ATPM 12.11 - Outliners: Writing Environments, Plus Two New Outliners.

Earlier this year I started and mostly completed a project to write up reviews of major Mac notetaking/organizer applications, which I had intended to publish here in a serial fashion. I put a lot of effort into it and got up to 9 reviews before taking a break, and during that break almost all of the applications released new major versions that'd require rewriting all the reviews.

But the main motivation for the project remains: As much as I want an application like DevonThink, I can't stand using it, and I'm always impressed that other Mac users regard it so highly. It has a few nice features, but most of the interface is trashy and poorly thought out, and I'm not going to trust an app that I don't enjoy using. But of the dozens of similar applications for the Mac, some get some things right and other things wrong, and none seem to completely cover the bases for features and usability.