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John Gruber and friends launch Vesper note capture app

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Re: John Gruber and friends launch Vesper note capture app

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Unless I'm missing something, this is a direct competitor to Evernote, yes? I think I get it - Evernote has always been a bit of a mess IMHO and while it's the best of what existed, it seemed overly complicated and cluttered. This appears to be a measured (and flat) response to that.

Is that it though? Is this just a note-taking app that, as it looks, has less features than Evernote? (web interface, etc).

Does look nice, though, I'll give Vesper that.

Re: John Gruber and friends launch Vesper note capture app

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Bought it and played around with it a bit. Very nice interface. The app has a very nice initial feel.

However besides the ability to send an email or text, the data appears to only stay the app. There is no DropBox or other syncing options. So it will not replace SimpleNote/nvAlt for me.

Interesting, I expected this to support Markdown. But I do like the simple and automated formatting that is provided.

Re: John Gruber and friends launch Vesper note capture app

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It looks nice. I will give it that, but $5 bucks seems a little much for a notes app that can't sync across platforms as far as I can tell... not even iCloud.

Evernote, Springpad, Simplenote, and even Google Keep for iOS (when it is finally release) have syncing from the get go.

Re: John Gruber and friends launch Vesper note capture app

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post #10

Interesting name. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=define+vesper

Given Gruber's love of all things Bond, I respect that the name comes from the first Bond girl (and great cocktail) Vesper Lynd.

Edit: Ah, their company's name is "Q Branch" which is the division that provides all of Bond's gadgets.

Re: John Gruber and friends launch Vesper note capture app

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post #10

Interesting name. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=define+vesper

Given Gruber's love of all things Bond, I respect that the name comes from the first Bond girl (and great cocktail) Vesper Lynd. Edit: Ah, their company's name is "Q Branch" which is the division that provides all of Bond's gadgets.

Yes. The company is called Q Branch.

Re: John Gruber and friends launch Vesper note capture app

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post #13

It looks nice. I will give it that, but $5 bucks seems a little much for a notes app that can't sync across platforms as far as I can tell... not even iCloud. Evernote, Springpad, Simplenote, and even Google Keep for iOS (when it is finally release) have syncing from the get go.

It seems to be very similar to Day One, which also costs $5 and is quite popular
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