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Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

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We keep working on enhancing the service and its features :) Sorry for the annoyance.

I have had the same problem with 'ambient sound' apps, and they eventually render them useless for me. Perhaps it would be an idea to layer two tracks of different lengths on top of each other to at least make it 'random' for longer? Have you considered this? (Other than that, great work. I might buy the iOS version soon!)

Thanks :) Definitely. We are doing our best to deliver the best service ;)

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#112

Is there a limit on the amount of sounds I Can activate? it seems as if after playing with combinations for a while, something gets stuck so I can activate/deactivate one of the sounds and nothing happens until I deactivate a previous one. Is this normal? Also, is there a way to cache the files locally? if I deactivate a sound and activate it 3 seconds later, it seems to have to load it again (there's a delay) instea…

Unfortunately, we know about this problem :( and actually this is also a browser limitation. Definitely working to enhance this!

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#113
Honestly, this is one of those things that I'm never going to use because it's Web 2.0 and doesn't need to be.

Your core functionality is cool: I definitely would like something that allows me to mix background noises.

But why am I signing up for your service? That has nothing to do with what I want from your app. That just gets in the way of using your app.

Why is there integration with Google Drive? That has nothing to do with background sounds and those permissions aren't happening.

Okay, so you're using the Google Drive integration for your integrated text editor. Why is there a text editor integrated? I have a workflow with a text editor and unless there's something I don't know here, my text editor is better and yours is just going to get in my way. And in fact I can probably name 10 text editors that are better than yours--unless your core product is a text editor, you're probably not going to beat out folks who are actually focused on making a text-editor.

I'd pay As is, this doesn't make it any easier to get good background noise than just keeping a collection of .mp3s on my hard drive, because the interface comes with so much unnecessary cruft. Tools like this don't encourage productivity, they encourage pointless tinkering.

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

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post #112

Is there a limit on the amount of sounds I Can activate? it seems as if after playing with combinations for a while, something gets stuck so I can activate/deactivate one of the sounds and nothing happens until I deactivate a previous one. Is this normal? Also, is there a way to cache the files locally? if I deactivate a sound and activate it 3 seconds later, it seems to have to load it again (there's a delay) instea…

Unfortunately, we know about this problem :( and actually this is also a browser limitation. Definitely working to enhance this!

Awesome! will keep using it anyway :)

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#115
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Thanks for reading our comments! What does your site offer that http://mynoise.net/ does not?

On Noisli we offer different features to support your productivity. Besides the sounds, we also have a Timer (useful especially for time management techniques) and the built in distraction-free Text Editor with Markdown support (Very much appreciated by blogger, students and writers)

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#116

I listen to this whilst surfing the web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZLlumRLsbQ Also handy: https://coffitivity.com/ http://www.getworkdonemusic.com/ This is a personal favorite too - Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA Personally, whilst coding, I enjoy absolute terrifying silence.

Nice. I've used the TNG one before :)

Here's on of my current favorites: http://www.calm.com/

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

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Unfortunately, we know about this problem :( and actually this is also a browser limitation. Definitely working to enhance this!

Awesome! will keep using it anyway :)

You are great! Thanks for the support ;)

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#119

Looks like http://asoftmurmur.com/

It is more the other way round. Asoftmurmur was pretty ugly https://web.archive.org/web/20141012204201/http://asoftmurmu... but has recently updated to look like noisli.com.

Don't get me wrong Asoftmurmur.com is also great, and I tend to use a combination of noisli and it.

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#120

Honestly, this is one of those things that I'm never going to use because it's Web 2.0 and doesn't need to be. Your core functionality is cool: I definitely would like something that allows me to mix background noises. But why am I signing up for your service? That has nothing to do with what I want from your app. That just gets in the way of using your app. Why is there integration with Google Drive? That has nothin…

Thank you for your feedback, appreciate your honesty.

Of course the text editor is not something for everybody. The users that do appreciate it want to write in a pleasant environment, without worrying to much on formatting. Would love to understand more how Noisli could be more useful for you. Just write me at hello (at) noisli (dot) com

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