Unit - unit.ms - note-taking software / focused on note organization
Started by jperlman
on 12/7/2015
jperlman
12/7/2015 3:58 am
Unit - unit.ms
This is a software project that is up and coming, and still in development, but to be released soon, as stated on its website.
It states that it focuses on note organization as a principle feature.
Unit.ms is something to keep an eye on, on its development.
Not much info yet, but seems quite interesting.
http://unit.ms
This is a software project that is up and coming, and still in development, but to be released soon, as stated on its website.
It states that it focuses on note organization as a principle feature.
Unit.ms is something to keep an eye on, on its development.
Not much info yet, but seems quite interesting.
http://unit.ms
jarechu
12/8/2015 11:38 am
Which platforms are supported? Is it a native app or web app? There is absolutely no info (even a screen capture), neither in the link provided or in the Facebook page.
I will keep an eye here, on the forum, but with this level of information, I am not going to subscribe to any e-mail list for early access.
I will keep an eye here, on the forum, but with this level of information, I am not going to subscribe to any e-mail list for early access.
Stephen Zeoli
12/8/2015 3:35 pm
There is so little real information on the website, just vague promises. Made me question if at last some Ph.D. grad student is beginning to study CRIMPing and is looking for a group to test. Because only a CRIMPer would actually provider his or her e-mail for the just the PROMISE of some exciting new note-taker.
Steve Z.
Steve Z.
Dr Andus
12/8/2015 4:14 pm
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
I think CRIMPers are clever than that ;)
If that were the case it would be considered an unethical research design, as informed consent needs to be gained first. Any decent PhD programme would stop that dead in its tracks at the research design approval stage (at UK universities I'm familiar with, fairly high level ethical approval is needed to begin data collection).
The software industry, on the other hand, has no such restrictions, as we learnt from Facebook's experiments on its users: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/02/facebook-sorry-secret-psychological-experiment-users
Because only a
CRIMPer would actually provider his or her e-mail for the just the
PROMISE of some exciting new note-taker.
I think CRIMPers are clever than that ;)
Made me question if at last some Ph.D. grad student is beginning to
study CRIMPing and is looking for a group to test.
If that were the case it would be considered an unethical research design, as informed consent needs to be gained first. Any decent PhD programme would stop that dead in its tracks at the research design approval stage (at UK universities I'm familiar with, fairly high level ethical approval is needed to begin data collection).
The software industry, on the other hand, has no such restrictions, as we learnt from Facebook's experiments on its users: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/02/facebook-sorry-secret-psychological-experiment-users
Jan S.
12/8/2015 6:19 pm
I signed up... now I'm kinda ashamed.
Dr Andus
12/8/2015 7:20 pm
faustisch wrote:
Well, you can never know... Sometimes it's the risk takers that get the goodies. Let us know if you get any inside info.
I signed up... now I'm kinda ashamed.
Well, you can never know... Sometimes it's the risk takers that get the goodies. Let us know if you get any inside info.
shatteredmindofbob
12/8/2015 7:36 pm
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
There is so little real information on the website, just vague promises.
Made me question if at last some Ph.D. grad student is beginning to
study CRIMPing and is looking for a group to test. Because only a
CRIMPer would actually provider his or her e-mail for the just the
PROMISE of some exciting new note-taker.
Steve Z.
I'm having flashbacks to that ultimate GTD app for Windows the ZenWriter guy said was coming soon, back in 2012 or so...
Gorski
12/9/2015 3:24 am
faustisch wrote:
I signed up... now I'm kinda ashamed.
Courage. There's no place for shame in the land of the CRIMPers.
Stephen Zeoli
12/9/2015 2:11 pm
Hey, I signed up too. It was only afterward all these strange thoughts flowed into my peanut brain. - Steve Z.
faustisch wrote:
faustisch wrote:
I signed up... now I'm kinda ashamed.
marcus
7/24/2019 9:12 pm
So I just stumbled upon Unit (unit.ms) for iOS in the App Store. Interesting that it took more than three years to go from announcement to release.
Anyway, it is intriguing! Similar to Notion.so (at least what I remember of the Windows version from early 2018), but currently iOS only. Items can be text (plain, numbered, bulleted, heading 1/2/3), checkbox ("to-do"), image, attachment, or parent ("unit"), whose nested children items (including any combination of these types) open on a new screen. So outlines are possible file-manager style, with one level visible at a time. (A foldable, multi-level view is available, but shows only unit items.) Parent ("unit") items are functionally limited to one line of text, but can have color, reminder, star, and tags. Most items (individually or in batch) can be converted to a different type, although unit items cannot currently be converted. Items can be very easily be dragged and re-arranged, which for me is a big plus. In Dynalist, my current favorite outlining/notebook app, this is possible but comparatively awkward. Items can also be easily deleted, copied, duplicated, or moved.
It seems to have potential for gathering web bookmarks, too. Unit can be the destination for the Share feature from a web browser, receiving the page's URL and inviting the user to browse for the destination – something I wish Dynalist could do. Any item consisting of a URL can be converted, in a single tap, to a proper bookmark, which fetches the page's title and adds an inline preview (though the latter isn't reliably working).
It is still very new, so features are predictably limited (no font customization, no multi-level bulleted or numbered lists, etc.) but both in concept and execution it looks like a very promising start. Free version allows 500 elements and 1GB storage; paid version is currently $3 to $5 per month.
Anyway, it is intriguing! Similar to Notion.so (at least what I remember of the Windows version from early 2018), but currently iOS only. Items can be text (plain, numbered, bulleted, heading 1/2/3), checkbox ("to-do"), image, attachment, or parent ("unit"), whose nested children items (including any combination of these types) open on a new screen. So outlines are possible file-manager style, with one level visible at a time. (A foldable, multi-level view is available, but shows only unit items.) Parent ("unit") items are functionally limited to one line of text, but can have color, reminder, star, and tags. Most items (individually or in batch) can be converted to a different type, although unit items cannot currently be converted. Items can be very easily be dragged and re-arranged, which for me is a big plus. In Dynalist, my current favorite outlining/notebook app, this is possible but comparatively awkward. Items can also be easily deleted, copied, duplicated, or moved.
It seems to have potential for gathering web bookmarks, too. Unit can be the destination for the Share feature from a web browser, receiving the page's URL and inviting the user to browse for the destination – something I wish Dynalist could do. Any item consisting of a URL can be converted, in a single tap, to a proper bookmark, which fetches the page's title and adds an inline preview (though the latter isn't reliably working).
It is still very new, so features are predictably limited (no font customization, no multi-level bulleted or numbered lists, etc.) but both in concept and execution it looks like a very promising start. Free version allows 500 elements and 1GB storage; paid version is currently $3 to $5 per month.