![]() ![]() And it’s with the files and folders where the action is. But it’s invisible/hard to verbalize, because it’s a view you select while you interact with the files and folders. Not everyone, but a substantial amount of users. The users just use it if they actually work with their own data. It’s not something people would say in an interview or user study (I’ve advised enough students in conducting them to know what they miss). It’s also okay not to notice that many people depend on the Three Panes View. Okay, can happen, focus on one thing (narrow view on one problem), creating another. It’s one thing to forget to calculate preview file sizes. The “Hey, is there a way to group website clippings (PFDs) by URL.” resulting in “Here’s a script that does just that.” kind.īut those last two experiences, damn, where are they heading? Which is a shame, because so far, my experience with DEVONthink and my interactions with their support staff were positive. Now, DEVONthink is more like Mac’s Finder, no matter its advanced functions. It breaks the distinction between context (databases, sidebar on the left, easy to hide) and content (folders/groups and files). This is a different way of interacting with the data. This isn’t just “this is new” = “this is not how I am used to it” = “I don’t like it”. Now, you have to use it to get to your content. It does have its uses, for selecting databases, i.e., the context, but then being able to focus on the content. The new way of using a fricking sidebar for navigation within a database - actually expanding the folder structure - is just … wrong. Here’s the issue in a picture (doesn’t make that much sense unless you use DEVONthink). ![]() A “simple” view on the data is what makes DEVONthink 3.0 currently unusable to me. And judging by the discussion in the forum, they seem to think they should not want a Three Panes View (image blow, the two columns on the right, the rightmost one further separated in top (files) and bottom (content)). But unfortunately, some people at DEVONthink seem to think they know what their customers should want. I really want to like the new Mac version, and yeah, I already bought it (so much for blind trust). Followed by missing features in their latest Mac software release: DEVONthink 3.0. Until they fucked up their iOS version by not calculating how much disk space preview images require in large databases (tens of GBs, apparently). The ease of use, the knowledge where something is (at least, in which database, which you can search separately by name, content, etc.), the easy sync to my iPad (DEVONthink 2 Go companion app), and much more … just brilliant. I keep my files in databases like “work”, “non-fiction”, “fiction”, “rss-feeds”, “notebooks”, and the like. Gene Buckley, President, Sikorsky AircraftĭEVONthink is the fundamental building block of my digital knowledge base. Then get out, go to work and serve the customer! If you want to be smart, be smart in the shower. Don’t try to tell the customer what he wants. ![]()
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