And any feedback given there would definitely be added fast :)
If you're looking for feedback, you could consider:
- Host the javascript and fonts yourself, only downsides (privacy, slower) in using a CDN. Ko-fi, Google fonts, Google analytics, Cloudflare, Bootstrapcdn, Numoh -- are all these entities required for note taking?
- Excessive user analytics: Google Analytics is not configured for privacy. Also another Numoh Analytics, but that seems disabled at the moment?
- A pretty writing experience helps me stay in a flow. Nothing wrong with Arial 16px #000, but not inviting either. There is still a lot to win from a typography perspective.
- The saving to .txt is nice, but I'd want a plain text (or markdown) version, no html. Also would be nice if the filename was optimized (scratchpad + timestamp).
- Instead of all CSS inline, it might prevent the flash of a white-screen if the styling was saved/cached in css file, or the prefers-color-scheme tag.
- You've added an <h1> tag but styled it with a font-size smaller than your body text, this makes it lose it semantics (i.e. also no SEO/UX value).
Unfortunately localStorage is not guaranteed to be persistent, especially on Safari/Webkit.
> Starting in iOS 13.4 and Safari 13.1, LocalStorage will be cleared after 7 days of no user interaction on a site.
7-Day Cap on All Script-Writeable Storage - https://webkit.org/blog/10218/full-third-party-cookie-blocki...
This also affects sessionStorage and Indexed DB, which is commonly used by local-first software that runs in the browser.
> As mentioned, the seven-day cap on script-writable storage is gated on “after seven days of Safari use without user interaction on the site.” That is the case in Safari. Web applications added to the home screen are not part of Safari and thus have their own counter of days of use. Their days of use will match actual use of the web application which resets the timer. We do not expect the first-party in such a web application to have its website data deleted.
I'm glad to know that this isn't [entirely] destroying the concept of webpages acting in an app-like manner. At least this gives the developer and user some ability to give permission for actually persistent storage.
I used to use an extension called papier that had a simple interface, just the right amount of configurability and a beautiful design (particularly good color schemes). The extension got removed because of its incompatibility with the new manifest V3.
The current alternatives are either too involved with too much configuration options (i.e. distractions) and not very attractive, minimalist designs.
With your app, you're almost there. If you can get the correct balance right, you could fill the gap in that niche.
data:text/html,<html contenteditable>
You could probably set that as the URL of your home page to get the behavior you described.
I add a style="height:100%" in the HTML tag so that clicking anywhere puts focus on it for editing. You could add other styling and initial content as desired.
For notes that I've refined and want to hold on to, I tend to use a physical notebook. I enjoy the kinesthetic process of writing by hand so I still use that for more permanent notes.
There are local-first file based solutions (like classic TiddlyWiki) that could work for you,.. but at that point maybe you meant to open your favorite text editor or IDE.
I kind of like that this simple solution always opens a scratch buffer and I have to put it somewhere else to save it (never saved accidentally).
It also keeps the source formatting (or with ctrl-shift-V ignores it), which can be useful aside from the note taking itself.
data:text/html,<div contenteditable style="height:100%"><script>addEventListener("beforeunload", (e) => {e.returnValue = "?";})</script>
I've made this a while ago for myself to take quick notes while browsing the web, so I'm publishing this in case anyone finds it useful:
> minimalistab is an extension for Chrome that replaces chrome://newtab with a blank WYSIWYG editor for taking notes.
https://github.com/hakaneskici/minimalistab
Here's the primary trick [1] behind the scenes that makes this possible:
I will try to create a chrome-extention for NoteUX hopefully soon.
you can follow me or directly reach out to me on twitter too x.com/nabeelHQ
I remember switching to a new computer at work and noticing something was weirdly missing without being able to put my finger on it. It wasn't until one of those moment where I used to use the extension that I noticed it wasn't yet installed on this machine.
Nowadays? I would probably have chucked $5 or $10 towards the dev.
It’s a minimalist, distraction-free note-taking space with multiple scratch pads, so you can quickly type and switch between notes without any extra steps. No sign-ups, no clutter—just an instant writing experience.
Supports Fullscreen Mode, Dark Mode and Download notes.
What do you guys think?
Have you missed this part?
vim notes/"$(date -Iminutes)".txt # author a new note
vim notes/"$(ls notes | tac | sed 8q)" # edit the 8 most recent notes, starting from newestThe simplest in-browser solution actually requires zero pages or apps, see this bookmarklet [2]. It opens a full-page text area. No saving, but immediate and does not need a network connection.
Alternatively, not as easy as a publicly available web page, but if you want to have a very fast and minimalist self-hosted note taking app (with fast search and the ability to attach files and download websites), check out my small project called Textpod [3].
[1]. https://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/ [2]. https://bookmarklet.one/bm/quick-note/ [3]. https://github.com/freetonik/textpod
After leaving Simplenote I could never really find a successor. Kept jumping from one app to another - UpNote (very electron), FS Notes (very unstable; come across a bug every other day that it's tiring), then Bear (might move to it, maybe), Joplin (no sadly) etc and what not. Now I just try to use something that lets me keep notes in a folder and use it but then iOS becomes a mess unless I use iCloud. I could never find another simple note taking app. I wish Automattic took privacy seriously and kept the development of Simplenote afresh and maybe charged for it.
Maybe I am not supposed to find that one note taking app for me. Maybe it doesn't exist. That makes sense. I think it's about notes and not the note apps? Keep the notes and apps are a-changin'.
>Now I just try to use something that lets me keep notes in a folder and use it but then iOS becomes a mess unless I use iCloud
I didn't quite understand: do you want an app that syncs to iOS but not via iCloud?
> syncs to iOS
It just an OS so I would put it as "is available on OS"
> but not via iCloud
But the sync options are not limited to iCloud.
If you have a few minutes and could clarify, I'd appreciate it. I love a good *nix workflow.
I am not sure if the noteux.com works in the same way.
I am also not sure but is there a way to create persistant terminal connections as each is going to /dev/null but its persistant and you can connect to any of it?
maybe using zellij / tmux
twenty characters in, safari crashes
minimalist indeed
Would be great if it can also support links
For an app (on Android), I like "Notepad" by Braden Farmer (I just search the creator's name to find it). It has no unnecessary permissions.
What do you think?
I personally cannot trust Apple to store data, so I only use Apple Notes for throw-away notes like shopping lists.
Is there anything simple, which doesn't require you to be an organizational genius already? Notes.app is sort of okay, but no cross platform.