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Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by lioeters »

numinix wrote: post #16

I like the idea! The different scratch pads are cool. But I'm always a bit worried with localStorage of losing my work, is that a fair concern? If you're looking for feedback, you could consider: - Host the javascript and fonts yourself, only downsides (privacy, slower) in using a CDN. Ko-fi, Google fonts, Google analytics, Cloudflare, Bootstrapcdn, Numoh -- are all these entities required for note taking? - Excessiv…

> worried with localStorage of losing my work

Unfortunately localStorage is not guaranteed to be persistent, especially on Safari/Webkit.

> Starting in iOS 13.4 and Safari 13.1, LocalStorage will be cleared after 7 days of no user interaction on a site.

7-Day Cap on All Script-Writeable Storage - https://webkit.org/blog/10218/full-third-party-cookie-blocki...

This also affects sessionStorage and Indexed DB, which is commonly used by local-first software that runs in the browser.

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by bakje »

kevindamm wrote: post #20
ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #5

What I really miss right now is a chrome extension that replaces the new tab page with a note taking space. I used to use an extension called papier that had a simple interface, just the right amount of configurability and a beautiful design (particularly good color schemes). The extension got removed because of its incompatibility with the new manifest V3. The current alternatives are either too involved with too mu…

I use a variation of this as a bookmarklet, perhaps you'll find it useful: data:text/html, You could probably set that as the URL of your home page to get the behavior you described. I add a style="height:100%" in the HTML tag so that clicking anywhere puts focus on it for editing. You could add other styling and initial content as desired.

Love the simplicity of this

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by shelled »

freetonik wrote: post #15

I love tiny note taking solutions. My favorite app of all time is (was?) nvALT [1]. The simplest in-browser solution actually requires zero pages or apps, see this bookmarklet [2]. It opens a full-page text area. No saving, but immediate and does not need a network connection. Alternatively, not as easy as a publicly available web page, but if you want to have a very fast and minimalist self-hosted note taking app (w…

I was able to use nv (nvALT was a fork) before the development stopped and people slowly figured out it stopped. The website is still up https://notational.net and the last binary is still up for download. It worked for a crazy long time as it was. I am not sure but iirc there were some "stability" patches, in the original nv, or not. Then nvALT also stopped and then Brett started on something else and that kinda took a lot of time, really a long time (might have been released now but not sure). That is when I lost track of that lineage of note apps - the nvX - - the ones I started on. That was the reason my next was Simplenote and I stuck with it for really long.

After leaving Simplenote I could never really find a successor. Kept jumping from one app to another - UpNote (very electron), FS Notes (very unstable; come across a bug every other day that it's tiring), then Bear (might move to it, maybe), Joplin (no sadly) etc and what not. Now I just try to use something that lets me keep notes in a folder and use it but then iOS becomes a mess unless I use iCloud. I could never find another simple note taking app. I wish Automattic took privacy seriously and kept the development of Simplenote afresh and maybe charged for it.

Maybe I am not supposed to find that one note taking app for me. Maybe it doesn't exist. That makes sense. I think it's about notes and not the note apps? Keep the notes and apps are a-changin'.

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by mrweasel »

marban wrote: post #7

Built-in will always win for tools like that => Notes.app

I've been looking for something simple that I can use cross platform (I don't care about mobile, so just across macOS and Linux really). So far I found nb, which is nice, but it tried to do to much and locating notes isn't great. I've also tried Bear, which is macOS only, but it also doesn't organize notes in a great way in my opinion.

Is there anything simple, which doesn't require you to be an organizational genius already? Notes.app is sort of okay, but no cross platform.

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by Aicy »

kevindamm wrote: post #20
ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #5

What I really miss right now is a chrome extension that replaces the new tab page with a note taking space. I used to use an extension called papier that had a simple interface, just the right amount of configurability and a beautiful design (particularly good color schemes). The extension got removed because of its incompatibility with the new manifest V3. The current alternatives are either too involved with too mu…

I use a variation of this as a bookmarklet, perhaps you'll find it useful: data:text/html, You could probably set that as the URL of your home page to get the behavior you described. I add a style="height:100%" in the HTML tag so that clicking anywhere puts focus on it for editing. You could add other styling and initial content as desired.

Oh wow that's cool! How do you use this since I presume the tab will forget everything once its closed? Just temporary notes?

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by kevindamm »

Aicy wrote: post #28
kevindamm wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use a variation of this as a bookmarklet, perhaps you'll find it useful: data:text/html, You could probably set that as the URL of your home page to get the behavior you described. I add a style="height:100%" in the HTML tag so that clicking anywhere puts focus on it for editing. You could add other styling and initial content as desired.

Oh wow that's cool! How do you use this since I presume the tab will forget everything once its closed? Just temporary notes?

Yeah, I operate it like I would a dry-erase board. Ctrl-S doesn't work unless you add some scripting, but I usually copy-paste it if I'm drafting a note, or close it without saving if it was meant like a sticky note. It's good as a longer-term clipboard or a place to privately note down something before deciding whether to keep it.

For notes that I've refined and want to hold on to, I tend to use a physical notebook. I enjoy the kinesthetic process of writing by hand so I still use that for more permanent notes.

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