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Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#11

Post by Human_USB » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 5:49 PM UTC

I really wish it had an offline mode. This would make an kick-ass NVALT replacement.

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#12

Post by beaucollins » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 5:51 PM UTC

Human_USB wrote: post #11

I really wish it had an offline mode. This would make an kick-ass NVALT replacement.

What exactly do you mean by offline mode? No syncing to "the cloud" at all?

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#13

Post by cocktailpeanuts » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 5:51 PM UTC

Unless I misunderstand, this looks pretty much one-way street for me. What's in it for developers? The server's not open source, all this is is just a wrapper around their proprietary api.

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#14

Post by chanux » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 5:58 PM UTC

Human_USB wrote: post #11

I really wish it had an offline mode. This would make an kick-ass NVALT replacement.

I was introduced to simplenote via nvpy[1]. Found nvpy looking for a Notational Velocity clone for Linux.

I use native clients for simplenote on Mac and Android. It's pretty good.

[1] https://github.com/cpbotha/nvpy

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#15

Post by beaucollins » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 5:58 PM UTC

cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #13

Unless I misunderstand, this looks pretty much one-way street for me. What's in it for developers? The server's not open source, all this is is just a wrapper around their proprietary api.

The API is "open", the source code for the server running the simperium.com syncing service is not.

As far as I know, open sourcing the server is something Simperium wishes to do when it's feasible.

Simperium Syncing Protocol: https://github.com/Simperium/simperium-protocol/blob/master/...

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#16

Post by yborg » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:20 PM UTC

Human_USB wrote: post #11

I really wish it had an offline mode. This would make an kick-ass NVALT replacement.

You might take a look at Quiver if you are Mac based.

http://happenapps.com/#quiver

This was covered previously here on HN.

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#17

Post by im_dario » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:26 PM UTC

beaucollins wrote: post #12

Human_USB wrote: post #11

I really wish it had an offline mode. This would make an kick-ass NVALT replacement.

What exactly do you mean by offline mode? No syncing to "the cloud" at all?

I undestand "offline mode" as to be able to edit a note without connection and sync later.

I use (and pay) Evernote because of this. You can edit and create notes while disconnected.

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#18

Post by beaucollins » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:27 PM UTC

im_dario wrote: post #17

beaucollins wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exactly do you mean by offline mode? No syncing to "the cloud" at all?

I undestand "offline mode" as to be able to edit a note without connection and sync later. I use (and pay) Evernote because of this. You can edit and create notes while disconnected.

Simplenote does this.

These are exactly the features Simperium provides.

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#19

Post by ubercow » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:32 PM UTC

I hope this means that an actual developer API is coming soon.

Their developer page[1] still says "The current version of the Simperium API does not allow for 3rd party development of Simplenote apps at this time."

I'd love to have something like "Append to a Note" in IFTTT that behaves like the "Append to text file in Dropbox".

1: https://simplenote.com/developers/

Re: Automattic open sources Simplenote

#20

Post by chmars » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:47 PM UTC

I hope that is not bad news, i.e., I ope that open sourcing the Simplenote client does not means less love from Automattic for the software. Search in the Mac version for example has had issues for a long time …