It’s been some time now since the last major update of PageFour, but work IS ongoing on the next version. Though a final release is still some time away, a series of betas will be available over the coming weeks as features are completed. This should allow plenty of time for feedback and any changes or corrections that may become necessary.
The first beta will be released later on today or early tomorrow, and will contain the new Search feature. The inability to search for text across folders and Notebooks has been one of the weakest areas of PageFour since day one. Implementing this feature has also allowed me to integrate the search and replace more fully with the main PageFour window, eliminating the floating search dialog in the process.
I welcome all feedback on the new features, especially while they are still in beta, as this is the point at which changes can most easily be made.
A full description of the new Search capability, along with a download link will be posted shortly.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:59 am
I’m loving your product so far. I’ve tried out a lot of writing software and found them all to be too heavy. That said, there are a few features I’d love to see in PageFour next release:
1) Some way of tracking the “status” of a page. I write my novels in a sort random “a little here, a little there” fashion and would love to be able to track which pages are sketchy, partial, complete, final, etc. I imagine the simplest mechanism would be to allow me to colorize the icon for the page according to my own scheme. Right click and choose a color (perhaps with my own labels for the colors).
2) I do a lot of work at the outline level and would love to see an export that just dumps the notebook tree to a text file so I can take it with my for review off-line.
Thanks!
Fred