Show HN: A simple note-taking app built in React

Post by ny2244111 » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:06 PM UTC

hackerboos wrote: post #25

ny2244111 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you could tell me some of the specs of your system so I can check why it is so laggy that would be great. One thing that is hacky/a problem with the app is that I wanted to be able to hash tag notes and have the hashtags a different color. Also very soon i'd like to add the ability to highlight text. It's pretty hard to do that smoothly even with the contenteditable attribute. I decided on a transparent textarea o…

Slow for me Mac Pro 2.6Ghz i5, 16GB ram, SSD. Run a JS profile on your code, I think there's some performance bugs.

Post by baddox » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:48 PM UTC

benologist wrote: post #32

What is the size overhead react adds to an app?

Post by bildung » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

ny2244111 wrote: post #17

marknutter wrote: post #16

Is there a reason why typing is so slow? It seems like it's really chugging away on something as I type. I would guess there's a 500ms or so delay between hitting a key and it ending up on the notepad. Same goes for clicking to change the cursor placement.

If you could tell me some of the specs of your system so I can check why it is so laggy that would be great. One thing that is hacky/a problem with the app is that I wanted to be able to hash tag notes and have the hashtags a different color. Also very soon i'd like to add the ability to highlight text. It's pretty hard to do that smoothly even with the contenteditable attribute. I decided on a transparent textarea o…

Post by jsprogrammer » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 5:09 PM UTC

ny2244111 wrote: post #28

jsprogrammer wrote: post #10

Doesn't seem to work on android. Can't even type a title.

Can you hold the title box instead of tapping to see if that allows you to type? Not sure why that is the case.

Post by tadfisher » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 5:12 PM UTC