notepin
Productivity
note taking
SHOW HN2018
57points
17comments
#722of 2,155 in 2018
Top 34%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Pricing: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Nice, clean product with a good idea
From 2 comments
First impression was that it's not immediately clear or intuitive where I was supposed to type my note. "Everything you type here will save automatically." Where is here? The…
symplee on HNI actually agree with gp. The common UI these days is to have a clearly outlined place to type with placeholder text in a lighter font. It's simple to make the change and I think…
dhimes on HN
Fun idea; reminds a commenter of an earlier similar project
From 1 comment
this is fun. many moons ago i created something similar: https://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/10/12/instablogg-lets-you-create-and-share-a-blog-post-without-even-signing-up/ i got a…
buboard on HN
Objections
Unclear where to type; no visible text area or default cursor
From 3 comments
First impression was that it's not immediately clear or intuitive where I was supposed to type my note. "Everything you type here will save automatically." Where is here? The…
symplee on HN> Well, click on "here" to find out, no? No. I had the same problem. If it's meant to be a simple note taking app, it's a fair expectation that you can "just type," or that you…
eddieroger on HNI actually agree with gp. The common UI these days is to have a clearly outlined place to type with placeholder text in a lighter font. It's simple to make the change and I think…
dhimes on HN
Upgrade prompts make it hard to evaluate the product
From 1 comment
Sorry but it is REALLY a pain to evaluate : whatever i click, i get that upgrade advertisment. I only can write and post pages. Definitly doesn't worth https://write.as which is…
user9876543210 on HN
Long-term survival of the service is a worry
From 2 comments
I really love this and would want to use it. However, how do I make sure your service would be around years from now? Any tips for people in the same boat as me who hesitate to…
abhinai on HNThis is exactly the reason why I fear to use many new services these days, setting up and putting in all the efforts and time to get started and after a few months the service is…
aminmemon on HN
Premium lock could let public wiki pages become private blogs for $9
From 1 comment
What if I blog using your non-premium features (essentially as a wiki, since it's open to public), and then someone can come and lock this wiki buy paying $9 a year and putting a…
gnulinux on HN
Requests
Clearer text entry area with placeholder text
From 2 comments
I actually agree with gp. The common UI these days is to have a clearly outlined place to type with placeholder text in a lighter font. It's simple to make the change and I think…
dhimes on HNFirst impression was that it's not immediately clear or intuitive where I was supposed to type my note. "Everything you type here will save automatically." Where is here? The…
symplee on HN
Show formatting toolbar at all times
From 1 comment
First impression was that it's not immediately clear or intuitive where I was supposed to type my note. "Everything you type here will save automatically." Where is here? The…
symplee on HN
Export or backup of data
From 1 comment
This is why people like Stallman warn about the cloud, at the extreme end of things. But usually these services offer a way to back up your data, at the very latest close to…
themodelplumber on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Is it open source?
mfincham on HN
What is the tech stack?
From 1 comment
what's the tech stack used to build this?
jamesmawm on HN
Alternatives named
write.as
From 1 comment
Sorry but it is REALLY a pain to evaluate : whatever i click, i get that upgrade advertisment. I only can write and post pages. Definitly doesn't worth https://write.as which is…
user9876543210 on HN
TiddlyWiki
From 1 comment
This is one of the reasons I adore Tiddlywiki (https://tiddlywiki.com/). It's designed to be self-hosted.
h0p3 on HN
Pastebin and LibreOffice
From 1 comment
This is why people like Stallman warn about the cloud, at the extreme end of things. But usually these services offer a way to back up your data, at the very latest close to…
themodelplumber on HN