*** Due to the overwhelming response Black Obelisk Software has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy! ***
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Cool! I missed it when it was offered at "Giveaway of the Day". Here's another chance to grab it :) Windows users sulking over not having Scrivener should try out LSB (or buy a Mac...)
It's simply amazing.
Slow is normal for connection through an anon server. I dislike the 12 months licence that then requires renewal. Limited period is not mentioned on this page.
Once purchased, all future upgrades are free. Your purchased license does not expire. Jesse Wall Black Obelisk Software
I bought my first Mac to use Scrivener, a great program for writers but I spend time on PCs, too. I'm getting LSB to use when I'm stuck on Windows. C'mon, people! $15.95 and ALL future upgrades are free?! If you have even the slightest interest in this program how could you possibly go wrong?
Looks like a powerhouse! I can think of many uses, such as multimedia writing projects, organizing and storing my programming code snippets along with screen shots of what those snippets do, journals and more. Can't resist this great price, so I'm buying now even though it will be a few weeks before I have time to learn the program. Thanks!
I've been using this program since I downloaded it from GOTD and have been hoping it would show up here so I could afford to purchase it. I was VERY happy to find it on the upcoming list this morning and can't wait until the deal day arrives. This is the most versatile application of its kind that I have found. While there are a few things I would change, I have no doubt the "authors" will get to it soon. Liquid Story Binder is constantly being upgraded and improved and I have great faith in its future.
I've tried LB for a couple of weeks. It's a brilliant concept, but the human factors are a nightmare. Among just a few problems: *Great flexibility means great confusion - the tools are scattered illogically between different menus (and different menus in different menus). *Horrible documentation - the tutorials help - slightly - they will tell you how to start planners, listings, timelines, but there's almost nothing about how to use them. *Worse Help - more than half the things I searched for through help didn't find a reference, and the rest hit primarily (not exclusively) on trivial information that I had already figured out on myself. *Not WINDOWS - the program is not windows standard. You cannot go full screen, for example, by double-clicking the top window frame. The save key is F12, not Ctrl-S and so on. *Command line interface. Most of the best features, dossiers, timelines, outlines, are crippled by an ugly command-line interface. You cannot edit information where you're using it (in the timeline, outline, etc) but have to use the text bar at the bottom. There are many things LSB has done right (avoiding proprietary editor formats, for example)., but due to its shaky interface and poor documentation, I will probably not purchase the product.
I have to agree with VK Says. LsB is probably the best software I have seen, but its very hard to find how to work the brilliant tools LST have. Poor menus, help doesn't work , not intuitive , etc. Once you find how to work with it, it will be a dream. But the learning curve is very hard. It seems a software made by nerds, you know. They think everything is simple. A tip. LSB; hire someone who don't know the software, see for yourself the problems the person have, and then change it. Just do this. No more upgrades needed. BTW, you can hire me. oportunide1AThotpop.com. My first language is not even english, so you will need to understand me. Thats what you need to make a customer happier. Understand them. Me. PauloQ oportunidade1AThotpop.com Keep it up
To both of those last comments, I was originally bothered by the shortcuts, then I found out that I could configure my own hotkeys. And full screen can be shortkeyed to. Most right clicks will get you excellent context menus. I personally love the bottom editing on dossiers (my file type of choice), but truly, whatever floats your boat. If you want to reccomend to Jesse (the designer) what menus would make better sense to you, go for it. He's working on the new version as I type. I personally figured out the entire software in a day or two without referencing tutorials except the three steps (to figure out where to dump all my previous "fodder" which was builders by the way). I found it very intuitive and could not live without it.
Does LSB have the capability to "hide" and "reveal" text (I forget the technical name the outliners use)? Also, how well does LSB handle outlining, particularly moving topics up or down? Thank you. Bob R.
I've had a horrible disaster and I need help. I bought LiveJournal writing software. I installed it on my laptop but didn't back it up by burning it to CD. Then I had to redo my laptop due to a virus. At that time, I contacted you and you gave me a link to re-download it and the key for it. OK, so that time I did burn it to CD and I had that in a bag I carry when I travel, so I didn't think more of it. Well, last week I had to restore my hard drive on the laptop again because of a virus but I didn't burn another CD because I thought it might just transfer damage to the new hard drive and besides, I thought there wasn't any need. After all, I had saved it on CD, hadn't I? Now I'm getting ready to participate in the Novel in a Month they do in November for NaNoWriMo every November. I've discovered there's no backup CD!!! I left it in the bag and I lost the bag when I went on the train to Seattle last month! I called the hotel and the train station but nobody turned it in. In a way, thank god the laptop wasn't in it because I had it in a different laptop bag but in another way, it's a disaster because I've lost the software CD! Could I please, please get another download and key? This time I swear I'll make three or four backup CD's and stash them in various places so if I lose one, at least I'll have more if the computer has to be restored again. I don't often have the money to buy things for myself because I'm raising grandkids but I splurged on this writing software from you and I loved it. I don't know what month I downloaded it but it was before the last New Year, I think. Or maybe a little after. It was when you had the special on it for $20.
I have two email addresses: grizabellla@yahoo.com grizabellla@gmail.com I use the gmail one most. I remember last time you told me to download the software again from the website and you just gave me the key to make it fully functional so I'm going to go download it again and I hope you'll give me the key again. Waiting to hear from you.
I wait for the next sale of this kind by Black Obelix and then I will buy it. Many people (as I) start to buy their x-mas presents already in November. If Black Obelix would come up with a sale in November, people would probably buy more than one copy of the software to have a nice x-mas present for friends or family members.
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Is it compatible with Windows 7? It doesn't say it is here, but on the software's website it says it is. Please clarify.
Liquid Story Binder XE is Windows 7 compatible. Before purchasing, download Liquid Story Binder XE and give it a try.
Can you describe whether/how Liquid handles "hoisting?" Two-pane outliners allow one to place topics in the right-hand pane, body in the left-hand pane. I would like a text editing/writing tool that does "in-line" hoisting - e.g., the text beneath a heading or sub-heading can be collapsed or expanded, without leaving the main window. When a topic is collapsed, only the heading shows. When expanded, both the heading and text body are shown. Does Liquid do anything like this?
Looks like the "Outline" feature allows one to do this, as well as nesting of sub-topics. Does the Outline mode offer "full fledged" editing (e.g., fonts, highlighting, etc.) or is it limited? Thank you.
@Bob S, you can go to the Black Obelisk website and download a fully functional trial, play around with it for a while, and buy if you like it. You just get a product key when you buy from here that you can enter in and be good to go. This is exceptional software for writers. It does have a bit of a learning curve. Like, you actually need to read the tutorials and you will have to click through the help files a bit. I have tried quite a few other applications for writers, but this one read moreis the most versatile and allows the most customization. You will need to develop a system that works for you, and then all the pieces will make sense, and you'll love it. I currently have LSBXE open with a Workspace that has the following: Listing (used as Table of Contents), File Listing (to access unsorted documents), the bulk of the screen occupied by a Chapter, a Planner on the right (which I use as a glossary of names--a Builder would also work for this), and a small space below that with a Gallery of images I reference (tree diagrams, character look-a-likes, etc). It's great being able to have easy access to EVERY chapter you've written in one window. Try doing that with Word and see how crazy you go. When I finished my book of 30+ chapters, I used the manuscript builder function in my Listing to create one file exportable as .doc, .rtf, .txt, or .html.
LSB Developer - just tried the Outliner in LSB. Two things I find very peculiar: (a) there doesn't appear to be a "drag and drop" feature that allows one to move topics around; instead, only arrows for moving topics up/dow, right/left in the outline - is that correct? (b) When I moved a topic ahead of another topics (e.g., from #3 to #2), the topic moved, but not its subtopics. Is there a way to "lock" subtopics to their parents? This seems counter to what one would want and expect - how do you move an entire section - item and its children - at once?
I like the hoisting feature that allows one to collapse/expand subtopics. Nicely implemented... I couldn't figure out what the orange symbol next to a topic signified, however.
Due to the overwhelming response Black Obelisk Software has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy!
Outlines allow you to color code selected items. Choose 'Color' from the Outline's 'Content' menu. To move Outline child / subtopic items, collapse the child items first using the parent plus (+) sign. Sorry no drag and drop.
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