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Curio is the premier brainstorming and project management application designed to promote visual thinking.
Using Curio's innovative freeform interface and tools, you can intuitively gather, associate, and recall your ideas, while easily managing all the notes and documents associated with your project.
The heart of Curio is the idea space. Think of idea spaces as your whiteboard, notebook, and sketchpad all wrapped up into one.
Within a Curio project, you can create an unlimited number of idea spaces where you can place anything anywhere on the page.
Using Curio's innovative freeform interface and tools, you can intuitively gather, associate, and recall your ideas, while easily managing all the notes and documents associated with your project.
The heart of Curio is the idea space. Think of idea spaces as your whiteboard, notebook, and sketchpad all wrapped up into one.
Within a Curio project, you can create an unlimited number of idea spaces where you can place anything anywhere on the page.
What's New
Version 7.4.2:
Notable Tweaks
- Added new "Create alias to file instead of embedding" checkbox in the Insert > File dialog which does the same thing as holding down Option when dragging a file in from the Finder.
- Using spacebar to collapse a list or mind map will now keep the immediate first-level children visible so you notice the collection is collapsed.
- Fixed issue where an Untitled but autosaved project document could be accidentally closed without saving if you open another project in a new window.
- Fixed a bug where showing the Library or searching may hang due to underlying asset aliases which couldn't be resolved.
- Fixed issue where the shelf system could crash when switching between projects.
- Gesture support is now tied to a new preference setting and is off by default. If you try to enable it then we warn you if you are running a gesture-enhancement utility which could interfere with our undo stack.
- Fixed a bug where you could call Spread PDF with no PDFs on the idea space, which would then beachball the application.
- Fixed a bug where holding Option+Shift wasn't creating a completely empty List or Mind Map object
- Now warning users that if they enable sections for a project you cannot open it with Curio Core or with versions of Curio earlier than version 7.
- Fixed some issues with figures with notes when calling Arrange > Collect Into List/Mind Map.
- Fixed spacebar handling for quicklook vs. cursor zoom modes. It used to be that dialogs that appeared would capture the keydown but send us the keyup for any key that was pressed to close the dialog. Now we enter into a pending mode on keydown for spacebar presses.
- Notes can now be assigned to a collection figure (list, mind map, index card, table) and not just the root figure of the collection.
- Fixed a style issue when creating attached collections.
Version 7.4.2:
Notable Tweaks
- Added new "Create alias to file instead of embedding" checkbox in the Insert > File dialog which does the same thing as holding down Option when dragging a file in from the Finder.
- Using spacebar to collapse a list or mind map will now keep the immediate first-level children visible so you notice the collection is more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Curio User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:36,115 |
| Version Downloads:1,314 |
| Type:Business : Applications |
| License:Demo |
| Date:09 Jun 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $149.00 |
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Curio is the premier brainstorming and project management application designed to promote visual thinking.
Using Curio's innovative freeform interface and tools, you can intuitively gather, associate, and recall your ideas, while easily managing all the notes and documents associated with your project.
The heart of Curio is the idea space. Think of idea spaces as your whiteboard, notebook, and sketchpad all wrapped up into one.
Within a Curio project, you can create an unlimited number of idea spaces where you can place anything anywhere on the page. Brainstorm or organize your notes with freeform collages of text, images, URLs, documents, Mail messages, movies, and sounds. Give the idea space a note paper or graph paper style, or perhaps a linen paper texture. This is your idea space, with your notes and ideas. Make it the way you want it to look.
Using Curio's innovative freeform interface and tools, you can intuitively gather, associate, and recall your ideas, while easily managing all the notes and documents associated with your project.
The heart of Curio is the idea space. Think of idea spaces as your whiteboard, notebook, and sketchpad all wrapped up into one.
Within a Curio project, you can create an unlimited number of idea spaces where you can place anything anywhere on the page. Brainstorm or organize your notes with freeform collages of text, images, URLs, documents, Mail messages, movies, and sounds. Give the idea space a note paper or graph paper style, or perhaps a linen paper texture. This is your idea space, with your notes and ideas. Make it the way you want it to look.
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Mxyzptlk reviewed on 12 Jan 2012
I thought Curio might be the answer but while it has a lot of 'frills' that may seem attractive at first - the whole mind map thing - it was not as simple to manage simple notes, embed files in all formats easily. Yes, I could work at it, but never had to think about Onenote just use it.
So starting to look at alternatives. Didn't like the fact it was not on MAS and it was very expensive. Can't really say "compared to" because no real Onenote equivalent in macland. And a buddy mentioned the expensive updates.
Feature wise - it needs to determine if it is a mind map tool with notetaking add on or a notetaking tool with other capabilities.
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Why does it "need" to do that? I find the whole idea of "mind-mapping" a rather pointless gimmick, so I just don't use it in Curio.
"Other capabilities"? Like what? In what way is Curio NOT a note-taking tool?
Other points -- your buddy may have mentioned the expensive updates, but they're not updates. They're upgrades, and if you're happy with the version you're using, don't upgrade. A good rule says: buy software for what it can do, not what it may do one day.
Embedding "files in all formats easily"? You drag the file onto a Curio page. Embedded. End of. What could be easier?
The "very expensive" argument is thin. I use it every day which pro rata is dead cheap. My advice? Get the 60-day extended trial. This is a very flexible piece of software and once you get to know it, you might find it is after all the central repository you need. (Since it appears you're a newcomer to Mac, you might have a look at DevonThink as well. Different, less visually oriented, but equally powerful as a repository.)
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Chris Walken reviewed on 22 Jul 2011
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Iangreig reviewed on 11 May 2011
This is an excellent, mature app and probably one of two worthy equivalents to MS OneNote. My experience of Zengobi's support has been red hot -- quick, helpful and friendly. The help resources are comprehensive, but I did need some help with more advanced features – that I found was readily provided.
I have no connection with Zengobi, but I have been really helped by this app and appreciate its steady development -- and felt I needed to communicate this.
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sbabolat reviewed on 09 May 2011
Tried many to compensate, and was using both Notebook (circus ponies) and Curio.
While the two are different, one was easier to organize (tab, subtabs, folders, etc.), use, and was not crashing on large pdf when inserted in a page (or pages)!
Curio is a great program, that deserves some time to get use to in order to be fully appreciated.
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Robbnashville reviewed on 26 Mar 2011
I have not upgraded to version 7 for three reasons.
Firstly I wanted to see if an iPad version was on the horizon. Apparently it is not, even though it's been a year since the first iPad was introduced. IMHO any program like Curio without an iPad version is moot at this point. Ideas travel with you; and when you can't modify them at Starbucks or other places where thinking occurs, what's the point. I no longer lug my MacBook Pro with me to Starbucks. I go there mainly to relax; but I do take my iPad for reading & impromptu situations when I want to explore ideas; and since Curio is not on the iPad, it's lost to me.
Secondly the Mac App Store has been open ninety days; and Curio is still not there. Most of the serious programs like Curio such as OmniGraffle & Notebook are. I know some of you here don't like the MAS; but it's the future of Mac applications whether anyone likes it or not. Personally I like the store. I won't buy any application in any other way in the future (except obvious utilities that simply can't qualify). The ease of purchasing, the ease of upgrades and so much more makes purchasing apps outside the store simply not for me.
Speaking of upgrades, I arrive at my third reason for leaving Curio behind. This application has seen more full version upgrades than any application I have ever known in such a short time; and each one brings a hefty upgrade fee ... not to mention the fact that the developer insulted me by saying that he could not find me in his database when I upgraded to version 6. He later apologized for the error; but I had to wonder about his database since I had purchased and upgraded several versions previously. (Did I mention how easy upgrades are in the Mac App Store?)
At any rate, I truly believe that not having the ability to charge users an arm and a leg for upgrades may be the deciding factor which keeps Curio from the store, even though his blog says he loves the store. I also believe that instead of putting a little effort into a portable version of Curio to make the application more useful, the developer prefers to spend his time thinking of marginal updates to Curio that justify a full version number so that he can extract another huge upgrade fee is what is important to him.
Goodbye Curio. I gave you a serious effort ... and quite a bit of cash as well.
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Noticed you dinged the program for not being part of the Mac app store, however I wouldn't count an app out simply because it's not there. In order to be in the Mac app store there are quite a few constraints (few of them have to do with "quality" and are more focused on standardization with apple's nebulous specs) and I don't personally consider an app "less" because it's not there. Interesting reading your take on it though.
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Regarding the Mac App Store, there are of course some applications that don't appear there, at least yet. If they don't violate some rule, I think the developers are being very short-sighted not to offer their applications there. In the case of Curio, George has stated that he loves the Mac App Store; and I don't think the application violates any of the rules. Therefore, I must assume that the reason it's not there is that he doesn't like the 30%, is afraid he can't gouge people for upgrades as often as he has in the past or objects to the fact that you can install your MAS purchases on up to five computers. Either of those reasons spell "greed" to me. Real estate people have an expression, "location, location, location". The Mac App Store IS the location; and if anyone doesn't get that, I just don't know what else to say.
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Moreover, I asked and use the program on my imac and laptop (as data is synced).
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preston.lee reviewed on 31 Dec 2010
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To be slightly less gnomic, how about thinking of Curio as an infinite notebook in which you can sketch ideas, grab text and images from the web (retaining their source), knocking out lists, drawing those mildly blithering "mind maps" some people find useful, and indeed more or less anything you could do on a normal notebook? I agree, Curio is such a blank slate that you never know whether you're using it "properly" but then I suppose there isn't actually a "properly" so it doesn't matter.
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