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Posted by Ken
Nov 11, 2024 at 06:50 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Under Elmasry (the founder, I believe), Walling seemed to have new
>features added weekly. It evolved quickly into a very capable PKM. I
>couldn’t quite commit to it fully, because I felt like I would get lost
>in the weeds… that is, there was a lot going on and once I had made a
>number of walls and folders I seemed to flounder in it. Nevertheless, I
>admired the functionality. I’d like to see the new owners succeed.
>
>I always thought of Walling as Notion with training wheels. That is, you
>can do a lot of what you can do in Notion, but it was more constrained
>and didn’t require as much fiddling.
>
>Steve
I did not take to Notion when I first looked at it, but I suspect I might warm up to it if I looked again. It just required too much work for what I wanted. Walling did progress, but it also had a number of issues that needed attention that never got addressed. But it did have great customer service, and I appreciated that. I initially looked at Milanote and xTiles at the time, and am looking at them again. Milanote seems like it could replace Walling, and it seems to be a bit more stable, but it also has a horrible mobile app like Walling. I suspect these types of programs do not take well to cell phones with their smaller screens, so that may be my compromise. I still need to revisit xTiles in more depth before making any decisions. Or, hopefully, the new owner of Walling could release a road map to let the user base know what is happening.
—Ken
Posted by exatty95
Nov 11, 2024 at 11:05 PM
I’m curious about why Capacities doesn’t seem to come up much in these conversations. For me it’s a nonstarter until it has better importing, but it does seem like a pretty robust program.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 13, 2024 at 06:04 PM
We’re talking about apps that have cards on a board, or something akin to that. Capacities does not have that kind of interface.
exatty95 wrote:
I’m curious about why Capacities doesn’t seem to come up much in these
>conversations. For me it’s a nonstarter until it has better importing,
>but it does seem like a pretty robust program.
Posted by Dormouse
Nov 21, 2024 at 10:12 PM
My impression is that Walling never found a sustainable market, which is why it kept shifting focus. Individual to team to AI. iirc there was also a change to the limits on it’s free tier. I had it for a year, but was never confident in it’s future, or its fit to me, and so I stopped using it.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 16, 2024 at 03:26 PM
I’ve just had an e-mailer from Walling promising all kind of great new things (“A refreshed look and feel and an improved user experience”) and asking for beta testers. So there are signs of life!