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Show HN: Txxt.app – an ultra simple SMS notepad

20 points by izaidi 8y ago

sprobertson 8y ago
I dig the aesthetic.
jshawl 8y ago
Please charge money for this. I’d pay ~$20USD for an export option and reminders to leave a note. I love the onboarding. Extremely minimal but very effective. Web sockets are a nice touch.
yashau 8y ago
Is there no way to delete notes?
jotato 8y ago
I usually just txt notes to myself. This is a great replacement. Love it! 1. Can I delete notes? 2. Can it send me reminders?
- izaidi 8y ago
  Hey, glad you like it! Edit/delete capability is definitely the next thing I'll add, likely in the next day or two. Reminders are something I've been thinking about... I wasn't sure how useful it would be to someone who already uses Siri / Alexa / Google Home, but it'd definitely be useful to me (someone who uses none of those things). I do like the simplicity of requesting a reminder and then just getting a text at a certain time. There are probably other kinds of "magic words" I could build into it to make it sort of an SMS-based command line.
  - mm53bar 8y ago
    Maybe look at how followup.cc and followupthen.com do reminders with magic words via email?
jajoosam 8y ago
This is really cool - love the look. I built something comparable to this for telegram a while ago - https://writt.glitch.me https://writt.glitch.me
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bartcobain 8y ago
Is this a worldwide service or US-only?
- izaidi 8y ago
  It should work in nearly all countries -- anywhere that Twilio can send SMS messages. The app's number is based in North America so there might be international texting charges depending on your provider, but I'm planning to set up more numbers based in different regions.
  - helb 8y ago
    Trying it from the Czech Republic (+420). I got the welcome message withing few seconds and replied, but the server probably never got my reply ("Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account")
    - bartcobain 8y ago
      Same from Mexico
      - izaidi 8y ago
        I think this may be due to a limitation of Twilio's toll-free US/Canada numbers -- looks like they sometimes have issues with global SMS. It should work if I set up a standard local US number and use that for international users. Thanks for spotting that bug!
        bartcobain 8y ago
        Cool
    - ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
      Same thing from Australia (+61), even after multiple attempts.
jmaslin 8y ago
This is really cool! A couple things I noticed: - You can set your public url as /me which seems like it would break your private page. - SMS number is exposed in the api response, which could be bad for public pages.
- izaidi 8y ago
  Ah, thanks for spotting those issues!
Biqh1 8y ago
This doesn't seem to be working for me. I am in the UK. I enter my number, then receive a text: > Hi! This is txxt. Send messages to this number to see them on your page. If you didn't ask for this, ignore it! I then reply with: > Reply but it doesn't show up on the webpage. If I reload the page it says: > Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account. > > Reply to the text and you'll see your message(s) show up here. > > Click here to be sent another text.
- izaidi 8y ago
  Hey, sorry it didn't work! I just pushed an update that uses a new UK-based number for users in that region, so it should work now. Let me know if you try it again.
  - Biqh1 8y ago
    Fantastic, it works great. I'm really impressed, brilliantly clean UI
    - izaidi 8y ago
      Awesome, and thanks! :)
aryamaan 8y ago
It would be nice if it could tell me my region (India) is not supported before taking my phone number. Nice website though.
- izaidi 8y ago
  Apologies, there was an oversight on my part on setting the geo permissions after pushing an update. I'd noticed initially that welcome messages sent to +91 numbers weren't getting delivered, but with the latest changes it should hopefully work.
stevenhubertron 8y ago
In my typical texting fashion my first note was a typo. It would be really cool to be able to edit/delete notes. Very quick and easy though!
abhijats 8y ago
This is amazing. I love the idea and simplicity. As others have said being able to edit/delete messages would be great. Also a way to tag them e.g. Thought, idea, question, reminder

20 points by izaidi 8y ago

I dig the aesthetic.

Please charge money for this. I’d pay ~$20USD for an export option and reminders to leave a note. I love the onboarding. Extremely minimal but very effective. Web sockets are a nice touch.

yashau 8y ago

Is there no way to delete notes?

jotato 8y ago

I usually just txt notes to myself. This is a great replacement. Love it! 1. Can I delete notes? 2. Can it send me reminders?

izaidi 8y ago
Hey, glad you like it! Edit/delete capability is definitely the next thing I'll add, likely in the next day or two. Reminders are something I've been thinking about... I wasn't sure how useful it would be to someone who already uses Siri / Alexa / Google Home, but it'd definitely be useful to me (someone who uses none of those things). I do like the simplicity of requesting a reminder and then just getting a text at a certain time. There are probably other kinds of "magic words" I could build into it to make it sort of an SMS-based command line.
- mm53bar 8y ago
  Maybe look at how followup.cc and followupthen.com do reminders with magic words via email?

jajoosam 8y ago

This is really cool - love the look. I built something comparable to this for telegram a while ago - https://writt.glitch.me https://writt.glitch.me

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bartcobain 8y ago

Is this a worldwide service or US-only?

izaidi 8y ago
It should work in nearly all countries -- anywhere that Twilio can send SMS messages. The app's number is based in North America so there might be international texting charges depending on your provider, but I'm planning to set up more numbers based in different regions.
- helb 8y ago
  Trying it from the Czech Republic (+420). I got the welcome message withing few seconds and replied, but the server probably never got my reply ("Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account")
  - bartcobain 8y ago
    Same from Mexico
    - izaidi 8y ago
      I think this may be due to a limitation of Twilio's toll-free US/Canada numbers -- looks like they sometimes have issues with global SMS. It should work if I set up a standard local US number and use that for international users. Thanks for spotting that bug!
      - bartcobain 8y ago
        Cool
  - ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
    Same thing from Australia (+61), even after multiple attempts.

jmaslin 8y ago

This is really cool! A couple things I noticed: - You can set your public url as /me which seems like it would break your private page. - SMS number is exposed in the api response, which could be bad for public pages.

izaidi 8y ago
Ah, thanks for spotting those issues!

Biqh1 8y ago

This doesn't seem to be working for me. I am in the UK. I enter my number, then receive a text: > Hi! This is txxt. Send messages to this number to see them on your page. If you didn't ask for this, ignore it! I then reply with: > Reply but it doesn't show up on the webpage. If I reload the page it says: > Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account. > > Reply to the text and you'll see your message(s) show up here. > > Click here to be sent another text.

izaidi 8y ago
Hey, sorry it didn't work! I just pushed an update that uses a new UK-based number for users in that region, so it should work now. Let me know if you try it again.
- Biqh1 8y ago
  Fantastic, it works great. I'm really impressed, brilliantly clean UI
  - izaidi 8y ago
    Awesome, and thanks! :)

aryamaan 8y ago

It would be nice if it could tell me my region (India) is not supported before taking my phone number. Nice website though.

izaidi 8y ago
Apologies, there was an oversight on my part on setting the geo permissions after pushing an update. I'd noticed initially that welcome messages sent to +91 numbers weren't getting delivered, but with the latest changes it should hopefully work.

stevenhubertron 8y ago

In my typical texting fashion my first note was a typo. It would be really cool to be able to edit/delete notes. Very quick and easy though!

abhijats 8y ago

This is amazing. I love the idea and simplicity. As others have said being able to edit/delete messages would be great. Also a way to tag them e.g. Thought, idea, question, reminder