SmartDown for Mac

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Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 2, 2015 at 04:36 PM

The beta version of SmartDown for Mac is now available:

http://www.neomobili.com/products/smartdown/

It’s a very nice piece of work already, according to my (brief but intense) testing. Very simple user interface, hiding a multitude of functions (including a very elegant tagged scrollbar which throws up brief headers for each section as you scroll past it). Rather like FoldingText, but actually more intuitive to use. It’s got that nice Ulysses feature, too, whereby certain functions only appear if you mouseover the top of a file window (e.g. font settings, search function).

The one major failing (IMO) is the lack of GitHub-style Markdown, meaning it doesn’t recognise tasks (unlike e.g. FoldingText).

But it’s looking good, and should be an outstanding addition to the still relatively sparse ranks of outliners that also support Markdown (I continue to hope that Cotton Notes will come to Mac at some point, but it’s looking unlikely. In which case, this could be the ideal alternative!)

The developer, Agaric Perdereau, is a responsive correspondent, too. A Big Plus, IMHO!

Cheers,
Bill

Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 2, 2015 at 09:21 PM

MadaboutDana wrote:
The beta version of SmartDown for Mac is now available:

I see, so that’s why the Windows version hasn’t received an update for a while ;) I really hope he’ll continue to develop both, as I love the Windows version (despite the fact that it doesn’t feel quite finished).

Posted by Paul Korm
Feb 3, 2015 at 12:06 AM

Bill, with two endorsements from you in one day—Outlinely and SmartDown—I’m going to have to CRIMP all night ;-)

Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 3, 2015 at 10:32 AM

Yo, CRIMP on, dude!
;-)

Posted by Marcos D.
Oct 22, 2015 at 12:21 PM

Smartdown for Mac is on sale today; is it worth US$9.99 or IA Writer 3 (US$19.99) is a better alternative?

Thanks, Marcos.

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