{"id":310,"date":"2005-03-23T05:23:54","date_gmt":"2005-03-23T05:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/310"},"modified":"2005-03-23T05:23:54","modified_gmt":"2005-03-23T05:23:54","slug":"linkback-for-osx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/310","title":{"rendered":"LinkBack for OSX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkbackproject.org\/\">LinkBack<\/a> looks pretty sweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>LinkBack is an open source framework for Mac OS X that helps developers integrate content from other applications into their own. A user can paste content from any LinkBack-enabled application into another and reopen that content later for editing with just a double-click. Changes will automatically appear in the original document again when you save.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Looks like it goes about 90% of the way towards the convenience of editable embedded objects, without all the problems associated with that last 10% of trying to get everything to <em>actually<\/em> be edited in a window within the embedded document. It&#8217;s also interesting that this is an open-source project, spearheaded by 3rd-party software developers <a href=\"http:\/\/nisus.com\/\">Nisus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/\">OmniGroup<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blacksmith.com\/\">Blacksmith<\/a> rather than by Apple itself.<\/p>\n<p>LinkBack is currently being integrated into <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nisus.com\/express\">Nisus Writer Express<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/products\/omnigraffle\/\">OmniGraffle<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/products\/omnioutliner\/\">OmniOutliner<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blacksmith.com\/products\">ChartSmith<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stone.com\/Create\">Stone Create<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.ntlworld.com\/b.hilken\/pages\/Border.html\">Border<\/a><\/em> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.ucalgary.ca\/~king\/projects\/keynoteplugins\/linkback\/\">plug-in<\/a> has just been released to paste LinkBack data into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iwork\/keynote\/\">Keynote 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nivi.com\">Nivi<\/a> for the link!)<\/p. \n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkbackproject.org\/\">LinkBack<\/a> looks pretty sweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>LinkBack is an open source framework for Mac OS X that helps developers integrate content from other applications into their own. A user can paste content from any LinkBack-enabled application into another and reopen that content later for editing with just a double-click. Changes will automatically appear in the original document again when you save.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Looks like it goes about 90% of the way towards the convenience of editable embedded objects, without all the problems associated with that last 10% of trying to get everything to <em>actually<\/em> be edited in a window within the embedded document. It&#8217;s also interesting that this is an open-source project, spearheaded by 3rd-party software developers <a href=\"http:\/\/nisus.com\/\">Nisus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/\">OmniGroup<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blacksmith.com\/\">Blacksmith<\/a> rather than by Apple itself.<\/p>\n<p>LinkBack is currently being integrated into <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nisus.com\/express\">Nisus Writer Express<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/products\/omnigraffle\/\">OmniGraffle<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/products\/omnioutliner\/\">OmniOutliner<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blacksmith.com\/products\">ChartSmith<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stone.com\/Create\">Stone Create<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.ntlworld.com\/b.hilken\/pages\/Border.html\">Border<\/a><\/em> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.ucalgary.ca\/~king\/projects\/keynoteplugins\/linkback\/\">plug-in<\/a> has just been released to paste 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