new-note
Productivity
notepad
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
4 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Idea: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever demonstration of what plain web technologies can do
From 2 comments
I think this really shows how powerful Web technologies are! Think about it: you get a full-fledged editor, with image embedding, and it only takes 200 bytes. Not kilobytes or…
tzahola on HNOn Linux Mint, with FF 59.0.2 (64-bit) there are no problems. Simply save the page with "Save page as..." into a folder. The idea is wonderfully simple.
franzpeterstein on HN
Simple, minimal idea that is useful
From 2 comments
On Linux Mint, with FF 59.0.2 (64-bit) there are no problems. Simply save the page with "Save page as..." into a folder. The idea is wonderfully simple.
franzpeterstein on HNI think this is great. I did something similar, with a very simple IdeaStore webapp, where I can just throw an idea into words, have it get added to my ideabank, and I can…
ifoundthetao on HN
Objections
Saving with cmd/ctrl+s does not work in some browsers, such as Firefox on Windows
From 2 comments
> To save a note just store it on disk (cmd/ctrl+s). What's this supposed to do? On Firefox/Win it just saves the initial blank page as you'd expect, which is not very useful.…
mrec on HNI just saved as txt on Firefox 60 Windows
la_oveja on HN
No real advantage over Windows Notepad
From 2 comments
It's a nice idea, but what is the advantage over windows notepad (or equivalent on other OSes)?
quickthrower2 on HN>I don't really like terminal text editors, notepad, or IDEs for writing are you talking about the windows notepad? it's as simple as a plain text editor can get, how is the…
gruez on HN
Drag-and-drop images fail in Chrome and Safari
From 2 comments
Really cool idea! In what browsers is dragging images to contenteditable supposed to be supported? I'm on Chrome 66 and it just opens the image in the current tab.
timvdalen on HNIn Safari, Drag & Drop of images doesn't work but Copy/Paste does
kalleboo on HN
Requests
Add localStorage save and load
From 1 comment
Pretty cool. It seems like it would be pretty easy to add a save/load feature with localStorage.
labster on HN
Add Markdown support and Chrome support
From 1 comment
I'd love this and use it regularly if it supported Chrome and markdown syntax. I know it wouldn't be 200 bytes, but this is a pretty great idea.
sillysaurus3 on HN
Questions
What does cmd/ctrl+s actually save?
From 1 comment
> To save a note just store it on disk (cmd/ctrl+s). What's this supposed to do? On Firefox/Win it just saves the initial blank page as you'd expect, which is not very useful.…
mrec on HN
In which browsers does image drag-and-drop work?
From 1 comment
Really cool idea! In what browsers is dragging images to contenteditable supposed to be supported? I'm on Chrome 66 and it just opens the image in the current tab.
timvdalen on HN
Alternatives named
TiddlyWiki
From 2 comments
tiddlywiki with a markdown plugin is something to look at if you like this idea
ConSeannery on HN> To save a note just store it on disk (cmd/ctrl+s). What's this supposed to do? On Firefox/Win it just saves the initial blank page as you'd expect, which is not very useful.…
mrec on HN
Litewrite
From 1 comment
Litewrite[1] is a great notepad that does save notes to browser localstorage, and has a syncing feature (you can sync through Dropbox, Google Drive or any RemoteStorage provider)…
rehemiau on HN
BoostNote
From 1 comment
I think this is great. I did something similar, with a very simple IdeaStore webapp, where I can just throw an idea into words, have it get added to my ideabank, and I can…
ifoundthetao on HN
Firefox Notes
From 1 comment
Perhaps also interesting for people who like this: Firefox Notes. https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/notes
Vinnl on HN
data: URL contenteditable trick
From 1 comment
You can always type `data:text/html, <html contenteditable>` on your browser :)
napsterbr on HN