Very nice, minimalist, design. Just throwing this out there, but having you considered adding syntax highlight modes, like emacs? This could be a great, non-threatening text editor for new programmers.
My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
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Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#42First thought: The screenshots could easily be mistaken for FoldingText (http://www.foldingtext.com).
Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#43First thought: The screenshots could easily be mistaken for FoldingText ( http://www.foldingtext.com ).
That was my first thought too. Almost went looking too see if it was the same creators, a "rebrand" or something like that.
Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#44Looks like a nice app, congrats. Q: What are your thoughts about how similar it looks to iaWriter? ( http://www.iawriter.com/mac/ ) e.g. right down to the blue color of the cursor bar ... and not to mention the website itself (load the two side by side and have a look)
So, out of interest. What bit of this is original design or conception? It all looks like a blatant plagiarism of iA Writer to me. "Different shade of blue", FFS!
Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#45Nice app, I look forward to seeing it grow. Like some others have mentioned here, I was left to hunt for screenshots. With something like note taking, which has been reinvented hundreds of times, showing off your take on the UI is very important.
Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#46Congratulations! I love the idea and your execution is pretty great too, some feedback below...
Bug reports:
- If you create a new notebook, and then rename it using Right-click "Rename", the drop down still shows the old name.
- The app is called "Lenote" in the App Store, but "lenote" when you download it (lowercase), these should be the same.
- When you have no note selected, the "three bar" icon in the upper right can still be activated but does nothing. Either don't show it, or don't make it bold when you mouse over it.
Feature requests:
- Can you make it work with a directory of text files? That way I don't have to change my workflow, it becomes a better way to view and edit notes that I've accumulated over time. Alternatively, could provide import/export functionality.
- Full-screen support.
- When you have no note selected, it shows "No Selection" as the title, it would be nice to allow a user to make a new note by changing the title, or typing into the text area. Having to click "Notes" then "New Note" or Right-Click "New Note" is awkward. Alternatively, a simple "New Note" button would be nice.
Other comments:
- Notes can have the same name as other notes, which is both nice and confusing.
Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#47Congratulations! I love the idea and your execution is pretty great too, some feedback below... Bug reports: - If you create a new notebook, and then rename it using Right-click "Rename", the drop down still shows the old name. - The app is called "Lenote" in the App Store, but "lenote" when you download it (lowercase), these should be the same. - When you have no note selected, the "three bar" icon in the upper righ…
Thanks for the bug reports, will be solved in the next release.
Feature requests: 1. it's on the feature list 2. the main window support full-screen, the note window doesn't 3. Or you can simple press Command+N :)
Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#48Very nice, minimalist, design. Just throwing this out there, but having you considered adding syntax highlight modes, like emacs? This could be a great, non-threatening text editor for new programmers.
Thanks. I did consider syntax highlight so we can put some code there. But with this feature I don't know what Lenote is.
Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#49I like your app. You're going to get some criticism for it looking a lot like iawriter, but I think that's ok. A lot of people want a minimal note taking app that has some modicum of sophistication (e.g searching notes).
Idea: Can we hide, or collapse the left side bar? That way we'll be able to have a narrow window off to the right/left edges of the screen, much like the notification pane in Mountain Lion.
Re: My first Mac App - a distraction-free note taking app
#50I like your app. You're going to get some criticism for it looking a lot like iawriter, but I think that's ok. A lot of people want a minimal note taking app that has some modicum of sophistication (e.g searching notes). Idea: Can we hide, or collapse the left side bar? That way we'll be able to have a narrow window off to the right/left edges of the screen, much like the notification pane in Mountain Lion.
Thanks, very encouraging :)
I was trying to implement that way, but instead I decided to let people open a note in a separate window (Double click a note on the side bar) so there won't be another button in the typing area.