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What notes software have you found it FUN to use?
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Posted by Lucas
Oct 25, 2023 at 04:20 PM
James Salla wrote:
> Brainstorm’s bins feature makes moving nodes
>around very easy, and it’s the only software I know of that lets you
>have more than one part of a complex outline open at the same time.
Perhaps this would be a separate thread, but I’d be interested to understand better what this unique feature is, if someone would like to explain. (I’ve used Brainstorm in the past but don’t have it currently installed.)
Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 26, 2023 at 01:12 PM
Ah yes, I used to love Noteliner (when I was a Windows user)
But with respect to multiple views on the same outline: you can in various outliners, most recently in Bike (you can open an outline in multiple windows and drill down to whatever level you like in each window). With the web-based ones (Dynalist, Workflowy), you can generally open an outline in more than one window too. And actually, Obsidian will let you open the same note (including ones with outlines in) in multiple windows…
So no, on that score, Brainstorm is by no means unique.
James Salla wrote:
Even though it is a very old program, I have a great deal of affection
>for Brainstorm. As well as its simplicity in creating child nodes that
>have more than one parent, Brainstorm’s bins feature makes moving nodes
>around very easy, and it’s the only software I know of that lets you
>have more than one part of a complex outline open at the same time. I
>keep hoping there will be more development of Brainstorm.
>
>I also found Noteliner to be both ingenious and useful. Unfortunately
>the program appears to be orphanware.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 26, 2023 at 01:14 PM
Actually, I’d have to add Bike to the apps I actively enjoy using. I haven’t found a use case that would justify my replacing e.g. Obsidian with Bike, but I’m very happy to support Bike in any case, simply because it’s a very nice piece of software, and because it’s steadily evolving.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 26, 2023 at 07:08 PM
Noteliner was a fine app. The funny thing was the developer—if I recall right, his name is Sam Hawksworth—used Macs, but he developed Noteliner for Windows. I tried to talk him into making a Mac version, but to no avail.
An app that is made to show multiple views of outlines is Legend. You create boards, which are setups of multiple pain views of your outlines. You can view the same outline, or different ones. It’s quite clever, though it takes some orientation to get your bearings using it.
Steve
Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 27, 2023 at 12:40 PM
You’re right, I’ve been taking a closer look recently, and it’s a clever piece of software.
But you can do exactly the same thing in Obsidian – what’s more, you can put panes (showing different parts of the same document) side by side, one above the other, using horizontal or vertical tabs, each updating in real time… just sayin’! ;-)
To be honest, it blows Legend out of the water (much though I like Legend).
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>An app that is made to show multiple views of outlines is Legend. You
>create boards, which are setups of multiple pain views of your outlines.
>You can view the same outline, or different ones. It’s quite clever,
>though it takes some orientation to get your bearings using it.
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>Steve
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