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So what happens when I fill up an island and I want to capture an idea in the proper place RIGHT NOW? Especially if I've got it surrounded by other islands. Aw

So what happens when I fill up an island and I want to capture an idea in the proper place RIGHT NOW? Especially if I've got it surrounded by other islands. Aw shit, I just lost my fragile new idea while getting distracted by landscaping. Also holy crap the body type in these notes is microscopic.

juliend2 7y ago
I think the app is more a solution for organizing your thoughts rather than capturing them when they come. But I agree that something should be done in that regards.
chenxi9649 7y ago
Great point! The idea of running out of real estate is something that we thought quite a bit about in the beginning. So, we used to have somewhat like a tag system that we thought would lower the friction required to make a note. Where you can open up a notebook anywhere and we'll put it on the correct island for you after #tag it. But it kinda defeated the purpose of this app, for people to place their notes down like how they place a lego block down. Also, it turns out, people usually don't fill up their islands to the point of collision. They have a lot of empty spaces between notes. So, it's actually a problem that we haven't encountered yet. Additionally, note blocks can be seen as their own word documents and the tiny words on top are previews. So you can also just "open up" one of these blocks and put your idea there. OR, what I do, is I have an island for random ideas like that. Write it down first, organize it later. lastly, we will add a font size option for the rooftop fonts soon, don't wanna get eye damage lawsuits haha.
- rckoepke 7y ago
  Definitely need that font size option! ... or, better, just good dynamic autoscaling based on f(text_length, box_size, zoom_level) and maybe a font size override option for static association. Also need a drag feature for increasing island size, not just click. I would like to be able to create a large island quickly, like using a paintbrush almost. Even if I don't have notes to populate it with anytime soon. Really love all this though.
- rckoepke 7y ago
  Also left click should be "place new if null and immediately open note" to reduce friction. Right click can be context menu for changing color/placing objects etc.
- egypturnash 7y ago
  I’m looking at how much stuff I have in Evernote after around a decade of using that and... if anyone uses this, you’ll definitely have that problem. I wasn’t talking about the fonts in the scroll-around-the-islands view being tiny, I meant the body copy when you open up a note. At least on OSX Safari it is like 6pt.

juliend2 7y ago

I think the app is more a solution for organizing your thoughts rather than capturing them when they come. But I agree that something should be done in that regards.

chenxi9649 7y ago

Great point! The idea of running out of real estate is something that we thought quite a bit about in the beginning. So, we used to have somewhat like a tag system that we thought would lower the friction required to make a note. Where you can open up a notebook anywhere and we'll put it on the correct island for you after #tag it. But it kinda defeated the purpose of this app, for people to place their notes down like how they place a lego block down. Also, it turns out, people usually don't fill up their islands to the point of collision. They have a lot of empty spaces between notes. So, it's actually a problem that we haven't encountered yet. Additionally, note blocks can be seen as their own word documents and the tiny words on top are previews. So you can also just "open up" one of these blocks and put your idea there. OR, what I do, is I have an island for random ideas like that. Write it down first, organize it later. lastly, we will add a font size option for the rooftop fonts soon, don't wanna get eye damage lawsuits haha.

rckoepke 7y ago
Definitely need that font size option! ... or, better, just good dynamic autoscaling based on f(text_length, box_size, zoom_level) and maybe a font size override option for static association. Also need a drag feature for increasing island size, not just click. I would like to be able to create a large island quickly, like using a paintbrush almost. Even if I don't have notes to populate it with anytime soon. Really love all this though.
rckoepke 7y ago
Also left click should be "place new if null and immediately open note" to reduce friction. Right click can be context menu for changing color/placing objects etc.
egypturnash 7y ago
I’m looking at how much stuff I have in Evernote after around a decade of using that and... if anyone uses this, you’ll definitely have that problem. I wasn’t talking about the fonts in the scroll-around-the-islands view being tiny, I meant the body copy when you open up a note. At least on OSX Safari it is like 6pt.