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Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#51

Post by justinjc » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:16 AM UTC

Is there a way I can search through my notes/blog?

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#52

Post by alecrosa » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:17 AM UTC

bmd3991 wrote: post #50

Would love if it allowed comments, as I want to put ideas out there and see discussion. I understand if it’s not the experience that you’re going for though - a lot of the time comments aren’t simple/easy/minimalist/etc . Great product, love it!

Hello!, yeah I don’t want to add comments not only for the complexity but also because they can be a little too toxic, and I want to create a great experience for the person reading, but also for the one writing. If I do comments, I would like to do it right, so might take some time.

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#53

Post by alecrosa » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:18 AM UTC

justinjc wrote: post #51

Is there a way I can search through my notes/blog?

On iOS yes, on web I need to add it, should be really soon (I’m shipping features very quickly)

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#54

Post by sillysaurusx » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:19 AM UTC

alecrosa wrote: post #32

rhezab wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you add math support, I'd give it a try

You mean math symbols? Thought about doing that

I’d like math symbols too. There are a few libraries that make it “easy” (though I understand it’s rare for a feature to be “easy”).

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#55

Post by riledhel » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:20 AM UTC

Ale Firefox complains about your TLS certificate

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#56

Post by alecrosa » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:22 AM UTC

riledhel wrote: post #55

Ale Firefox complains about your TLS certificate

I head people saying that. I should install Firefox, no idea why is that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#57

Post by sillysaurusx » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:22 AM UTC

alecrosa wrote: post #2

Less than a month ago I decided to build an app for myself to solve a very specific problem: “I want to be able to take notes on my phone, share some of them online, and publish a few on my personal blog — oh, an I also want an API!” I built this is because no tool out there satisfied my needs: - Notion had no native app so it's very slow to use on mobile. Plus is too general. - Medium is a disaster for readers, they…

Very minor bug report (which I don’t mind at all): during the signup process on mobile, I clicked “premium subscription” and then pressed the back button. The form was wiped, so I had to re-enter my info.

I imagine many people might give up after that, so I just wanted to mention it.

Another minor bug: when toggling private to public on mobile, the drop down menu doesn’t go away after you press public. It also blocks the save button, so it’s not entirely clear how to save. (I eventually figured it out.)

iPhone 8 on safari, if it helps.

This is impressive work. I was up and running in about two minutes, and I’m thinking about upgrading. https://collectednotes.com/shawwn/sample-note

My only hesitation is that it doesn’t feel like “my” notes. They’re my notes on your platform. And I don’t know whether your platform will die tomorrow. But I try to resist such concerns.

Is there a way to export all my data somehow? Also, some way of adding google analytics?

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#58

Post by bmd3991 » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:23 AM UTC

alecrosa wrote: post #52

bmd3991 wrote: post #50

Would love if it allowed comments, as I want to put ideas out there and see discussion. I understand if it’s not the experience that you’re going for though - a lot of the time comments aren’t simple/easy/minimalist/etc . Great product, love it!

Hello!, yeah I don’t want to add comments not only for the complexity but also because they can be a little too toxic, and I want to create a great experience for the person reading, but also for the one writing. If I do comments, I would like to do it right, so might take some time.

Yeah I get that, I do love how clean this feels right now and comments could muddy it up pretty quickly

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#59

Post by alecrosa » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:25 AM UTC

alecrosa wrote: post #56

riledhel wrote: post #55

Ale Firefox complains about your TLS certificate

I head people saying that. I should install Firefox, no idea why is that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In the Firefox website they recommend slabs but I get A+ there so no idea :( https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=collectednote...

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#60

Post by alecrosa » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:27 AM UTC

sillysaurusx wrote: post #57

alecrosa wrote: post #2

Less than a month ago I decided to build an app for myself to solve a very specific problem: “I want to be able to take notes on my phone, share some of them online, and publish a few on my personal blog — oh, an I also want an API!” I built this is because no tool out there satisfied my needs: - Notion had no native app so it's very slow to use on mobile. Plus is too general. - Medium is a disaster for readers, they…

Very minor bug report (which I don’t mind at all): during the signup process on mobile, I clicked “premium subscription” and then pressed the back button. The form was wiped, so I had to re-enter my info. I imagine many people might give up after that, so I just wanted to mention it. Another minor bug: when toggling private to public on mobile, the drop down menu doesn’t go away after you press public. It also blocks…

Ah good catch, mobile experience is very MVP, I only focused on the web for desktop use. For mobile iOS native is the way to go I went crazy on the native features :)

Thank you so much!