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General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software

« on: September 29, 2008, 09:39 AM »

Hey everyone.

I've posted in this thread a few times about my company's note taking software, NoteScribe, and I just wanted to let you all know that we've made a few updates. We just released a premium version of our software which now includes an organizational calendar that sends reminders through email, text message, and desktop pop-up, multiple databases to separate, work, school, home, or whatever type of notes you have, and the upgrade also allows you to create multiple sources and multiple categories for notes.

Awhile back when I posted, people mentioned not being pleased with the "nag screen". We've toned that down as well, so it's not displayed every time the program is started. If you check out the program, please let us know of any other suggestions for improvement that you would like to see (we're currently working on a web-based version, and also a Mac version, just to clarify before posting this!).

Visit www.NoteScribe.net for more information and a free download. Thanks again everyone!

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Developer's Corner / Re: Working with Adobe CS3 (flash)

« on: May 27, 2008, 02:50 PM »

Thank you for the links, everyone. I ended up buying "Flash for Dummies" which has been a good help so far. Having no experience in using flash at all has really helped me with learning it step by step.

Thanks again

Jake
NoteScribe: The Premier <A HREF="http://www.notescribe.net">Note Taking Software</A>

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Developer's Corner / Working with Adobe CS3 (flash)

« on: May 20, 2008, 11:40 AM »

I recently downloaded Adobe CS3, and I have absolutely no experience in creating flash. We wanted to learn how to do it so we can liven up some of the images on our desktop. I don't need to learn a lot about it, but I'd like to be able to do simple processes such as have scrolling text across banners, and I also want to learn how to animate regular banners (make them come to life).

Does anyone know of any decent online tutorials for learning the basics of what I'm looking to do? I watched some of the tutorial videos that Adobe has for the program, and most of them jumped ahead and into things that I'm not even sure how to do. Obviously, that wasn't very helpful!

Any links would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

Jake
NoteScribe

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Notescribe not taking software - request for reviews

« on: May 09, 2008, 12:06 PM »

I expect a prog like this to have import/export options for text etc.

The database issue is a big one. It doesn't really matter for text/notes because there are lots of ways of dealing with that. It does matter for info that you would never want to retype and where you want certainty of future access to the data all in the right fields. It is one of the main things I look at for any database prog. It is never possible to predict which progs will come to an end and there is always the risk of being left high and dry; much less likely for very popular progs because someone will be likely to produce a means of moving the data to a still current prog.

Many progs are founded on a mainstream database engine rather than their own in-program option. For instance IdImager has options based on SQLite and SQLserver (and used to have an option based on Access's Jet engine). This gives extra confidence that the data will be readable & managable in in the future. If this is the case, it is nice to know what the engine is (and will give an idea of strengths, weaknesses and scalability).

Whether this is true or not, it is reassuring to be able to export the database in a format that can be read by other progs. Just as an way of avoiding the data being left up a blind alley.

The info in NoteScribe that seems to require that protection is the citations/sources, and probably the linkage between text, sources and attachments.

All the progs I rely on a lot have the ability to export their databases in fairly common formats. Otherwise I would never have considered them.

-Dormouse (May 09, 2008, 10:26 AM)

OK, I follow you. We've got that covered as long as I fully understood what you wrote.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Notescribe not taking software - request for reviews

« on: May 09, 2008, 12:04 PM »

Additionally, I take it everyone on here hates a nag screen? Is that something we should get rid of?

-jpm2112 (May 08, 2008, 09:43 AM)

Some programs that offer a free version (crippleware?) have a nag screen (at least on occasion) to promote the paid version. Not popular, but semi-acceptable as an exchange for the free version. Many people will still not use them though because of the irritation.

Some programs have a trial period and then permit the program to continue to be used without registration - but with a nag screen coming up every time. No-one can really argue about it because they shouldn't be using it at all after the trial had run out. I definitely see this as acceptable/generous.

Having a nag screen come up during a trial period is something I see as unacceptable and I would recommend getting it out of the program.

Even more important probably in your marketplace since the completely free version of TreeDBNotes offers a lot of the functionality of NoteScribe, as do many other alternatives, and you don't really want to irritate potential customers. OTOH, many/most potential customers are probably not aware of the alternatives out there.

-Dormouse (May 09, 2008, 10:12 AM)

You're right, a nag screen is definitely not something worth losing people. I will talk to our programmer about getting that modified.

Thanks for the heads up about TreeDBNotes. I downloaded and checked it out, and it has a few features that we lack, and lacks a few that we have. I see what you mean though. If someone can get something similar for free, we probably should dispose of a constant nag.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Notescribe not taking software - request for reviews

« on: May 08, 2008, 09:43 AM »

I've test run a lot of notetaking/text editing software and, for my own use, settled on TreeDBNotes. I have even thought about doing some sort of summary, but I don't really have the time to be systematic with it. So I'm not as interested in looking at new programs as I was (since I don't have the same personal need as before) but am still somewhat interested. However, there is no free version so any work put into it during the trial is lost without a purchase. And I notice from Softpedia that there is a nag screen. Altogether that is just enough to stop me even downloading it to have a look.

The USP appears to be the source editor with formatting styles and I would have a look if I felt I needed that (would need a lot of convincing to go with a program for that though; at the very least would need to know about the database being used and export/import options).

-Dormouse (May 07, 2008, 05:49 PM)

Database-wise, I'm not sure what you're asking. Could you elaborate?

As far as export/import, you can export your notes as .rtf to be used, edited, or integrated with external programs. You can also print directly from NoteScribe. The importing function only imports NoteScribe files (for now...), and is for use in importing notes from a fellow NoteScribe user. It's very cool actually. If you are collaborating on a project, we have an import screen that shows the differences between your note and a newer version of your note if someone modified it.

Additionally, I take it everyone on here hates a nag screen? Is that something we should get rid of?

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Notescribe not taking software - request for reviews

« on: May 08, 2008, 09:40 AM »

Yeah, it seems I was a lot less busy two years ago when I did that review.  Things have changed so much since then in the note-taking world.  Evernote went Web 2.0...SQLNotes emerged as an amazing utility.  I would say that that Roundup I did isn't even particularly useful anymore since it's so out of date.

NoteScribe looks interesting.  If I get a chance, I would love to fiddle around with it and give my comments.

-superboyac (May 07, 2008, 03:30 PM)

It was a great, and comprehensive review! I could see it hard to find the time to do something like that again. It is a rapidly changing world too, we're doing our best to keep up with everything that is going on, but in a way, we've realized that some will like one program, some will like another. (And then some don't like a nag screen. )

If you do get a chance to play around with it, we would love to hear your feedback. You did a great job on the last round-up and it would be great to see what you think.

Thank you to everyone else that checked us out!

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Notescribe not taking software - request for reviews

« on: May 07, 2008, 03:11 PM »

Hi everyone,

I'm rather new here still, but have a few questions concerning reviews and the software that I am currently marketing called NoteScribe, which is a note-taking software developed mostly for students, but for home and business use as well. We are a rather new company, and it's been difficult to get reviews done on our program with it being such a big software world out there. I was wondering if anyone on here does any sort of blog reviews, or reviews anywhere and would be willing to do one for our program? I know there is a large section on note-taking already covered on this site, but it would be greatly appreciated if someone could do a few blurbs about our program and website to give us a hand.

Please check us out at www.NoteScribe.net where you can download a 30-day free trial. If you have any other questions about us, please let me know. Thanks everyone!

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General Review Discussion / Re: Educational Software reviews?

« on: May 07, 2008, 03:01 PM »

Cool, thanks for that link as well!

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General Review Discussion / Re: Educational Software reviews?

« on: May 05, 2008, 02:23 PM »

here's a college level open source course site-

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm

a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.

-cmpm (August 18, 2007, 06:25 AM)

WOW! That site is awesome. Thank you for the link, there aren't many sources better than M.I.T!

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General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software

« on: May 02, 2008, 02:11 PM »

Has anybody tried just using Word Docs/Pdfs/Excel/text notes to store their information and using a desktop search engine to tie them all together? I am considering just using a well thought out directory structure and individual documents. The structured folders would do just as well as tagging would in say Evernote and it seems that Copernic would be able to get me just as quick access as any of the dedicated programs do.

The portability of this is very appealing to me. Not to mention that I don't have to have another program running in the background. It is just as easy to print a web page to pdf as it is to clip to OneNote or Evernote.

-edbro (April 30, 2008, 09:51 AM)

That's possible, but then, I would think it would be hard to organize things like that. Personally I prefer to have everything in one place, where I can link everything, and see everything together at the same time. That way, the information sticks better. That's just me though. If you have a search built into the program too, it goes even quicker.

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Note Taking Software / Re: Enter TiddlyWiki

« on: April 29, 2008, 02:45 PM »

Wow, I had no idea so many note taking programs were on the market! That was quite the comprehensive overview of quite a few of them, and very useful.

I actually stumbled onto the article because my company is marketing a note-taking software, called NoteScribe. I wanted to see what else was out there, and how it compared with our program. NoteScribe was developed primarily for academic needs, and we tried to keep the student in mind while developing it. It is, however, rather versatile, and I think would work well in the business setting as well as in a general setting at home. Everyone here seems to be pretty knowledgeable of the field and looking to learn more about software in that area, so if you'd like, give us a look at http://www.NoteScribe.net and let us know what you think!

Again, thanks for the large overview of all the other programs out there, and I hope that our program can be useful for someone.