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Posted by MadaboutDana
Sep 28, 2019 at 10:41 AM
Aaaaand… I’ve succumbed to temptation. Not least because NoteTaker is the closest thing on macOS to RightNote, one of my very favourite Windows notetakers.
Well, I’m not sorry. There are still bugs (notably: the versioning function crashes the app and paralyses Finder, and also causes embedded web pages to behave oddly), but the concept is impressively ambitious. And contrary to earlier criticism, NoteTaker supports an astonishingly comprehensive list of macOS Services. No, it doesn’t have a “Share” button, but it does have a “Share” item in the context menu that pops up if you right-click on an entry or page (it also has a “Share” menu item, which allows you to copy page or entry URLs). And it generates entire websites from notebooks.
It has a good search function, supplemented by a unique indexing function (I’m not aware of any other information manager that has this feature). What’s more, the index doesn’t just support text, it also supports tags, files, dates and priorities (you can assign priorities to pages and entries).
In fact, the number of functions tucked away in NoteTaker is almost ridiculous, bearing comparison with MacJournal, but with much better outlining (folding in pages - yippee!!). And you can customise it extensively if you so wish. You can change fonts, show multiple columns, choose background images, etc. etc…. no, I’m not going to list all the options.
I’m genuinely impressed. Now to see how well it handles large quantities of information!
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by MadaboutDana
Sep 28, 2019 at 05:01 PM
Tell yer wot, the import/export options are extensive. You have to read the User Guide to check out the full list, but it includes e.g. OPML, PDFs etc.
The one surprising thing missing from export is PDF. On the other hand, you can print to PDF, so I suppose that’s covered.
Posted by Jeffery Smith
Sep 28, 2019 at 05:31 PM
I’m not sure why it is perceived as being light on features. I think that reading through the user manual, as you have, should give a nice overview of what it can do. It has way more features than I need, and the program is relatively compact.
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/e36b85_c97f3214243040779cc5de754dba7ce7.pdf
Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 1, 2019 at 07:48 AM
I agree - there’s loads of stuff in there; not always located in entirely logical places, but once you start sniffing around, internally quite consistent.
The one thing I’m slightly sad about is that while NoteTaker can happily absorb files of more or less any description (either as links or copies embedded in pages), it doesn’t index them. So while you can embed a PDF file, for example, and read it in NoteTaker, you can’t carry out searches on its content. You can import PDF content as text only.
However, I’m very much enjoying the process of discovering NoteTaker’s power. And its outlining features are superb, including the ability to shift entries around in the hierarchy (using the mouse, keyboard shortcuts, etc., both in the table of contents and on the page).
Posted by Simon
Oct 2, 2019 at 10:09 AM
Jeffery Smith wrote:
I’m not sure why it is perceived as being light on features. I think
>that reading through the user manual, as you have, should give a nice
>overview of what it can do. It has way more features than I need, and
>the program is relatively compact.
>
>https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/e36b85_c97f3214243040779cc5de754dba7ce7.pdf
Having glanced through the documentation, it’s a pretty impressive app.
What would you recommend it for and where does it fit in to your workflow?