Nifty little app! I am sure I will stop using notes or open up text wrangler to jot down a few things every now and then. I like the simplicity (great shortcuts) which makes the whole thing, elegant.
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#22There sure are a lot of these now. There's Koi Writer [1], Dark Copy [2], Light Write [3], Quabel [4], Wabisabi [5], Write.app [6], Pen.io [7], (I like this one), Draft [8], and probably more. [1] http://www.koi-writer.com/editor/ [2] http://darkcopy.com/ [3] http://gun.io/w/yyhegyfn6 [4] https://quabel.com/ [5] http://www.wabisabi.cc/ [6] https://writeapp.me/ [7] http://pen.io/ [8] https://draftin.com/ Then there's…
Any open source ones?
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#23Great job! Most recently I have just been using Google Docs for writing out my blog posts before syndicating them to Medium and Tumblr; I might give this a whirl. The biggest problem I see is that I'm very heavily integrated in the Google ecosystem, so for things like jotting down quick ideas and documents to share with others (esp for collaboration), I'll probably continue to use Drive.
The biggest complaint is that I don't see the usefulness of the sounds. Most people probably listen to music while they work, anyway.
Either way, those are my only complaints. The simplicity and great shortcuts make this a great app!
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#24This looks cool! We made something similar - http://blog.functionspace.org/news/2013/5/8/a-beautiful-read...
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#25I find the top navigation bar to be distracting. It even gets in the way of the actual text.
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#26lag in fullscreen while scrolling on a moderately powerful linux desktop in firefox.
i'm not sure how to give you more input on the subject of my experience with the lag, but i'd be glad to.
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#27Looks nice. I currently use Draft for writing like this, primarily because it lets me write at work. Login with Twitter isn't permitted on our network (one thing that pains me, otherwise I might write straight into drafts on Medium) so I'll probably stick to Draft for that reason.
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#29Looks nice. I currently use Draft for writing like this, primarily because it lets me write at work. Login with Twitter isn't permitted on our network (one thing that pains me, otherwise I might write straight into drafts on Medium) so I'll probably stick to Draft for that reason.
You just need twitter login if you want to delete your posts later.
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#30There sure are a lot of these now. There's Koi Writer [1], Dark Copy [2], Light Write [3], Quabel [4], Wabisabi [5], Write.app [6], Pen.io [7], (I like this one), Draft [8], and probably more. [1] http://www.koi-writer.com/editor/ [2] http://darkcopy.com/ [3] http://gun.io/w/yyhegyfn6 [4] https://quabel.com/ [5] http://www.wabisabi.cc/ [6] https://writeapp.me/ [7] http://pen.io/ [8] https://draftin.com/ Then there's…
I doubt there's any hope of making money off the project, but it's a great piece of work and something he can add to his portfolio. Note the prominent mention of nodejs. That is irrelevant to anyone using the app, so adds to the likelihood he is probably hoping to score a job(s) out of his now proven ability to ship products with node.
This. It's a good thing to have on your portfolio. I made something similar (totally local however) a few months back.