Interesting new software with really bad name

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Posted by zeoli
2004-09-30 18:57:02

Hi, all,

I just discovered a new program that is very interesting. It is called Miss Lonely Notes… yuck! But it is quite unique. It uses an index card metaphore in combination with an outline. So, you can create decks of index cards at each subject level, and nest these subjects. Also, you can categorize each card, so you can have a cross-subject association between cards. The categorizing feature allows for color-coding of the cards for visual identification. You can also “flag” cards, which seems to be a way to further categorize your cards. The editor does not allow for text formatting, which is a drawback. The intention is that you will draft your piece in MLN and then export to a wordprocessor… which seems to work pretty well. You can export as a document or in outline format. For some reason, the outline export is only available in TXT format, while the document export is in RTF.

This seems to be a very interesting writing environment, not a datastorage and retrieval program. It has two modes: fiction mode, which provides a tool for plots and character tracking (I think), and non-fiction, which has a reference tool.

Definitely worth a look, and it is only $29. URL http://www.mindola.com.

Steve Z.

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