Show HN: Script – A text editor for digitally interconnected documents

Post by mkl » Tue, Jul 04, 2023, 9:52 AM UTC

kevintouati wrote: post #42

mkl wrote: post #26

It seems pretty crazy to handicap yourself with an unsearchable name like "Script", especially when it's not an editor for scripts (drama or programming). The site has no scrollbar for some reason, so it's hard to navigate. The HN title talks about interconnected documents, as if it's a wiki or something, but the site doesn't seem to mention that. We've been working with truly digital documents for decades now, and i…

Thanks for this! We'll add the scroll bar shortly. Hopefully this will help navigation. What do you mean by proprietary lock-in? We've put in a lot of effort into making sure the system isn't opinionated and remain fully compatible with the incumbents office suite (ie. .docx, pdf, etc.) We are still trying to figure out pricing, which we expect to be in line with with other b2b tools of like nature and value.

Post by kevintouati » Tue, Jul 04, 2023, 10:09 AM UTC

mkl wrote: post #71

kevintouati wrote: post #42

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Thanks for this! We'll add the scroll bar shortly. Hopefully this will help navigation. What do you mean by proprietary lock-in? We've put in a lot of effort into making sure the system isn't opinionated and remain fully compatible with the incumbents office suite (ie. .docx, pdf, etc.) We are still trying to figure out pricing, which we expect to be in line with with other b2b tools of like nature and value.

Maybe I'm wrong about the lock-in. Its features don't seem very compatible with anything else. Do you export the highlighting as Word styles or something? I think you would get more interest if you explained your compatibility features more. No one wants to invest time an effort in a new system they're unsure of unless they have a clear path out of it. That's why note taking systems based on Markdown are popular.

Post by themadturk » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 7:09 PM UTC

kevintouati wrote: post #67

themadturk wrote: post #65

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Haha, no. My law firm IT days are long over. Thinking back on it, though, with the strong antipathy many middle-aged and older attorneys had against typing, though, how they got papers written in college and law school. All those guys (and they were mostly guys) knew how to do was talk into a dictation machine; the word processing work was mostly for the womenfolk.

Sadly, true. Although things work differently these days I'd hope.