Hello again, @Lanco_Support-Team … Thank you again for your replies. I feel like we’re making good progress in understanding each other, and hope that it can help you and the MarginNote team. I’ll answer your replies in turn, just as I’ve done before.
1. I’m glad to hear that you can make CSV exports, but I didn’t quite follow how you’re saying it could be done. If I follow you, you’re saying that MarginNote users should first export files in an Anki format, and then render them further via an Anki CSV extension to get a CSV export. Is that correct?
2. I understand that Marginnote already creates a unique URL to every note, and that’s one of its best features! But in my last reply to you I was describing something else that MN users are seeking: to “create an UID in MarginNote-annotated files – and, by extension, the notes they create” so that " MarginNote-annotated files & notes could generate create an UID – one UID for one file – that would apply to all of the MN-created annotated notes linked to that file.
Let me back up and explain… One of the Tinderbox developers actually suggested that MarginNote create an UID in MarginNote-annotated files – and, by extension, the notes they create” – so that users could locate all of the notes (i.e., MarginNote-created annotations) that pertain to particular files / documents. And part of the reason why Tinderbox developers suggested this approach was so to help users trace particular files / documents and correct or amend the annotations, and then re-export them from MarginNote, and import them, anew, into Tinderbox. This seems like an especially necessary approach given the way that MarginNote bundles files / documents in its notebooks. Does this make sense? I’m happy to clarify this further if you’d like – just let me know.
BTW, I haven’t yet experimented with the zettelkasten approach, but I’m happy to do so if it helps achieve what I and other MarginNote users are seeking in this respect.
3. Ok, you said: “Url-scheme works offline, you just have to use a certain PDF reader that supports URL-scheme like PDF expert, notability, etc.” First of all, this is the first I’ve head that MarginNote has created a URLs that can work offline. Wow. How didn’t we know this!? Forgive me for saying this, but it shows how much more MarginNote needs to explain its features and functions to users. Don’t get me wrong: I’m glad that such features exist! But @marginnote really needs to better communicate these things with its users.
Second, while I’m thrilled to hear that MarginNote-created URLs can work offline, it seems strange to expect users to purchase another app to use it! I’d suggest that MarginNote build on this feature so that we can still enjoy the benefits of our MarginNote experience, and use MN-created URLs in other apps. Does that make sense?
For my part, I archive all of my material in DEVONthink Pro, given the way it’s able to organize and collate files, run robust searches, and utilize IA for search terms. So, I’d love to be able to store my MarginNote-annotated PDF files in DEVONthink Pro (once I’m done with them) – i.e., so that they’re offline / off the iCloud and out of MarginNote, and then click on the MarginNote-created URLs so that it can refer back to the annotated part of the text. This seems to be what many other users want as well! But I think we’d all prefer to be able to do this in various apps. Again, I’m happy to expand on this further if that’s helpful.
4. Yes, Tinderbox does support opening OPML directly, but Tinderbox does not work well with MarginNote-created notes. Believe me – I’ve tried! I’ve tried to do this via MN exports to iThoughts X, and then another export to OMPL–>Tinderbox, and I’ve tried MN exports in RTF formats -->Tinderbox, and I’ve tried MN exports in OmniOutliner, and then another export to OMPL–>Tinderbox. All of them have been seriously problematic for various reasons, and that’s mostly because MarginNote’s exports continue to be glitchy for the reasons why I’ve mentioned in several posts, such as: Problems with OmniOutliner export and Problem with DEVONthink exports, and others that I’ve mentioned here.
5. Yes, you’re right about MN being the only app that I know of that supports URL linking to certain sentence of a page – and that’s part of why I’ve been using it, and advocate of your app! The only other app that does this is Highlights. Like you, I thought that there might be ways to borrow some of the ways that Highlights and DEVONthink uses their URLs for linking to certain sentence of a page – or, better yet, some ways that MarginNote can work in tandem with those apps (esp. DEVONthink) for their URL functionality. That would be ideal. And any kind of conflict between those apps and their functionality would be a disaster, so lets hope we can avoid that!
Thanks so much. Let me know if I can answer any other question. Happy to help as best I can…