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Curio review up at Mac AppStorm
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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 28, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Hugh and Franz asked about my impending Curio review, and I’m glad to say it is finally up here:
Thank you for asking!
Steve
Posted by Franz Grieser
Oct 28, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Thanks, Steven.
I never gave Curio a try because I thought that it required a huge screen to fully exploit its potential - the 12” screen of my writing machine seemed to me too small. I just applied for a book ghostwriting project - if I get the job, I’ll dig up my Mac Mini and connect it to the 24” display of my work PC and install Curio Pro on the Mini to see if I can fit it into my workflow.
What’s interesting: I have never seen Curio as comparable to OneNote, I had always regarded it as a more visual sibling of Tinderbox without TB’s customizing features. On my Windows machines I use OneNote mainly for collecting notes, for importing hand-written notes (on my Tablet PC), and for saving web pages. But not for organizing projects and for visualizing.
Franz
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 28, 2010 at 01:14 PM
Franz,
One thing about the Curio vs. OneNote comparison that I wish I’d mentioned in the review is that Curio does not have the slick OCR capability of OneNote. It does screen captures, but can’t extract the text like OneNote is very good at.
Steve
Posted by Hugh
Oct 28, 2010 at 04:03 PM
Thanks, Steve. I’ve got an older version of Curio, so found the review very informative.
Two thoughts/questions:
- I agree, an “index” or “master” idea space would be extremely useful (although, I imagine, technically complex and demanding of computer resources). No hint of it in Version 7 I assume?
- does EverNote’s cloud OCR compensate for the absence of OCR in Curio? (I never moved beyond EN 2.)
P.S. Just updated Tinderbox to 5.7, seduced by the lure of the timeline. But as ever, I wish the documentation was as clear as Curio’s!
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 28, 2010 at 05:22 PM
Hugh,
About a year or so ago I suggested the “master” mind map index idea to Zengobi on their user forum. George responded that they liked the idea and would consider implementing it, but it didn’t make it into this version (or, if it did, it is well hidden). George already put up a link to the review on his blog, and he didn’t correct me.
As for your suggestion about Evernote’s OCR being a work-around for Curio’s own lack of that feature, I think that would probably work, although I am not an Evernote user, so haven’t tried it. That’s a great thought, and if I can find my Evernote password, I’ll give it a shot and see how it works.
I sure do echo your sentiments about Tinderbox documentation. After downloading the update yesterday, I once again committed myself to studying everything available so that I can get more proficient with Tinderbox. You’ll notice I said “once again.” I think this is about the third time I’ve made such a commitment! No, but really, I’m going to do it this time. Honest.
Steve
Hugh wrote:
>Thanks, Steve. I’ve got an older version of Curio, so found the review very
>informative.
>
>Two thoughts/questions:
>
>- I agree, an “index” or “master” idea
>space would be extremely useful (although, I imagine, technically complex and
>demanding of computer resources). No hint of it in Version 7 I assume?
>
>- does
>EverNote’s cloud OCR compensate for the absence of OCR in Curio? (I never moved beyond
>EN 2.)
>
>P.S. Just updated Tinderbox to 5.7, seduced by the lure of the timeline. But as
>ever, I wish the documentation was as clear as Curio’s!