sharing the review i posted on the macOS App Store:
Essential
There are few Apps i consider essential on the Mac, and so i begin this review by saying this App has quickly become one of my essential Apps.
Research of any kind can be disorganized - often chaotic - in the early stages. There are hand-written notes, scribbles, stickies, white board drawings (some poorly drawn bordering on illegible), emails, and then there is some sort of task tracking depending on how disciplined you are.
Curating the many sources of information that funnel into Research can be daunting. There have been attempts in the past which came close to bringing order to this chaos, but none were as focused on Research as Findings. Focus is a beautiful thing, and Findings focuses on the many aspects of Research that although known and understood aren’t packaged in a neat little App. Many researchers end up using Note-taking Apps and albeit useful, they don’t capture the process or the mental model a research activity requires.
On App Design: The App offers a case study in User Experience (UX) Design: every element is exactly where you would expect it to be; like getting into a car for a test-drive and discovering that every control, switch, knob is exactly where you would expect it to be. The ease - and lack of friction - with which you get used to the user interface feels natural and unforced.
This is perhaps why you will find yourself liking the App as much as i did. Well done App Developers of Findings. iCloud Sync-ing is in the works, and when it’s available, the App will make creating and editing Research-related content effortless no matter what device you are using.
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