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Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 14, 2014 at 03:37 PM
Just got back to working on Gingko after a hiatus and was pleasantly surprised to find some useful new features. Looks like development hasn’t halted:
* word count in columns - press “w” in view mode
* press Shift+Enter to “Edit card in fullscreen mode” (it says ‘experimental’) - this turns it into a distraction-free full screen mode focusing on a single card’s contents. This is a nice touch, as things can get busy once there are lots of cards in lots of columns.
Posted by jaslar
Nov 15, 2014 at 06:34 PM
Both of these are really excellent additions to the software. Thanks for encouraging me to take another look at it. I’ve also taken a look at SmartDown, which is another fascinating, small, quick little writing tool. But this elegance of design makes it easier to go deeper into it, for both Gingko and SmartDown.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Nov 15, 2014 at 08:53 PM
Yes, SmartDown does look interesting, and the French developer has just confirmed to me that they’re going to release a Mac version, too, albeit after the Windows version.
Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 16, 2014 at 01:02 AM
jaslar wrote:
Both of these are really excellent additions to the software.
Actually a third minor but useful feature I noticed was that you can now mark a Gingko tree as “a favorite” (in the tree settings), which puts it on the top of the “My Gingko trees” pull-down list, making it easier to find and return to (e.g. to a work-in-progress tree).
Posted by frank.dg
Jan 3, 2015 at 03:56 PM
You will note that Gingko has recently set a card limit for free accounts. That was long overdue! Previously one could write an entire book in one tree on a free account, unhindered by any sort of limit as is with WorkFlowy, where a free account enables one to create 250 lists/ month. One had to upgrade to a pro account if they wanted more than 5 trees. With a card limit, this makes me feel way more confident that Gingko is here for the long haul. Whether that will convert more premium users, there’s no saying. But it feels right.
Gingko is steadily coming out with some very useful features. In the keyboard shortcuts help menu, you’ll see some experimental features, each of which I have already made a permanent part of my workflow. Each of them are powerful additions:
Shift + Enter - Edit card in fullscreen mode
Ctrl + Shift + ↑ or Ctrl + Shift + K - Merge card up
Ctrl + Shift + ↓ or Ctrl + Shift + J - Merge card down
Shift + F11 - Toggle fullscreen card-editing.
Ctrl + Shift + i - Insert image. (Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Search, etc.)
- Merging cards (besides the option of already being able to split them) is huge!
- Fullscreen mode for editing a card has great potential. Love it!
- Inserting an image via the Filepicker interface (I use the Dropbox option) speeds up one’s workflow. Brilliant!