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Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by merpnderp » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:00 PM UTC

sbarre wrote: post #40

reacharavindh wrote: post #36

I'm currently using Apple Notes on my Mac and iPhone. It works just great! It synchronises perfectly I can drag and drop images to it, no problem. Cmd + C, Cmd + V, Cmd + B, Cmd + I all work as expected. I can even add to-do lists and cross out "Done" I think it even supports tables, But I don't use them. Export as PDF, html, airdrop, email whatever, works easily What doesn't work: If I ever get out of Apple ecosyste…

Useful tip (that I didn't know until recently) is you can also access your notes via any modern browser at https://www.icloud.com/ I recently moved to a Windows machine as my day-to-day home machine and thought I'd have to abandon Apple Notes (which I use on my phone and my work Macbook) but the web interface is basically identical to the apps.

That's great to know. I found how awesome Notes had become in Sierra, and now have hundreds of notes - this is an app I use every single day multiple times a day. But I don't like the new offering of MBP's and wanted to move off the mac ecosystem, so started work on something just as easy to use and as secure as Notes, coupled with sharing notes. It's just a mobile first web app hooked up to firebase with nothing making it to the server that hasn't been encrypted on the client first. Shared notes will require users to share a password, unless I find a better solution.

But if iCloud Notes is just as good, maybe I'm wasting my time. I trust Apple's security, and Notes really is exactly what I want as a dev (their limited markup is nearly as useful as markdown, and I love that it is limited to a few choices).

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by bovermyer » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:01 PM UTC

mihaela wrote: post #80

Electron, no thnx.

Just use the terminal client then.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by r3bl » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:02 PM UTC

terraforming wrote: post #54

May I suggest QOwnNotes as an alternative to this? It's also cross-platform (not sure about mobile) and it's not another shitty electron app.

To counter this a bit, I would rather run an Electron app than be greeted with this as the default interface: http://www.qownnotes.org/var/bekerle/storage/images/_aliases...

I'll take an app that uses a bit more resources over something that looks like an IDE instead of a note-taking app any day.

Currently using Inkdrop[0], which is not open source (but subscription based) and has a rather basic Android client, but it's cross-platform (macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, Ubuntu and other Linux-based distributions), has a pretty intuitive interface (as in, doesn't look like an IDE), backs up its database to my Nextcloud instance, and supports dragging and dropping images.

[0] https://www.inkdrop.info/

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by dingdingdang » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:03 PM UTC

OK, once: "Coming features All: End to end encryption" is implemented then I'm up for giving this a try. The plain text format and markdown support is good features.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by criddell » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:05 PM UTC

sbarre wrote: post #40

reacharavindh wrote: post #36

I'm currently using Apple Notes on my Mac and iPhone. It works just great! It synchronises perfectly I can drag and drop images to it, no problem. Cmd + C, Cmd + V, Cmd + B, Cmd + I all work as expected. I can even add to-do lists and cross out "Done" I think it even supports tables, But I don't use them. Export as PDF, html, airdrop, email whatever, works easily What doesn't work: If I ever get out of Apple ecosyste…

Useful tip (that I didn't know until recently) is you can also access your notes via any modern browser at https://www.icloud.com/ I recently moved to a Windows machine as my day-to-day home machine and thought I'd have to abandon Apple Notes (which I use on my phone and my work Macbook) but the web interface is basically identical to the apps.

The web interface actually lets you do one thing you can't on iOS - create nested folders.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by criddell » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:06 PM UTC

reacharavindh wrote: post #50

speg wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Me too, and my favourite is the sketches. Add a little doodle, use the ruler for crisp lines - all in your basic little note app.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that. Writing with Apple Pencil on iPad into the notes and seeing it appear on Mac and phone is a lot of fun and utility at the same time.

I think it also does handwriting recognition so your handwriting, if legible, is searchable.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by icebraining » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:06 PM UTC

jherdman wrote: post #79

Radim wrote: post #77

Any tips or recommendations for a "note-taking and to-do" mobile app that would allow dictation, speech to text? My use-case is recording quick notes and TODOs, which often come at the weirdest of moments (no computer, no paper). I feel there's a market for something super simple: a speech recognition fast enough and good enough that I can later read and understand what I said. Everything I've tried so far was either…

> "no computer, no paper" Sounds like you really just ought to make a habit of keeping pen and paper near you, or your mobile phone. Either of these fit your use case nicely at (probably) no extra cost.

or your mobile phone

Well, Radim is looking for a mobile app, so I'm assuming there's one around.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by oddlyaromatic » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:07 PM UTC

Radim wrote: post #77

Any tips or recommendations for a "note-taking and to-do" mobile app that would allow dictation, speech to text? My use-case is recording quick notes and TODOs, which often come at the weirdest of moments (no computer, no paper). I feel there's a market for something super simple: a speech recognition fast enough and good enough that I can later read and understand what I said. Everything I've tried so far was either…

Not an app, but I have used ifttt recipes for this in the past, where I call the number and leave a message, then receive an email with transcription and link to audio in case the transcription was bad. Then I was automatically tagging those emails in Gmail to be able to go through my notes. The IFTTT number was saved in my contacts with an easily pronounced word. So when driving I could tell Siri "call Bender" and then not have to worry about any launch/navigation etc, just start talking

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by icebraining » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:07 PM UTC

sbarre wrote: post #42

maxerickson wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can use a database for queries without treating it as the canonical data store. Whether that approach is a good idea is a different question than it being possible.

This is why open source is great. You should fork the project and prove your hypothesis to us instead of FUD-sniping in the thread. ;-)

There's no FUD in that comment.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by gameofthrowaway » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:12 PM UTC

Side question: why did you name the application Joplin? (My hometown is Joplin, MO and I'm curious if you're also from or living there.) My other two guesses for its etymology are Janis Joplin and Scott Joplin.