do people not know about the built in dedicated note-taking app, literally called Notes, by default on the first page of their home screen
Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
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Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
I understand your point. For me, though, existing apps like Slack or iMessage were insufficient because, at the end of the day, they aren’t “note-taking apps.” By creating a dedicated note app combined with a chat-style timeline-focused UI, I feel that the speed and quality of note-taking have improved. However, I understand that it might not be for everyone, and I appreciate your feedback!
It is really interesting how different people are in their preferred solutions. The thing that I've learned makes an application good for note-taking is a lack of features. Simplicity is key for this use case for me. Even on the desktop, my "note-taking" app is just notepad on Windows, kwrite in KDE, and a very bare-bones text editor on my phone. None of this is even remotely a criticism of your effort. I was just po…
Thank you. I can relate to the importance of simplicity. When there are too many features, I find it distracting and difficult to focus on the content I’m writing.
There really are so many different needs when it comes to note-taking apps, including my own. This discussion has highlighted that for me once again.
Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#83Samsung screen off memo with a stylus has been the best note taking app for me. There’s an option to digitise the text and make it searchable. The big issue is it’s not cross platform.
Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#84This somehow seems to be a solution in search of a problem. The reason people use self texting is that they _don't_ want to use another app. Not because the existing apps are somehow missing features. > I often defaulted to dumping notes into chat apps like Slack or iMessage What makes you think people think differently about this app? If people wanted all these features they would already all be covered by Apple Not…
I actually want an app like this, but I want something cross platform and web based so I can use it on mac/linux/phone.
Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#85I actually like saving stuff on Telegram but the only downside is the absence of markdown.
But it's not actually that big of a deal. Telegram supports tagging messages, saving files and more.
This is why I was creating writedown.app, to have something where I can quickly post my notes like Telegram but not have it turn into another app accounting for Telegram's lack of markdown.
Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#86I've been look for exactly this! (or planning to build it) I abuse the telegram "Saved" channel to send myself thoughts, notes, reminders, pics, etc as if I'm chatting to the me who's back at his desk. I wanted to get away from that and not rely on telegram. Unfortunately I'm an android user so I'll probably have to keep using Telegram for the time being. Is there an android client in the works?
Self messaging is also available in WhatsApp
Yeah but the whole experience of using WhatsApp is kinda sub-par compared to Telegram.
Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#87This somehow seems to be a solution in search of a problem. The reason people use self texting is that they _don't_ want to use another app. Not because the existing apps are somehow missing features. > I often defaulted to dumping notes into chat apps like Slack or iMessage What makes you think people think differently about this app? If people wanted all these features they would already all be covered by Apple Not…
As a counter: I love the concept, I often message myself not because I don't want to use another app, but because I like the workflow and the UI. Most notes app work with a concept similar to files organized in a structure (be tags or folder) instead chat app are primarily chronological, also the UI is more oriented for quick addition than most note's app; I get that this don't make sense for everyone but an app like…
Thank you, your kind words are very encouraging. Your perspective closely aligns with the issues I was trying to address.
Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#88This is neat but I can't seem to get the desktop version to sync - I even upgraded iCloud.
Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#89Apologies for the self-promotion, but as several people here mentioned Telegram already... From a similar motivation of minimizing friction when taking notes, I created a Telegram bot that saves all messages you send it into a Google Spreadsheet. Hashtags can be used to split the text into columns, if so desired. Besides jotting down quick thoughts, this is very handy for short-form journaling such as tracking expens…
Looks really interesting! Is it open-source? I’d probably prefer to spin up my own bot instance, if it is possible
Re: Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
#90It looks great! I'm building https://histre.com/ and I find that some people do prefer to use a chat app they're already using. I built a Telegram bot so that they can keep taking notes on Telegram and not have to switch, but still get all the benefits of a real knowledge tool: https://histre.com/features/take-notes-with-telegram/ Perhaps you could build something like that to ease the transition?
This looks potentially neat, but I'm having a ton of trouble figuring out what this actually _is_ from your website.