

which I use on my Mac with Notational Velocity, and also Simplenote on the iPad, as well as Andro. If you are looking for low-stress ways to turn your otters into actual writing, nvALT is worth a look. Brilliant, but no scrollable widget in this version. The arguably more exciting news is that Elastic Threads has released new browser extensions for Chrome and Safari that make it even easier to get information (either the current page, a linked page, or selected text) into your notes. That should make things more consistent for users. At its core you have three parts: A search box, a notes list, and a view of the selected note. Its simplicity, latter iterated on by nvALT, was a superb. Enter your email address below and get notified about new and updated dashkards.

#NOTATIONAL VELOCITY WIDGET MAC OS X#
I mention all of this simply to point to two new developments this week: first, a new version has been released, and with it the announcement that, going forward, nvALT will merge with the main release of Notational Velocity. Notational Velocity's Simplicity Notational Velocity was a great tool I started using back in the days of yore, when I was on iBook running Mac OS X 10.4. How does this work The best way to use dashkards is the dashkards widget. It’s the easiest way to get from “in my head” to “drafted” that I can think of.

More generally, I can say that every piece of writing that I’ve done over the past 9 months or so that’s not an e-mail, a wiki contribution, or a Google Docs collaboration has been done in nvALT.
#NOTATIONAL VELOCITY WIDGET HOW TO#
Eddie Smith has often written about ways to use nvALT, and Caleb McDaniel has shown how to use Notational Velocity as an easy task management system (previously linked). In addition, the macOS program Notational Velocity and the Windows. LifeHacker has a video showing off the virtues of Notational Velocity here, and Ben Brooks explains some of the strengths of nvALT. Dashboard widget DashNote nvPY, a cross-platform Simplenote client amongst others. Simple formatting is possible, and you can sync your notes across machines in a variety of ways. If what you’re typing matches text you’ve already entered, those notes come up for possible editing if what you’re typing is wholly new, then the app creates a new note. The basic idea of the app is that you just start typing. nvALT is a fork by Brett Terpstra and David Halter/Elastic Threads, of Notational Velocity, which is designed to be as friction-free a way to take notes as possible. NvALT is a Mac application that lies between conventional text editors and elaborate external-brain programs such as Evernote, DevonThink, and OneNote.
