
We at TUAW love
Journler (OK ... we love a
lot of things; but that's beside the point). Journler was recently updated to version 2.5.4, giving many fixes to the note-taking,
Swiss Army Knife journaling application. Some of the fixes include:
- Leopard compatibility
- Improved Tiger performance
- Token based tagging
- Built-in blogging removed (added support for 3rd party weblog apps)
- MailTags keyword support
- Importing PDFs got faster
In addition to these features, Journler also became a shareware application. What this means is that when Journler 2.6 is released, you will need to buy a license to keep running Journler; otherwise, you will be limited to a 60-day trial, after which, you will need to buy it. Version 2.5.4 is meant to be a "transitioning version" where you can buy a license now, but these licenses will not be enforced until 2.6.
The developer's blog has the complete details. Until version 2.6,
Journler will remain free to download from the Journler/Sprouted website.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christian A. Strømmen said 5:45PM on 3-25-2008
That's not shareware, that's trialware.
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Andrew Rush said 5:57PM on 3-25-2008
The trial ware doesn't start until version 2.6. This current version just gives you the opportunity to buy a license, or not. If you do not buy a license, and upgrade to 2.6, you will have 60days to pay for it. But no one is making you upgrade to 2.6, hence, 2.5.4 is sharware.
ideapower said 12:11AM on 3-26-2008
what i would say about Journler is the same thing that Woz says about his Datsun. "it. is. awesome."
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Jason said 10:56AM on 3-26-2008
I love Journler, but I don't think I love it to the tune of $35. $20 would be great.
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Galen said 6:01PM on 4-01-2008
Then maybe you just like it a lot. To be honest I've paid more for less when it comes to some commercial apps. Journler and it's developer Phil Dow are on a level far above shareware.