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Re: Grug Notes, A tool for text: simple, fast, self-organizing notes

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Cool! Looks really nice. Why is the smart indentation active in view mode but not edit mode? :/

Artifact of using textarea over content editable. No good way to modify formatting of textarea, so instead I made styles fit textarea. Not exactly ideal, just where I ended up.

Okay, I'll keep hoping it gets upgraded in the future :P

Re: Grug Notes, A tool for text: simple, fast, self-organizing notes

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The non-local and not end to end encrypted nature of this are my only turn offs. I suspect that's the case for a lot of folks. You seem like the kind of person that wouldn't go looking at everyone's notes for fun and profit but that's not enough of a guarantee.

Are you planning to add encryption at some point? You'd get at least 1 more user if you do! ;)

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The non-local and not end to end encrypted nature of this are my only turn offs. I suspect that's the case for a lot of folks. You seem like the kind of person that wouldn't go looking at everyone's notes for fun and profit but that's not enough of a guarantee. Are you planning to add encryption at some point? You'd get at least 1 more user if you do! ;)

I'd like to encrypt, but don't currently know the path to implementation and how it would or could work with ai features. I realize it's one of those key features that's a deal breaker for many, so depending on where this all goes I'll adjust as a priority.

I still put sensitive banking/health etc in apple notes lol. But I'm glad I at least seem honest! I am removing any admin views of note blocks so I can't even accidentally view anything, but every web person still knows it's possible with db access. Totally understand the need for guarantee. Thanks for checking it out.

Unrelated, just did a search and gmail just added end to end encryption last month!

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like a cool app that could be very useful. Interesting work. Suggestion: Record a new demo video with what I am going to call "normal" contrast white background and light elements theme. Your demo is super low contrast and very dark. Hard to watch. Take cues from the way UI colors work on computers as shipped to the average person. Nobody ships their OS with super dark low contrast everywhere. Just suggesting,…

Noted. And not first time hearing that. I’ll add some more contrast customization and a light mode. Demo video was like, how do I explain this to my friends starter video. not ready for hn spotlight.

No worries. Nothing starts in ideal form. Get feedback, iterate and improve. Most of all, have fun.

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That 4chan meme picture doesn't make it look very trustworthy to be honest. Especially because the site asks for my data right after that. I'm sure I'm not going to give someone who likes 4chan memes my data.

Data in this case being: an email address and a password. Your concern feels overblown given that.

email address, pw, and presumably a whole bunch of unencrypted personal notes.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Data in this case being: an email address and a password. Your concern feels overblown given that.

email address, pw, and presumably a whole bunch of unencrypted personal notes.

Its.. a.. note taking app? Im not trying to convince you to use it, especially if security of your notes is a concern, but the data being asked of you is pretty much the bare minimum required to provide the described service. Its just weird to take exception to the rare service that authentically obeys a least access model
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