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Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 4, 2013 at 06:45 PM
Tomasz Raburski wrote:
>I love this app. It’s really fast (compared e.g. to WriteMonkey). The
>only thing it’s missing is the option to put notes.
I’ve totally fallen for FocusWriter, I’ve installed it on everyone’s computer in the family :) But I stuck with ClicKey for typing sounds, as for some reason there is a lag with FW’s own sound.
Posted by yooj
Mar 5, 2013 at 02:21 PM
(1) Devonthink Pro Office - indispensable - that it is Mac only precludes switching to Windows
(2) Evernote - more cross-platform capable than DT
(3) Pages by Apple
—————-I
Hon. Mentions: OmniFocus; Taskpaper
Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 9, 2013 at 09:30 PM
Chris Murtland wrote:
1, Workflowy - It took me a while to warm up to this one, but with the
>addition of an iPad and iPhone, being able to outline anywhere, at all
>times, sold me on it. It has weaknesses (can’t multiple select items,
>for instance), but overall it reminds of BrainStorm or Ecco. It’s
>technically not a desktop app, but it does have offline access, and I
>find its speed to be equal or better to most desktop apps.
Chris - thanks for mentioning Workflowy. I was intrigued by it when it first came out but as a browser-only app it didn’t fit into my system. However, with offline iPad and iPod Touch app access and sync with server, it becomes an entirely different proposition.
I’ve been having trouble finding a satisfactory to-do list system for PC+iOS, as the traditional hierarchical lists (ToodleDo, WunderList, Apple’s Reminders) just get cluttered too quickly and become increasingly less usable. I always end up using several at the same time, and none properly.
But just playing with the Workflowy iPod/iPad apps for a few minutes today, I started to get a sense that maybe Workflowy could really be the solution to my problems. By being able to zoom in (hoist) at any level and being able to tag items like #URGENT etc., the disadvantages of hierarchical organisation disappear.
And it seems to be very flexible for designing a custom-made productivity system. I’m getting a similar feeling to when I finally grasped how a desktop wiki works. And Workflowy does have something of a wiki about it. Zooming (hoisting) is accomplished by clicking on a link, so it does work like a kind of a wiki.
Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 9, 2013 at 09:59 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
Chris Murtland wrote:
>1, Workflowy - It took me a while to warm up to this one, but with the
>>addition of an iPad and iPhone, being able to outline anywhere, at all
>>times, sold me on it.
One thing I haven’t been able to work out is how Workflowy deals with sync conflicts, such as when you have made separate changes to iPod and iPad versions offline, forgot to sync them when got home, made changes to the server version with the browser, and then synced the iPod and the iPad versions at different times (so you have 3 different versions). What happens then? I tried to test it but couldn’t quite figure out what got lost or kept…
Posted by Chris Murtland
Mar 10, 2013 at 04:34 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
>One thing I haven’t been able to work out is how Workflowy deals with
>sync conflicts, such as when you have made separate changes to iPod and
>iPad versions offline, forgot to sync them when got home, made changes
>to the server version with the browser, and then synced the iPod and the
>iPad versions at different times (so you have 3 different versions).
>What happens then? I tried to test it but couldn’t quite figure out what
>got lost or kept…
Since I have started using it heavily, there have only been a few, brief times when it couldn’t sync and went into offline mode. Granted, I haven’t been anywhere off-grid where I’d have to rely on offline access heavily. Normally, it syncs automatically (and very quickly and frequently), so usually by the time I switch to my iPhone/iPad/PC, the latest changes are already available.
It’s a good question, though; my guess (and it’s only a guess), is that the latest version of changes would override the others.