But being the kind of person that I am, I believe that it's better to find a piece of software specifically designed for the intent of journals.-superboyac (May 14, 2007, 01:04 AM)
I tried OneNote at some point -- fun but I disliked the fact that none of the desktop search applications I was using could index my documents' content. I'm getting a bit tired of all these different proprietary file formats on my computer. I 'm looking more and more for cross platform file formats, if possible.-Armando (May 14, 2007, 03:32 AM)
Im trialling a thing called Ideamason ( http://www.ideamason.com/ ) which at a quick look has a lot of the features of the Journal, but then i want it specifically for essay writing and research of that type, and much prefer a single organized place for things rather than a separate program for everything, so long as it does it well. (unlike everything else in my life which seems to be totally disorganized lol)Ideamason is a bit much for just a simple journal. However, as far as notetaking, it seems very interesting. I just finished watching the screenshot tour of it and it looks like it's a mature program with many research-oriented options. I need to look at it a little more for the notetaking thread.-Grorgy (May 14, 2007, 01:18 AM)
Being the type of person you are, you also probably want something that's "indexable" with a desktop search program (X1, copernic, archivarius...) :)I don't know, I don't think I need to be able to index it with another program. After all, it is "private" so I don't want to be as accessible as all my other normal documents. The search options in the Journal are pretty extensive, so I shouldn't have a hard time finding anything. If people are going to snoop around in my journal, at least make them work for it!-Armando (May 14, 2007, 03:19 AM)
I think if I'm not mistaken, Windows Desktop Search does index Onenote files.-patteo (May 14, 2007, 04:34 AM)
I don't know, I don't think I need to be able to index it with another program. After all, it is "private" so I don't want to be as accessible as all my other normal documents. The search options in the Journal are pretty extensive, so I shouldn't have a hard time finding anything. If people are going to snoop around in my journal, at least make them work for it!-superboyac (May 14, 2007, 10:29 AM)
I use "The Journal" available at http://www.davidrm.com/thejournal/ (http://www.davidrm.com/thejournal/). Definitely worth a look - they have a full-featured 45 day trial you can download.
I was looking for such a program for quite a while but was really limiting myself by requiring that the application have both a desktop PC and Pocket PC version available. But I finally gave up on that and started looking for simply the best PC journal software I could find - and The Journal fit the bill. Excellent developer support with a very active Yahoo group (though I don't really like Yahoo groups!). This one gives me all that I need, plus has a lot of additional features that I am not presently using, but I hope to use someday.
It's not inexpensive, but it satisfies all of my requirements, and has some extras that are really great.
Oops - I just noticed that superboyac did mention this software in his initial post -- and he is correct in that this application is not really interactive with other applications, though you can link a number of other document types to it, as well as embed them in your journal pages.-J-Mac (May 20, 2007, 02:03 PM)
I checked the features and compared them to EverNote. Interesting to see that the <b>free</b> version of EverNote seems to give the user almost <b>all</b> the same features. Doesn't it?
Some aspects of EverNote (like the searching capability, the tagging system, the Multiple Note Formats, The universal clipper, the support for various pen devices, etc.)actually seem even more powerful. But I'll see after trying The Journal.
Right now, I actually use EverNote in conjunction with a Word Document -- as I suggested before. But I guess I fcould rely exclusively on since it's got probably most of the features one might want for a journal (like : very very easy to see everything <b>chronologically AND sorted through the different categories</b>).
I guess I just love EverNote. :)
Simple, free, yet very powerful.-Armando (May 20, 2007, 03:30 PM)
Well, using that logic, I guess you could make the claim that you could use Evernote in place of Word, Notepad, or really any application that is note/text editing related. But I think that most do not wish to do so, or the other journal/text editing/note-taking programs would be out of business! :-\
The features that many look for are one's more specific to their needs, rather than taking generic applications and force-fitting them to do all.
Just my opinion.-J-Mac (May 20, 2007, 04:13 PM)
I guess I just love EverNote.
Simple, free, yet very powerful.
Also, too many apps for different, yet not that different, tasks, makes my life much more complicated
We need a 12 step programme:
My name is Mike and I am a software addict.-Darwin (May 20, 2007, 05:35 PM)
kept going back to Wordpad and an encrypted file.-digitalzen (May 25, 2007, 09:00 PM)
Now I use a <a href="http://www.moleskine.com/eng/_interni/catalogo/default.htm">Moleskine</a> and Mont Blanc. Much more satisfying.
Pelikan make some of the world's finest fountain pens. Forget M*nt Bl*nc - if you're looking for peerless build quality and precision engineering you'll find it in our Pelikan Souveran and Toledo ranges. .
As a mere female
An easy-to-use Journal/Diary program with powerful search facilities can be found here
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Or here:
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I believe your posts here have been removed before & they will surely be removed again unless you announce your affiliation in each post where you recommend your software.-tomos (October 12, 2009, 07:18 AM)
Thanks for adding that :)I believe your posts here have been removed before & they will surely be removed again unless you announce your affiliation in each post where you recommend your software.-tomos (October 12, 2009, 07:18 AM)
@tomos
Sorry and thank you, didn't know that announcing the affiliation is necessary in this thread as well.
After all, most posters here do not do it.-journalist (October 12, 2009, 08:01 AM)
As a mere female, not particularly computer literate, my favourites are:
iDailyDiary http://www.splinterware.com/ for journaling. Love it. By far the best after testing quite a few others;
ReadyNotes which is fantastic for writing- I use it for writing poetry as you have endless (literally) pages and categories, Derring Technologies, and
Evernote, which is great for when you are surfing.
I also us Ywriter and Chrysanth for other writing projects.-Catkintails (May 26, 2007, 01:37 PM)
I use "The Journal" available at http://www.davidrm.com/thejournal/ (http://www.davidrm.com/thejournal/). Definitely worth a look - they have a full-featured 45 day trial you can download.
I was looking for such a program for quite a while but was really limiting myself by requiring that the application have both a desktop PC and Pocket PC version available. But I finally gave up on that and started looking for simply the best PC journal software I could find - and The Journal fit the bill. Excellent developer support with a very active Yahoo group (though I don't really like Yahoo groups!). This one gives me all that I need, plus has a lot of additional features that I am not presently using, but I hope to use someday.
It's not inexpensive, but it satisfies all of my requirements, and has some extras that are really great.
Oops - I just noticed that superboyac did mention this software in his initial post -- and he is correct in that this application is not really interactive with other applications, though you can link a number of other document types to it, as well as embed them in your journal pages.-J-Mac (May 20, 2007, 02:03 PM)
I didn't bother to get 5. Now I'm glad. :)-wraith808 (November 27, 2009, 09:03 PM)
It's definitely different- seems like he's going for a more standard commercial view. But yeah- I like J4's appearance.-wraith808 (November 30, 2009, 10:35 AM)
Has anyone ever considered using a local install of Wordpress with WampServer/XAMPP for this purpose?
You could make the pages look however you like with whatever theme you want to add to it, if you don't like the included themes. And there are plenty of free themes available. And additional functionality can be added with plugins.
It's already searchable, out of the box, you can post images to it, and for a spellchecker, you'd use the one in your browser.
And since it is not being published online, and would not be running all the time, as long as you don't allow internet access to it from within WampServer/XAMPP, it would not have a lot of the vulnerability worries that a normal Wordpress blog might have.-app103 (June 18, 2014, 05:38 PM)
For diaries however, I'd think one of the wiki apps might also be a possibility.-40hz (June 18, 2014, 06:07 PM)