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Posted by Chris Thompson
Dec 20, 2021 at 02:19 PM
There’s also Eastgate Tinderbox. The idea that every shape has an associated rich text note, also capable of hypertext, is basically foundational to Tinderbox.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 20, 2021 at 09:32 PM
This may be overkill, but probably worth mentioning: in Aibase a very powerful though idiosynchratic software, every object has an associated note.
Aibase can do a lot more as can be read here https://www.aibase-cs.com/features.html
Posted by eastgate
Dec 20, 2021 at 10:17 PM
This is absolutely in Tinderbox’s wheel house. Plus, you’ve got a powerful outliner, hyperbolic link views, and lots of analytic power if you need it.
For light-weight tasks, perhaps Scapple will do what you want.
Both are currently on sale in the Festival Of Artisanal Software: https://www.artisanalSoftwareFestival.com/
Posted by Ahmed fawzy
Dec 24, 2021 at 10:27 AM
thank you Alex,
aibase is great!
I tried it and will buy, simple yet powerful with vector output!
superb
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
This may be overkill, but probably worth mentioning: in Aibase a very
>powerful though idiosynchratic software, every object has an associated
>note.
>
>Aibase can do a lot more as can be read here
>https://www.aibase-cs.com/features.html
>
Posted by Amontillado
Dec 24, 2021 at 01:36 PM
A thought about Tinderbox, which I’m helplessly sliding toward purchasing afresh. I don’t think I gave it a fair chance the first time around.
Applications that go about a common task in a unique way are usually branded as hard to learn. My word processor of choice, Mellel, is said to have a steep learning curve. In hindsight, I can’t see it. It’s not MS Word. That’s about the extent of the difficulty, and not being Word is a big advantage for the writer. At least in this grump-bucket’s opinion.
Over the last couple of days I’ve watched a few Youtube video tutorials about Tinderbox, particularly Michael Becker’s.
The first big eye-opener was that agents, rules, and edicts are not mysteries. You don’t have such things in OneNote, so if you’re expecting OneNote you’ll need to shift mental gears.
I think what surprised me is that when I first looked at Tinderbox, I didn’t see where agents went or how to use them. If I understand Mr. Becker’s tutorials correctly, an agent appears as a container of automatically gathered aliases. Not hard.
Clearly, one of three things is true:
1) I was, and perhaps still am, a cognitive Prius. Hopefully practical, but soft in performance.
2) Tinderbox gained a lot of nice improvements and usability in the last half decade.
3) My IQ has jumped about 70 points since first looking at Tinderbox.
I’m going with number 3, and I can prove it with a blindfold and an RC helicopter in the living room. Here, hold my beer…
eastgate wrote:
This is absolutely in Tinderbox’s wheel house. Plus, you’ve
>got a powerful outliner, hyperbolic link views, and lots of analytic
>power if you need it.
>
>For light-weight tasks, perhaps Scapple will do what you want.
>
>Both are currently on sale in the Festival Of Artisanal Software:
>https://www.artisanalSoftwareFestival.com/
>