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Notetime: Minimalistic notes where everything is timestamped

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Re: Notetime: Minimalistic notes where everything is timestamped

#101

The timestamp on each line gets recorded when return is entered. Is there a way to record the timestamp on when the line started instead? Maybe make it configurable?

nice idea, but this can make you start a new line and go back to it after a while, making it refer to a stale date?

Re: Notetime: Minimalistic notes where everything is timestamped

#102
post #24
post #17

Nice job! Just noticed—when an item is edited, the edited timestamp isn’t being captured.

This is probably intentional -- if you want to fix a typo or make something clearer that you've already captured you likely want to preserve the original timestamp? If you want an entry timestamped to your current time, you can make a new entry.

this is the answer :) fixing errors should not alter the timeline I assumed that editing timestamps is also quite problematic since it will break the chronological order of the note

Re: Notetime: Minimalistic notes where everything is timestamped

#103

I really don't get how this can't be emulated with the F5 key, or something like Sublime Text's InsertDate package, or a text expansion software. What does this note taking provide that's any different?

the approach here was to combine the simplicity of apple notes, working across devices, with the automatic time-stamping found in the desktop ecosystem of tools.

Obsidian/SublimeText users are probably not the target audience for this :)

Re: Notetime: Minimalistic notes where everything is timestamped

#104

This is really sleek. I like the focus on minimalism since what I often need is a simple interface to take down quick notes, thoughts, and ideas. Any plans to offer a self-hosted version?

Thanks for the warm feedback! I see that self hosting is a popular request so I'll start planning it :)

Re: Notetime: Minimalistic notes where everything is timestamped

#109
post #40
post #7

Love this, an option to export the note as a txt file would be amazing.

I agree; being able to export is super important for keeping records, and it's definitely my top request. Having a local app instead of a web app would be great too.

thanks! by local you mean a mac/windows app? that would be a major endeavour :)

Re: Notetime: Minimalistic notes where everything is timestamped

#110
post #5

Might be mild autism or some other mental condition, but I'm obsessive about timestamping everything. In my defense, it is useful when you want to refer back to it! Looks like a great little app

I share your obsession I even planned a search-by-timestamp feature, and then scrapped it because I thought that its too weird and who-does-this
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