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Journler 2.1 beta previews massive upgrade
Philip Dow has announced a significant update to Journler, his feature-packed writing/digital junk drawer app that topped my list of apps that help you get organized. As far as what's new, Philip stated in the beta download forum thread that there are simply too many changes to list (hopefully he means 'for now'), so he's taken the 'push some buttons and have fun!' route. At first glance, the app has obviously joined many others in the new realm of the Unified toolbar, and the rest of the UI has received a lot of polish. Unparalleled iLife integration is better than ever with a dedicated button for calling various media browsers in the bottom right of the window, and a new in-line resources panel on the right helps you to keep track of all the images, audio, video and documents you have linked and embedded in the present entry.
I'm sure a lot more has been added to an already excellent app, and the discussion is ensuing in this Journler forum thread, where you can also download a copy of the beta. Lastly, Journler's license has also received an update. It's still donationware for personal use (and I highly encourage you to show Philip some love for all his hard work if you're using it), but a $24.95 license - a steal at that price, especially in comparison to Yojimbo or SOHO Notes - is now required for any institutions, businesses, organizations or individuals who are using Journler in their daily routines and/or simply making money with it. It's a pretty straight-forward request, and more information is available in either a Journler preference pane, or on the web here.
Journler is an excellent app that I highly recommend if you're tired of leaving text files and images lying around. Check out its extensive feature list, and keep in mind it hasn't been updated for all the new goodies in the 2.1 beta.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mark said 2:08PM on 11-25-2006
I don't see why they've tried to copy elements of the new iTunes interface, this app would look much better unified style. Dark plastic and colored buttons really do not go together well.
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Catt said 3:48PM on 11-25-2006
Nice looking app, I'm pushing that download button right now...
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Marcus said 4:31PM on 11-25-2006
Journler rocks. It is one my favorite mac apps and most used. This is one of those great updates where you almost feel like it's an entirely different program.
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bryan Webster said 5:17PM on 11-25-2006
I know its in beta release but it really does crash all the time.
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Pedro da Vila said 4:55PM on 11-25-2006
The best got better!
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look said 5:19PM on 11-25-2006
goodbye Yojimbo!!! and thank you for the invisible 'nested folders'...;)
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samfish said 6:16PM on 11-25-2006
Blah. It's for 10.4. I'll switch to Tiget when Tiger stops sucking.
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Paul said 11:33PM on 11-25-2006
samfish : tiger rocks, not sure what you're moaning about. it's been a long time since there have been any core OS problems (well, i've had none). faster than 10.3, more features, etc. now that we're at 10.4.8, i guess you'l be going straight to leopard. well that should save you $129, which is probably your real problem anyway.
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Jimmy Pelow said 12:15AM on 11-26-2006
Who's yer man in the photo?! And yeah, samfish, you're obviously just a total tool. Tiger's here to stay. I could have said 20 years ago that I'll switch from lisa when it stopped sucking. But i didn't; cause I'm not a gobshite that's stuck in the past.
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Philip Dow said 6:11AM on 11-26-2006
"I know its in beta release but it really does crash all the time."
If it's crashing, please send me the crash reports, otherwise I can't fix them.
Glad you all like the app! Just need to polish off some bugs, complete the implementation and get the translations up to do. Final version expected in about three weeks.
-Phil
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bryan Webster said 7:44AM on 11-26-2006
Philip Dow - I don't get any crash reports but I can guarentee it will crash if I do an entry with a snapshot in it and then send that entry to iWeb. Ok to be fair in that situation it is iWeb that crashes not journal. If I send just text to iWeb then it puts it in fine.
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JailerJoe said 1:23PM on 11-26-2006
Wow! I'd never heard of Journaler before and must say it's quite a nice app. I don't think it'll replace Yojimbo anytime soon but it definitely has found a place in my dock. Great app Phillip! And yes, I'll be making a donation. How about the rest of you?
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aptmunich said 2:51PM on 11-26-2006
Nice app, but it really is still a bit wonky for me at times...
The 'references' button sometimes just won't work at all? And when it does it only shows content some of the time.
It hasn't crashed on me yet though...
Btw, why can you only add bookmarked sites as a resource? If I want to temporarily remember a site with an entry, chances are I don't want it clogging up my safari bookmarks...
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scralpha said 3:38PM on 11-26-2006
I've been using Journler for some time, and for my needs, it beats Yojimbo handily. These new updates are just icing on an already delicious cake. I plan to buy a license very soon (probably once the actual release is available), to support continued development of this app.
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Simdude said 12:47PM on 12-19-2006
I love Journler but was just curious as if anyone has compared to Yojimbo or DevonNotes (or the pro version). To me, the nested folders in Journler was the winner over Yojimbo. Does anyone have other features they noticed in one of these but not the others?
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