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I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://happenapps.com in case anyone else, like me, wanted to check it out. It's Mac only.

Mac only w/ electron? What is the point of using a slow fake-webrowser if not for compatibility?

No, Quiver doesn't use Electron and is Mac only. Inkdrop is cross-platform.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

#72

It looks nice but it being Electron and subscription-based means I won't buy it. I'm pretty happy with Quiver.

I get the sentiment against Electron, there are horribly bloated applications out there which are a direct consequence of how (badly) Electron was built and designed.

However, this particular application appears to work exactly as intended and uses all of 150MB of RAM and 0.1% CPU on my (admittedly quite beefy) laptop. Maybe, just maybe, this is actually a pretty well-built application? I understand if someone won't use this program because it doesn't scratch their particular itch. But, not using something solely because of the techniques used to build it, seems a bit elitist to me.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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It looks good, and I like your pricing model more than the Standard Notes one (I don't want to drop $149 at once on a web app, but the 75% discount for doing so makes the monthly price seem way too expensive). Two things that stop me pulling the trigger: 1. I need a web app. I want to be able to call up my notes from a computer, anywhere, without installing anything. 2. A 60 day trial seems like the wrong way to test…

The author here.

> A much smaller (5-10MB) quota with no time limit

That's interesting and I basically agree with your opinion. You will be more comfortable to try it. But I suspect that many free riders will come eat the server resources. This is not a startup. I would rather like to be small.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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It looks good, and I like your pricing model more than the Standard Notes one (I don't want to drop $149 at once on a web app, but the 75% discount for doing so makes the monthly price seem way too expensive). Two things that stop me pulling the trigger: 1. I need a web app. I want to be able to call up my notes from a computer, anywhere, without installing anything. 2. A 60 day trial seems like the wrong way to test…

I too need a web client - what do you currently use?

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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post #56

Many of us speak about adverts that inform as being ethical. I consider this post one of them. I wish all ads were like this one, a story.

The author here. I think so. I don't like ads, too. People started visiting my webpage after I started talking about my stories, instead of pitching my product.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

#77

It looks good, and I like your pricing model more than the Standard Notes one (I don't want to drop $149 at once on a web app, but the 75% discount for doing so makes the monthly price seem way too expensive). Two things that stop me pulling the trigger: 1. I need a web app. I want to be able to call up my notes from a computer, anywhere, without installing anything. 2. A 60 day trial seems like the wrong way to test…

I agree with your suggestion, but 5 megabytes is a _LOT_ of text. I would suggest capping the trial version at something like 20 notes, which is more than enough to test it out but not enough to really use the service longterm.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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post #74

It looks good, and I like your pricing model more than the Standard Notes one (I don't want to drop $149 at once on a web app, but the 75% discount for doing so makes the monthly price seem way too expensive). Two things that stop me pulling the trigger: 1. I need a web app. I want to be able to call up my notes from a computer, anywhere, without installing anything. 2. A 60 day trial seems like the wrong way to test…

I too need a web client - what do you currently use?

Nope, at least for now. Because I won't use a web client. Features that I don't use always be buggy. This is what I've learned through my solo dev.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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a) Joplin is free and seems to do the exact same thing? (+actual working todo-lists)

b) Having md-notes and a dual view seems redundant... In general I either work with the notes, then the "nice view" helps nothing and on the rare occasion, I print/share it, I'm more than fine with an export button. Inline math would be great though

c) all of these apps seem to think that you'r really needing yet another sh*y webapp on your desktop. Why not store files on your android-sd-card in a flat file structure, which you can easily sync (syncthing, termux...) and edit with your texteditor of choice on the desktop.

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