Re: Interesting new software with really bad name

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Posted by srdiamond15
2004-10-05 16:47:30

Steve,

Have you compared this program to ndx Cards (http://www.ndxcards.com)? The advantage I see in the latter are a) A much better name. You could actually maybe publicly admit to using it; b) It allows some formatting; and c) Numerous cards can be open at once (“pinned to the desktop”).

Lonely Notes might provide greater ability to manipulate the cards, besides using the outline. I haven’t investigated this yet, but if that’s right, Lonely Notes might be something of a cross between ndx Cards and Writers Blocks, a much more expensive program.

The outliners in both are pretty primitive, but the next release of ndx Cards, now due in October, will contain an upgrade to the outliner.

Ndx cards also has two modes, different in substance. They are Academic and Professional, and only the Academic is a pure writing environment.

I’d be interested in your comparative impressions. Also in what you think the developer might mean by “writing without the games.”

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