The Journal on Bits Du Jour - July 11

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jul 7, 2008 at 07:10 PM

The Journal is a nice application with lots of great features. I used it for years before switching to a MacBook for my personal writing. Here’s a quick list of pros and cons (from my perspective):

Pros -
- Unlimited number of notebooks, both dated and loose-leaf.
- Unique categorizing of material within an entry (what the developer calls topics).
- Lots of tools for writing (thesaurus, spelling, word counts, countdown timer, etc.)

Cons -
- Tree-pane (the “outliner”) is a bit clunky and old fashioned (you wouldn’t want to use it for real outlining)
- Editor is a little clunky, as well—doesn’t have extended selection

I’m sure I’m not doing The Journal justice, but as a long-time user, I thought I’d put out a few comments for those thinking of taking advantage of the Bits du Jour offer.

Steve Z.