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Posted by Cassius
Dec 17, 2012 at 06:54 AM
I know it has been said that the Bonsai screen shots don’t do it justice, BUT they surely turn me off.
Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 17, 2012 at 01:21 PM
Cassius wrote:
I know it has been said that the Bonsai screen shots don’t do it
>justice, BUT they surely turn me off.
The Bonsai interface is fairly customisable. You can make it look like a basic single-pane outliner. Here is a screenshot of my setup. Please note that colouring in the font and the background is optional (i.e. those are my choices). You can have it in black and white, if you prefer.
http://drandus.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/natara_bonsai.png
Posted by jimspoon
Dec 17, 2012 at 04:35 PM
@drandus - I like your screenshot!
I spent a while last night playing around with Bonsai. Looks pretty good. I found out how to add columns to the view. It doesn’t seem to be possible to add user-defined fields/columns; seems you are limited to the fields that are built-in.
I liked the ability to show items to a specified level (1st level, 1&2 level, etc.)
The “outline of outlines” is a nice concept.
Too bad the mobile clients are for Palm OS and Windows Mobile, instead of Android and iOS!
Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 17, 2012 at 05:04 PM
jimspoon wrote:
>Too bad the mobile clients are for Palm OS and Windows Mobile, instead
>of Android and iOS!
I think there are a number of Android and iOS apps that can import/export either Bonsai files or OPML (you’ll need to install an OPML filter for Bonsai for that). It will never be a one-step process, but then syncing with Palm wasn’t either ;)
I use CarbonFin (http://carbonfin.com/faq.html) on iPad/iTouch, which “syncs” via OPML with Bonsai. You can download a free OPML filter there.
Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 17, 2012 at 05:25 PM
jimspoon wrote:
>I spent a while last night playing around with Bonsai. Looks pretty
>good. I found out how to add columns to the view. It doesn’t seem to
>be possible to add user-defined fields/columns; seems you are limited to
>the fields that are built-in.
I can highly recommend reading the Bonsai manual. It’s very well written. I’ve read it after 5-6 yrs of using the software and then I was kicking myself for not reading it sooner, as there are all kinds of interesting features that I missed out on. They even provide some instructions for customising the code for the export filters, so e.g. you can make your very own RTF export style.