WebnoteHappy

I had a go with WebnoteHappy Pro 1.0b26a. This application is still a moving target, but I have a go anyway. This is based on checklist version 1.4.

So in total that gets this application 45 points out of a total of 90 points. As this application is very young and not all checks are relevant, I guess this is a good score.

That leaves some functionality that I did not cover in the checklist:

• Bookmarklet - this might be an interesting addition to the checklist. A bookmarklet should be able to extract a (or more) MicroContent Items from a web-page and add it to the client library;
• Search - should be added to the checklist;
• Tag typeahead - this function offers suggestions for tags based on already existing tags. I can imagine such a function in other MicroContent Clients as well;
• Words - this is a windowlet which shows a list of all words found in notes. For each word a count is given. Clicking on a word shows the related notes in the Items-pane. This seems like a generic function as well (this feature got dropped in one of the releases);

Supported MicroContent Type(s): Bookmarks •
Rating: 49 of 90 points (checklist 1.4) • Developer: Luis de la Rosa @ Happy Apps • Version: 1.2 @ 6-sep-2006 •

Checklist:

• MicroContent (5/10)
  • Structure - YES, the structure is titles, notes, urls, sources and tags;
  • Multiplicity - NO;
  • Flexibility - NO;
  • MicroWeb - NO;
  • Merged - NO, not relevant;
  • Pick-list Fields - YES, the tag field is an Open Picklist;
  • Title - YES;
  • Description - YES;
  • Tags - YES;
  • Rating - NO;

 

• Interface (5/10) - does the client have the characteristic layout?

  • View-pane - YES;
  • View-pane styles - NO;
  • View window - NO;
  • Items-pane - YES;
  • Items-pane Views - NO;
  • Items-pane Sorting - YES (to self: one should be able to set which columns one sees);
  • Items-pane Fields - NO;
  • Lists-pane - YES;
  • Browser-pane - YES;
  • Pane layout - NO;

 

• Item functions (6/10) - functions for managing individual Items.

  • View - YES;
  • Create - YES;
  • Edit - YES, but partly;
  • Mark - NO;
  • Search - YES;
  • Persistence - NO, not really relevant;
  • Access Control - NO;
  • Duplicate Control - YES, when adding a new Item a check on the same URL is made;
  • Delete - YES;
  • Downloading - NO, not relevant;

 

• List functions (8/17)

  • Local Lists - YES;
  • Connected Lists - NO;
  • Shared Lists - NO;
  • Remote Lists - NO;
  • Handpicked Lists - YES;
  • Smart Lists - YES;
  • List Metadata - NO;
  • Statistics - YES, for a selected List the number of Webnotes are given;
  • Directory - NO;
  • Add - YES;
  • Edit - YES, the title;
  • Show - NO;
  • Refresh - NO;
  • Remove - YES, but not quite clear;
  • Delete - YES;

 

• Group functions (5/9)

  • Unlimited Depth - YES;
  • Local Groups - YES;
  • Connected Groups - NO;
  • Shared Groups - NO;
  • Remote Groups - NO;
  • Directory - NO;
  • Add - YES;
  • Edit - YES, the title;
  • Delete - YES;

 

• Import (4/6) - does the client allow for importing Items?

  • Classic - NO;
  • Standard - YES, XBEL format;
  • Proprietary - YES, Del.icio.us. I miss the Netscape bookmark format here;
  • Application - YES, Safari and the global hotkey;
  • Bookmarklet - YES;
  • Drag&drop - YES;

 

• Export (2/13) - does the client allow for exporting Items?

  • Classic - NO;
  • Standard - YES, XBEL;
  • Proprietary - YES, bookmark file;
  • HTML - NO;
  • Print - NO;
  • Feeds - NO;
  • Local - YES;
  • Connected - NO, could that be relevant?
  • Shared - NO;
  • Remote: .Mac - NO;
  • Remote: FTP - NO;
  • Remote: RPC - NO;
  • Drag&drop - YES, this will create Webloc files;
  • Application - YES, one can open a browser;

 

• MacOSX (9/15) - is the client a good MacOSX application?
  

  • Look&Feel - YES;
  • Menu - YES;
  • Toolbar - YES;
  • Alt-click - YES;
  • Ctrl-click - YES;
  • Drag&drop - YES;
  • Services - NO;
  • Dock - NO;
  • Spotlight - YES;
  • Dashboard - NO;
  • AppleScript - YES;
  • Framework - NO;
  • Menubar Item - NO;
  • Plug-ins - NO;
  • Languages - YES, I counted four languages;