Intriguing, interesting idea but I have no clue how to use it. You might want to create a video showing how to solve a problem.
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Show HN: A spreadsheet for writers
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#22Congrats for launching. I am sure you spent a lot of time writing the app. I just hope you also spend some time on having a better launch page. I spent 1 min and couldn't figure out what the tell this is for. I read your explanation , still no clue. I think most people on the web will have the same experience.
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#23Congrats for launching. I am sure you spent a lot of time writing the app. I just hope you also spend some time on having a better launch page. I spent 1 min and couldn't figure out what the tell this is for. I read your explanation , still no clue. I think most people on the web will have the same experience.
Thanks for driving the point home.
I'll add tutorial text to the grids you see right now.
I did half-ass the launch. I didn't expect it to actually be on the landing page of hackernews. I was expecting to just have a few users to talk to about it.
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#24not too shabby, might use it, bookmarking it for later :). As others suggested: Hover infos over the controls would help tremendously.
Just a quick question: Is your text formatting based on markdown? If yes, is there an option for the user to enter markdown code?
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll make the changes inside the webpage. It's like Excel but without automatic grids. You have to add them manually. The way I write, I think things and then I think ABOUT things. Word & Excel's structures kinda work for this but not exactly. Excel didn't have enough freedom and was clearly designed for numbercrunching and all the extra features also got in the way of thinking. Word had too much freedom. Also, they…
This makes a ton of sense. I've heard it said that there are those that spread and those that stack when organizing. This is an example of a spread, where Word is made for stackers. When I work on stuff it drives some people nuts because the idea I have is to spread all the pieces spatially so I can see all the parts at all times as I take things apart, and then condense it in as I finish. So when taking things apart…
Scrivener is a popular writing program that allows you to compose pieces of your content and reoganize them later as you put your document together. I encourage you to give it a try as it might just be what you are looking for.
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#26not too shabby, might use it, bookmarking it for later :). As others suggested: Hover infos over the controls would help tremendously. Just a quick question: Is your text formatting based on markdown? If yes, is there an option for the user to enter markdown code?
Thanks alot tornadofart.
It's Quill WYISWG. Quill has markdown modules. I'll go test them and then maybe add them in later.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
This makes a ton of sense. I've heard it said that there are those that spread and those that stack when organizing. This is an example of a spread, where Word is made for stackers. When I work on stuff it drives some people nuts because the idea I have is to spread all the pieces spatially so I can see all the parts at all times as I take things apart, and then condense it in as I finish. So when taking things apart…
Scrivener is a popular writing program that allows you to compose pieces of your content and reoganize them later as you put your document together. I encourage you to give it a try as it might just be what you are looking for.
Scrivener was my first writing app that wasn't a part of MS Office. I also recommend it.
Tangentially, for anyone wondering — Zeminary isn't meant to replace other PKM and writing apps. You can have your ideas elsewhere, then assemble them in Zeminary.
Zeminary is complementary.
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#28I enjoyed experimenting with this. It was fun to enter my text into the various Zeminary vesicles.
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#29I enjoyed experimenting with this. It was fun to enter my text into the various Zeminary vesicles.
Fun was a big part of it. If you use the hotkeys, it feels like a game with everything snapping about.
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#30I really like the esthetics and color scheme. Feels like an Atari ST again.
But I must agree with most comments here: You need to explain the why and show the benefits if you want to convince people to become users. It's not very evident.