Christiaan, Mike, Adam & co.--- Sorry you didn't win!
In any case, my vote's in, as I just downloaded the most recently nightly, so that I can crash it so someone else doesn't have to. P. Kishor comments earlier in this thread that Papers will show you the journals you have by selecting a tab---I do this in BD by selecting "Journal" in the groups pane (left side pane). As for checking for new publications, I suppose that Papers does this using some interface or other to PubMed. As someone who still uses TeX and friends, BD is indispensable. I wonder why they didn't have an open source category? -Adam On Jun 13, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Ista Zahn wrote: > > On Jun 13, 2007, at 2:19 PM, P Kishor wrote: > >> On 6/13/07, Simon Spiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> On 13.06.2007, at 20:00, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: >>> >>>> Personally, I'm quite happy BibDesk has stayed far, far away from >>>> the >>>> "Delicious Generation" look of apps coming out these days which >>>> have >>>> a pretty facade, but then have serious usability and functionality >>>> problems. (see: Papers) When a better UI improves functionality or >>>> workflow, I'm all for it, but when I need to get things done, >>>> BibDesk >>>> is the most valuable application I use. >>> >>> I agree completely. Papers is very similar to Delicious Library in >>> this respect. While DL is just an Amazon frontend with lots of >>> chrome, Papers is currently little more than a shiny Pubmed >>> interfce. >>> > > A few general points: There several options for managing reference > and pdf collections in Mac OS X. These include BibDesk, Sente, > Papers, Bookends, and Endnote. I tried each of these before settling > on BibDesk. Each offers some attractive features that the others > don't, and I've heard people talk about using them in combination. In > the Sente forums for example, people discuss using papers to manage > their pdfs and Sente for managing references. This strikes me as > being a bit silly. The reference/pdf managers available on the Mac do > have slightly different features, but there is also considerable > overlap. Using two different apps because they each have a few > features that the other lacks does not seem to be the way to go. > Having said that, integration is extremely important in the reference/ > pdf manager niche. The reference manager doesn't have to do > everything as long as it integrates well with others that fill in the > gaps. A good example of this is the ability to view Skim notes in > BibDesk, and to open PDFs for viewing in Skim. > > Just my 2 cents > > Ista > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users -- Dr. Adam M. Goldstein amgoldstein <at> mac <dot> com http://homepage.mac.com/amgoldstein ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
