Edna
Productivity
note taking app
SHOW HN2024
331points
91comments
#169of 3,515 in 2024
Top 5%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 10 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Minimal UI and keyboard shortcuts
From 2 comments
I love the minimalistic UI and keyboard shortcuts - cool!
omerhac on HNI love this.
danielvaughn on HN
Math blocks are useful
From 2 comments
This is really cool, I think I'll end up using this instead of a random VSCode window. Multiple blocks and especially the math ones are really nice for this use case. FYI in…
mcintyre1994 on HNThis is slick. Are there plans for rendering LaTeX equations and/or diagrams/flowcharts, such as mathjax and/or mermaid.js?
jxy on HN
Lighter than Heynote in browser
From 1 comment
As someone who uses heynote almost everyday, having it in the browser makes so much sense. Heynote is ~200mb, eats a lot of ram, I think I am switching over to this.
fayazara on HN
Objections
No desktop app; PWA limits offline and backup
From 2 comments
I can’t back up the data in a PWA.
kiratp on HNUhh no... desktop isn't pointless unless you're wildly optimistic about the app website remaining online indefinitely into the future. Whereas if I have an installer or an…
vunderba on HN
No JavaScript execution in blocks
From 1 comment
Took me a while to realize that I can't execute JS blocks. Kind of unexpected that go works and js doesn't in JS a web app :)
tarasglek on HN
Browser shortcut Ctrl+P conflicts with print
From 1 comment
This is nice, but I'm surprised you went with "P" for shortcuts since they're already taken by browsers. Ctrl/Cmd + P = Print Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P = New Private Window
spartanatreyu on HN
Requests
Desktop version
From 2 comments
Is desktop on the roadmap? I use HeyNote (desktop) every day and the only feature I _really_ want is multiple notes. You added that, but I need desktop because of corporate rules.
michaelrpeskin on HNUhh no... desktop isn't pointless unless you're wildly optimistic about the app website remaining online indefinitely into the future. Whereas if I have an installer or an…
vunderba on HN
LaTeX or mermaid rendering
From 2 comments
This is slick. Are there plans for rendering LaTeX equations and/or diagrams/flowcharts, such as mathjax and/or mermaid.js?
jxy on HNNo support for math.js or katex
rodneyzeng on HN
Inter-note links
From 1 comment
Any capacity for inter-note links there or planned? I guess the OG NV didn’t have that but I used them pretty extensively in nvAlt and in Obsidian (not that I’d expect anywhere…
geoelectric on HN
Questions
How to add language support
From 1 comment
> Supports Go, JSON, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Markdown What is required to add additional language support?
bdcravens on HN
How to create math blocks
From 1 comment
Wow, i really like this, especially the Math blocks. How do I create them? CMD + L is not working on Safari, since it will open the address bar.
florieger on HN
Alternatives named
Heynote
From 2 comments
I was going to say this looks exactly like Heynote, but then saw you said you forked it. Is there a fundamental difference in vision between the two apps? Both taglines are notes…
simplify on HNThis reminds me of an earlier project posted here: https://heynote.com/ I have been using that for quite a while and I like it.
ThinkBeat on HN
Silverbullet
From 2 comments
Now there are three "newish" Markdown / PWA / Note apps that I am aware of: - Silverbullet.md (https://silverbullet.md) - Eidos (https://eidos.space/) - and this ofc…
Arjuna144 on HNThis looks really good. Have you come across SilverBullet? Similar concept. https://silverbullet.md/ SB can be hosted on Docker, which has the benefit of being able to access…
filcuk on HN
Obsidian
From 1 comment
I will check this (and Heynote) out. I have long wanted to get into something like Obsidian, but have always had trouble finding a good example of a workflow in the development…
viccis on HN
Unforget
From 1 comment
To me this looks more like Unforget which was shared here a few weeks ago https://unforget.computing-den.com/demo
smusamashah on HN