I've been using Fargo since it was launched and highly recommend it.<p>I use it every day for jotting down quick notes, keeping a work journal, as well as planning out larger projects.<p>There's already an active community of programmers and writers using it to do some pretty interesting things. And the guys behind it are constantly listening to user feedback[1] to build functionality to match how people are <i>actually</i> using the product.<p>If you're hesitant about connecting to Dropbox, give <a href="http://littleoutliner.com/" rel="nofollow">http://littleoutliner.com/</a> a try. It uses the same outliner code as Fargo, but uses your browser's localStorage for the storage mechanism. It's really pretty cool.<p>If you do decide to give Fargo a try, make sure to open the Community Feed (Docs > Community Feed). If you can't figure something out after going through the very thorough documentation[2][3], feel free to shoot us a question.<p>[1]: <a href="http://threads2.scripting.com/2013/may/mathewTaughtMeSomething" rel="nofollow">http://threads2.scripting.com/2013/may/mathewTaughtMeSomethi...</a><p>[2]: <a href="http://smallpicture.com/outlinerHowto.html" rel="nofollow">http://smallpicture.com/outlinerHowto.html</a><p>[3]: <a href="http://smallpicture.com/fargoDocs.html" rel="nofollow">http://smallpicture.com/fargoDocs.html</a>
Those who remember this family of Software might see some similarity ;-) : <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Userland_Software#Frontier" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Userland_Software#Frontier</a>
Just look at the article for protocols that they introduced and popularised.<p>There's lots of other cool stuff under the hood that you probably won't notice at first, like:<p>- It's a not just an outliner but it's also a outlined chat/collaboration tool.
- It's not just an outliner but it's also a Javascript programming environment. i.e. you can execute functions that that you write in the outlines.
- It's not just an outliner, it's a front end to your blogging platform.<p>Also, don't worry about connecting it to Dropbox. It sandboxes all it's activities under the Apps/Fargo folder so won't go crazy with your files.<p>Already there is a lot to try out and hopefully this will be the new frontier that we have been waiting for.
I couldn't figure out how to delete an item. Also kept getting "you have 1 synced document" growl notifications on Mac. Other than those issues, this looks to be really useful!
I've been a longtime workflowy user and recently started using Fargo. Here are my likes, dislikes and feature requests.<p>Likes:
- Dropbox storage
- Calendar outlines as well as free form outlines
- The 'Instant outline' communication model<p>Dislikes:
- Too much mouse, keyboard interaction due to Fargo's quasi-implementation of the vim like command-mode (structure) and insert (text) mode sans vim-like idempotent 'esc' and 'i' or 'r' toggles.
-- So, Enter in fargo lets one exit out of structure mode by opening a sibling node, (== vim 'o') - The lack of an 'esc' however forces one to use the mouse to get back to structure mode and than keyboard 'del' to remove this empty node.
-- A mouse click on a node in structure mode gets one into insert mode. (== vim i)
- To navigate up/down by keyboard requires one to switch from down arrow to right arrow at an indent. Why can't i just use the down arrow?<p>Feature requests
- Auto-convert all <a href="http://" rel="nofollow">http://</a> entries into <a href= links
- Support hashtags like workflowy
- Allow intra-outline linking
- Allow devs to build plugins / macros so they can customize it to suit their needs.
- Allow for multi-line outline entries (maybe a shift-enter)
Clunky at best, especially via Smartphone.<p>No clue why I would use this over Evernote - which has Android, iPhone, Web Browser, and Windows Apps - all pointing to the same dataset in the cloud.<p>This app keeps forcing me to allow Dropbox.<p>Might be cool after a few revisions - right now seems like Alpha stage work.
FYI, the keyboard shortcuts on <a href="http://littleoutliner.com/" rel="nofollow">http://littleoutliner.com/</a> seem to prevent me from using cmd+opt+I or cmd+opt+U when the window has focus. cmd+opt+J works though.
fargo is most definitely an interesting web-app,
and i can see it being useful for many people...<p>dave is a little bit over-enthusiastic about it
-- there are literally dozens of writing tools
that've been using dropbox for a long time now,
to correct just one of his main brag-points --
but it's not a crime to love what you've made.<p>(nate kontny is similarly proud of his "draft",
another writing-oriented web-tool that's newish
and attracting a lot of fans with its qualities.)<p>we'll see what dave's users end up doing with it.<p>-bowerbird
This is great! I just love the Dropbox integration.
My two suggestions:<p>- Keyboard shortcuts for file operations.<p>- 3-5 recently used icons accessible on the main interface.
I've been following Dave on outliners for a long while. I haven't made the switch from workflowy yet.<p>Would be nice if tools like subtask.com would layer nicely on outliners. IE the outline from Fargo could be used to create the mindmap or vice versa. Preferably keeping themselves in sync rather than importing/exporting manually.
"Fargo is the only idea organizer that runs in the browser, cross-operating system with entirely cloud-based storage."<p>I'm actually quite fond of another one, Workflowy.