WinJournal 1.0.3

I’ve said it before and I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of saying it: wit the right piece of software, your computer can become a proper replacement for various bits and pieces you have around the house. It can replace your TV and DVD players as you can watch TV online and play DVDs on your computer. It can replace your radio as you can listen to online radio stations. And it can replace your diary or journal as you can keep a diary or journal on your computer.

The application that can help your computer to become a proper replacement for a traditional diary is the Mariner Software-developed WinJournal. This is the Windows version; for Mac users there’s MacJournal. Mariner Software has developed both applications to offer the same look and feel.

As far as I see it, there are several advantages to using WinJournal as opposed to a traditional diary:

Eco-friendly
You are not using real paper, you are using digital paper. You can create as many diaries as you want and organize them as you see fit, all without using any paper.

Not limited to text
The WinJournal application offers much more than a traditional diary can. With a traditional diary you are pretty much limited to text; with WinJournal you can add any kind of content to your diary entries. Besides text you can add images, videos, audio files.

Privacy and sharing
If you want your traditional diary to remain private, all you can do is hide it somewhere and hope that no one finds it. WinJournal can protect your privacy better than that by encrypting and password protecting your virtual diary.
What if you don’t want to hide your thoughts, what if you want to share them with the world? In that case you will be glad to know that WinJournal provides support for the most popular blogging platforms out there. You can easily publish your thoughts to your blog and it’s all thanks to WinJournal. And if that isn’t enough, WinJournal can podcast as well.

Customization options and search
You can set the background color and the font color.
With a simple mouse click you can search through all your WinJournal entries.

The simple truth of the matter is that we live your lives behind a monitor and a keyboard. Paper and pen are rarely used nowadays, so why would you want to write your thoughts down on a traditional diary or journal when you have a great tool like WinJournal (MacJournal for Mac users) at your disposal? This easy to use journaling and blogging application has much more to offer than a traditional diary.

Pros

• Easy to use
• Customization options
• Encryption and password protection
• Search
• Supports popular blogging services such as LiveJournal, WordPress, TypePad and Windows Live
• Can podcast
• Spellcheck
• There’s a Windows and a Mac version and both offer the same look and feel
• Lengthy 30-day trial

Cons

• None that I could think of

Additional information on WinJournal is available here.
Information on Mariner Software and the applications it has to offer is available here.

WinJournal has been reviewed by George Norman on 18 Apr 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated WinJournal 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent