Paul.
Cheers,
Bill
Yes, I abandoned Circus Ponies Notebooks for precisely that reason, Hugh, but have recently acquired the MacOS version and find, from their blog, that they're abandoning their more florid skeumorphic ...
I have to confess I now avoid Android like the plague, but I realise it's a very practical solution for many people.
As a substitute for SD cards, you could take a look at the SanDisk Connect series ...
Curio 9 Released
8/2/2014
After firmly telling myself I wouldn't, I've quite suddenly lost all my moral fibre and bought Curio. And I'm glad, glad, do you hear me!?!
Actually, I'm really impressed. Curio is just ridiculously ...
Yet another new discovery for Mac
7/29/2014
Okay, I've found a Scapple clone that's even more powerful than Scapple: Junkyard
Like Scapple, it makes it very easy to create rich-text boxes that can be joined by arrows (kind of like a mind mappe...
New discovery for Mac
7/29/2014
It's got some really nice features, including word and character counts (unusual in an outliner), plus a rather elegant little timer that tells you how long you've been working on a document. On the o...
New discovery for Mac
7/29/2014
Actually, it doesn't really do rich text, but it does do notes. And has a very nice web clipping feature. Plus, you can add 'categories' to any item in the outline, which changes their colour. Interes...
New discovery for Mac
7/29/2014
Just discovered a very nice outlining and writing tool, OutlineEdit (again, produced by a German programmer, I believe). Available from the Mac App Store for a fairly modest sum. Has a splendid range ...
Thanks, Franz – after some investigation, I have invested in Pixelmator.
Cheers,
Bill
I've been experimenting with DevonSphere Express (thanks, Hugh), but would strongly recommend opting for the amazing FoxTrot Personal Search instead – it's much more powerful, and the results ar...
Wow, that is pretty impressive. I haven't had a chance to play yet, but I've downloaded it!
I'm enjoying my trial of Curio, too, but have been a bit disappointed by the search function. Excellent in ...
Hm - I'm quite happy with KeePass on the Mac, but then I don't use it to do sophisticated things like paste passwords into web pages (I use Apple's own KeyChain for that). It's excellent for maintaini...