Sonny Software

No, sorry, Bookends doesn't support OpenAthens. I don't have access to any site that uses it, so I haven't seen it "in action". Have you tried to log in via OpenAthens in Bookends Browser?

Jon
Sonny Software

I think that AND and OR are simple concepts that everyone uses and don't require a real knowledge of boolean logic. So I think they (especially OR) are used intuitively. XOR, on the other hand, is a boolean expression that I suspect few know, and is likely to be used only by those deeply invested in...

You can continue to use it with Bookends for Mac without any problems.

Jon
Sonny Software

There is a very high bar for adding more "stuff" to the UI, and this doesn't rise above it. The AND/OR functionality is already there are is readily accessible (and probably used by at most 5% of users). I've added the AND/OR status to the menu title as I mentioned above, so it will take a...

Menu toggles are typically used for opposite states, like Show/Hide. The choice between AND and OR isn't that, and frankly I'm not coming up with a good menu pair that is short, meaningful, and clear. The hierarchical menu that shows you the options and checks the one currently looks like the best o...

I'll see how the toggle looks. As for XOR, I'm inclined to think it's not very useful in a reference management app. Let's see if anyone else has an opinion on that.

Jon
Sonny Software

I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but you can change how multiple selections are treated with a right-click in the groups pane.

Jon
Sonny Software

No, because among other things there may be multiple attachments and you only want to print one.

That's something you could script though (getting the paths to the attached PDFs from Bookends and telling an app like Preview to print them).

Jon
Sonny Software

You can print PDF attachments now -- it's an option in the action popup menu in the PDF toolbar.

Jon
Sonny Software

Others who use Bookends in different scenarios may give you advice, but I'll throw in a few considerations. Bookends can fulfill all of the functions you list AFAICT, but you might find that using it in combination with another app works even better. For example: Reference Catalogue. I'm not sure ex...

I think you're using custom folder in a different way than Bookends does. You have an attachment folder that can be set to the factory default (Documents folder) or anywhere you want. There are some built in presets for Dropbox, etc., but you select any folder you want. So I'm not sure what you are ...

I think you have it. Are you syncing with Bookends for iOS or not? That can affect what solution you choose. Bookends doesn't care if you have attachments or not, if that's what you are asking. There are certainly files it "needs", but they are unrelated to attachments (and quite small). I...

Right click on the field and any URLs in it can be selected and opened in your browser.

Jon
Sonny Software

The location of the attachments will differ depending on your use. If you want them to be synced to the cloud they should be kept in a folder managed by a cloud sync service like Dropbox, MS OneDrive, iCloud Drive, etc. If you are only syncing between Macs, any service will do. If you want to sync w...

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