new-note

Productivity

notepad

SHOW HN2018

133points
70comments
#314of 2,155 in 2018
Top 15%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

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

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

  • 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 HN
    • 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 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 HN
    • 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

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 HN
    • I 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 HN
    • In 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

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