Notello

Productivity

note-taking app

SHOW HN2015

100points
59comments
#247of 2,565 in 2015
Top 10%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

10 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 12 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.

Performance: 4 for, 5 againstDesign: 3 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Animations and design look slick

    From 3 comments
    • I really like your animations! What library is that? My only concern is that you call this a "simple note taking app". Taking a look here: https://github.com/asm-products/notello…
      automathematics on HN
    • Looks pretty slick! Nice job!
      wrd on HN
    • Its fantastic. Simple on the one hand, but pretty sophisticated on the other. A UI suggestion: When I am "in" a box, there should be a clear indicator of how to go back to the…
      BrianHutch on HN
  • Passwordless login liked

    From 1 comment
  • Source code made available

    From 1 comment
    • This is great! Also, much thanks for making the source available. Quick question - I can see that you're using Facebook flux as a data flow library in your app. Is there a…
      krat0sprakhar on HN

Objections

  • Typing input is slow

    From 4 comments
    • Is there a reason why typing is so slow? It seems like it's really chugging away on something as I type. I would guess there's a 500ms or so delay between hitting a key and it…
      marknutter on HN
    • Input is noticeably slow for me as well. i5 3570K, 16GB DDR3, FF36 and Chrome 41, Xubuntu 14.04 input speed seems to be equally slow on both, very noticeable if you press and…
      noir_lord on HN
    • Slow for me too - i7 3770k, 16gb ram, win 8
      inglor on HN
    • Slow for me Mac Pro 2.6Ghz i5, 16GB ram, SSD. Run a JS profile on your code, I think there's some performance bugs.
      hackerboos on HN
  • Does not work well on Android or iOS autocomplete

    From 2 comments
    • Doesn't seem to work on android. Can't even type a title.
      jsprogrammer on HN
    • The note text box breaks iOS autocomplete support. It's doing something funky where the keyboard api can't recognize previous words. May want to consider just using a native text…
      nicklo on HN
  • Single-use login token causes lockout

    From 2 comments
    • Might be worth-while making the search case-insensitive - looks good, though! EDIT: Hmm. I tried logging in with the token emailed to me using Safari - that worked. I then tried…
      JosephRedfern on HN
    • Yeah, that makes sense - the problem was the resulting lock-out.
      JosephRedfern on HN
  • Animations too long for frequent use

    From 1 comment
    • When I have a box open with a single file, I don't see my current file, which is out of the box, in the top bar. Upon closing the box, the file appeared. Felt confusing to me.…
      jobvandervoort on HN
  • Crashes or breaks in some browsers

    From 2 comments
    • FYI, this app just crashed Firefox 33 on Ubuntu 12.04.
      stoooooooooop on HN
    • After editing the default note, I am unable to create a box. - Firefox 36.0.4, Windows 7. Let me know if you need additional information.
      jedanbik on HN

Requests

  • Fix typing performance

    From 2 comments
    • Is there a reason why typing is so slow? It seems like it's really chugging away on something as I type. I would guess there's a 500ms or so delay between hitting a key and it…
      marknutter on HN
    • If you could tell me some of the specs of your system so I can check why it is so laggy that would be great. One thing that is hacky/a problem with the app is that I wanted to be…
      ny2244111 on HN
  • Clearer way to go back from a box

    From 1 comment
    • Its fantastic. Simple on the one hand, but pretty sophisticated on the other. A UI suggestion: When I am "in" a box, there should be a clear indicator of how to go back to the…
      BrianHutch on HN
  • Case-insensitive search

    From 1 comment
    • Might be worth-while making the search case-insensitive - looks good, though! EDIT: Hmm. I tried logging in with the token emailed to me using Safari - that worked. I then tried…
      JosephRedfern on HN
  • Allow nesting boxes via drag and drop

    From 1 comment
    • looks pretty. how do you get something out of a box? drag and drop looks like box can be placed inside other box but it cant.
      wigster on HN

Questions

  • Why is typing so slow

    From 1 comment
    • Is there a reason why typing is so slow? It seems like it's really chugging away on something as I type. I would guess there's a 500ms or so delay between hitting a key and it…
      marknutter on HN
  • What animation library is used

    From 1 comment
    • I really like your animations! What library is that? My only concern is that you call this a "simple note taking app". Taking a look here: https://github.com/asm-products/notello…
      automathematics on HN
  • Why Flux over Reflux or Alt

    From 1 comment
    • This is great! Also, much thanks for making the source available. Quick question - I can see that you're using Facebook flux as a data flow library in your app. Is there a…
      krat0sprakhar on HN

Alternatives named

  • TodoMVC React example

    From 1 comment

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