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

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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 kohanz »

muxator wrote: post #156
kohanz wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But you are given the option. I bet the app also stores timestamps along with the posts - should that be off by default as well because some are uncomfortable with divulging when they created their note?

Does a set of timestamps have the same informative value of the geolocation history of a user? Would you affirm this in a formal risk assessment?

> Does a set of timestamps have the same informative value of the geolocation history of a user?

It depends on the user, which is why they are given an option.

> Would you affirm this in a formal risk assessment?

Are we still talking about a free, open-source note-taking app or is this a medical device now?

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

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Post by mitjak »

jamesu wrote: post #19

Still waiting for a nice rich text note taking tool that can compete with the likes of DevonThink and EverNote. I don't get the underlying fascination with using markdown.

I used to disagree but not anymore. I think maybe the assumption is that you will be dissatisfied enough w the app to want to use another editor, and also that's easier to write Markdown than use the UI. Assuming good exporting facilities or lack of a proprietary format and quality UX, I'd much rather have the best possible editor than be able to write Markdown. It's much more important to e.g. add images, resize them, add sketches, graphs, and/or tables, or perhaps link multiple notes together. All of this is painful or impossible with Markdown (and editing Markdown on mobile is sucky). Markdown I think is an attempt to merge markup and content in a way that retains both, but it sucks for anything beyond simple header/paragraphs/lists.

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

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Post by laurent123456 »

MikusR wrote: post #123
jubes wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for response. I assumed it was a bug and i'm sure there are quite a few start outs which find themselves on here via the power of copy pasta. That said it was the idea of having geolocation on by default which irked me. Is there a reason for this?

Is there a reason it shouldn't be? When i take notes i would like to capture as much metadata as possible. So when i reference them later i get full picture.

I see your point but my approach in general is to enable all these things by default, because otherwise many users will not know it's even there, same for example for auto-updates (which privacy conscious users often don't want).

And I assume that users who care about this will find out how to disable it. I realise it's not ideal - perhaps a better way is to ask the first time the app starts, like what VLC is doing (however this has the drawback of an extra popup on startup).

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

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Post by baldfat »

otterpro wrote: post #152
blunte wrote: post #44

This looks great. I hope you might prioritize adding a web clipper. For me, the Evernote Web Clipper plugin/extension is the killer app. The rest of Evernote isn't great, but their web clipper is incredibly useful to me.

My Evernote file is over 20GB, thanks to Web Clipper. I've saved everything from recipe to interesting articles, dating back almost 10 years ago. For me, it is cool to be able to save web pages without worrying that the page / link will disappear in the future. The only other alternative is DevonThink, which is pricey, but well worth its cost.

pinboard.in does it for $25 a year.

> For a small annual fee, Pinboard can download and store a copy of every page you bookmark, for your own private use.

Enabling archiving will also enable full-text search for your bookmarks. How does it work?

Each time you save a bookmark, or put something on your toread list, Pinboard will crawl the URL and store a permanent copy of the page to your account.

https://pinboard.in/upgrade/

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

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Post by stewbrew »

Philipp__ wrote: post #53

Currently I am very happy with my note taking setup, it consists of 3 modules: 1. Black Moleskine notebook where I write down ideas, and explain myself some complicated code for example. I use it more as a "mind-organiser" if I may say so... 2. Emacs' org-mode, where I write down my dev. progress on weekly level, lay down monthly plans and goals and write down some of the random stuff that I like to order into lists.…

I honestly don't understand the hype. Why Moleskin and not one of the in general better Leuchtturm products? Anyway, I personally went back to those blank exercise books I used in school decades ago. But then, I also run Linux and not some overhyped Apple.

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

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Post by tomsthumb »

mthink wrote: post #103
Philipp__ wrote: post #53

Currently I am very happy with my note taking setup, it consists of 3 modules: 1. Black Moleskine notebook where I write down ideas, and explain myself some complicated code for example. I use it more as a "mind-organiser" if I may say so... 2. Emacs' org-mode, where I write down my dev. progress on weekly level, lay down monthly plans and goals and write down some of the random stuff that I like to order into lists.…

I love org-mode, though I struggle with emacs itself. Can you give me an example of how you layout your weekly org mode so that it interacts with beorg well? I've used the format for a year where each day was a heading: * Task1 with notes if needed Task2 and it does not work great with beorg.

Is this aside from the built in date utilities that org mode already has? I usually see dates tucked “under” the item so they can e.g. be viewed (and manipulated?) from something like the agenda view.

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

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Post by criddell »

stewbrew wrote: post #166
Philipp__ wrote: post #53

Currently I am very happy with my note taking setup, it consists of 3 modules: 1. Black Moleskine notebook where I write down ideas, and explain myself some complicated code for example. I use it more as a "mind-organiser" if I may say so... 2. Emacs' org-mode, where I write down my dev. progress on weekly level, lay down monthly plans and goals and write down some of the random stuff that I like to order into lists.…

I honestly don't understand the hype. Why Moleskin and not one of the in general better Leuchtturm products? Anyway, I personally went back to those blank exercise books I used in school decades ago. But then, I also run Linux and not some overhyped Apple.

Moleskin are more widely available. I was at Target last night and they had a very large selection.

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

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Post by idlewan »

splike wrote: post #20
Jedd wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't heard of any of those! Forcing dot points for everything would be tiring. Clearly list-focused rather than note-focused, and that's okay. For tasks I use trello, and occasionally the separation between notes and tasks is a bit blurry. Ultimately long-term storage of knowledge is stored in my personal wiki, so the whole suite is not entirely seamless yet. Typora looks like a lovely interface, but appears to…

I just wanted to point out Typora as a nice interface for a markdown editor, it's not really a note taking app.

How is a markdown editor not a note taking app? Sometimes leaving search and sync to the system/other programs (grep, dropbox, syncthing) is a valid approach.

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

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Post by criddell »

t1o5 wrote: post #64

I refuse to install any more Electron apps on my desktop.

Since the number of Electron apps probably isn't going to decline anytime soon, I think I can save you some work. I could write you a little application that scans HN a few times every day and if it finds a discussion about an Electron-based project it will post a comment letting everybody know that you won't be installing it because it uses Electron.

If you are interested, let me know. I can knock it out in a day or so and it will work on any platform you use because it's based on Electron.

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