Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
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Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
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Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
#2The idea is that as you type, some relevant information about what you are typing should appear. Long term, it should integrate search into document editing and simplify the writing process. This is currently far from perfect, I just put it together on the past 4 hours.
Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
#3hey that's pretty cool. given that i was just reading about ted nelson's project xanadu this fits pretty neatly with that.
hopefully you can tune it to ignore various words that have less impact on things and instead focus on more core and unique elements.
Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
#4hey that's pretty cool. given that i was just reading about ted nelson's project xanadu this fits pretty neatly with that. hopefully you can tune it to ignore various words that have less impact on things and instead focus on more core and unique elements.
That is the idea, I would like to go one step further. I see it as being in 2 possible 'states' The first would be some overview of the document and the second would be very relevant to what you are typing right now and what you are about to type. For example if you typed "Ted Nelson" right away you should get a picture, bio, birthday and anything else that may be relevant.
Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
#5The idea is that as you type, some relevant information about what you are typing should appear. Long term, it should integrate search into document editing and simplify the writing process. This is currently far from perfect, I just put it together on the past 4 hours.
Just wondering, how do you determine keywords?
Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
#6Very cool. I don't think this is the “future of document editing”, but it's a neat project nonetheless.
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#7FYI: relevant, not relevent.
It's a cool idea, but presented in a sidebar like that i think it's mostly a distraction. when you're writing you want less outside information, not more.
Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
#8The idea is that as you type, some relevant information about what you are typing should appear. Long term, it should integrate search into document editing and simplify the writing process. This is currently far from perfect, I just put it together on the past 4 hours.
Given the privacy flap when Google started serving ads based on the contents of e-mails, do you foresee any worries here --or do you think it's sufficiently different, or that such worries have faded away with familiarity?
Also, as a minor nitpick, 'relevant' is misspelt (as 'relevent').
Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
#9FYI: relevant, not relevent. It's a cool idea, but presented in a sidebar like that i think it's mostly a distraction. when you're writing you want less outside information, not more.
Fixed, thanks.
I guess there would need to be the ability to hide the sidebar in a more usable version. Thanks for that tip!
EDIT: grammar
Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing
#10The idea is that as you type, some relevant information about what you are typing should appear. Long term, it should integrate search into document editing and simplify the writing process. This is currently far from perfect, I just put it together on the past 4 hours.
Given the privacy flap when Google started serving ads based on the contents of e-mails, do you foresee any worries here --or do you think it's sufficiently different, or that such worries have faded away with familiarity? Also, as a minor nitpick, 'relevant' is misspelt (as 'relevent').
I would imagine the biggest privacy concern would be trusting a strange site with personal documents. Most people have no problem storing documents in Google drive but I foresee there would be a slow adoption rate for more serious writing.