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Markdown-based notepad

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Re: Markdown-based notepad

#21

I can't tell at a glance - does this have any benefits over something like Simplenote? Simplenote has many solid apps and is pretty well established.

wri.pe has two key features.

- gmail like Archive - Calendar view

Dates writen in the title or body of your notes are automatically inserted in your calendar.

please try to use wri.pe.

Re: Markdown-based notepad

#23
post #22

Neat! Does it support tables? This is one of the biggests disadvantages of the existing solutions.

Ok, tried it and it does! That's pretty neat. However, the formatting is slightly different than on github.

My next question would be how to change the size of the preview area. It seems to be fixed width, adjusted for a 1024px screen.

Re: Markdown-based notepad

#27
Am I the only one who thinks that this kind of apps would be so much better if they ran natively?

It's one of the things why I don't like Chrome os concept - some things should not be ran in the browser. A text editor is one of them.

Re: Markdown-based notepad

#29
I think the problem raised about login is due to the limited options, either Facebook or Github.

People don't trust websites that quickly ask for their Facebook account. It looks spammy.

I'm all for third-party authentication, I hate creating yet another account. I think the balance is to offer more choices than just Facebook or Github. And I don't like linking my Github to things that are not directly involving my code.

The way StackExchange does is the right way, I believe. Offering more neutral, flexible OAuth providers than only Facebook (and in that case a smaller player like Github).

This is meant as a constructive comment, if anybody ends up at this line thinking I'm just whining.

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