On 05/07/08 14:19, "Michael Garton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's probably worth making a comment in reply: Probably not :). >> Those DevonThink users should probably be using BibDesk anyway :). > I've looked at the BibDesk help pages a few times but they seemed > pretty opaque to me. Ah, the help pages. Unfortunately, the developers (Mike, Christiaan, and I) wrote the documentation, since we've never been able to con any users into doing it. This means that it's written from a developer's perspective, and likely has the wrong focus in some (many?) areas. If you find the documentation lacking in any specific ways, please file a bug report on the sourceforge tracker. If you're referring to the BibDesk web site, that's another can of worms...it does a lousy job describing the current functionality, since it's several years out of date. My HTML abilities are limited to updating the download link on the main page. > To a developer I suppose I'm a fairly common, > exasperating type who needs instant functionality, easily, straight > out of the tin. What were you looking for in the help pages? What functionality do you need or want? I've been using it for 6 years, so I don't have a new user perspective... BibDesk isn't a replacement for DEVONThink as far as the AI/relationship features (AFAICT from their website), and it's editing/annotation capabilities are oriented towards bibliography. However, here's an abbreviated laundry list of features, many of which aren't mentioned on the web pages: - you can create a database of "publications" which can be user defined types - add your own fields and types - group references by field, smart groups, static groups - import from text sources/scrape web sites - search z39.50 sources (e.g. Library of Congress) - search PubMed, DBLP, Web of Science - attach multiple files of any type to a publication - index content of all files in the database - search content of all publication data (incl. Skim notes) - view thumbnails of all files - export as HTML/RSS/XML/RTF/... using your own templates - share references via Bonjour - search all references from Spotlight - implement missing features with AppleScript ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
