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Posted by Thomas
Oct 19, 2007 at 03:03 PM
Well, just for the record, Wikidpad also runs on Win and Mac. Though I’m sure you probably already know about this one.
Posted by Chris Thompson
Oct 19, 2007 at 03:41 PM
Are you looking for a tool that runs on both Windows and Mac, or would a Mac-only tool work for you? If Mac-only is fine, check out VoodooPad. It meets all your requirements (except search in Tiger, which is only moderately good—but it will inherit all the new search operators in Leopard automatically and you only have a week more to wait).
If you need cross-platform, check out Wiki Server:
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/wikis.html
You need OS X server to run it, but the user interface is *very* slick. It’s a pity they don’t have videos of it up on their website (at least I can’t find them). It has most of the good stuff from Sharepoint mixed with wiki goodness. And you can access it in a cross-platform manner.
—Chris
Posted by Franz Grieser
Oct 19, 2007 at 04:09 PM
Thanks for the pointers so far.
@Ike: I tried PmWiki more than a year ago. It was OK on Windows but somehow it was not what I needed (can’t remember exactly what it was that was missing). I’ll give it another try.
MediaWiki might be fine for my needs. I do not necessarily have to use several databases, I can also keep my notes in one file. But the effort required is way beyond what I am prepared to invest - if I go for a pure Windows solution, spending $30 for a CT licence or even $80 for the USB licence will be the easiest way.
@Thomas: Notestudio is no option as development was frozen.
Wikidpad seems to be interesting. I will give it a try. However, it looks like it does not have a Navigator as in CT - i.e. the view that shows the links between the notes. What I have seen so far reminds me of Infoselect (the data repository I use at the moment).
And: No, I was not aware of Wikidpad :-)
@Chris: I am looking for a cross-plattform tool; the ideal solution would be one that can be run from a USB stick both from Windows and Mac.
Again, thanks so far.
Franz
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 19, 2007 at 05:26 PM
Take a look at Zulu Pad:
http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/download.html
I don’t know much about it, but it does claim to run on both Windows and Mac and from a thumbdrive.
Steve Z.
Posted by sracer
Oct 19, 2007 at 10:02 PM
Thomas wrote:
>Well, just for the record, Wikidpad also runs on Win and Mac. Though I’m sure you
>probably already know about this one.
I want to second the recommendation for Wikidpad. I’ve been tinkering with it (converted my KeyNote-based data to it). Wikidpad is extremely powerful. There are a few things about it that I appreciate:
First, the powerful features that I don’t use don’t get in the way. It’s nice to know that they’re easily available should I find the need.
Second, I like the “dual access” to my data. I can access data in a hierarchical manner via the tree, or “contextually” via the WikiWords.
KeyNote continues to be my main PIM, but I’ll be using Wikidpad to create an interractive family history for relatives.