Re: [Jreepad-users] Thanks

[Steve D. <sd...@gm...>]

I recently got a 1GB thumbdrive at Thanksgiving. So I'd been keeping an
eye out for some interesting "portable apps" (not necessarily thinking
about outliners) that I might be able to use on it.  That's how I ran
across Ecco Pro a couple of weeks ago.

I've been running Ecco from my thumbdrive on my PC, and really enjoyed
it, but was annoyed that I couldn't access the data from my iBook. So
then I started doing Google searches for things like "cross platform
PIM java PC OS X", etc, in hopes of finding a PIM that I could use on
a thumbdrive from both my PC and Mac. That's how I ran across Jreepad.
 It doesn't have all the nifty bells and whistles that Ecco does, but
the fact that it's cross platform makes up for it.

Yeah... I do see it on versiontracker (and it's got 5 stars!)  :)   =20
Maybe you should add something to your description like "Will run from
a thumbdrive on both PC's and Macs". You know... Push the fact that
it's a "portable app".

If you're thinking of changing some keyboard shortcuts, then I'd like
to toss out a couple of ideas for making shortcuts more intuitive...
Currently the arrow keys let you move your focus around existing
nodes. I think it'd make sense to use ctrl-arrow keys for moving
existing nodes up or down, in or out (currently you're using U, D, ]=20
and [  for that).

This idea might also be used when adding siblings and children.
Hitting ENTER from a node currently adds a sibling. Ctrl-ENTER could
add a child (but even if you accidently hit ENTER, you could easily
turn it into a child with a ctrl-right arrow). :)

I also think the normal DELETE key should be able to remove a node
(rather than ctrl-K).

About the floppies...    Yep, I definitely remember floppies.  :)    I'm 49=
.

Thanks again,

Steve


On 12/17/05, Dan Stowell <dan...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks for the message! You're right that there's not a lot of
> community activity around Jreepad - it's still just a one-person
> project which I develop occasionally (but I use it every single day).
> Development will continue, absolutely, but I'm not currently intending
> to make it an all-singing all-dancing program, so don't expect many
> jazzy new feature announcements. I like the idea of it being a
> slimline simple app that can fit on thumb drives etc. (It can even fit
> on a floppy disk! Are you old enough to remember those?)
>
> Someone else had a problem with Ctrl-\ and so I'll change the shortcut
> in the next release, to Ctrl-H. (For the time being, there's an
> alternative on Windows: Alt-E and then C.)
>
> What would be helpful for me would be to know where you looked when
> you were searching for a suitable outlining app. I do put information
> on software-categorising websites such as versiontracker and
> freshmeat. Did you use sites like that? Or did you just search the
> web, or...?
>
> Best
> Dan
>
>
> 2005/12/17, Steve Dowell <sd...@gm...>:
> > I just downloaded Jreepad this morning, and thought I'd join this list
> > to say "Thanks very much!" to the author.
> > Doesn't look like there is anything happening on the list. Bummer.  :(
> >   Maybe you could provide a link to this list in the Readme or
> > something.
> >
> > At any rate... For the past couple of weeks I've been looking for an
> > outlining app that I can run on my thumbdrive and use on both my
> > personal Mac iBook AND on my laptop PC that I use for work. Jreepad
> > does the trick perfectly!  Thank you very much Dan for making this
> > available.
> >
> > The only funky thing I've run across so far is that, when running the
> > java version, some of the shortcut keystrokes don't work (for example
> > ctrl-\ to create a child node). But I can still just click on the
> > icons on the menu bar, so no big deal.
> >
> > In a way, this is sort of like "coming back home".  I used Treepad a
> > number of years ago when it first came out, and even corresponded with
> > the author a couple of times. Now, several years later,  I'm back
> > using Jreepad, which is nearly the exact same thing. Pretty cool.  :)
> >
> > So anyway... Thanks for making this app available Dan. I really
> > appreciate it. I hope that you continue development on it.  Have a
> > look at the Ecco Pro app from netmanage (it's freely available now).
> > I'm sure you may be able to pick up some good ideas from that (like
> > some special templates for appointments, todo ticklers, and
> > phonebook).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve D.
> >
> >
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