This definitely looks great. But I feel like 5 USD a month is a bit much for _"just a note taking app"_. Like I pay 5 USD a month for Spotify and the value it gives is substantially higher than a note-taking app, and I do not mean to offend you with that. Maybe I'm saying this because I'm still studying, maybe it will different coming September when I'm working and got an income. I don't know.
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
#112It 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.
> free riders will come eat the server resources
that's not the way to address a user whether paid or "free rider" as you call them.
Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years
#113I love this idea. I am more than a little jealous as I have wanted to build something like this since college. I just save my .md note files to a cloud drive and load them as a project w/ sublime text. It's not as beautiful as this but it works.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Windows 98 needed 16 MB RAM and 120-295 MB harddrive storage. Why would a note taking app need more memory than an entire OS? Because browsers are their own OS pretty much, and shipping one per application is not ideal.
Because aesthetics do matter, and if you want something that looks nicer than Windows 98 and have the RAM to spare then why not?
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#116I was one of your volunteer beta testers years ago and provided some feedback. I still get a little salty when I see this app since you still terminated my account and made me pay :) hope you've been well
Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years
#117I just switched to the Joplin markdown note app (from DS Note, and Evernote before that). It’s free, works on desktop and mobile, etc etc. Frankly I love it and wish I switched earlier. Anyone have a good comparison vs Inkdrop?
I like Joplin, but writing markdown on mobile is a real PITA. They really should provide additional UI elements to create bullet points and alike.
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#118Can't you just kill the process and relaunch the app again. I heard it does wonders for men usage. "I use arch/Firefox by the way." As you would have expected. I'd never use arch or Firefox but that's the land of things. If you use Windows you have to expect these things. Obligatory 'churning along here on Linux.' That is the end of this message. use Linux who the truck uses Windows anymore.
Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years
#119Joplin is great but what pos uses Windows. Get it together man Linux is free. Only a more-on! Would ever use trucking windows
Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years
#120Get with the times you fucking jew