[HN Gopher] DEVONagent, a smart web (re)search assistant for the...
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       DEVONagent, a smart web (re)search assistant for the Mac
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2022-05-21 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.devontechnologies.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.devontechnologies.com)
        
       | KennyBlanken wrote:
       | It is baffling that there is a video for the $5 version (which is
       | barely more than "do google searches or searches of a pre-canned
       | list of sites, with site previews, from your menu bar" - thanks,
       | I'll keep my $5) but nothing for the $50 software?
       | 
       | devontech has been around for something like two decades and has
       | always struck me as being borderline snake oil. Lots of hand-
       | waving elevator pitch, but I just never see anything explaining
       | _how the fuck it 's actually useful._
       | 
       | https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/technology is basically
       | several pages of lorum ipsum buzzwords.
        
         | csilverman wrote:
         | There was a point where I had most of my work and ideas in
         | Devonthink. Then I noticed that a few important files had
         | somehow vanished. I don't know for sure if this was due to the
         | software, but it unnerved me, and I moved to Obsidian.
         | 
         | I used DT primarily as a knowledgebase/notes app; I never found
         | its smart features to be particularly useful. Nowadays, I'd
         | definitely recommend Notion over DT.
        
           | lab14 wrote:
           | I had a similar experience. Used Devonthink for about 10
           | months and suddenly some files disappeared. Asked for a
           | refund and they said "sorry, no".
        
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