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Posted by satis
Apr 7, 2018 at 05:16 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
> I use the others, but most frequently Day One because it has a
>pleasantly designed and simple look, has good services for capturing
>text or images from other applications, and a nice quick-entry mode on
>macOS and iOS.
I’m intrigued by your reply. I open Day One 10-15 times a day (on both Mac and iPhone) for entry in a couple of journals, and I occasionally embed images. I like it a lot - strictly for synced journaling - but find it far too restrictive for anything else.
I write long journal posts and when I do a search I’ll only be presented with entries that contain the results, with NO WAY TO SEARH INSIDE AN ENTRY. Crazy. I practically begged the devs years ago to implement a better find, even suggesting that they implement Google Chrome-like scrollbar ‘ticks’ showing where search results are located. Day One also has odd font choices that aren’t synced across platforms - Merriweather is on Macs but not anywhere else (and it’s way too similar to Georgia anyway). And if I’m going to use Markdown to make lists I might as well do it in Ulysses or IA Writer (or pick your own alternative poison), or make simple lists in Apple Notes with the checklist option (Or Anylist, for which I have a $7.99/yr subscription.) I just can’t imagine using Day One for those kinds of things.
Also, I do most of my serious writing on my Mac. But after devs released result of a poll they conducted which found that something like 75% of users primarily use the app with their phones, they’ve made clear that their focus is on improving the iOS experience. I asked and they have no timeline for keeping feature parity with the iOS app. No word on whether they’l ever offer ‘On This Day’ on Mac, for example. (Which is a shame because in order to save storage space on my phone I split old entries off into archives which I don’t sync to the phone, which means I don’t get that feature on my phone now either.)
Posted by Paul Korm
Apr 7, 2018 at 05:45 PM
I hear you. Day One does have its limitations. The two differences in my case is that search within documents is not important for me—most of what I do is capture & comment, or write journal notes. It’s a daybook—something to go back to in the future and recall particular events or impressions. If I need the notes elsewhere, Day One lives in the Dock with Bear and Tinderbox and other note taking powerhouses, and it’s easy to drag notes into other apps. Albeit, without images—for rendered text and images I export PDFs mainly.
satis wrote:
>I’m intrigued by your reply. I open Day One 10-15 times a day (on both
>Mac and iPhone) for entry in a couple of journals, and I occasionally
>embed images. I like it a lot - strictly for synced journaling - but
>find it far too restrictive for anything else.
Posted by satis
May 9, 2018 at 02:30 PM
Ugh. We’re 48 hours into Day One’s sync having crashed and burned. The villagers are out with pitchforks on Twitter, needling the devs about having ripped out iCloud/Dropbox sync.
I admit it’s pretty frustrating to me. I use Day One on both Mac and iOS, in different ways (long-form entries on Mac), and in order not to mess up entries I’m not using the Mac app now, temporarily using IA Writer again, and remembering why I liked it so much. (And making me rethink my yearlong move to Ulysses, for text-only, at least.)
Posted by MadaboutDana
May 10, 2018 at 09:56 AM
It really does beg the question: why on Earth doesn’t Apple get on and optimise iCloud as a sync system? It’s still pitiful, especially compared with Dropbox (or our business favourite, AutoTask, formerly known as Soonr).
A solid sync engine is a sine qua non of a functional ecosystem.