Andrew Ford's List: applications

• Yojimbo is an information / data organizer. It’s an application you can “throw” anything to, like a target waiting for you to start collecting stuff. By stuff I mean text, photos, links..almost every kind of file format can be saved into Yojimbo’s library.
• you can create folders and “tag collections” into the left sidebar, view files in the mid pane and edit / encrypt into the right pane.
• You can organize stuff in folders (just like Mac OS) or tag folders, basically folders which automatically display stuff with a tag you choose.
• Every item you throw something into the bucket it is recognized by the application and moved into its position: for instance, every .jpeg file gets moved into “Images” and so on.
• Yojimbo is highly based on the tag system. You can tag everything. Or, you should tag everything.
• As you drag a file over the Drop Dock, the tab expands reveiling Library, Flagged, Folders and Tag Folders: if you mess around with the Inspector (Cmd + Shift + I) you can decide to show / hide a folder in the Drop Dock. When you drop a file into a tag folder it is automatically assigned that tag.
• Quick Input is nothing more than a floating window which pops up via keyboard shortcut.
• From the help menu of the application you can open up a new window which contains bookmarklets for many Mac browsers. You can choose between a “Regular” and a “With Tagging” bookmarklet
• you can choose to save URLs as plain bookmarks or web archives. Web archives are basically a full copy of the webpage, with text, images…everything. If you save a webpage as a web Archive, it keeps all its clickable links
• Each image you’ll save won’t be saved at full resolution and it won’t keep the original url in its metadata.
• Yojimbo supports Rich Text format, so you can edit styles, alignement, baseline..If you’d like to paste text as plain text, it’s impossible. Or, it’s not real plain text it’s just “Paste and Match Style” meaning that it will only be convert to the current rich text format you’re using.
• creating an iCal event which automatically backups Yojimbo database everyday into a Dropbox folder.

  • Follow this great tutorial to set it up: http://matthewlyle.com/mac/how-to-use-dropbox-and-automator-for-automatic-backup-of-multiple-folders/

• So, is Yojimbo for power users? No, it’s for people who need to organize stuff into a central hub which links every item to another.

  That’s why Yojimbo rocks.

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• First, Stainless comes with a simple and crisp interface I wish Safari, Chrome and Firefox were inspired by.
• Stainless is based on Webkit: same speed of Safari, same engine, same everything. It’s Safari in the core, just another thing to your eyes.
• you can opt to run tabs as single processes: much like Chrome does, every tab is independent from the rest of the browser and runs as a standalone process in Activity Monitor.
• I found Stainless very fast, maybe even faster than Safari itself sometimes, and it completed the Acid Test with a 100/100 score.
• You can save bookmarks in a vertical “shelf” which stays on the side of the main browsing window. In the shelf you can drag tabs’ favicons to create a single bookmarks or you can also create a new group of bookmarks from tabs. Then, you can click on the newly created folder to reveal the websites inside it or open all in new tabs.
• another thing I liked about Stainless is the possibility to start “single sessions” tabs: it’s not about the process, it’s just that you’ll be able to log into the same websites with different accounts in one Stainless instance. So, you can fire up Stainless, start two single session tabs and log into Twitter with two accounts.
• It’s stable, fast and definitely gets the job done. But let’s face it, I don’t know if it can really replace Safari and Firefox for now. The developers must work hard on keep adding features – even if they aim at creating a simple and clutter free browser – because people need a browser capable of doing what they want.
• Sit down for a second, close Tweetie and ask yourself: “What do I really need to do with my browser?“. If 20+ must-have plugins flash before your eyes, don’t dowload Stainless. But if you realize that you could also live with a not-so-complete browser, then you should give it a try.
• Go download.

  • http://stainlessapp.com/
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