Lukas Gregor The iPad clearly claims to be the ubiquitous notepad. It's no wonder that the App Store contains dozens and dozens of applications that in various ways allow you to edit text, sort notes into lists, and trees, they work with multimedia content as well as drawing. Bitholitic does not come in number of features with killer app, on the other hand theirs Thinkbook it has innovative controls and a pleasant design, which attracts more than a small amount of attention.
I like it, I want it
Through Twitter I got on Thinkbook tip, visited the official website, watched a few screenshots and played a short demo video, checked the price and finally bought the app. She looked Tasty (it's just a pity that I don't have a white iPad, because according to the pictures it fits better) and the gestures shown in the video confirmed my feeling that Thinkbook it puts all the drab competing tools in good stead.
After installation and first touch wow effect it didn't suffer, the user interface has a minimalist feel, which I like, and the application looks really nice, especially in its blue guise - better than any other note-taking programs.
When I refused to explore what the modest pictorial help inside the app had to offer and longed to write, I became uncertain. He was shuffling I ran my fingers on the display in all directions, held it down, tapped it, did something here and there with the note so that it got lost, regrouped, offered itself for editing... but it was still too spontaneous and without understanding. So I skimmed through the help, found out what happens when you double-tap, what happens when you swipe right, but the movement inside the application remained hidden from me.
I played the demo video again and understood a bit more. Oh, so Thinkbook shows the title page, it is good to have only books, as the case may be stránky, but you are probably better to have v books, these serve as notebooks, pages as lists. Yes, but we still have projects, then separate tasks, notes, questions?! I'll cut it short. Either I was mentally indisposed or the developers at Bitholitic finally developed other application. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. I just want to make sure that I actually rate this examination (and the embarrassment diluted by sullen mumbling) as a positive of the application. I often find iPad programs unnecessarily boring - a list of projects/notebooks on the left, just click and start writing in the lines in the main window. And to make it look cool, everything looks either like a paper copy – in the blocks of a notebook or on a table top.
In hindsight, I found that I actually enjoyed the embarrassment, that it's nice when the developers make you think about how to use the app. Not because they are confusing, but because they come with more imaginative use of gestures and graphics that can move, react to fingers and do different actions.
As soon as the control system was understandable to me, I appreciated na Thinkbook and its notebook properties. It allows you to clearly sort notes and tasks into larger groups - projects, pages, notebooks/books. In the structure, you move either with the arrow, or you use the graphically tasteful ones rectangles, which appear below the header as you delve deeper into your notes. I like that I don't have to write just plain text notes, but that I can Thinkbook act as a taskmaster. Not that I'm looking for it, but for example I cultivate lists of literature or films that I have to read/watch for some of my projects. IN Thinkbook they like it and what's more – if I create a list as a project, the application graphically shows me in a circle how I am progressing towards the goal.
But I don't want to forget about other features which Thinkbook legally they have to move to the first league. For example, the keyboard looks different than the ordinary iOS keyboard. In addition, it has another top row with function keys - you can use them to create a new note, task, question, move between notes or words, for example. It makes writing very efficient.
The program also offers labeling, searching, and last but not least, import and export. For example, you can upload a .txt file from your iPad or from Dropbox. Export works by connecting to Dropbox - you back up either a specific file directly Thinkbook, or convert to a file that you open in a text editor. (I tested communication on lists created in TaskPaper.)
As far as notebook/note-taking apps go, it's been among my favorites so far AwesomeNote, it can do a lot, it offers flexibility, also drawing and this application has a modified keyboard. Thinkbook it can do less, but it really has a nice design and is controlled differently than we are used to. (But don't take my word for it, there are certainly a lot of people among you who will come to the controls and gestures right away and will read the newspaper and drink coffee while they're at it...) I can recommend it with peace of mind, and I can also recommend the developers to change the completely inappropriate icon...
Thinkbook $1,99
It looks pretty good, but I think that Adnote is more sophisticated in terms of graphics, but on the other hand, I quite like the gestures, so maybe I'll buy it
Thanks for the tip, I haven't come across anything like this before.
I just discovered it yesterday and I like it too.
What I like about the inserted project is the circle in front of its name, which is filled according to how many completed tasks there are. At first glance, you can see what I'm moving and what's stagnating.