The Surfulater tree has been designed and written (by me) to be very flexible and fast which you can easily see by the various tree views. I'll be adding more views and filters in future.
That's great to hear. It's great how you're pushing for innovation in that area. Thanks for the explanation on the two buttons, it's kind of subtle, but very useful.
I've looked at Zoot several times and just don't get it. It has a loyal and enthusiastic following with folks hanging on for a modern version. One day the penny might drop. SB maybe you can summarize what Zoot is about in your eyes.
You have to look at Zoot from a purely text-based point of view to appreciate it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're (nevf) more of a webpage kind of person (text, images, links, formatting, etc.). That's why those that love Surfulater love that they can capture virtually anything and preserve the "look". At the same time, for more simple users like me that pretty much just do text, that's not as big an issue, so programs like Zoot are still viable options. But it's always better to have more options and turn additional features off than to be incapable of doing modern things, and that's Zoot's problem for now. But Zoot is interesting because it's email-like interface which I like, and it's powerful auto-filtering feautres, and it's fantastic live search feature. In fact, if you take out the web-capturing feature of Evernote, and reduce it to a simple text format, it's almost just like Zoot, except less powerful. Also, Evernote and Surfulater use scrolls, while Zoot does something completely different, which is to organize the notes like an 3-pane email program. It's all a matter of preference. For some situations, I prefer the scrolling, and for others, I prefer not scrolling.
There are things about Zoot that are major turnoffs besides just the ancient featureset. For example, the way the databases are managed and constructed can be initially confusing and convoluted. It's price is prohibitive to all but the most committed users, which will prevent people from even considering it. See, users can buy Surfulater and Evernote, and these other programs, and within minutes, you'll feel comfortable with it and can begin using it. Zoot is not like that. I tried Zoot 3 times before I got to a point where I said "Oh! I get it now." And most people aren't going to give it even half that effort. But I'm still convinced that IF Zoot is updated to a modern version, it will be a very valuable and unique addition to the notetaking genre.
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