What I understand is that most users prefer to have native apps. Personally, I use websites for certain services (Remitly, Pocket, Instapaper, etc.), while all my friends who use these same services have the respective applications installed on their phones.
Having a native app means it is there—you can share things from other applications, and it is easy to see it as a distinct entity that can be opened by clicking on the icon in the app drawer (you can do this with web apps; it's just that now there are load times, you may need to re-login, etc.). Apps allow offline functionality, access to device sensors and features, etc in a more seamless way. I hope the progressive web apps are able to do these things in the future.
In addition to all this, if you are a sophisticated user with an eye for detail, even for native applications, you want the right kind of native app that uses the OS's own widgets, icons, and UI patterns. It is a tough place for new services to gain acceptance.
Why don't we see more powerful tools for thoughts?
>> Put another way, many tools for thought are public goods. They often cost a lot to develop initially, but it’s easy for others to duplicate and improve on them, free riding on the initial investment. While such duplication and improvement is good for our society as a whole, it’s bad for the companies that make that initial investment. And so such tools for thought suffer the fate of many public goods: our society collectively underinvests in them, relative to the benefits they provide.
This looks really nice. This is a video of author creating a simple counter with two buttons using imba. It demonstrates how CSS styling, code, and HTML works together in this language:
If anyone is interested to read more on this, read the enforcement action reports from the relevant national regulators: Canadian Public Accountability Board [0] and the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) [1]
These were internal training that could be used to satisfy professional accounting designation's annual Continuing Professional Education (CPE) requirements to renew your profesional membership (so you could continue using your chartered accountancy / CPA letters after your name).
"The Firm has designed its training program to serve multiple purposes, including to provide Firm personnel with technical instruction, to further their professional development, and to satisfy some of the continuing professional education requirements imposed by the accountancy boards that grant CPA certifications to the Firm’s auditors."
It was not just the juniors. Even partners are involved:
"Improper sharing of training test answers occurred among junior staff, managers, directors, and partners at the Firm."
I am surprised that this was self-reported, and I applaud them for that.
I am also a frequent user of Everything. If you are on Windows definitely give it a go. It is similar to the tool in this post but much more feature-rich.
You can load it with the following bookmarks to explore and filter (e.g., see all 4K files in your system, or in a directory) your files in a nice way:
I find the TiddlyDesktop to be too heavy for what can be done in the browser itself. Have you tried using Timmi [0] with your browser [1, 2]? I had problems initially with the file save workflow till I found Timmi. I use it with Firefox and sync with Dropbox. It hasn't failed me and works smoothly.
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Timimi is a web-extension accompanied by a native host that allows you to save and backup your standalone HTML tiddlywiki files anywhere in your hard-drive. Once installed, you can save the tiddlywiki files without any extra steps, like the original Tiddlyfox addon.
Timimi also provides users with 4 backup strategies, viz:
"In case you’re new to Five Books, the format is: an expert, a topic and the five best books on that topic, explained in an interview. Tip: you’ll normally learn quite a lot about the topic from our interviews, even if you don’t get around to reading all the books."
I don't have a laser printer recommendation, but you can consider using an e-ink based reading + note-taking devices like Boox (10.3") and remarkable2 for this purpose.