LEO SPILL  No updates in 16 months ?

Is this still a going concern or abandonware ?  
(Version 1.5.1)

IAMDORIAN  Thought I'd add a quick update. It seems like the Print=>PDF=>Yojimbo feature works fine, but the easier drag-and-drop PDF does not. Just wanted to be fair to BareBones (the developer.)  
(Version 1.5.1)

IAMDORIAN  I just thought I'd put my two cents in here. I have used YoJimbo for quite a while (since version 1.x something or other), and even recommended this to my mother. I love the simplicity of the interface ,and it's URL/Web Page download/archival function. However, it simply does not download PDFs any more. They need to be downloaded to your hard drive, and then re-imported. This has not been fixed now for at least nine months to a year.

When it was released it looked like this was going to evolve into a truly useful research application, but it looks more and more (to me) that this is a dead issue. No updates in a year? Applications like "Circus Ponies' NoteBook" are almost at the point where they can compete with this, and DevonThink Pro has the added advantage of tagging files, and uses a non proprietary database (a real issue with YoJimbo if you ever want to migrate your data to some other application, forget it!) for storing files.

I think that, if this program is going to remain viable, that it needs to be seriously updated. Hey, there are many who'd pay a competitive price for a truly useful product.

Some of the basic features that such a information management system needs (IMHO) include (a partial list):

1) Standard Mac OS file (open) data storage (X)

2) Webpage/PDF archival/preview (like YoJimbo does so well) (√)

3) Indexing/searching/retrieval of embedded/highlighted/notated text or other items (X)

4) Powerful batch/category export features (X)

5) Of course, stability (√)

6) Audio/video annotation features (X)

7) Simple GUI (√)

...etc.

So, what does the future hold for YoJimbo? It would certainly be nice if the developers would answer this question. Where are feature-filled updates . . any updates?

Looks like I may need to move on? :::sniff:::  
(Version 1.5.1)

SWISSROLL  This is my favourite app on the Mac. I use it for heavy research on the internet and also to dump the online flotsam and jetsam that I may have use for later. I tried to wean myself off using this but no cigar. Why does this simple app work so well? It doesn't force you to spend any brain power to organize or FEEL the need to organize while you go about gathering information. You can occasionally make some folders or tags if you feel the need but it is unnecessary.

Yojimbo is a brilliant and no nonsense app.  
(Version 1.5.1)

HEZMANA  Used to love the program, but it is no longer developed, there have been no update in a long long time. My program has stopped working with .MAC or now ME. I have three computers and non will sync anymore, probably as Apple is continuing to make changes and the program has not.

Looking for an alternative.  
(Version 1.5.1)

VGOKLANI  Is this thing on? Yojimbo hasn't been updated in the longest time, development is all but dead. Try something else, and save your money...  
(Version 1.5.1)

DONPERREAULT  I used Yojimbo for many months and tried most every app of its type and have found that Together is the best for me. The developer is quick to respond to any questions and continuously updates Together, unlike the developers of Yojimbo. The latest version 2.1.5 is very stable and fast with my 2500 item library. I suggest Together.  
(Version 1.5.1)

DAVIDWB  I've been using Yojimbo for about 18 months and while I continue to use it I also continue to look at its competitors. Yojimbo is great at grabbing and storing information and this is what first attracted me to it. I can grab a PDF, an email message, a web site, a note, a serial number, even a web site password and quickly store it. Its search functions are also quite good. But it has some frustrating quirks - not the least of which is a smarmy little group of programmers who believe they know what's best for their users. These little tinpot dictators have a user list group in which they berate and talk down to users who make certain requests. They don't explain *why* these requests are out of the question - they simply declaim from on high that they won't do it. One of these heretical requests? Nested folders which, for some reason, must be the very spawn of the devil.

Yojimbo is a program I want to like. It does so much of what a data collection program needs to do well, that I try to look beyond what it lacks. But what I find frustrating is how I must export my collected data into another program so that I can properly organize it. With a data collection closing in on 2500 items encompassing dozens of different topics and sub topics, I've found that tagging, while effective, doesn't cut it when I am in the process of organizing my information for a project. And since I tend to have 3 or 4 projects going at once, nested folders is the logical way for me to work. And so once the data is collected, I wind up exporting to DevonThink for organization. Unfortunately, DevonThink is less convenient for the collection process.

And so I keep looking and hoping. Given the developers refusal to adopted nested folders, I know that one day I'll abandon this program - until then I muddle along.

I give two thumbs up to Yojimbo and a big 2 thumbs down and a raspberry to the developers.  
(Version 1.5.1)

IAMDORIAN  I've been using Yojimbo since it was first released. My constant researching absolutely requires some way to keep track of files - not just links - to webpages. Although Yojimbo is very easy to use (and very Mac-like), it lacks 3 essential features which limit its usefulness. This is too bad, because at the price point ($100.00 less than DevonThink) it would be the #1 choice for most people, were it more feature-rich.

1) This application is desperately short-sighted as it lacks any way to sync its (often massive over time) database with another version of Yojimbo running on other machines. Although Apple's iSync includes it on its list of backups, I've seen no database transfer/backup going on, so I have to assume it only backs up some preference settings. This is about 0.1% of the problem.

2) Although it does a great job grabbing individual web pages, this application should be merged with the power of something like SiteSucker, so that it can (what the bloated and expensive Acrobat program can no longer do very well) archive an entire website. This is a critical need as well - at least for researchers who might use a program like this on any sort of regular basis.

3) Yojimbo should be enabled to create both linked notes, as well as reference links from an image or line of copy in one archived article, to another Yojimbo archive, both for footnoting as well for indexing purposes. I'd think that adding a notation feature could be expanded to an indexing function via a contextual menu?

Although this is not intended to be as sophisticated as DevonThink, adding these few features would make this a first class research tool. I'd think that these features could be added in a "Pro" version - if BB wants to make a little money back on their R&D.

I am sure I would not be the only person willing to pay $50.00 for this sort of feature set.

I sincerely hope someone at BareBones is reading this?

Thanks  
(Version 1.5.1)

MACD  Wow! The search/filtering speed in the new version is indeed greatly improved!!! I can finally start actually USING this feature without thinking twice..

Thanks!  
(Version 1.5)