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Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#1

Post by wib » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 12:19 PM UTC

Similar to TextDrop, but free (as in beer) and without some of the handier NV-like features.

Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web
writeboxapps.com

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#2

Post by PankajGhosh » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 12:46 PM UTC

This looks great. I appreciate your efforts to keep the editor minimal but effective. Congrats!

I would like to request a feature to sync with Evernote.

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#3

Post by tonetheman » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 12:49 PM UTC

Probably not spelled right... but funny.

We don't store your file contents in our server, but save on your local for cash.

Need to change cash to cache maybe?... or maybe not. Nice biz model. :)

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#4

Post by tehwalrus » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 1:01 PM UTC

I would love this if it had markdown hinting support (impossible to escape in a hacker news comment...)

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#5

Post by motter » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 1:11 PM UTC

I really appreciate the prominently placed policies about credential and data storage.

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#6

Post by adeaver » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 1:17 PM UTC

tehwalrus wrote: post #4

I would love this if it had markdown hinting support (impossible to escape in a hacker news comment...)

I second the desire for markdown hinting. I've been using this for a while via Chrome for writing and it's very good, very happy that it detects when there is a newer version in Dropbox (don't know about Drive, don't have that connected. Just missing that one piece for me.

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#7

Post by nthnclrk » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 1:19 PM UTC

tehwalrus wrote: post #4

I would love this if it had markdown hinting support (impossible to escape in a hacker news comment...)

I second this. Markdown hinting would be brilliant for this.

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#8

Post by MatthewPhillips » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 1:20 PM UTC

This is awesome. I've been looking for a web-based simple text editor (an iA Writer for the web) and this is the best one I've seen yet. Will definitely be using it.

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#9

Post by netcraft » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 1:23 PM UTC

It says Chrome - does it not work properly in firefox?

Re: Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

#10

Post by jontomato » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 1:27 PM UTC

Simplenote's reliability hasn't been so great lately. This looks like a nice alternative.