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urlwolf:
Hi coolrat.
In my view rightNote = treDBnotes, but much more polished.
Unfortunately, I sent quite a lot of feedback to the dev, which he systematically ignored :), and he doesn't really care for linux at all it seems.
I'm really surprised at how big the opportunity here is. There 's a huge hole in the market for something like oneNote for linux (or portable and not tied to a vendor in the files it produces!). For example:
OneNote is fantastic. It's the only MS product I like, but it's great. It beats paper and pencil because 1) it can be searched, 2) it can be backed up, 3) you can insert in something you've already written, 4) sensitive entries can be encrypted, 5) one can easily make cross-reference links, etc, etc. I use it on a tablet, and it's great, for example, for deriving equations, as you can write the equation with the pen, and then type a paragraph of descriptive text, and insert a link from the web. I wish it was available for Linux, as it's the only reason I use Windows.
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from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/78756/what-do-you-use-to-keep-notes-as-a-developer
I'm in the same boat as that commenter at StackOverflow. Maybe devs are scared of competing with M$?
urlwolf:
Yet another option is to lobby microsoft (humor me :) ) to make onenote write to some friendly format that another app can use. Word, excel etc now use xml. Onenote doesn't. If it did, vendor lock-in is gone and also other devs could offer some kind of interoperability, and (gasp!) a tool on linux that understands and writes it!
coolrat:
Hi coolrat.
In my view rightNote = treDBnotes, but much more polished.
Unfortunately, I sent quite a lot of feedback to the dev, which he systematically ignored :), and he doesn't really care for linux at all it seems.
I'm really surprised at how big the opportunity here is. There 's a huge hole in the market for something like oneNote for linux (or portable and not tied to a vendor in the files it produces!).
-urlwolf (August 23, 2009, 12:50 PM)
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I haven't tried RightNotes but became interested in it from its website. I have downloaded it, but havent' installed it yet in WINE.
I wrote to the developer a few days ago and he DID reply. He said that he had many many requests for a Linux version but thought that Linux users might not be willing to pay for software. I assured him that many WOULD in fact be willing to pay for good software.
Like you mentioned, I urged the developer that the Linux market was growing daily and right now, there is a huge hole in the Linux market for a good note application. So I'm waiting for his reply. Maybe you should contact him with your/our plan?
What about Mindraider, ResearchAssistant or NoteCasePro? I think these OpenSource initiatives should be given first priority. I'm happy to help pay for their development if they remain open source. Think of how many people in developing countries (or people lacking financial resources regardless of where they live) could benefit from note-taking software. Generally, these programs run well on low-powered older computers.
(hahaha URLWOLF- that was funny! Ask Microsoft! HOHOHO. Even if they made a Linux version, I'd never go back. Plus isn't OneNote around 400 megs? My TreeDBnotes is about 7 megs!)
adriatic:
Hi, I am the author of Notecase (Pro) program.
Nice thread, I got few interesting ideas here (the one to preserve URL of pasted content is new to me).
To give you my 2 cents of advice:
quite a lot of program authors would live to get good high quality feedback and ideas on how to improve his program.
When/if you decide on a program you want to support, it would be good to invest some time to make detailed analysis (as a group) to help the author to see your vision of the progress for the program.
Perhaps it is the best to to this before your contribution because some features you want to push might get rejected :-)
urlwolf:
Hi, I am the author of Notecase (Pro) program.
Nice thread, I got few interesting ideas here (the one to preserve URL of pasted content is new to me).
-adriatic (August 24, 2009, 04:46 AM)
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No offense, but if you are in the notetaking market and this feature is new to you now, I cannot help but thinking that you are not applying due diligence and checking what others in the market do. This feature has been in onenote for at least 6 years, and everyone loves it.
To give you my 2 cents of advice:
quite a lot of program authors would live to get good high quality feedback and ideas on how to improve his program.
When/if you decide on a program you want to support, it would be good to invest some time to make detailed analysis (as a group) to help the author to see your vision of the progress for the program.
Perhaps it is the best to to this before your contribution because some features you want to push might get rejected :-)
-adriatic (August 24, 2009, 04:46 AM)
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Well, my advice here is, install onenote, use it seriously for a couple of months, and then you would find many things you may want to implement.
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