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Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by hangonhn »

foxylad wrote: post #113
troels wrote: post #6

It's a good start, but I feel the UX could do with some refinement. Why is there no default notebook upon signup? Why isn't there a big fat "Add a note" button on the top of the list of notes? Why do I have to explicitly press save after editing a note? And why is is soe obscure icon of a floppy disk, instead of a button with the text "Save changes" on it? Etc. All the functionality is there, but as I see it, an app…

> And why is is soe obscure icon of a floppy disk, instead of a button with the text "Save changes" on it? If you've ever tried to use a computer in a foreign country, you'll realise why icons are an extremely good idea. I agree the floppy disk symbol is dated though, as is having to save a file.

No. People make the mistake of thinking symbols are universal. They are not. Symbols are always interpreted in the context of the user's culture. A cross in the US might mean ambulance or hospital but it means something different in Turkey. Icons are not substitutes for internationalization. Floppy disk icon might not translate well in China given that it was dead by the time computers became common in China. It probably doesn't even translate well in the US with younger users.

Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

pookieinc wrote: post #108

Nice beginning! I agree with everyone that the UX needs some clean-up (default notebook created automatically, large Add Note button, etc.), however, there is one functionality that Evernote removed a long time ago, and I'm still searching for an alternative, and this new app also doesn't support it. The feature to create unlimited child notes. It used to be that you could have a tree structure with a parent note, th…

Huh, I had no idea Evernote used to do that. It's one feature I've really wished for.

They really seem to be trying hard to push away their current userbase and attract...something else.

Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by JohnDoe365 »

diafygi wrote: post #102
encoderer wrote: post #92

I dream of a future where there is a standard rest interface for cloud file storage, that somebody will put an API in front of any non-compliant services, and that applications can talk to any datastore with minimal hacking. This has been done before with, eg ODBC.

Here's some projects you should check out: * RemoteStorage.js[1] (they plan on adding support for Dropbox, Drive, etc.) * CloudRail[2] (nonfree source) * CloudDock[3] (proxy service) * byoFS.js[4] (encrypted cloud storage, I maintain this) [1]: https://github.com/remotestorage/remotestorage.js [2]: http://cloudrail.com/ [3]: http://clouddock.co/ [4]: https://github.com/diafygi/byoFS

Camlistore https://camlistore.org/community

Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by psp »

pookieinc wrote: post #108

Nice beginning! I agree with everyone that the UX needs some clean-up (default notebook created automatically, large Add Note button, etc.), however, there is one functionality that Evernote removed a long time ago, and I'm still searching for an alternative, and this new app also doesn't support it. The feature to create unlimited child notes. It used to be that you could have a tree structure with a parent note, th…

I'm desperately wanting this also. I found that you can have unlimited nested _tags_ but the UI just doesn't support tags as first class citizen and doesn't have convenient way to move notes between tags while showing hierarchy (for notebooks I'm doing Ctrl-Cmd-M all the time).

Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by kbart »

robertlf wrote: post #73

Looks nice but who knows if it will be maintained five years from now?

Nobody can guarantee that, but it's open source so you can always do it yourself. I would be more worried about Evernote, Dropbox, Google Calender and other proprietary solutions, because if they decide to close the service, there's not much you can do about it.

Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by donatj »

adrusi wrote: post #110
donatj wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But the API is entirely open, so you can use an open source client.

But for any meaningful kind of data freedom you have to own the server, not just the client.

The server is so simple it would be remarkably easy to reproduce based simply on the API spec.

Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by vidarh »

findjashua wrote: post #107
drvortex wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is the path of least resistance to get to a 'Desktop' experience. And please, what are the alternatives? Firefox ? I'm sorry, but Firefox lost relevance a couple of years ago now. Firefox is ethically the best , but it sucks in implementation. Firefox is now the broccoli of the web, stale broccoli at that.

a desktop app built with node-webkit would be better than a browser-specific app

How? All you're proposing is replacing one dependency with another.

Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by r109 »

troels wrote: post #6

It's a good start, but I feel the UX could do with some refinement. Why is there no default notebook upon signup? Why isn't there a big fat "Add a note" button on the top of the list of notes? Why do I have to explicitly press save after editing a note? And why is is soe obscure icon of a floppy disk, instead of a button with the text "Save changes" on it? Etc. All the functionality is there, but as I see it, an app…

>Some last words

>The current development status is far from being worth called "version 1.0". However, if I could get you interested in this project and you feel like contributing, don't hesitate to ping me by e-mail...

You can fork the project and begin contributing...

Re: Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative

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Post by r109 »

devindotcom wrote: post #111
mrdrozdov wrote: post #80

For note taking I use the open sourced Notational Velocity [1] (actually I use nvAlt [2] which is a fork that has some extra features like Markdown support). My two favorite features are that it can store your notes as plain text files in a folder of your choice, plus there's syncing through Dropbox or Simplenote. Notational Velocity is a Mac app, but with Simplenote you get x-platform support. [1] http://notational.…

Yeah, I love Simplenote sooo much. The official app got a lot better when Automattic took over, so I use that on Android, but NV on Mac and ResophNotes on Win7 are excellent. Not good for rich text and images and web clippings and such, just great plain text syncing.

I love simplenote too, replaced my notepad.exe.
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