Exciting teaser for Notebooks
Started by MadaboutDana
on 5/8/2015
MadaboutDana
5/8/2015 9:08 pm
Okay, I'm excited.
If all goes well, the next version of Notebooks (yes, that's as in Alfons's Notebooks) will include support for side-by-side notes - in iOS!
That's so cool! And will turn Notebooks into a potentially very powerful authoring app on the iPad. After all, one of Notebooks's strengths is its support for many different kinds of document. So you could have a PDF on the left and a rich-text note on the right. Very few apps on iPad can do that! And none with the kind of stability and power of Notebooks.
I can't wait! Go go Alfons!
If all goes well, the next version of Notebooks (yes, that's as in Alfons's Notebooks) will include support for side-by-side notes - in iOS!
That's so cool! And will turn Notebooks into a potentially very powerful authoring app on the iPad. After all, one of Notebooks's strengths is its support for many different kinds of document. So you could have a PDF on the left and a rich-text note on the right. Very few apps on iPad can do that! And none with the kind of stability and power of Notebooks.
I can't wait! Go go Alfons!
Paul Korm
5/9/2015 1:26 pm
Notebooks (Schmidt) is one of the few apps that I would have no problem paying a full-price version upgrade for.
@MadaboutDana wrote
I wonder what the list of apps with that capability is.
Over here I have these apps that have side-by-side windows:
LiquidText (beta)
MarginNote Pro
SlingNote
Side by Side+
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Tapoose (I deleted this from iPad -- too annoying)
Apps with PDF and notes in the same window, like OneNote, don't really fit into Bill's category I think.
@MadaboutDana wrote
So you could have a PDF on the left and a rich-text note on the right.
Very few apps on iPad can do that!
I wonder what the list of apps with that capability is.
Over here I have these apps that have side-by-side windows:
LiquidText (beta)
MarginNote Pro
SlingNote
Side by Side+
Get Info
Tapoose (I deleted this from iPad -- too annoying)
Apps with PDF and notes in the same window, like OneNote, don't really fit into Bill's category I think.
MadaboutDana
5/9/2015 7:11 pm
Hm, couple of those I don't know, interesting...
Tapose was a huge disappointment, but I still occasionally play with it. Also worth mentioning is Circus Ponies Notebook, which can do side-by-side (and was one of the very first to do so, long before iOS 8).
I suppose, to be fair, one ought to include OneNote and therefore, by extension, Outline+, but as you say, they're not really two-pane.
I would LOVE to see Gingko on iOS, but I doubt it's going to happen! Similarly, I would LOVE to see Tree 2 on iOS, but ditto.
Scrivener apparently will have, once it's available (mid/late summer???)
Tapose was a huge disappointment, but I still occasionally play with it. Also worth mentioning is Circus Ponies Notebook, which can do side-by-side (and was one of the very first to do so, long before iOS 8).
I suppose, to be fair, one ought to include OneNote and therefore, by extension, Outline+, but as you say, they're not really two-pane.
I would LOVE to see Gingko on iOS, but I doubt it's going to happen! Similarly, I would LOVE to see Tree 2 on iOS, but ditto.
Scrivener apparently will have, once it's available (mid/late summer???)
Over here I have these apps that have side-by-side windows:
LiquidText (beta)
MarginNote Pro
SlingNote
Side by Side+
Get Info
Tapoose (I deleted this from iPad -- too annoying)
Apps with PDF and notes in the same window, like OneNote, don't really
fit into Bill's category I think.
MadaboutDana
5/9/2015 7:23 pm
Oh, forgot to mention Knowtes, as well (browser + notepad; quite good).
There are a number of dual/multi-pane browsers, but they're rather boring.
There are a number of dual/multi-pane browsers, but they're rather boring.
MadaboutDana
5/9/2015 7:28 pm
... and a rather peculiar file management app that also happens to be a text editor and basic photo editor, iStorage 2.
Beautiful interface, remarkably clever file handling.
Beautiful interface, remarkably clever file handling.