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Posted by washere
Mar 24, 2018 at 01:40 AM
dan7000 wrote:
Ginkgo?
>
>Moo.do *should* do this but doesn’t seem to. Seems like a very obvious
>application of the moo.do UI model.
Like I said in OP:
>I want it to be:
> For Windows
> Not subscription based
> Not someone else’s cloud. Personal cloud is OK. But should work offline too.
Ginkgo has an offline in beta though, been waiting for the final v2. But the blocks in it are too large.
With the usual tree-outliner node sizes, a lot more items can seen at once than Ginkgo.
Ditto other usual tree interface elements missing not to mention other needed features you’d find in a heavyweight tree-ware.
I’ve always liked Ginkgo though. It is sort of Miller columns.
I used ftp/email in my first job & remember when I told colleagues about the first web browser.
They all said it will never catch on. I knew they were wrong.
You know your outliners & interface.
Carry on soldier, hehe :)
Posted by dan7000
Mar 25, 2018 at 04:59 AM
washere wrote:
>
>Ginkgo has an offline in beta though, been waiting for the final v2. But
>the blocks in it are too large.
>With the usual tree-outliner node sizes, a lot more items can seen at
>once than Ginkgo.
>Ditto other usual tree interface elements missing not to mention other
>needed features you’d find in a heavyweight tree-ware.
>
Totally agree. According to my emails with the developer, Ginkgo is going to fix this issue by coming out with collapsable blocks - so you just see the first line until you click a “more” icon. Optional setting, I presume. I have already added this to my Ginkgo using some convoluted markdown which I will send you if you want, but it will be very nice when they add this as a regular feature. Then you can have the typical 1-line outliner nodes OR see a full block of text based on what you are doing. Hopefully will have something like “collapse all” and “expand all” options—per row settings would be ideal.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Mar 25, 2018 at 09:31 AM
The convoluted markdown sounds very intriguing! Please do send it, or post it somewhere downloadable.
Thanks very much!
Bill
Posted by washere
Mar 25, 2018 at 03:02 PM
>Totally agree. According to my emails with the developer, Ginkgo is
>going to fix this issue by coming out with collapsable blocks - so you
>just see the first line until you click a “more” icon. Optional setting,
>I presume. I have already added this to my Ginkgo using some convoluted
>markdown which I will send you if you want, but it will be very nice
>when they add this as a regular feature. Then you can have the typical
>1-line outliner nodes OR see a full block of text based on what you are
>doing. Hopefully will have something like “collapse all” and “expand
>all” options—per row settings would be ideal.
That sounds good. He can do dual mode, for as is look plus more detailed interface.
You can paste your config in:
And just press create pastecode button and post the generated url here so mad about and other Ginkgo users can benefit too. No need to register on the site.
His general approach has great potential.
Posted by satis
Mar 25, 2018 at 11:32 PM
dan7000 wrote:
>
>Ginkgo is going to fix this issue by coming out with collapsable blocks - so
>you just see the first line until you click a “more” icon.
Great. Nice to see the UI advance. But the app (I registered the desktop app, currently at 0.89) needs some other priority work done first, or at least fast. Like search.
I know there’s CSS hacking/templates for the web version but text font/size/color/background color should be available, at least on the desktop apps (and a night mode would be nice). Preferences should have checkboxes to implement macOS spellcheck and/or correct while typing, smart substitutions (eg quotes, dashes), etc. Less important additions that would be nice to see might include auto-backups, password locks, doc stats in footer, some printing control, etc