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Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

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Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

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post #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

The page doesn't load for me at all because I have Facebook embeds blocked. You should probably not be assuming third party javascript will always work and be available.

> Uncaught ReferenceError: FB is not defined

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#144
post #137

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…

I'll happily signup if I can save my sound configuration. The biz dev dude in the office down the hall has been shouting on his phone all day, and I found this just as I was about to go berserk. Anyway, nice work - and if you can build in saving sounds, I'd definitely pay for this.

Thanks for the feedback! Since today you can save and share combo from the web app :)

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#145

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.

If you like Star Trek engine noise, you'll like my app, a desktop Java app:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/applpi/

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#146
post #62
post #7

Very cool project. I made something similar for Android last week: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playwithvo... If anyone uses this on a touchscreen device, I'm curious what you think about the slider that Noisli uses for volume control. Do you prefer the slider, or would you prefer to tap on the icon to toggle pre-defined volume states (off, 33%, 66%, 100%)?

I just tried this out. I love the simplicity of the homescreen and the simple volume toggle is great. 2 things: 1. The coffee shop has the Joe Walsh song The Joker in the background. It's a ridiculously catchy song and I found it very distracting. 2. I couldn't figure out how to turn this off. It went haywire and I ended up with lots of white noise. I had to turn off my bluetooth speaker, and going to applications to…

A huge issue I've had trying to find music/noise that I can use to drown out background noise is the human voice. I can't find a playlist that has sounds/music without human voice! I found a couple great trance songs that just let me put my head down and really tune everything out... and then there is either a sample of a lyric or even a "hey!" added in for no reason and it pulls me out. And if they don't have a human voice, often it will have some other repeating noise that pulls my brain away from the task. I put on headphones to keep my mind from procrastinating at a time when it really, really wants to. The hardest thing is finding music/noise that doesn't give it any excuse to wander.

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#148
post #140

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…

A contrary anecdote to yours would be mine. I love noisli so much, I actually bought the iPhone app! The app also lets you store combinations as named sets, a big plus for me. As with anything software (or life), YMMV.

Now you can save and share combo from the web app :)

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#149
post #148
post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A contrary anecdote to yours would be mine. I love noisli so much, I actually bought the iPhone app! The app also lets you store combinations as named sets, a big plus for me. As with anything software (or life), YMMV.

Now you can save and share combo from the web app :)

Any chance of linking the web-app and the iOS app accounts?

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#150
post #47
post #33

I have a 4 month old daughter and paid for a white noise app to help her sleep / calm down. This is a perfect replacement with better design etc. I urge you to make an app marketed towards parents - I would pay for it.

Thanks for the feedback! If you have iOS we also have an app :) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noisli/id862773459?mt=8

no android version?
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