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NvALT watches the note archive directory, so when you modify the files in the folder, nvALT will know about the changes. The application doesn’t lag behind for even a millisecond. I don’t see potential to save clicks or keyboard hits here. In total, to select a note it takes only three steps: you hit ⌘+L, type in the search string, select the appropriate note with ↑ or the mouse, and there you are. Example note in the one-size-fits-all format. When a note is selected, its content shows up to the right. You can navigate the filtered notes with the up (↑) and down arrows (↓) or select one with the mouse. That’s the same shortcut for selecting the location bar in every web browser on a Mac, by the way. You can select the “Search or Create” field with ⌘+L. Using the “Search or Create” field is the main way to interact with the application.

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This search term matches on both the full text of the note and its title or file name. If you enter anything into the “Search or Create” field, nvALT selects notes matching the criteria. When the “Search or Create” field is empty, the list of notes shows every note file in your whole archive directory. Watch a video by lifehacker to see the base app Notational Velocity in action and get a feel for the speed. NvALT has a unique interface, as the “Search or Create” field is there to both search for existing notes and create new ones.

Data export: how does the application manage to get everything out without losing information? How does it manage to get stuff in?.

Note connections: which mechanisms does the app support to create connections?.

Note creation: does it take many clicks or keystrokes to create a new Zettel note?.

Note retrieval: for example, how fast and easy is full-text search?.

This is how the app looks on first start Testing nvALT: the Four CriteriaĪs a reminder, the key elements I look at will be: I recommend you follow his setup steps to use a directory of plain text files instead of an arbitrary database.Īlso, I suggest you put this note archive directory into your Dropbox folder so you can access your notes from other devices. See Michael Schechter’s nvALT 101 for a general introduction and configuration tips.

You can customize the font, colors, and even the width of the text area so you can use the application in full-screen mode on widescreen displays comfortably. Initially, the app is in portrait mode, with a smallish font and a few example notes. the contents of a selected note, which is a text field you can write in to.the list of notes, filtered according to the search term,.Looking at the picture above, nvALT has three elements I will refer to: Enter nvALT nvALT as it looks on my machine This app is Mac only, sadly, but there are alternative implementations popping up which promise to work on every platform. I mean, really, a LOT, as in 3000 and counting. I use nvALT since 2010, and I think it’s the best product available to create and find notes quickly and to manage a lot of them. It’s Open Source, free, and very popular. nvALT is a fork by Brett Terpstra and David Halter of the original Notational Velocity, which was created by Zachary Schneirov, and a few modifications by yours truly. While most things apply to the Notational Velocity base application, I will talk about nvALT exclusively in this review.

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I want to start this series of reviews with a software I’m fairly familiar with.