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

[Donald Stidwell]

On Jan 5, 2006, at 5:52 AM, Glenn Proctor wrote:

> 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.

You may also want to consider Shadow Plan which does have a Mac  
desktop. It lacks a true conduit, but basically uses the backup  
conduit to move outlines back and forth between the Palm and the Mac.

Don