Fifth Public Beta of DEVONthink Brings New iPhone Web App and More

DEVONtechnologies, LLC releases the fifth public beta of version 2.0 of all editions of its information manager DEVONthink as well as of the smart note-keeper DEVONnote. The fifth public beta of DEVONthink 2.0 and DEVONnote 2.0, again, brings lots of new and promised features as well as many detail enhancements and bug fixes.

The latest public beta adds a completely redesigned iPhone web application to DEVONthink Pro Office that not only lets the user search all shared databases remotely but also browse them in typical iPhone-style. It is also possible to add new notes to the global inbox on-the-go. While running inside Safari on the iPhone, the brand new web application, served automatically by DEVONthink Pro Office when an iPhone connects to its embedded web server, imitates the look-and-feel of a native iPhone application.

DEVONthink Pro and Pro Office install their global inbox in the Finder's sidebar as well as in all 'Save As' dialog windows so that users can now save documents directly to DEVONthink. The sidebar has been enhanced, sections are collapsable, and groups can be added to the favorites. Smart groups in the sidebar search all open databases, new search predicates prepare DEVONthink for the forthcoming tagging support. Finally, searching supports the 'Ignore umlauts' and 'Fuzzy' options again. "The new iPhone web application as well as the seamless - and hack-less - addition of DEVONthink's inbox into the Finder's sidebar and all 'Save As' dialogs again shows our commitment to deliver high accessibility and tight integration without sacrificing our core strengths: making premium artificial intelligence technology available to all Mac users", says Eric Bohnisch-Volkmann, President of DEVONtechnologies.

Pressing the Space bar opens a Quick Look panel for selected items. The properties of RTF/RTFD and PDF documents can now be edited, and so can web archives also in DEVONthink Personal. Automator support has returned to DEVONthink Pro and all workflows have been updated. All editions also come with many internal changes, performance and stability enhancements, and bug fixes.

The version 2.0 upgrade addresses a large number of feature requests from the active user community and modernizes almost every aspect of the applications. These public betas are still incomplete but the already existing functionality is stable enough for sharing with the public. Smart tags, PDF annotations, enhanced image editing as well as the ability to upload files through the web interface are not implemented yet but will be delivered one after the other with each subsequent update. The user interface of all editions will be further polished, too.

New features of version 2.0 include but are not limited to: the ability to open multiple databases simultaneously (DEVONthink Pro), all advanced Boolean and proximity operators (as known from DEVONagent), wildcards and unlimited complex search terms, smart groups, unlimited undo/redo, an inbox, a trash can, and the support for almost all common file formats. The new Finder-like sidebar facilitates working with multiple databases.

DEVONthink 2.0 imports and displays Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), OpenOffice and iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) files as well as Skim PDF packages and all other files that support or