WTH is Natalie Portman mode? Do we get a pencil to draw her hair style as in Star Wars?

That is a rather vague expression as xournal and conboy both allow text formatting as well as MaePad does- so there we go eliminating formatting

Seriously there are features which make an outliner-like application productive and which will be missed if they are not available- like searching, linking etc. Otherwise it drastically limits its application scenarios.
I understand that interlinking of note items is not the basic intention of MaePad. However entering a phone number or web address should be converted into a link so it can be quickly accessed via phone app or web browser- this is such a scenario. How often do we quickly write down web addresses and phone numbers so we have it at hand if needed? Click the link from the note and there you go.
I believe MaePad will be mostly used as a sophisticated notes application so why not give it the full usefulness it deserves