ConnectedText v5

Posted by Glen Coulthard
Sep 26, 2011 at 03:22 PM

First of all, I hope that I’m not one of the “professors” you’ve mentioned

. Second, if you look back at my posts, you’ll find that although I am a strong proponent for Eduardo and ConnectedText, I use many different applications for different purposes. CT is a personal wiki - it is not a panacea for outliners, nor is it my GoTo application for everything. In fact, for writing and organizing content, I prefer the WYSIWYG hierarchical outlining features of MyNotesKeeper (MNK) or MyInfo over CT’s outlining capabilities.

As for other desktop wikis, I’ve tried TiddlyWiki, Wikidpad, and ZuluPad Pro, and I’ve yet to find anything near the stability, power, or quality of CT. I hope that this statement does not sound like software snobbery; it certainly is not. Otherwise, I wouldn’t own 10 of such applications. I am just sharing my personal opinion of yet-another-productivity-tool that I hope will help better inform other users. CT is a wiki with a wiki-markup language. It is not Word or EverNote or PersonalBrain—all of which I use for their strengths.

All my best,
Glen

p.s. Having said this, I have requested a WYSIWYG front-end in the past to make CT easier to use for novices. For an excellent example, check out the PBWorks online wiki. Instead of having VIEW (read-only) and MARKUP (writeable) modes like CT, PBWorks allows WYSIWYG processing in their “VIEW” mode, while allowing wiki-markup language in their MARKUP mode. The perfect solution in my mind (although I appreciate the development difficulties.)