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Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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Post by bovermyer »

My ideal writing experience is one where there is nothing in the way of writing.

For me, that means as close to hand-writing a manuscript as possible, without the pain of extended hours of pressing hard with a pen or pencil.

From there, I may want to share my writing, or not. If so, then I want the process of moving what I've written from the initial medium to online and publicly accessible to be as quick and painless as possible.

If not, then... I just want it to be a file. Something I can save, archive, move, or whatever, like any other file.

It sounds like, given my context, Kraa is not designed for me.

I am interested in hearing from people who feel like Kraa solves a problem for them. I'd like to understand the difference in creative environment!

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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Post by levmiseri »

bovermyer wrote: post #61

My ideal writing experience is one where there is nothing in the way of writing. For me, that means as close to hand-writing a manuscript as possible, without the pain of extended hours of pressing hard with a pen or pencil. From there, I may want to share my writing, or not. If so, then I want the process of moving what I've written from the initial medium to online and publicly accessible to be as quick and painles…

From what you have written, it actually sounds like Kraa 'might' be for you.

> I want the process of moving what I've written from the initial medium to online and publicly accessible to be as quick and painless as possible. With Kraa this is a matter of one click.

> If not, then... I just want it to be a file. Something I can save, archive, move, or whatever, like any other file. And this is more nuanced, but Kraa isn't using any proprietary file system. You can export your leaves to .md any time. Though it's not the same as e.g. Obsidian where it is literally a local file.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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Post by dbtc »

bovermyer wrote: post #61

My ideal writing experience is one where there is nothing in the way of writing. For me, that means as close to hand-writing a manuscript as possible, without the pain of extended hours of pressing hard with a pen or pencil. From there, I may want to share my writing, or not. If so, then I want the process of moving what I've written from the initial medium to online and publicly accessible to be as quick and painles…

> without the pain of extended hours of pressing hard with a pen or pencil.

Excuse me, do you have a minute to talk about fountain pens?

I recommend a Lamy Safari or Pilot Kakuno to start. If the nib is good, no pressure at all is required to write. You have to retrain to relax your hand and arm if you're used to ballpoints and graphite. High quality paper is not required but it can make a big difference too.

As far as digital, .txt will always have a special place in my hard drive. As long as a tool has a way to export into plaintext, I am not opposed to using it.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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Post by alsetmusic »

quentindanjou wrote: post #55
embedding-shape wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

100% agree. Why even question the business model if that's not a product that I would use. First should be "Can I use it?"(meaning does it run on my devices etc.), then "Do I find it useful?" before anything else.

If I know the price is something I'd be willing to pay for a thing that is useful, I evaluate as such. If I know that it's a price I'd never pay, I still want to see what it is and try it because I'm curious. Don't hide information from me.

Example: enterprise licenses that are meant for a huge org rather than an individual let me know that I shouldn't get excited about a tool because it's not for me. Happens a lot because I'm very into networking and automation.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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Post by richardliutl »

levmiseri wrote: post #53
desireco42 wrote: post #49

I love it. What little I tried it. First homepage is actually clear and obvious. I was thinking of similar markdown editing experience, so I am happy you did this so I don't have to. Name is a little bit weird, what is this supposed to mean?

Thanks! The whole app is raven-themed. "Kraa" is the sound a raven makes in many languages and is a reasonably short name. It's not anyhow deeper than that.

Is it a reference to "The Raven Scholar" as well? (A great novel!)

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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Post by beezlewax »

_thisdot wrote: post #20
steego wrote: 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 recently sunsetted Reddit public chat was a good example. They were tied to a subreddit, so only people with some shared interest came together. And the moderators could set an entry barrier based on karma. And you stood to lose your reddit account if you misbehaved in a public chat

Why does people care if their Reddit account is banned? I've never understood this. Can't you just open a new one?

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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Post by wosined »

tigroferoce wrote: post #14
dmje wrote: 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 they don't tell you the business model, then it's likely to be a bait and switch.

Re: Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything

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Post by dmd »

beezlewax wrote: post #68
_thisdot wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The recently sunsetted Reddit public chat was a good example. They were tied to a subreddit, so only people with some shared interest came together. And the moderators could set an entry barrier based on karma. And you stood to lose your reddit account if you misbehaved in a public chat

Why does people care if their Reddit account is banned? I've never understood this. Can't you just open a new one?

Replace “reddit” with “google” in your sentence. Now how does it sound?
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