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It appears to store data on their server, not in local files as Quiver does. It also looks like it may be (this could be mistaken, I haven't tried Inkdrop) an E
by ptomato 10y ago
It appears to store data on their server, not in local files as Quiver does. It also looks like it may be (this could be mistaken, I haven't tried Inkdrop) an Electron app, in which case performance & memory usage is likely to be significantly worse than Quiver, which is not only native but very well optimized in my experience. On the plus side, it does have cross-platform support, which Quiver does not.
ETA: yup, grabbed the release and it is an Electron app - can't test without a beta invite, but for comparison on my machine it's about 3-4 seconds on launch before it gets to login screen, and uses 190mb of RAM at login screen. For comparison, Quiver is effectively instantaneous (a lot less than a second) to launch and uses 64mb of RAM displaying an empty document.
- coldtea 10y ago>It also looks like it may be (this could be mistaken, I haven't tried Inkdrop) an Electron app, in which case performance & memory usage is likely to be significantly worse than Quiver, which is not only native but very well optimized in my experience. Quiver is native? From the very first moment it struck me as an 100% web-based app.
- ptomato 10y agoWould appear that the preview is a web view but nothing else is, as far as I can tell. Editor might be but I think it's just a series of text views. Rest of the interface is definitely native. Also, even the web parts aren't embedding & shipping Chromium but rather using the MacOS WebKit framework which is definitely preferable from at least a memory usage, battery life, and security standpoint.
- kitsunesoba 10y agoYep, the author subclassed native UI elements and added CSS styling support. It’s definitely native though.
- coldtea 10y agoHow is it "definitely native" is both the editor and the viewers (the two main things you work with in Quiver) are webkit based, as @kawera and @ptomato said? What else is there, the notebook management sidebar?
- kawera 10y agoThe editor is WebKit based too and uses some open-source js widgets. (/Applications/Quiver.app/Contents/Resources/html-build)
- ptomato 10y agoYup, looks like. Not sure if that's just for code editor or not, but it's at least for that, using ACE (https://ace.c9.io https://ace.c9.io)