Text-based workflow

Posted by MadaboutDana
Sep 8, 2013 at 09:55 PM

Yes, that’s right - it’s a bit old now, and in fact as I was writing about it I was reminded of another two-pane app that’s actually almost identical, also supports PDF files (and indeed other file types) and a web browser as well. It’s called Side by Side, and there’s a free version you can try out, as well as an (inexpensive) Pro version. It appears to be regularly updated, which is more than GetInfo is (shame, because according to his roadmap, the GetInfo developer had some nice ideas).

Side by Side can do multiple windows, in fact - four is perfectly feasible - and doesn’t take up much space (about 2.5 MB). But on an iPad, I think two panes is plenty!

Editorial has a built-in browser, but doesn’t appear to support other file types (and doesn’t do a two-pane view in any case).

Another nice two-pane app is Circus Notebooks, which I like very much, but it’s hampered by (a) occasional instability and (b) erratic compatibility with files. I keep it on my iPad in the hope that eventually it’ll turn into the perfect app, because it does two panes really very well (plus one-pane outlining, in fact, which not everybody is aware of). It’s a lot more reliable than that other interesting but infuriating app, Tapose, which pops on and off my iPad like a jack-in-a-box (I reinstall it when an update comes out, then uninstall it in a fit of rage a couple of days later!).

Cheers,
Bill