[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Outliner/organiser

[Glenn Proctor]

Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
> At 09:27a +0000 01/05/2006, Glenn Proctor didst inscribe upon an 
> electronic papyrus:
> 
>> Following on from my request about journalling apps, I'm now 
>> soliciting recommendations for some sort of outliner program that can 
>> be used for organising tasks etc. I don't need anything too fancy but 
>> the ability to  hierarchically organise things is key.
>>
>> Previously I've just used ToDos on the Palm but that's a bit unwieldy. 
>> I'm investigating OmniOutliner which seemed to come with the 
>> Powerbook, and a couple of web-based alternatives (e.g. Backpack).
>>
>> Obviously something that syncs with the Palm via MS would be ideal but 
>> it's not  strictly necessary.
> 
> I've used BrainForest and Bonsai. I like 'em both, but Bonsai has some 
> features that BF lacks, so I used Natara's Palm-based importer to bring 
> all my BF outlines into Bonsai and just use that now. It doesn't have 
> any Mac version, but you can always create something in BF/Mac, move it 
> to the Palm, and then import it into Bonsai.
> 
> The original developer of BF is now working on a new version of it, so 
> maybe someday the feature parity will be better and then I might go back 
> to BF.

Interesting; I should have mentioned that I've been using Bonsai on the 
Palm and PC for a while, but didn't really consider it as there isn't a 
Mac desktop version. My usage pattern is to enter and edit things on the 
desktop and I generally only use the Palm to refer to the outlines if 
I'm away from my computer.

I'll check out BrainForest, I'd forgotten about that.

Glenn.