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Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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post #11

Beautiful. Is it E2E encrypted?

Does it matter? They'll surely wouldn't implement a local/client-first E2E encryption, so in the end they'll be holding the keys anyways.

If you want something private, don't put it on other people's platforms, it's very simple.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

#22

Without sounding negative, i see a lot of bells and whistles For UX it seems better to only show features when you need it. You're up against a physical notepad. Maybe I'm not the target audience

Could you please expand on this? Showing only the features you need is pretty much what we tried to do. Keeping the writing UI minimal and distraction-free.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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- Click "Start Writing" - Start typing, nothing happens - Editor apparently didn't focus, I try clicking anywhere on the page to give text editor focus - Editor doesn't focus when you click on it? For being an experience "all about writing", I sure don't understand how to get started? I click in the middle of the page, but nothing is focusing? Using Firefox 145.0.1.

Using Safari (OSX). No problems.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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post #25

- Click "Start Writing" - Start typing, nothing happens - Editor apparently didn't focus, I try clicking anywhere on the page to give text editor focus - Editor doesn't focus when you click on it? For being an experience "all about writing", I sure don't understand how to get started? I click in the middle of the page, but nothing is focusing? Using Firefox 145.0.1.

Using Safari (OSX). No problems.

Sorry to be doubting, but are you sure?

I got curious, and looked at the DOM, and seems the editor when empty is just one line of the full page, which if you click anywhere else (like what I did initially, in the middle of the page) the editor can't be focused. Are you sure you clicked in the middle of the page?

Looks like this for me: https://i.imgur.com/DOdiN4o.png

Unless you click that specific rectangle, the editor doesn't focus, isn't it the same in Safari?

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

#28

- Click "Start Writing" - Start typing, nothing happens - Editor apparently didn't focus, I try clicking anywhere on the page to give text editor focus - Editor doesn't focus when you click on it? For being an experience "all about writing", I sure don't understand how to get started? I click in the middle of the page, but nothing is focusing? Using Firefox 145.0.1.

This is embarrassing and a recent regression on the latest update. Thanks for the report, we will fix this.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

#29
post #8

Intriguing. But - the first thing I want to know it "how much" and then shortly after that I want to know "can I run it myself".

This should be the first and most important question anyone asks when trying a new product/service. If I don't understant the business model and how much I could be locked-in, I don't even bother wasting 1 minute on the product (I might tray that to get inspiration, but I probably wouldn't use that for anything serious).

> If I don't understant the business model and how much I could be locked-in, I don't even bother wasting 1 minute on the product

Personally I do it the other way around, first I try it out and see if it's useful, then I'd figure out if I'm willing to accept the tradeoffs of pricing/lock-in.

If you do it the way you suggest, wouldn't that mean you can't actually understand if the business model is fine because of the benefits you get? Seems backwards to me.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

#30
post #16

After watching a bunch of people use the live chat, I am not discouraged by live chat anymore. I actually think one can make it work, one simply needs to account for moderation and flooding upfront. The first feature you need is a way to instantly ignore people who are ruining the collective experience. I would think when a person is ignored by a certain threshold of people, their content should automatically be mode…

> The first feature you need is a way to instantly ignore people who are ruining the collective experience. I Yeah, and we all know you're talking about Anon Pond Heron, lets be honest.

I am.

While I’m not the kind of person who races to test the most triggering racial slurs, I’m actually glad Anon Pond Heron did because I thought his behavior was informative, especially as you could watch him slowly type out the beginnings of a slur.

I actually think these types of CRDTs can be enhanced with a handful of simple mechanisms to ensure a higher quality chat experience.

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