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Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Re: Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Post by jwr »

jwr wrote: post #62

So perhaps I won't have to write my own app for keeping an electronics projects logbook after all. There is a scarcity of reasonably simple apps that let you mix notes with images, without lots of clickery. I will be taking a very close look at this app!

Alas, nope. It's already too complex. There is no way to "simply drop this image in", you have to drag it to the right type of cell (only text notes support images), and if you don't have a text cell ready, tough.

Similarly to append text to a note (think of a log), you first have to click somewhere, choose a cell type…

Overall, it seems to be a nice app, but for people who enjoy spending time organizing their notes. I don't, I just want a simple way to keep my notes — so I guess it's back to writing my own app after all.

Re: Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Post by bovermyer »

its2complicated wrote: post #16

Lookout, here come the down votes! Your comment wasn't full of praise or cheerful enough or generally not acceptable according to a consensus of HN users with down voting privileges. By the way, I'm at -1 karma for the same bullshit reasons...

Or maybe it's because your comment doesn't add anything constructive. I mean, even your username is a complaint...

Re: Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Post by zwischenzug »

udit99 wrote: post #59

I happily use a github repo for taking my 'programmer notes'. Advantages: 1. Goes well with my programming workflow: Change/Commit/Push 2. Allows me to use my preferred editor 3. No need to worry about backups: Git push and you're done 4. Accessible from anywhere, even if you don't have your computer Is there anything that Quiver would offer that I wouldnt already have with a github repo?

I do the same with plain text. I find the low tech is very durable, if not such a snazzy experience.

Re: Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Post by sanderjd »

sergiotapia wrote: post #64
yazriel wrote: post #54

Why oh why do people still write standard GUI applications in non-portable platform ?! Its a mystery to me

You either make it look beautiful in one place, or make it look like ass in three places. Or, option C: You use Electron, like Slack.

I keep waiting for Slack to realize that they're a big enough company now that they can afford to make native apps that look and work better than the Electron version. I'd much rather have a real native app than a webpage inside some minimal window chrome. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Re: Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Post by tehwalrus »

yazriel wrote: post #54

Why oh why do people still write standard GUI applications in non-portable platform ?! Its a mystery to me

I was disappointed to see it was OS X only, but having written several GUIs (single and cross platform), I understand the trade off they made.

It really is one-platform or web, and web is not for everyone (least of all programmers writing notes about their code at work.)

Re: Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Post by whonut »

u02sgb wrote: post #69
EnochSquareRoot wrote: post #30

I've been using this for a couple months after having become annoyed with Evernote always pestering me to move to their paid model. I was able to import all my Evernote content very easily. I love the ability to use Markdown to take notes and the support for VIM commands in code blocks is nice. The only thing I miss from Evernote is access from my iOS devices.

Can you give a quick "steps taken" to migrate your notes? I'm gettign fed up with Evernote too, particularly the awful syncing (conflicts mainly).

I haven't done exactly this myself but exporting all of your notes as HTML would be a start. The header has all of the metadata about the note.

Re: Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Post by ferbivore »

onalark wrote: post #53

Shiny, and I love the interface/layout! This looks a lot like the Jupyter/IPython Notebook, which is a free and open source "scientist's notebook". If you're interested in mixing LaTeX, Markdown, and code from almost any language (Python, R, and Julia are very well-supported but there's an open kernel spec), then this might be a more appropriate tool for you to use. The Jupyter/IPython notebook default storage format…

The originator of the notebook UI is Mathematica if I recall correctly. You can try the web version at [1] - it doesn't quite have the elegance of the desktop one, but is a much better notebook than Jupyter in my experience.

[1]: https://lab.open.wolframcloud.com/app/view/newNotebook?ext=n...

Re: Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

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Post by fokinsean »

sanderjd wrote: post #75
sergiotapia wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You either make it look beautiful in one place, or make it look like ass in three places. Or, option C: You use Electron, like Slack.

I keep waiting for Slack to realize that they're a big enough company now that they can afford to make native apps that look and work better than the Electron version. I'd much rather have a real native app than a webpage inside some minimal window chrome. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

What would be some of the improvements making slack native? I don't have many problems with the current one other than it is quite large.
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