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NoteShare 1.0 (Mac OS X)

Yawn  

Noteshare ($150) is the same old buggy, unintuitive Notetaker app ($70) with "sharing" grafted on. In essence they are claiming that the new sharing feature is worth another $80. It's not. Not even close. First, it's based on the idea of one user getting write access at a time. If 3 of us are working on the same document, I can't make changes until the person with the pen/crayon relinquishes it. And when that person leaves to grab a bit of lunch, I'm SOL for two hours. If you've used apps like SubEthaEdit where anyone can make changes at any time, this sharing model will feel stiff and oppressive.

Even if I did want this kind of sharing, it doesn't work all the time. The following is straight from the Noteshare web page:

DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee or assurance that "sharing" features will be available from your particular network or computer since the software does not control or modify either of these systems and software.

In other words, I can spend my hard-earned money on Noteshare (presumably because I want to share information), but the sharing feature may not work? I guess they must have been hit hard already by people complaining that the sharing doesn't work, as this disclaimer went up pretty fast.

I was interested to see what noteshare was all about. My recommendation is that you not waste your time. [alert admin]

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Monday, April 24 2006 @ 10:42 PM PDT

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