dnoteit is tool for writing and organizing notes. it may not be the prettiest or most userfriendly notepad out there, but it aims to be as functional as it can be. its interface is clean and unobstructive, designed to minimize number of steps it takes to accomplish three main tasks: search, organize and edit. this leads to an interface, which may feel a bit ‘different’ from that of other apps, so be sure you check out the quick reference to use it to its full potential.
dnoteit integrated web browser is ideal for doing research. you can clip text and graphics or annotate web links as notes. the web view is also used to display context information for selected text. this functionality is intended to provide an interface to external services such as text translation, dictionary or wiki server integration and is user configurable.
although dnoteit is standalone application, the simplenote sync makes it an ideal companion to big desktopbased knowledge management apps such as tinderbox or scrivener.dnoteit may not be for everyone, but those who use it, swear by it. it is being actively developed based on users’ feedback and its goal is to become part of larger, knowledge management systems in the future by implementing wikilike functionality.
important features: full screen editor supporting keyboard ‘shortcuts’ integrated web browser for clipping text or graphics a note will remember ‘where it came from’ (useful for crossreferencing) notes can be ordered, tagged and organized in pages each note can have different color, font or priority based on its tag live search and filtering context popovers used to display reference information for a selected text (e.g. wikipedia, translations, searches, external service integration)
other features: text notes can use markdown (wikilike) markup optimized for ‘thumbsonly’ input ,where you hold your ipad in both hands and type and operate the app using thumbs sync with simplenote (and compatible apps) integration with intapaper export as an email or webpage using dropbox account
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