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Posted by Dormouse
Oct 19, 2024 at 09:06 AM
Darren McDonald wrote:
>I hope that the new
>version of Scrivener outshines much of what is on the market for
>academic, long-form writing.
Have you ever tried Lattics? Much better than Scrivener for academic long-form; even more so if you use Zotero.
Posted by Darren McDonald
Oct 21, 2024 at 07:58 AM
Thanks for reminding of Lattics, Dormouse. I tried out Lattics when I was first released. I liked the concept, but the app was only in its infancy. I use Zotero daily, so the news about its integration with Zotero has me taking another look. Is there any news about an iOS/Android version? I find that I am doing more and more on tablets as well lately.
Posted by Dormouse
Oct 21, 2024 at 12:26 PM
No news on iOS. I trust it will come, but development generally isn’t as fast as some apps (though faster than Scrivener).
And there are missing mini-features. And frictions where it works differently to the way I find natural, which requires a little mental shifting. There are many reasons why someone might prefer not to use it. But after a long period of testing, I gradually moved nearly everything in: the advantages outweighed the disadvantages and more frequent use reduced the frictions. There isn’t an alternative that offers the same features.
I don’t use Zotero, so I haven’t tested it’s integration but it seems reasonably comprehensive: they’ve certainly put a lot of effort into making it functional and responding to requests. The possibility of switching to it hovers distantly at the back of my mind.
Posted by Darren McDonald
Oct 26, 2024 at 04:20 AM
Thanks for your take, Dormouse. From other topic posts in this forum, it seems that many other well-known apps are making it easier to work with long-form writing. Each app has its own philosophy for writing. This shows up in the features and layout. I am sure this momentum will continue. My additional request/need is to have integration between research-based apps, like Zotero, or a way to store research source material.
PS. Almost daily, I am getting marketing emails from Kortex for courses I am not interested in. This is a major turnoff for me as I signed up to use an app, not a writing/marketing course. Very mixed messages. :(
Dormouse wrote:
No news on iOS. I trust it will come, but development generally isn’t as
>fast as some apps (though faster than Scrivener).
>
>And there are missing mini-features. And frictions where it works
>differently to the way I find natural, which requires a little mental
>shifting. There are many reasons why someone might prefer not to use it.
>But after a long period of testing, I gradually moved nearly everything
>in: the advantages outweighed the disadvantages and more frequent use
>reduced the frictions. There isn’t an alternative that offers the same
>features.
>
>I don’t use Zotero, so I haven’t tested it’s integration but it seems
>reasonably comprehensive: they’ve certainly put a lot of effort into
>making it functional and responding to requests. The possibility of
>switching to it hovers distantly at the back of my mind.
Posted by satis
Oct 26, 2024 at 06:23 PM
Darren McDonald wrote:
10/14
> Darn! I just signed up. Hopefully, I won’t receive a bunch of
> marketing emails.
10/26
> Almost daily, I am getting marketing emails from Kortex for
> courses I am not interested in. This is a major turnoff for me
> as I signed up to use an app, not a writing/marketing course.
> Very mixed messages. :(
There is a well of cross-promotional hucksterism in the online course marketing game—be it writing, flipping real estate, or dating courses/“institutes”. Once they have your details you tend to get inundated with offers and promos and special deals, and once you pay for something you tend to discover that to get actually useful information you need to pay for another course or level of service. (See below.)
What’s appears to have happened here is that a marketer of a variety of courses and services has now delved into selling a product, but can’t stop from cross-marketing his other courses.
The thing to watch out for is if the company feels its squeezed as much as it can from you (even if it’s nothing) your email address becomes a commodity to sell or trade to fellow marketers.
FYI, as for the app itself I found this recent review from a self-published romance author who gave the app a “disappointing” review and says “it’s failed at what it says it is meant to do unless you subscribe and pay for another service.”
https://meredithbond.com/kortex-a-review/