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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Dec 24, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Darren,
I am unsure which app you’re referring to when you say, “At first glance, the greatest missing feature to me is linking boxes of text or images with lines and arrows.” Probably xTiles, since it is missing those features. (Walling likely too.) But if you were referring to Milanote, you should know it can do that, as this demo board indicates:
https://app.milanote.com/1Tq38B1nrQMack?p=8NO3RemQ38I
Another great feature of Milanote that few people mention is its ability to concatenate various note cards when exporting. You can arrange these elements so that you get an exported document that is in the order you wish it to be, though it does require careful placement of the cards on the whiteboard. It exports (at least in English) from left to right all cards that are at the same height on the board, then moves to the next row. I’ve requested this feature from Scrintal, but they haven’t yet implemented it. Nor have they implemented labeling of the visual links.
Steve
Darren McDonald wrote:
>However, I would be interested if you and anyone who has been a user of
>Milanote and xTiles, Walling, or any other similar app could provide a
>comparative review. At first glance, the greatest missing feature to me
>is linking boxes of text or images with lines and arrows.
Posted by Darren McDonald
Dec 26, 2024 at 06:01 AM
Hello Steve,
Thanks for your insights and the link to the demo board showing Milanote’s linking feature.
I already am a fan of Milanote’s ability to link text or image boxes with lines and arrows with text.
I am interested in the features of Milanote compared with other similar apps as xTiles, Walling and so on.
(Apologies for not making this clearer in my previous post).
You answered my main question when you said that xTiles is missing the ability to draw links with arrows and lines.
Is there any other similar apps that I should be looking into?
Thanks for also pointing out the order of the boxes when outputted. I noticed this when outputting into docx, and md. I was wondering what rules governed this order, so your comment is greatly appreciated. :)
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I am unsure which app you’re referring to when you say, “At first
>glance, the greatest missing feature to me is linking boxes of text or
>images with lines and arrows.” Probably xTiles, since it is missing
>those features. (Walling likely too.) But if you were referring to
>Milanote, you should know it can do that, as this demo board indicates:
>
>https://app.milanote.com/1Tq38B1nrQMack?p=8NO3RemQ38I
>
>Another great feature of Milanote that few people mention is its ability
>to concatenate various note cards when exporting. You can arrange these
>elements so that you get an exported document that is in the order you
>wish it to be, though it does require careful placement of the cards on
>the whiteboard. It exports (at least in English) from left to right all
>cards that are at the same height on the board, then moves to the next
>row. I’ve requested this feature from Scrintal, but they haven’t yet
>implemented it. Nor have they implemented labeling of the visual links.
>
>Steve
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Dec 26, 2024 at 12:07 PM
HI, Darren,
You should check out Heptabase. It does maps very well, I think (haven’t tried it in a while). It also does a whole lot of other things. It is very powerful, but I’ve found when I have given it a go that all its functions tend to lure me into doing work I don’t really need to do.
There’s also a newer app called Constella, which is an ever expanding board. I have read good things about it, but I wasn’t that impressed when I tried it, but it might be worth a look.
I hope these references are useful. I’m sure others in this forum have other suggestions.
Happy New Year!
Steve
Darren McDonald wrote:
Hello Steve,
>
>Thanks for your insights and the link to the demo board showing
>Milanote’s linking feature.
>I already am a fan of Milanote’s ability to link text or image boxes
>with lines and arrows with text.
>I am interested in the features of Milanote compared with other similar
>apps as xTiles, Walling and so on.
>(Apologies for not making this clearer in my previous post).
>You answered my main question when you said that xTiles is missing the
>ability to draw links with arrows and lines.
>Is there any other similar apps that I should be looking into?
>
>Thanks for also pointing out the order of the boxes when outputted. I
>noticed this when outputting into docx, and md. I was wondering what
>rules governed this order, so your comment is greatly appreciated. :)
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Dec 26, 2024 at 02:23 PM
Darren,
There’s a relatively new app called Noteey that looks promising:
I don’t have any experience with it, but I’m keeping my eye on it. It seems to be developing quickly. It has desktop apps for Mac and Windows (maybe Linux, too).
Steve
Posted by Darren McDonald
Dec 27, 2024 at 05:52 AM
Hello again Steve,
Thanks again for sharing your latest finds! :) (I’m just curious where/how to find out about these apps.)
Noteey seems to be on the path to being an app I could use for annotating research papers and linking points.
It reminds me of MarginNote, though much less complex and cleaner userface. I hope the app offers more export options for PDF annotations than just the flattened PDF, as it is now in MarginNote. I’ll be keeping an eye on this app too.
New Year greetings to you too. :)
Darren
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Darren,
>
>There’s a relatively new app called Noteey that looks promising:
>
>https://www.noteey.com
>
>I don’t have any experience with it, but I’m keeping my eye on it. It
>seems to be developing quickly. It has desktop apps for Mac and Windows
>(maybe Linux, too).
>
>Steve