The video went pretty fast for lay users to follow.
As a survivor of online projects that ended up closing down, I will wait for a way to export data before using this seriously.
Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
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Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#22I was looking at this because I want to make something similar. I've been looking for the software I want for the last ten years, and nothing comes close to the image in my head as to what software can do. So, I'll explain what I want. I want something similar to this, which will replace email. It doesn't necessarily have to replace email, but it will accept emails and you can send emails out of it. The idea being th…
Nice read! About ordering - notes are shown in order they were added or reorganized. As for masonry layout - you are absolutely correct in cases it can be hard to read, that's why Beyondpad has two options in settings, max number of columns and should those columns be arranged in rows or tiles, I guess Row layout is what you would preferred (this layout option can be changed also from context bar (three dots near sea…
Not quite, row layout gives too much white space between items. I would prefer columnar layout. It's like row layout but vertical.
Oh, and this should be delivered over SSL... but I'm sure that's in the works.
Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nice read! About ordering - notes are shown in order they were added or reorganized. As for masonry layout - you are absolutely correct in cases it can be hard to read, that's why Beyondpad has two options in settings, max number of columns and should those columns be arranged in rows or tiles, I guess Row layout is what you would preferred (this layout option can be changed also from context bar (three dots near sea…
Not quite, row layout gives too much white space between items. I would prefer columnar layout. It's like row layout but vertical. Oh, and this should be delivered over SSL... but I'm sure that's in the works.
Yes I understand, I need to think about that and ordering.. cause then it seems to me that scrolling would have to happen horizontaly.. but thats and interesting idea!
Meanwhile there are lists :)
Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#24That video give me no sense of how this really works. I just see a jumble of boxes and colors, and a voiceover who keeps throwing single words out there without any context. Nothing on that page or in the video makes me feel like this would truly organize my work any better than my trusted, permanently open, plain text to do list.
Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#25Do you plan an open source version for self-hosting?
Another vote from me. It seems from the comment that you have a product that is kind of exactly what many like me were looking for.
I have brainstormed about this problem for a long time but I never took to implementing it because I was busy with other interests. I'm glad and excited to see someone come out with the product I wanted. I take so many notes, I've tried so many apps, but very few of them take advantage of the spatial organization human beings already operate with.
I think it would be beneficial if you kept in mind that there's a huge advantage in spatial placement of information, and took the suggestions of others on this thread regarding notes moving around. If you nail that and make it so notes stay put where I put them, you'll have a brilliant product.
Feel free to reach out if you ever need ideas or brainstorming. I have several drawings and notes on interfaces for spatially organizing notes and I should probably make them available somewhere since I don't ever plan on implementing them (I'm more interested in using the tool than making it, honestly) but hopefully people like you could use these rough ideas as inspiration.
Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#26I was looking at this because I want to make something similar. I've been looking for the software I want for the last ten years, and nothing comes close to the image in my head as to what software can do. So, I'll explain what I want. I want something similar to this, which will replace email. It doesn't necessarily have to replace email, but it will accept emails and you can send emails out of it. The idea being th…
you might be interested in http://opp.io/
Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not quite, row layout gives too much white space between items. I would prefer columnar layout. It's like row layout but vertical. Oh, and this should be delivered over SSL... but I'm sure that's in the works.
Yes I understand, I need to think about that and ordering.. cause then it seems to me that scrolling would have to happen horizontaly.. but thats and interesting idea! Meanwhile there are lists :)
+1 to SSL
Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes I understand, I need to think about that and ordering.. cause then it seems to me that scrolling would have to happen horizontaly.. but thats and interesting idea! Meanwhile there are lists :)
+1 to SSL
Will do in few days, its nothing much but I want to wait till traffic calms down not to disturb initial users.
Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#29I was looking at this because I want to make something similar. I've been looking for the software I want for the last ten years, and nothing comes close to the image in my head as to what software can do. So, I'll explain what I want. I want something similar to this, which will replace email. It doesn't necessarily have to replace email, but it will accept emails and you can send emails out of it. The idea being th…
What happens when someone is included in multiple projects? Where does that email go? What happens when a feature spans multiple projects? How do you auto-magically track that as well?
Re: Show HN: Beyondpad – New kind of note taking and data management solution
#30That video give me no sense of how this really works. I just see a jumble of boxes and colors, and a voiceover who keeps throwing single words out there without any context. Nothing on that page or in the video makes me feel like this would truly organize my work any better than my trusted, permanently open, plain text to do list.
I wonder if creating relationships between notes would work well for me and my very large to-do list. However, it may be a moot point since at the current rate it's more like a never-do list. ~/ideagraveyard.txt