Scapple - New Beta Available (Updated 19/03/13)

[Ygdrasill]

Can you unzip other files? If not, it sounds like your unzip program is jammed up. Try repairing permissions and rebooting, then trying again.

Oh, I finally did it. It must have been something to do with Firefox because when I downloaded it using Safari, it downloaded straight away and it let me open it. Phew... tomorrow I can now take a look at it and see what it can do.

Thank you for replying ... I really appreciate it.

[AmberV]

Ah, it must have failed to completely download in Firefox and then never recovered. I've seen that happen before as well and usually restarting the browser fixes it. Glad you got it downloaded.

[bjørn]

I don’t know if it’s only me – but I’m unable to ”Apply Note Style” to my notes in the newest version of Scapple!

They just refuse to change from my default, which is ”brown” with a ”cloud” border.
(The border can be changed, just nothing from the ”ANS” menu. I.e., if I choose ”pink bubble” or ”red text”, nothing happens.)

I’m on Snow Leo…

Hope you can fix this, as I really love Scapple!

[MimeticMouton]

I don’t know if it’s only me – but I’m unable to ”Apply Note Style” to my notes in the newest version of Scapple!
...
I’m on Snow Leo…

Yes, someone else reported this already and Keith's got it fixed for the next update; it's specific to Snow Leopard, so not just you!

[bjørn]

Thanks, MM! (Feeling relieved and looking forward to the update…)

[bjørn]

Feature Request: Option to turn off double-clicking

Hello MM and Keith,

as much as I’m in love with Scapple, it does bother me that I have to double-click all the time!
My right hand is getting tired…

To prevent heavy users from getting arthritis, how about an option to
switch from double-clicking to click-and-hold (when creating new notes)?

You want a note somewhere, you click there, and keep the mouse button pressed for one second or so…

I think many wrists and fingers would bless you if you made this possible!

[KB]

[thatwritergirl]

First of all, I am loving this so far!

Two comments, one bug, one desired feature:

Bug: When I click "new" to start a new scrapple screen for a different project, nothing happens. (Ditto when I try to "Duplicate"

Desired Feature: I've gotten to where I really rely on Scrivener's autosave feature. Scrapple doesn't seem to do that.

Off to play more ....

JK

[bjørn]

Thanks for the reply, Keith!

I appreciate the smiley! However, my feature request is ”for real”.

Is making an alternative to double-clicking (for creating new notes) something you will consider?

[Spitfire31]

Bug: When I click "new" to start a new scrapple screen for a different project, nothing happens. (Ditto when I try to "Duplicate"
… Scrapple doesn't seem to do that.
JK

When reporting potential bugs, always state your System specs, as this s/w runs on 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8. I'm using Scapple – not "Scrapple", btw. – on 10.6.8 and 'New' works as expected.

Kind regards,

Joachim

[KB]

Bug: When I click "new" to start a new scrapple screen for a different project, nothing happens. (Ditto when I try to "Duplicate"

Please open /Applications/Utilities/Console.app and see if any errors get reported there when you try to do this - something very wrong is going on there.

Desired Feature: I've gotten to where I really rely on Scrivener's autosave feature. Scrapple doesn't seem to do that.

Scapple, being a standard OS X document-based program, uses OS X's native saving features, which means that it does autosave on Lion and Mountain Lion. If it's not autosaving for you on these platforms, then it may be related to the bug you're having where new documents aren't being created, since all of this is handled by similar mechanisms. So let's try to resolve that first.

All the best,
Keith

[KB]

Thanks for the reply, Keith!

I appreciate the smiley! However, my feature request is ”for real”.

Is making an alternative to double-clicking (for creating new notes) something you will consider?

Oops, sorry, I thought you were joking.

Sorry, no, that's probably not something I'd consider - is double-clicking really so painful? It's pretty standard across OS X and Windows for most such actions...

All the best,
Keith

[thatwritergirl]

Bug: When I click "new" to start a new scrapple screen for a different project, nothing happens. (Ditto when I try to "Duplicate"
… Scrapple doesn't seem to do that.
JK

When reporting potential bugs, always state your System specs, as this s/w runs on 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8. I'm using Scapple – not "Scrapple", btw. – on 10.6.8 and 'New' works as expected.

Kind regards,

Joachim

Oops! it's just such a scrappy little program

Anyway, I'm using 10.8.2

JK

[thatwritergirl]

Bug: When I click "new" to start a new scrapple screen for a different project, nothing happens. (Ditto when I try to "Duplicate"

Please open /Applications/Utilities/Console.app and see if any errors get reported there when you try to do this - something very wrong is going on there.

Desired Feature: I've gotten to where I really rely on Scrivener's autosave feature. Scrapple doesn't seem to do that.

Scapple, being a standard OS X document-based program, uses OS X's native saving features, which means that it does autosave on Lion and Mountain Lion. If it's not autosaving for you on these platforms, then it may be related to the bug you're having where new documents aren't being created, since all of this is handled by similar mechanisms. So let's try to resolve that first.

All the best,
Keith

Yes, there were error messages. I'm uploading a screenshot.

[Simon T]

I don’t know if it’s only me – but I’m unable to ”Apply Note Style” to my notes in the newest version of Scapple!

Me too - I second that. Apply Note Style used to work, but no longer. I'm also on Snow Leopard. (I'd love to upgrade to the latest OS, but have you seen the price of new Macs lately?)