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Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by qrbLPHiKpiux »

jamesgeck0 wrote: post #15
joshstrange wrote: post #10

Just wanted to throw out there for any macOS users I use nvALT [0] as a client for simple note on my macbook and love using it as a scratch pad for holding data while working on a problem or just a general "I need to make a quick list on the fly here and then copy it into something else later". I have mine set to a hotkey so I can hide/show it quickly and it's great. [0] http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/

nvALT is great. It's lack of synchronization with Standard Notes is the only reason I haven't used that service yet.

I use it daily. Plain text information, logs, etc. are the easiest to work with and search. No keywords or tags necessary.

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by balladeer »

When I was on Windows I used this - http://resoph.com/. Looks similar I think. Not sure that app is actively developed anymore (ins't open source). But it used to be good and only decent Simplenote client on Windows. Good to see options there.

On Mac I have been using NV so far. Though original NV hasn't seen any development for last 6 years it still just works. The last time I tried its famous fork (nvAlt) either something was broken (was beta or so can't recall) or I just saw that I don't need that at all. For my minimal and simple note taking vanilla NV is still what I need. NV is one app that I don't remember when it last crashed (maybe I don't use it enough).

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by Mikescher »

allisterb wrote: post #19
Mikescher wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds - actually - pretty interesting. But isn't Xamarin.Forms only for mobile platforms? I can't find any information about building desktop apps with it (but also my only experience with Xamarin is currently MonoGame).

Yes you're right, Xamarin Forms seems to be targeted at Windows/iOS/Android portability with a common XAML codebase. For cross-platform desktop apps the best choice seems to be something like [Gtk#]( http://www.mono-project.com/docs/gui/gtksharp/ ] But I think the same principles would apply: the UI projects would utilize the non-platform specific code in AlephNote.App and the plugin framework etc. It would probably…

I created an issue [0] for this. I'm trying to find time today to organize the project structure for this, so that it shouldn't be too hard to add other UI frontends.

You are more than welcome to contribute, especially because I'm also completely unexperienced with GTK# :)

[0] https://github.com/Mikescher/AlephNote/issues/1

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by Mikescher »

xxdesmus wrote: post #13

This looks really nice. I like the support for multiple backend storage options. Any plans to port this to Mac or Linux?

Not when I posted it here :D.

But it seems like there is interest [0] and it doesn't look too complicated. So yes, I will try to add an additional frontend with Gtk# for Linux/Mac.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13806328

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by rahimnathwani »

joshstrange wrote: post #10

Just wanted to throw out there for any macOS users I use nvALT [0] as a client for simple note on my macbook and love using it as a scratch pad for holding data while working on a problem or just a general "I need to make a quick list on the fly here and then copy it into something else later". I have mine set to a hotkey so I can hide/show it quickly and it's great. [0] http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/

I also use nvalt on Mac. I also use these:

- nvpy on linux

- Notational Acceleration on Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kludgenics...). It hasn't been updated in 4 years, but it works well, and syncs with simplenote in the background

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by rahimnathwani »

jamesgeck0 wrote: post #15
joshstrange wrote: post #10

Just wanted to throw out there for any macOS users I use nvALT [0] as a client for simple note on my macbook and love using it as a scratch pad for holding data while working on a problem or just a general "I need to make a quick list on the fly here and then copy it into something else later". I have mine set to a hotkey so I can hide/show it quickly and it's great. [0] http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/

nvALT is great. It's lack of synchronization with Standard Notes is the only reason I haven't used that service yet.

I'd never heard of Standard Notes until today. Is there any reason I should switch to it (from Simplenote), if I'm not interested in self-hosting?

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by jclos »

I don't know if it's bad form to do feature requests on HN but having gone through a lot of these note clients (see list [here](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13642527)) the three-ish features that I'd like to see on a note client that can, but does not have to, sync to the cloud and that I couldn't seem to find in a single one are:

* Support for LaTeX math notation (like Zim-Wiki) * Support for code (like Quiver) * a good, clean UI if possible with a dark mode so that I can stare at it for long periods of time

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by mobitar »

jclos wrote: post #27

I don't know if it's bad form to do feature requests on HN but having gone through a lot of these note clients (see list [here]( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13642527) ) the three-ish features that I'd like to see on a note client that can, but does not have to, sync to the cloud and that I couldn't seem to find in a single one are: * Support for LaTeX math notation (like Zim-Wiki) * Support for code (like Qu…

Standard Notes has support for code, can theoretically support a LaTeX editor, and has a clean UI (but no dark mode yet). See extensions: https://standardnotes.org/extensions

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by mobitar »

rahimnathwani wrote: post #26
jamesgeck0 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nvALT is great. It's lack of synchronization with Standard Notes is the only reason I haven't used that service yet.

I'd never heard of Standard Notes until today. Is there any reason I should switch to it (from Simplenote), if I'm not interested in self-hosting?

You don't need to self-host on Standard Notes. The app is focused on privacy and longevity. Check out https://standardnotes.org.

Re: Show HN: AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client

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Post by criddell »

joshstrange wrote: post #18
jamesgeck0 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nvALT is great. It's lack of synchronization with Standard Notes is the only reason I haven't used that service yet.

Huh, I had never heard of Standard Notes before this thread (I saw it mentioned in the OP but ignored it as I am happy with Simple Note) but it looks pretty neat. Yeah, if they had a client that was as fast/easy as nvALT I'd switch.

Not 100% sure, but I think the default Standard Notes client is an Electron application. If battery life is a concern, I'd stick with nvALT. Other note clients can use the Standard Note backend and that seems like a reasonable path, but I would avoid the Standard Notes client.
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