Why is this development so slow? [From Issue 342]

[dpradov]

From the issue 342 - Why is this development so slow? in Google Code:

Reported by g.ohana, Jul 19, 2010

hardly any major improvements since i started using this version


Comment 1 by jeffko12, Jul 20, 2010

The developer works on this voluntarily, so no one is entitled to request this or that level of effort to be put into this project, beyond what is put.

That said, I share the feeling of disappointment, especially considering the fact that the people who use this tool use it often and a lot.

Perhaps the only useful act could be to start a discussion about alternatives to KeyNote, free or commercial. On this subject I can only say that I did not find anything that comes even close to the convenience and feature-richness of KeyNote. At least not yet.



Comment 2 by dvv81, Jul 21, 2010

Well, there's a program "Essential PIM (free edition)" which allows to create notes in the same tree-view form as KeyNote with Rich Text formatting. Not multi-tabbed notes, however (at least, in the free edition), but anyway MUCH better than free edition of TreePad. Besides that, "Essential PIM" is actually a "Personal Info Manager" with additional abilities such as Sheduler, Reminder, Contacts etc.


Comment 3 by jeffko12, Jul 21, 2010

I actually use EssentialPIM (paid edition.) It's a good PIM (calendar etc.) but its outlining is very inferior to KeyNote. It doesn't support most features of KeyNote, it is slow, clumsy in its interface, with so-so keyboard support. Also, it stores all data in one big obscure database (along with the rest of the PIM data: calendar, address book, etc.) I feel it's not made as a standalone outliner. The Outliner is there just to say that it has one and for jotting notes here and there. I cannot imagine using it daily as the primary authoring tool...



Comment 4 by g.ohana, Jul 23, 2010

I had no intention of replacing keynote. Even in its current state it is far better than anything i've tried (and I have tried almost everything out there). I was merely being impatient with the author. Look on the bright side,at least we have an author now...


Comment 5 by hlopez.mail, Aug 10, 2010

Keynote is a great program, even with its slow development pace. However, if you want to try something quite similar regarding functions, try RightNote. You can download a trial version from http://www.bauerapps.com/. One thing I like a lot about RightNote is its search panel (resource panel, same name as in KeyNote), because the list of hits show the actual text searched for (highlighted) and you can go directly to that text simply selecting the row with the hit in the list. Try it. If KeyNote implemented this in its resource panel, it would be really great.


Comment 6 by jeffko12, Aug 14, 2010

Thank you hlopez. I agree KeyNote is an excellent program. I used it for years. Even before NF I was frustrated with the development progress, but never found anything better, even commercial. Indeed, RightNote seems to do the job. It adds some stuff KeyNote does not have, such as tagging and indexing, but above all it seems as it is actually maintained and committed to slick design. I agree it is a viable alternative. Thank you very much for pointing this out.

To help me go faster, please see this post and tell me what you think:
How to manage bugs and feature request. Help wanted

[brother-gabriel]

Hello, y'all! Yes, I too have searched the world over for an alternative to Keynote and to no avail. KeyNote is just so very usable! There is nothing else quite like it. There are many features I would like to have in Keynote, and some of those are what keep Keynote behind in the races, but I wait patiently and am very happy with the slightest updates.

[vandivx]

I used shortly original KeyNote, just experimented with it and then it must have got lost with transfer to new PC or what, I kept my notes in Atlantis word editor which has bookmarks but no tree like node or anything and now after years the document is so long it is hard to find in it what one is looking for...

I tried TreePad and some other tree notepad but its just text notepad, no pictures and text formating and I remembered I once used something with rtf abilities and I found looking for it on my original first USB key some files with .kne and .knt extensions and threw a search for apps that use that extensions and after some labor I found the original KeyNote site and got here, downloaded and I am happy now, just learning my way about and soon I plan to transfer all my old notes to this program.

One alternative that did accept pictures and what not and which I once had on my PC was Evernote (they have free and paid editions) but never learned how to use that one (seems to be clipbook, not much of an organizer) and it was idle untill it also went in a reinstall of OS

I am glad that KeyNote found new home, thank you a lot, made my day