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#51
I love the idea of infinite canvas, OneNote has this and it's really freeing.

> The web-client works on any modern browser. It doesn't matter if you're using a Chromebook, a Surface, or a toaster.

Apparently toaster beats windows phone, because it doesn't work on my Lumia

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

#52

I love the idea of infinite canvas, OneNote has this and it's really freeing. > The web-client works on any modern browser. It doesn't matter if you're using a Chromebook, a Surface, or a toaster. Apparently toaster beats windows phone, because it doesn't work on my Lumia

I suspect that's because your browser doesn't support srcdoc with IFrame, I know Edge is getting it on the next version, they're just a little behind.

Also, yeah. After trying OneNote for a couple years I was just hooked with the infinite canvas concept.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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People who prefer structured outlining (over non linear snippet collections) may find fluid-outliner[1] interesting. After not finding any good signup-free privacy-aware zero-installation solution, which supported both rich text and markdown, I started prototyping on the above. It is quite early stage but fairly usable. Any feedback/contributions are welcome. [1] https://github.com/fluid-notion/fluid-outliner

Oh wow! That looks really cool. You could possibly even create compatibility with my app using the parser that I wrote https://github.com/MicroPad/Web-Parser

Releasing the parser as a standalone library/utility is a cool idea. I'll check into this.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

#54
Looks quite nice. Though some features which I think would make this more appealing (at least to me): Ability to draw lines between two elements. Link to other Sections/Notes. Copy & Paste images into it, rather than uploading.

Really nice tool, and I'll be sure to look at it to see how it changes.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

#55

Looks quite nice. Though some features which I think would make this more appealing (at least to me): Ability to draw lines between two elements. Link to other Sections/Notes. Copy & Paste images into it, rather than uploading. Really nice tool, and I'll be sure to look at it to see how it changes.

Thanks. Dragging/copying in images is something I really want to do, so hopefully I'll have enough free time to get to that soon.

The closest I can give you to lines right now is for you to insert a "drawing" element and doing a line there. That's not a great solution though.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

#56
Cool! I like this. A couple suggestions:

- Instead of asking "Are you sure" to delete an element, just go ahead and delete it, but make it undoable. This allows for quicker workflow.

- If I double-click an empty space, I would like to immediately insert a Text element and start typing, without having to aim the mouse again and click Text.

I'll probably be coming back to this when I need some note taking. Thanks for sharing this!

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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post #56

Cool! I like this. A couple suggestions: - Instead of asking "Are you sure" to delete an element, just go ahead and delete it, but make it undoable. This allows for quicker workflow. - If I double-click an empty space, I would like to immediately insert a Text element and start typing, without having to aim the mouse again and click Text. I'll probably be coming back to this when I need some note taking. Thanks for s…

Thanks for the feedback! I like the undo concept, that should be do-able.

On the quick-typing thing I was thinking that I could make it so that if you just start typing with the insert thing open, it'll automatically put you in a text element. What do you think about that?

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This is a wonderful looking project, thanks for making it open source! I am thinking of forking it for my own side-project and contributing to the development if possible. As other commenters already noted, the UI/UX of the app will need some work. Just some initial thoughts: - Organisation of the notes is cumbersome: it wasn't clear to me what is meant with a note and a section, and how to actually start writing (I…

Thanks for the list! Just on a couple points I may already have what you're looking for, you can type in a hashtag (like #todo) anywhere in a markdown element and then that note will show up in a search for that hashtag (that search also works cross-notepads). The side-nav can be hidden (although the rest of the chrome can't, which is something I want to get sorted). Also, on the textarea size, I think I'm using the…

Would a full UI redesign proposal be appreciated too?

I'd like to give it a shot if I found some spare time.

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