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Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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Post by NIckGeek »

namanyayg wrote: post #3

I've often felt limited by the current state of note-making/todo/spreadsheet tools (ideally, they're all grouped into one app with cross platform sync), and this looks like a great step in the quick notemaking aspect. Glad to see it's open source as well.

Thanks. This also supports markdown to-do lists and I manage all of my tasks by putting #todo on my notes (which then show up when I search for the hashtag).

The only thing missing there is spreadsheets, which feels like it might be a little bit of feature-creep. Thanks for the feedback :-)

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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Post by reacharavindh »

I use Apple Notes for this, and it is surprisingly great. Being able to drag and drop images and screenshots is great.

Having them synchronized to the phone instantly is very convenient. As a bonus, I can add sketches when I open notes on my iPad using the Apple Pencil. It is sweeter because I can even search for a text fragment I hand-wrote in one of those sketches.

Saying all of this here because, I wish there was an open source/self-hosted alternative that did that. This website showed portable apps on all platforms, and open source, got me very excited until I realized I can't just drag and drop images into a note. Neither can I add sketches on the fly.

Sorry, I didn't mean to critique your open source effort, and sound negative. My intent is to highlight an alternative that I enjoy, and perhaps bring some ideas for discussion.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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Post by urlwolf »

This Thing is creat. cons I find:

- Hmm, no shortcuts? or keyboard support in general. Press arrow down to highlight a search result fails

- bounding box for a note not needed (see onenote)

- Search the content of a note not possible?

- Too much chrome while note writing?

These are simple things to fix. Great project!

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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Post by NIckGeek »

reacharavindh wrote: post #5

I use Apple Notes for this, and it is surprisingly great. Being able to drag and drop images and screenshots is great. Having them synchronized to the phone instantly is very convenient. As a bonus, I can add sketches when I open notes on my iPad using the Apple Pencil. It is sweeter because I can even search for a text fragment I hand-wrote in one of those sketches. Saying all of this here because, I wish there was…

You can click anywhere on a note to insert an image element, but yeah drag-and-drop would be cool.

You can quickly add a sketch by clicking on an empty note and then insert a "drawing" element. It'll also work with the Surface pens.

I really appreciate the comparison, I don't use Apple notes so it's nice to know what they offer.

Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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Post by NIckGeek »

urlwolf wrote: post #6

This Thing is creat. cons I find: - Hmm, no shortcuts? or keyboard support in general. Press arrow down to highlight a search result fails - bounding box for a note not needed (see onenote) - Search the content of a note not possible? - Too much chrome while note writing? These are simple things to fix. Great project!

Thanks! There are some keyboard shortcuts (there's a page in the help notepad on them) but I would like to add more.

Not too sure what you mean on the bounding box thing, like the little border around elements?

If you want to dismiss the sidebar just click the little ">>" or press "f". Hiding the breadcrumbs in the focus mode is on my todo list. Thanks for the list, I genuinely appreciate it.

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