textarea
Productivity
note editor
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How HN took it
18 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 25 critical, out of 83 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 8 for, 4 againstPerformance: 3 for, 8 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 6 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever, minimal, and fun to use
From 3 comments
This is very interesting, very refreshing, very simple and clever, very well done, very everything good. Bravo and thank you.
billforsternz on HNLove it!
mzelling on HNthis is indeed minimalistic :)
srexrg on HN
Good privacy angle with no storage
From 1 comment
I really like this from a privacy point of view. So much so that I'm thinking about adding a purely URL-storage solution as an option in my https://kraa.io editor.
levmiseri on HN
Objections
Very long URLs crash mobile browsers
From 5 comments
LOL Tapping the address bar crashed my Chrome on mobile.
hallole on HNThink you've inadvertently found a way to provide extra tests for mobile devices. The Crime and Punishment one consistently crashes Brave mobile for me. I assume it's the length…
nickweb on HNCool project, but loading "Crime and Punishment" crashed my mobile browser. I don't think urls were built for that kind of punishment.
meander_water on HNCrashes my mobile chromium browsers when I try to open crime and punishment. Firefox seems to work.
nchmy on HNAmazing. The crime and punishment example crashed my iPhone’s Google Chrome when I tap the URL haha
wwarren on HN
Claimed no tracking conflicts with a Cloudflare analytics beacon
From 1 comment
You claim no tracking, and yet there's a Cloudflare Web Analytics beacon placed at the bottom of the page (thankfully filtered out by uBlock Origin)
rfl890 on HN
Respects dark mode claim questioned for extension compatibility
From 1 comment
> Respects light/dark mode Not really… using js to change the CSS on the go is not a good practice. Why does it matter? Because of the “dark mode” browser extensions. They often…
frizlab on HN
Page is blank in Firefox
From 1 comment
In Firefox, https://textarea.my shows up as as a completely static non-actionable white page. Just white, with default cursor. No errors on the console.
huhtenberg on HN
Requests
Add file export and import
From 1 comment
I like these kinds of projects, but adding a file export/import is inevitable. It's less about the limits of a URL and more about practicality. I also have no way to confirm that…
sublinear on HN
Add ctrl+s download to .txt
From 1 comment
It would be neat if ctrl+s offered to download the textarea to a .txt file.
LordDragonfang on HN
Add markdown support
From 1 comment
The only thing missing is markdown and few themes. I think this is awesome idea for sharing. Love what you did with it.
desireco42 on HN
Questions
Can URLs be logged server side
From 1 comment
I like these kinds of projects, but adding a file export/import is inevitable. It's less about the limits of a URL and more about practicality. I also have no way to confirm that…
sublinear on HN
Can the editor save anything
From 1 comment
Can you save anything?
deafpolygon on HN
Alternatives named
pastila
From 1 comment
I've implemented the same idea a few years ago: https://pastila.nl/
zX41ZdbW on HN
itty.bitty.site
From 2 comments
Reminds me of https://itty.bitty.site
mesosan on HNlet's not forget the og itty.bitty.site [0] [0]: http://about.bitty.site/
khalby786 on HN
Buffertab
From 1 comment
shameless plug: i built something very similar but nobody cared: https://github.com/AlexW00/Buffertab
surrTurr on HN
browser-pad
From 1 comment
I have a similar one using localStorage https://github.com/mkaz/browser-pad
marcuskaz on HN
jsgist
From 1 comment
I have something tangentially similar here: https://jsgist.org If you click save you get the option to use a URL. The problem with a URL every edit is a new URL. So you send the…
greggman65 on HN