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I took interest and downloaded the app for testing. It looks slick and well polished. Great that it is available for so many devices and that you run sync servi

I took interest and downloaded the app for testing. It looks slick and well polished. Great that it is available for so many devices and that you run sync service with such respect for privacy. Couple of points though: It wasn't clear to me where the notes are actually stored. If I'm relying on your tool to collect my private thoughts, I would require raw access to files. Sure, there is backup & restore features, but I'd still require full content access without going through the client. The info wasn't in any FAQ. It seems to be a SQLite db inside ~/.config/Notesnook/. Ideally the note taking system would have open and documented format so others can build tools to insert and query notes, provide CLI interface, show dated notes on calendar, and so on. I understand this is not necessary the direction you want to take this product. When importing a .md document, the first line "# heading" was set to be paragraph type with 24pt size instead of Header 1 type, and Header 1 seems to be generally missing from the pull-down menu. Other types of headings were correctly transformed. As I type in a new heading using the markdown syntax "## subheader" and press Enter, the text is correctly converted to Header 2 type, but Pro version popup is triggered. I would call this a bug. Either don't convert to header, or don't show the nag screen. The splash screen that advertised the Monograph feature could not be dismissed without pressing "Start publishing" button. Maybe that button should be changed to some less misleading text (it doesn't actually lead to any publishing feature). I like the business model and I would gladly subscribe at this price. I also love that I can already run it and try everything out without even having an account. The thing is, right now the text formatting buttons are a minefield of PRO-only features. I just dislike when applications include buttons for pro features that open nag screen. If you want to keep the client slightly crippled for free users, you could at least disable (gray out) pro features. It would be much cleaner cut if only syncing service is paid, but I don't know enough about your target users and business model. In general I would love to be able to restrict formatting UI to just markdown features. I don't want to accidentally change font size or mess with text alignment. All included options for text formatting are just noise to me and I prefer simplicity in note taking. Just few thoughts from trying it for 20 minutes. I'm still thinking about using it seriously.

thecodrr 5y ago
Wow. Very detailed feedback and very helpful as well. About storage: since the app is electron based, it stores everything in IndexedDB. I didn't want to use something separate because it'll add extra stress. However, your point about mentioning where things are getting stored is important. I'll make those changes ASAP. > Ideally the note taking system would have open and documented format. It's really just HTML. It's not stored in local files but the content of notes is actually just plain, normal HTML. > When importing a .md document, the first line "# heading" was set to be paragraph type. Hmm. That's probably because I turned of H1 since there's already a title at the top. Should the title be separate? > but Pro version popup is triggered. This can be annoying. It has been on my backlog to fix this and make it less annoying but I haven't gotten to it so far. > It would be much cleaner cut if only syncing service is paid. I took the opposite route with Notesnook. App functionality is limited but you get unlimited syncing to unlimited devices. > In general I would love to be able to restrict formatting UI to just markdown features. I don't want to accidentally change font size or mess with text alignment. All included options for text formatting are just noise to me and I prefer simplicity in note taking. Or in other words, a way to hide the toolbar. I noted it down for later. Thank you so much for taking the time to point all these small things out. Means a lot.
- jmiskovic 5y ago
  > Hmm. That's probably because I turned of H1 since there's already a title at the top. Should the title be separate? For note taking app allowing only single title makes a lot of sense. The note title came from the file name, and my H1 got demoted to Paragraph with larger text. Since md can have any number of H1's, it doesn't seem possible to convert it without loss of information. One option would be to detect if there is only one H1 and use that instead of file name for note title. If there is more than one, then convert all H1 -> H2, all H2 -> H3 and so on.
  - thecodrr 5y ago
    That sounds like a reasonable trade off.

thecodrr 5y ago

Wow. Very detailed feedback and very helpful as well. About storage: since the app is electron based, it stores everything in IndexedDB. I didn't want to use something separate because it'll add extra stress. However, your point about mentioning where things are getting stored is important. I'll make those changes ASAP. > Ideally the note taking system would have open and documented format. It's really just HTML. It's not stored in local files but the content of notes is actually just plain, normal HTML. > When importing a .md document, the first line "# heading" was set to be paragraph type. Hmm. That's probably because I turned of H1 since there's already a title at the top. Should the title be separate? > but Pro version popup is triggered. This can be annoying. It has been on my backlog to fix this and make it less annoying but I haven't gotten to it so far. > It would be much cleaner cut if only syncing service is paid. I took the opposite route with Notesnook. App functionality is limited but you get unlimited syncing to unlimited devices. > In general I would love to be able to restrict formatting UI to just markdown features. I don't want to accidentally change font size or mess with text alignment. All included options for text formatting are just noise to me and I prefer simplicity in note taking. Or in other words, a way to hide the toolbar. I noted it down for later. Thank you so much for taking the time to point all these small things out. Means a lot.

jmiskovic 5y ago
> Hmm. That's probably because I turned of H1 since there's already a title at the top. Should the title be separate? For note taking app allowing only single title makes a lot of sense. The note title came from the file name, and my H1 got demoted to Paragraph with larger text. Since md can have any number of H1's, it doesn't seem possible to convert it without loss of information. One option would be to detect if there is only one H1 and use that instead of file name for note title. If there is more than one, then convert all H1 -> H2, all H2 -> H3 and so on.
- thecodrr 5y ago
  That sounds like a reasonable trade off.