JanusNotes
Productivity
note-taking app
SHOW HN2013
53points
17comments
#476of 1,739 in 2013
Top 28%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Design: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple and encrypted, a good project
From 3 comments
If the creator shared this, I give you full marks! I like this app, it is simple and it encrypts my stuff, so all is well. But I have a Feature Request: In a further version, it…
basyt on HNI'm impressed actually.
tmikaeld on HNAs someone with the same name. I approve.
antjanus on HN
Objections
Dropbox is a single point of failure
From 1 comment
Dropbox is a point of failure. Will you support other back-ends?
yapcguy on HN
Requests
Support for other sync back-ends
From 2 comments
Dropbox is a point of failure. Will you support other back-ends?
yapcguy on HNGit
peatmoss on HN
Folders or notebooks, tags
From 2 comments
If the creator shared this, I give you full marks! I like this app, it is simple and it encrypts my stuff, so all is well. But I have a Feature Request: In a further version, it…
basyt on HNI'm thinking about tags (an often requested feature). The tags availability could allow a folders/notebooks-like UI (not unlike the Gmail tags show as folders in IMAP clients).
gtufano on HN
Questions
Why focus on privacy
From 1 comment
Is the privacy focus the result of some other note taking app's failure, a reassurance for those concerned about it, or a response to NSA things? Something else maybe?
lost_name on HN
Alternatives named
Evernote
From 1 comment
If the creator shared this, I give you full marks! I like this app, it is simple and it encrypts my stuff, so all is well. But I have a Feature Request: In a further version, it…
basyt on HN
vim with TrueCrypt
From 1 comment
vim + TrueCrypt
mkramlich on HN