Necmettin

Sen nasıl oldun Eren, daha iyi misin? - Necmettin

H1N1 değil sanırım, ateşim yok, sadece bademciklerim yokluyor. Onun haricinde evde olduğum zamanda kırgınlık yok ama dışarı çıktığımda hemen soğuk yiyorum ve başa dönüyor tam toparlayamadan.. - Eren Türkay

Much less graphical. Mine has no Flash, no fancy graphics and sounds. Just lets you organize whatever you wish to organize into nodes and subs (like the tree on the left of Windows Explorer).. Most mindmapping and note-taking applications have too much detail, too many options and actions (imho). So I'm looking for simpler and easier-to-use applications. Got any? - Necmettin

Something like this: http://tmp.begiter.gen.tr/dt... (I couldn't find how to add an image after creating the entry in FF). - Necmettin

I have been using Treepad for this: see screenshot of how I am using it with. http://www.imagebam.com/image... .Also similar ones available are treedbnotes pro, rightnote, allmynotes organizer pro. But they all lack what I would like. I like the tree-style layout and the ability to create sub nodes of sub nodes at the left, but I would need text colorations and special... more... - TrafficBug

Google Tasks. I love lots of things about it. It's simplicity. How you can control it pretty much from the keyboard. Portability (I have it in Gmail and gCalendar). Things I don't like about it: I can't delete or rename my first list. It needs a few more keyboard shortcuts for full keyboard usage; like switching between lists. Exportability is not much of an option. If I pop it out, I... more... - Maxamad

@TrafficBug I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'wiki of links'. And the applications you list are all desktop applications it seems. Any online options? - Necmettin

@Mehmet Yeah, I love GTasks, too. Except it doesn't use the entire window, just a small portion of it. I don't like that, really. Do you use Google Tasks on a daily basis, or have a better option that syncs with your phone? - Necmettin

You can make Gtasks use the full window. Create a bookmark with the following URL - "http://mail.google.com/tasks..." - Vinayak Joshi

Cool tip, thanks. But then again, I'm writing my own todo-notetaking-datatree application, and I'm hoping to have it published within the week. - Necmettin

@Necmetting, by wiki of links I meant something like this. Link = http://imgur.com/IbezS.png Something like Treepad, but this could be a variation. I havent used online note taking apps so far because I need very fast indexing and fast retrieval and would prefer all data stored on desktop, with prohbably syncs to the cloud at a sequence and interval I determine manually. - TrafficBug

Yeah, I use it daily. And thanks Vinayak for the link. - Maxamad

Here is a recap of feature list I would like - freeform database, full-text search, auto-completion of search results (autosuggest), prominent "Find" button provided as part of toolbar, and the whole thing could be like a spreadsheet with rows of data with only 1 column = "data" instead of a tree-data format, something like a scrolling table of entries that match the current dataset as found by the entry in the Find textbox. - TrafficBug

Very nice, useful and applicable ideas, TrafficBug. Except, how would you enter more than one paragraph of text (say, something like a "note" about an entry)? When you say freeform database, do you mean being able to add new columns to entries (separately), or a more relaxed way of saving the data/text? - Necmettin

I made this video of a bookmarking app I use: http://www.screentoaster.com/watch... I especially like how the Find text box is bringing up results as I type (the result dataset keeps changing as I type). As regards your questions, I would define one 'entry' to be a 'text snippet' that is allowed to occupy one row in the search results spreadsheet that appear like... more... - TrafficBug

Wow! Adding everything you described to my "considering doing" list. Thanks for such a detailed description. - Necmettin

@necmettin I have used/tested all of the ones you mention, plus MindMeister, XMind (non-browser), Todoist, RTM, TwitDone yesterday (it actually has some interesting ideas), and even FriendFeed as a To-Do/notes app (as a private Group). None do everything I'd want them to be truly useful, GoogleNotes got close but was missing some things before Google archived the project (clipping was fast/great, as was manual clip sorting; no child nodes though). - Alex Schleber

@necmetin BTW, have you looked into #Wordpress' P2 Theme for note threading? http://p2demo.wordpress.com/ It's only missing edit of posts/replies, which is probably turned on for the admin user, will have to do my own install to test. For clipping, just use the WP PressThis bookmarklet?! - Alex Schleber

Checking out all the options Alex listed (and thanks, Alex, for that), yet I still do not feel like I found *the* todo/notes application. Each and every one of them has strengths, yet again each seem to lack at least one feature I would like to have (and planning to include in the application I'm working on). I have almost always been on the lookout for a perfect notes/todo application... more... - Necmettin

Please post here when your custom app is ready for a testing! IMHO, I could live without the data-tree as provided by Treepad, I guess what I would really need is the Powermarks-style text snippet database, just expanded to include right click integration from any app. (the app in the screencast video). - TrafficBug

yes please keep us posted. I too would love to test! - metalerik

I read through the thread again and may be I may not have been clearer about the term 'wiki of links'. What I really wanted to say (and meant) is a 'treeview of links where each tree node is able to collapse, expand, fold and unfold horizontally rather than vertically'. When unfolding horizontally, the list of links contained within that tree would appear horizontally - each item being... more... - TrafficBug