Tinderbox 6 now available

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Posted by exatty95
May 29, 2014 at 05:42 PM

Posted by Paul Korm
Jul 3, 2014 at 10:36 PM

Does anyone here who uses this new version have any impressions? Good, bad, ho hum.

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jul 3, 2014 at 11:12 PM

My impressions are still being formed. I haven’t had the time to really delve into Tbx6. While it seems that most of what you can do with notes and even how you do it is the same, accessing those commands and features is enough different that I haven’t simply been able to hit the ground running. Also, there are some bugs which are annoying, though Mark Bernstein attacks them quickly as they are uncovered.

Anyway, that’s why I have shallow impressions at this stage, but here they are for what they are worth:

- It seems a lot slicker than previous versions.
- I’m not sure yet if I like the new tabbed interface, but I do like the bread crumb trail that lets you see where you’re at if you’ve drilled down many levels.
- I’m not crazy about having the traditional two-pane approach to the note contents, as I preferred opening the notes and viewing them like note cards.
- The new chart view is great, giving you a horizontal outline view similar to Tree.

For me, I think I prefer the previous version, but that’s probably because I am used to it.

Steve Z.

Posted by Hugh
Jul 4, 2014 at 08:25 AM

My experience so far is relatively shallow, but for what it’s worth - the controls are in new places, but the functionality remains familiar. Numerous aspects appear to be easier to use, but they do what they always did. Even the new chart view, which Steve mentions and which for similar reasons I like, is, as far as I can remember, related to a previous chart view. In other words, Version 6 may appear revolutionary - and does I am sure rest on a huge amount of work by Mark Bernstein - but it is in fact evolutionary.

I can see myself using the new version more than I used Version 5, simply because it appears more contemporary and user-friendly (although for deep use I suspect it presents the same “language-learning” challenges - thank goodness for the two Marks, and for Steve’s explanations on his website!).

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