Notepag.es
Productivity
markdown editor
SHOW HN2011
100points
20comments
#106of 1,097 in 2011
Top 10%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 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
Useful tool for technical writing and note-taking
From 3 comments
I like this. Have been searching for such a tool for a while. My only suggestion is to make the page editing textarea more wide. The default width of 500px is too narrow for me.
thedjinn on HNI've been looking for a place to print my editor notes. This is perfect, thanks.
kmfrk on HNNice, this is what I've been looking for for a while now. Would it be possible to add an Export to PDF without relying on a local PDF distiller?
mahrain on HN
Objections
Hard to discover Markdown syntax and edit controls on a blank page
From 2 comments
Might I suggest a slide-out panel with common Markdown/etc. symbols? My experience was 1) Click the link in the article, intro page didn't load (during the brief watcher script…
Cyranix on HNUI comments: I missed the "edit" button completely - I'm on 1680 width screen and centralised content is common, normally nothing of value is pushed to the edge, least of all the…
pbhjpbhj on HN
LaTeX math did not work on iPad
From 1 comment
LaTeX math does not work at all on an iPad.
theatrus2 on HN
Site went down briefly
From 1 comment
Its down
gfodor on HN
Requests
Offline support
From 2 comments
This looks cool. Some random comments: * I'd need it to work offline. Not everyone does, though. * Cutting over to a two-column layout at 1260px: don't lots of people have…
JoachimSchipper on HNIt now works for me; FF4, indeed. I'm not sure if it was a glitch or you fixed it, but... Don't work too hard on my behalf! But yes, I'd like offline support.
JoachimSchipper on HN
PDF export
From 1 comment
Nice, this is what I've been looking for for a while now. Would it be possible to add an Export to PDF without relying on a local PDF distiller?
mahrain on HN
Wider textarea and layout for narrower screens
From 2 comments
I like this. Have been searching for such a tool for a while. My only suggestion is to make the page editing textarea more wide. The default width of 500px is too narrow for me.
thedjinn on HNThis looks cool. Some random comments: * I'd need it to work offline. Not everyone does, though. * Cutting over to a two-column layout at 1260px: don't lots of people have…
JoachimSchipper on HN
Questions
How does it compare to org-mode
From 1 comment
How would you compare Notepag.es to org-mode? I wouldn't say org-mode is simple, but it has a lot more functionality! (yes, LaTeX/code fragments/similar Markdown/...)…
xtacy on HN
Alternatives named
Gitit
From 1 comment
Gitit -- http://gitit.net does most of this except the WYSIWYG part and simple layout. And you can host gitit on your own servers. Gitit is based on pandoc, which allows you to…
FraaJad on HN
Gollum
From 1 comment
Another neat project is Gollum as released by Github which gives you a nice simple layout to a git-back wiki (https://github.com/github/gollum ). Development seems a little slow…
asb on HN
org-mode
From 1 comment
How would you compare Notepag.es to org-mode? I wouldn't say org-mode is simple, but it has a lot more functionality! (yes, LaTeX/code fragments/similar Markdown/...)…
xtacy on HN
Infogami
From 1 comment
Another neat project is Gollum as released by Github which gives you a nice simple layout to a git-back wiki (https://github.com/github/gollum ). Development seems a little slow…
asb on HN