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Posted by Hugh
Jun 4, 2014 at 09:39 AM
... has just been released by Jesse Grosjean at Hog Bay Software: http://www.foldingtext.com. A simple, Markdown-based outliner for the Mac.
Posted by Hugh
Jun 4, 2014 at 09:41 AM
Perhaps, to be more accurate, I should have written: a simple, Markdown-based text editor with outliner features, for the Mac.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 4, 2014 at 01:42 PM
Hugh wrote:
Perhaps, to be more accurate, I should have written: a simple,
>Markdown-based text editor with outliner features, for the Mac.
I was critical of the first version of FoldingText, but version 2.0 is more refined and usable. It still feels like it is created for computer geeks (not intended as a pejorative, just mean the more technical oriented) than for the general public. It has those oddball Todo and Timer modes. The first seems useful, perhaps, but the Timer feels like a real niche type feature. Plus it’s got things like “Node Paths,” which I don’t even understand. None of this precludes use by people like me. My only concern is that Jesse always seems to find ways to go off on tangents, instead of developing his applications’ key functionality. So I worry about that.
Nevertheless, FoldingText does now genuinely feel like a useful app.
Steve Z.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 9, 2014 at 10:54 AM
If anyone is interested, I wrote up some thoughts about FoldingText at my blog:
http://welcometosherwood.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/some-thoughts-about-foldingtext/
Steve Z.
Posted by Hugh
Jun 9, 2014 at 02:40 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
If anyone is interested, I wrote up some thoughts about FoldingText at
>my blog:
>
>http://welcometosherwood.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/some-thoughts-about-foldingtext/
>
>Steve Z.
Great review, Steve, that in my opinion sums up Folding Text perfectly. (And like your commenter, I too pine for Lotus Agenda. Never mind what it was for - it was just interesting to use!)