This looks very similar to the app I blogged about in a series of "Saturday morning hacks" posts. That app did notes, tags, to do lists, email reminders, and used sqlites full text search extension to provide high quality search. Also used markdown and oembed for rich media magic!
I use it all the time, something like 3000 notes now! I integrated a bookmarking app with it (search for bookmarking on my blog if you're curious) so it's a mix of bookmarked pages, notes, to do lists, reminders, and recently I've been tracking my dreams with it. Fun stuff!
If the first word is eg: <seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee>
Lines are not broken but run over.
should have the appropriate markup in the preview imo. Lists show up on a single line of text. Not sure if there is a better way to present that though.
Is standard Markdown used? I noticed that a new line can show up as a list item if a hanging '*' exists
Hitting enter multiple times keeps the editor indented. Not sure if that's what I expect to see.
The link to the article should exist on the text in the overview imo - I don't want to have to click the title to see the note.
incidentally, and in a maybe interesting analogy, the comment a/b line-break behaviour itself just demonstrated that the same behavior occurs in hn comments on mobile: have to side scroll to read all comments on this entry
I think that you should put the pictures you've placed in Github on your front page. I feel hesitant to sign up for something when I don't see any pictures.
But I have this vision in my mind of what a note platform is supposed to be and unfortunately I have not found it yet. My favorite note tool was emacs org-mode so a lot of the things that I working on now draw from that.
Mainly:
1. Full Markdown Support
2. Easy way to make TODOS (and track them across notes)
3. Easy way to take meeting nots from a calendar invite.
4. Native Clients that actually work and sync, you should be able to see, edit, and make notes anywhere you are.
5. Open Source :)
# 2 -- will be implemented soon.
# 3 -- will be implemented soon and should work with ANY calendar provider.
Right now Braindump is just a basic framework that I hope to use to accomplish all of those goals.
What did you miss in org-mode that your tool is going to have?
I can't think of anything, so I don't really know what benefits your tool provides compared to org-mode.
I love org-mode, but I've just declared org-mode bankruptcy for my personal to-do lists and life projects. With my life being as busy as it is, I'm now rarely in front of a full computer with a keyboard when I'm at home, so keeping my home projects in emacs is not as appealing as it was 10 years ago.
I've tried running emacs on android -- too much friction for simple tasks that should be quick.
I've tried mobile-org; the workflow is painful.
I've tried orgzly. It's almost workable. Maybe when it gets folding, and I can simplify my syncing scenario.
For the time being, I've dumped stuff into Mirakel and ownCloud Notes...will see how it goes.
Thanks for the comment! I have not used Evernote in a long time, but a few years ago it didn't do all of the things that I wanted. I should probably review it again.
The screenshot in the git repo would look better with real usage instead of test posts. And notebooks should show how many are inside without having to click through first.
Dangerous idea; you lower the motivation for users to register, and when one accidentally clears their history they may become so disappointed they won't restart using your app.
Doesn't matter who's to blame--they're still sad.
Everything has its pros and cons, this idea is not self-evidently better.
I love trello with all of my heart. In fact I am planning on integrating with Trello (making a TODO in a note will automatically add a card to your backlog).
But, this is not trello and it does not want to be. :)
Not sure if I am missing something here, but this is the kind of thing that could be created in a few hours from scratch. There are multiple UX bugs/errors and the UI is nothing to write home about either.
Not trying to be snarky or bitchy; honestly wondering why this is on first page HN?
> this is the kind of thing that could be created in a few hours from scratch
Yes and no. There is opinion that needs to drive the design and feature set; if this was using stock bootstrap I would be much more inclined to agree with you, but there is definitely some thought and care put into whats there and why. I don't agree with all of it, but it's not haphazard or careless, and is not something i found myself scoffing at for being overly simple or boring.
Second, it was submitted for feedback and the author has been receptive to it; not everything on HN needs to be a major news headline. The author also started a development blog for it, and as a project it can hit close to home in one way or another for many HN'ers. Building things is hard, and I think we do well as a community to support people who share what they're up to.
As someone who's not afraid to flag, I didn't find this unreasonable or unworthy of HN. But, you are welcome to feel differently.
However, would love to hear what you don't like about it, and if you have time please file bug reports. This project is three weeks old I am committed to making it better.
http://charlesleifer.com/blog/saturday-morning-hack-a-little...