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Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves

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Post by eguchi1904 »

allenu wrote: post #108

This is really cool stuff, OP. Congrats on the launch! I like that you've taken an actual problem or use case you have and turned it into an app. I love seeing how other people solve similar problems. I've seen this other project [1] that is similar in idea, but the author there has opted to go for something that looks literally like a texting app. Yours looks more Slack-like, just going by the Mac version. Likewise,…

Thank you! Yeah, it’s interesting to see apps with similar motivations, and thank you for suggesting your app. The idea of a private SNS with a Twitter-like UI for note-taking is definitely another interesting direction.

Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves

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Post by geor9e »

I'll narrate my user journey trying this out, just for constructive feedback.

I did not understand what it is, from the post or the website. It sounds strange enough to get me to try it though. Using the hotkey popup entry box, immediately I hit a bug where the chatlog doesn't auto-scroll properly (I don't see what I last entered, unless I manually scroll). I think my Macbook is pretty stock, not sure what's causing it. I see "All Notes" in the main window, and a search box. So I can filter to messages that match my search. Okay, so it can do what Telegram or any chat app does - basically a chat room of just myself. I don't see any other buttons of features to try in the window or menu.

I kinda see the appeal for the very narrow niche of people who want (1) a hotkey entry box and (2) enjoy taking notes as a chat log and leaving them that way.

I am not (2). While I do take all my notes to a chronological inbox space at first, I need to be able to quickly triage and organize it, delete things that are done/obsolete, move things to categories and order by priority or due date. It doesn't look like this app has any abilities like that. I do like (1) but I already have many solutions for jotting down notes fast using hotkeys and such. Alfred/Tasker scripts, personally.

Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves

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Post by eguchi1904 »

geor9e wrote: post #172

I'll narrate my user journey trying this out, just for constructive feedback. I did not understand what it is, from the post or the website. It sounds strange enough to get me to try it though. Using the hotkey popup entry box, immediately I hit a bug where the chatlog doesn't auto-scroll properly (I don't see what I last entered, unless I manually scroll). I think my Macbook is pretty stock, not sure what's causing…

Thank you for your detailed feedback.

> I hit a bug where the chatlog doesn’t auto-scroll properly

It seems that this issue occurs when the window size is small. I’ll investigate this further.

Strflow is specifically designed for writing and accumulating notes, and it currently doesn’t have features related to task management. While some features may be added in the future, the app will remain focused on simplicity.

Thanks again!

Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves

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Post by jbaber »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #164

I like this a lot. It's very close to something I've wanted, basically a Twitter that no one else can see but me. I could see myself using this all the time, and making it my primary note-taking app. But I won't. Here's why. In order to make an app a trusted and regular part of my daily flow, I have to trust that it will always be there for me. This has a subscription model. That means that if the company who makes i…

I have the same concern, but usually insist on being able to make simple regular downloads of my data, ready to port to the next similar service.

I'm fine paying a subscription for thestorygraph and bitwarden, for instance knowing if they fold or suddenly charge triple, I've got my data. Keeps them honest, too.

Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves

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Post by royaltjames »

This is awesome! I truly want to continue texting myself, and push the texts to searchable note apps since iMessage query experience is 1/10 imo.

I found phonetonote [1] and they provide a textable 310 number which pushes to kinopio (which is how I found it), roam, logseq, zapier, etc. I think they have a telegram bot and chrome extension but I haven't tried them yet.

[1]: https://phonetonote.com/

Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves

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Post by abdullahkhalids »

pdimitar wrote: post #155
IOT_Apprentice wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about using a discord server?

Discord is generally snappy but nothing beats Telegram. It just feels like the only remaining desktop client that actually makes use of native OS facilities. Plus there are scripts to back up the said channels. With Discord I haven't checked (but maybe there are as well). So mostly (1) Telegram is still snappier and (2) Telegram was there first, more or less, at least on my own timeline of checking chat clients.

You can backup discord channels with discord bots, like [1].

[1] https://xenon.bot/

Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves

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Post by santa_boy »

Void_ wrote: post #30

I made something similar, except by recording audio memos: https://whispermemos.com/

Tried and quite like this app. Has most of what I need. Is this built on Expo? I've wanted to build for iOS for decades but never could start on it.
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