Features missing
Stanislas Duprey
for the story, I created a similar app in the past (see https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tagidea.standupweb&hl=en&gl=US) mainly for my own personal use, but when I stumbled upon simplenote.com I stopped caring about my project because it had everything I wanted, for free
I downloaded the app on mac and I tried writing. The app seems to work fine and is simple enough to understand in 2s, congrats, I know it's already not a small challenge.
I can just tell what features are missing for me to try it out as a replacement of my simplenote, if this one were to disappear or be expensive (fyi they don't charge me, but I would probably pay for the service they offer...). By order of importance:
1- Mobile app (sync'd)
2- Import/Export notes
3- tags
4- dark mode
Also I would probably be a little put off by the loading time of the app. I have a mac with a M1, maybe it's not optimize for it?
One thing that I liked about my project was that I called "folders", "books", it just felt better to write in them...
Annie Sexton
Thank you for this feedback Stanislas!! This is incredibly useful. A mobile version is definitely high up on the list, as is import/export. For importing, would you want to be able to import from regular .md files? Or from other apps like simplenote?
Stanislas Duprey
Annie Sexton: I think a simple JSON format where the body is MD is fine. Here is an export from simplenote, the format is easy:
{
"activeNotes": [
{
"id": "fb4083ee-b576-40f8-a606-0bb09e0919b2",
"content": "Test note",
"creationDate": "2020-10-12T23:55:35.400Z",
"lastModified": "2020-10-13T00:11:50.784Z",
"markdown": true,
"tags": [
"super"
]
},
{
"id": "3f15975d-6676-4a71-a675-3884a6d33bd5",
"content": "Welcome to Simplenote!\r\n\r\nTo create a new note, click on the new note button.\r\n\r\nTo search your notes, type in the search bar and enter any text. Simplenote will show you matching results instantly.\r\n\r\nGot a really important note? Open the note info bar and press the 'Pin to top' button to pin it to the top of the list.\r\n\r\nUse tags to help organize your notes. Look for the tag bar at the bottom of the note editor.\r\n\r\nDeleted notes go in the trash. You can restore them if you want, or empty the trash to get rid of them forever.\r\n\r\nYou can access your notes on the web and your other devices. Go to https://app.simplenote.com to get started.\r\n\r\nWe hope you enjoy using Simplenote!",
"creationDate": "2020-10-12T23:53:05.134Z",
"lastModified": "2020-10-13T00:11:44.427Z",
"markdown": true
},
{
"id": "agtzaW1wbGUtbm90ZXIRCxIETm90ZRiAgPCMlcjkCww",
"content": "Welcome to Simplenote!\r\n\r\nTo create a new note, click on the new note button.\r\n\r\nTo search your notes, type in the search bar and enter any text. Simplenote will show you matching results instantly.\r\n\r\nGot a really important note? Open the note info bar and press the 'Pin to top' button to pin it to the top of the list.\r\n\r\nUse tags to help organize your notes. Look for the tag bar at the bottom of the note editor.\r\n\r\nDeleted notes go in the trash. You can restore them if you want, or empty the trash to get rid of them forever.\r\n\r\nYou can access your notes on the web and your other devices. Go to https://app.simplenote.com to get started.\r\n\r\nWe hope you enjoy using Simplenote!",
"creationDate": "2020-10-12T23:53:05.134Z",
"lastModified": "2020-10-12T23:56:36.609Z"
}
]
}