The beta version of PageFour containing the new Search feature is now available for download from the PageFour web-site. Please be aware that it is a beta, so it may contain a bug or two.
Before installing, existing PageFour users should take a backup of their current Notebooks. This is the first beta and does not contain all the features or changes that will form part of the next release. My intention is to release a series of betas as the changes are carried out, before the final release version which is still some time away.
The accompanying help file does not yet carry descriptions of the changes, but a full description of the new Search options can be found in the post below. Having said that, how to use the new features should be self-evident.
Any suggestions or comments, please or leave a comment. I’m interested in hearing opinions on which aspects of the new Search you feel work well, which you’re unhappy with, anything I may have left out or missed, and of course, any bugs that may be found.
May 4th, 2007 at 11:52 am
What about having the ability in support for TabletPC handwriting, as can be found in Word, Journal, OneNote.
With a Handwriting & ‘Convert to Text’ option would add an extra dimension to PageFour.
If you wish to add or gain any further comment on this aspect, please leave any comments over at
http://www.TabletPCReview.com where I (P8RSON) and others would be happy to contribute to any discussion.
Mike Paterson
May 4th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Interesting suggestion Mike, and I’ll spend some time looking into it. It certainly looks challenging.
May 6th, 2007 at 12:08 am
This is a really interesting idea for software, and one that could be integrated with blogging APIs. Is there a market for blogger writers that are looking for smart tabbed writing software?
May 6th, 2007 at 8:24 am
This is an idea that I’ve been thinking about for some time, but if I ever implemented it, it would probably be a separate but similar product. A blogging product would need quite a few extra options and probably would not need many of PageFour’s existing features.
May 6th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I like the smart edit idea, good for blogging copy check too, and would be good for targeting keywords in your text for Search Engine Optimization.
I can see that there would be an offshoot product, images, html, WYSIWYG editing, ftp and API upload, tagging, categories. Could you sell your base idea to an existing blog editor software?
May 6th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
I actually designed the Smart-Edit feature for myself, as it addressed some of my own failings as a writer. As such, I’ve never been that sure of its real value to other people beyond it being ’something different’. Good to know you like the feature Mike.
I’ll need to think more on the blog-side product idea though.