FAQT
Productivity
personal knowledge base
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
5 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 24 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.
Idea: 3 for, 8 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 10 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 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
Clean, nice-looking design and UI
From 3 comments
The frontpage design is nice, I can see the value - currently I'd use workflowy for small pieces of information like this. I think you're missing a trick by not having any of…
tommoor on HNThis looks great but it's 100% a UI sell.
FilterSweep on HNI like this. Critiques / suggestions: * Esc should close a modal (hit "+", then hit Esc) * On that note, more keyboard shortcuts would be great * #hashtags should be recognized…
johnmaguire2013 on HN
Useful idea for keeping personal knowledge
From 2 comments
This is great! A boss at an old job used to track little nuggets of information in a Word Doc he called his "Master" file. It had everything from bugs he had discovered with rare…
malexw on HNCongrats on the launch! Your main competitor here is Evernote so I would highly recommend you implement a "Import from Evernote" feature, or at least tout it. I'm happy with…
Axsuul on HN
Objections
Hosted SaaS with no self-hosting; concerns about storing personal data in the cloud
From 3 comments
For some reason, I have expected it to be installable on my own hardware, not SaaS. That's the kind of personal I am looking for right now.
listic on HNI don't know how you guys think of this, but putting personal stuff into the cloud, aka others' computer, without encryption is not looking so personal to me.
4684499 on HNHaven't people been doing this for a long time? Maintaining and categorizing their pieces of personal knowledge - in files? I personally don't understand, why such a tool need to…
ecthiender on HN
Missing legal, contact and privacy information at launch
From 2 comments
How can a website / service be operated in 2015 without any contact or legal information? How am I supposed to use this for my personal information without being able to read the…
tjosten on HNNope. Has to be linked from the homepage, among other requirements. http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=22001-23000&file=22575-22579
zyxley on HN
No full-text search
From 2 comments
Can't use this without full-text search... it's a shame. I was looking for something more pretty than Tomboy Notes, but so far nothing is beating it.
jszymborski on HNThanks, and good questions. Here's a first pass: - Not yet: But I'm a big fan of Rich Hickey's thoughts on data and time if that gives any clues on where I'd like to take it…
siavosh on HN
Unclear business model and longevity
From 2 comments
Sounds interesting ! And quite funny since I was looking for something similar last week (and didn't find anything really fitting what I want). A couple of questions : - do you…
Gmo on HNSo, given that it's free, what is the business model?
perfunctory on HN
Requests
Export and backups
From 2 comments
For those who are wondering how the styling looks, I signed up and copy-pasted a markdown sample here: https://app.faqt.co/share/k6hs7l This looks pretty cool. I think I'l be…
captn3m0 on HNReally cool. A couple of things I'd like to see would be: - Change the window title to something other than 'Dashboard', and add a favicon. - Give me a way to get my data out.…
tomhenderson on HN
Revision history
From 2 comments
For those who are wondering how the styling looks, I signed up and copy-pasted a markdown sample here: https://app.faqt.co/share/k6hs7l This looks pretty cool. I think I'l be…
captn3m0 on HNSounds interesting ! And quite funny since I was looking for something similar last week (and didn't find anything really fitting what I want). A couple of questions : - do you…
Gmo on HN
Full-text search
From 1 comment
Thanks, and good questions. Here's a first pass: - Not yet: But I'm a big fan of Rich Hickey's thoughts on data and time if that gives any clues on where I'd like to take it…
siavosh on HN
Demo or screenshots on the homepage
From 2 comments
This looks really nice. A small suggestion: Put a video, demo, screenshots or tour on the homepage. I found it kind of hard to visualize how the product actually looks and works…
deanclatworthy on HNYou really need a demo on the homepage. For ex: you should remove the need to signup to use it first, let them create a FAQ, then signup to save it to a particular account.
dmix on HN
API access
From 1 comment
For those who are wondering how the styling looks, I signed up and copy-pasted a markdown sample here: https://app.faqt.co/share/k6hs7l This looks pretty cool. I think I'l be…
captn3m0 on HN
Questions
What is the business model?
From 2 comments
Sounds interesting ! And quite funny since I was looking for something similar last week (and didn't find anything really fitting what I want). A couple of questions : - do you…
Gmo on HNSo, given that it's free, what is the business model?
perfunctory on HN
What is the tech stack?
From 1 comment
Ok since nobody asked.. What is the tech stack behind?
cad on HN
Alternatives named
Evernote
From 2 comments
Congrats on the launch! Your main competitor here is Evernote so I would highly recommend you implement a "Import from Evernote" feature, or at least tout it. I'm happy with…
Axsuul on HNEvernote, DEVONthink, and Google Docs are the big players. There's also: http://are.na/, http://pinterest.com, http://www.dropmark.com/, https://kippt.com/, https://pinboard.in/,…
msutherl on HN
Google Keep
From 2 comments
evernote kind of apps don't work. Except Google Keep. Keep kinda works.
cad on HNWhat's the benefit of this over something like Google Keep or Evernote? One thing I think could be interesting is if you let me own my data; not in A ToS, but actually let me…
aagha on HN
Trello
From 2 comments
http://trello.com
adnanh on HNThis looks really nice. A small suggestion: Put a video, demo, screenshots or tour on the homepage. I found it kind of hard to visualize how the product actually looks and works…
deanclatworthy on HN
TiddlyWiki
From 2 comments
notepad.cc tiddlywiki.com keep.google.com ...
ssriram on HNHave you tried Tiddliwiki? (http://tiddlywiki.com/), single file wiki, used it for a few years is fantastic
Cub3 on HN
Simplenote
From 1 comment
there's simplenote, which is multi platform. Im waiting for markdown support on Android (it's there on iOS).
steaminghacker on HN