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What I really miss right now is a chrome extension that replaces the new tab page with a note taking space. I used to use an extension called papier that had a

What I really miss right now is a chrome extension that replaces the new tab page with a note taking space. 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.

ifrosted 2y ago
Thank you for your kind words, I am the founder here :) , give me feedback and i will most probably add them right away. 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
ifrosted 2y ago
FYI Chrome Extension on the way, will publish the url soon as its published on the chrome store, thanks for your feedback.
jedimastert 2y ago
Wow, I used to use Papier all the time. I sort of forgot about it when I migrated from Chrome to Firefox and didn't really find a good alternative, but man that plugin was legitimately a huge part of my life for a while. I'm sad to heard it's going away, it was an absolutely genius idea
- sheepscreek 2y ago
  As developers have to support themselves in some way, would you be willing to use a similar ad-supported extension? Or perhaps pay a small amount to support development more directly and go ad-free?
  - jedimastert 2y ago
    Back when I started using it I probably would have considered ads, but I'm not sure if I would turn them on Nowadays? I would probably have chucked $5 or $10 towards the dev.
- ahmedfromtunis 2y ago
  Oh yeah, it's one of those pieces of software that goes out of your way and just does its assigned job so well that you literally forget about it. 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.
squealish 2y ago
Papier is still available in Brave it seems.
kevindamm 2y ago
I use a variation of this as a bookmarklet, perhaps you'll find it useful: 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.
- jdshaffer 2y ago
  Wow! That's really cool. Thanks for sharing!
- bakje 2y ago
  Love the simplicity of this
- Aicy 2y ago
  Oh wow that's cool! How do you use this since I presume the tab will forget everything once its closed? Just temporary notes?
  - kevindamm 2y ago
    Yeah, I operate it like I would a dry-erase board. Ctrl-S doesn't work unless you add some scripting, but I usually copy-paste it if I'm drafting a note, or close it without saving if it was meant like a sticky note. It's good as a longer-term clipboard or a place to privately note down something before deciding whether to keep it. 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.
- crazygringo 2y ago
  I do too. I've been wondering if there's some short JavaScript I could add to retrieve text from local storage when loaded, and update local storage after every change. Not so it persists for months, but just so it survives a tab close or a browser restart.
  - 2y ago
rtcoms 2y ago
I'm using Brisk Notes: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/brisknote-new-tab-notes-t/gbdigbbnelhehnhlkhiepkpkedokgfog?pli=1 https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/brisknote-new-tab-n...
hakaneskici 2y ago
Your wish came true :) 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 https://github.com/hakaneskici/minimalistab Here's the primary trick [1] behind the scenes that makes this possible: [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43179649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43179649
ifrosted 2y ago
Chrome Extension for NoteUX is now live! Thanks for all of your support. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dhgibmcoiahciekchdfhpjbnldgfndjh https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dhgibmcoiahciekchd...

ifrosted 2y ago

Thank you for your kind words, I am the founder here :) , give me feedback and i will most probably add them right away. 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

ifrosted 2y ago

FYI Chrome Extension on the way, will publish the url soon as its published on the chrome store, thanks for your feedback.

jedimastert 2y ago

Wow, I used to use Papier all the time. I sort of forgot about it when I migrated from Chrome to Firefox and didn't really find a good alternative, but man that plugin was legitimately a huge part of my life for a while. I'm sad to heard it's going away, it was an absolutely genius idea

sheepscreek 2y ago
As developers have to support themselves in some way, would you be willing to use a similar ad-supported extension? Or perhaps pay a small amount to support development more directly and go ad-free?
- jedimastert 2y ago
  Back when I started using it I probably would have considered ads, but I'm not sure if I would turn them on Nowadays? I would probably have chucked $5 or $10 towards the dev.
ahmedfromtunis 2y ago
Oh yeah, it's one of those pieces of software that goes out of your way and just does its assigned job so well that you literally forget about it. 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.

squealish 2y ago

Papier is still available in Brave it seems.

kevindamm 2y ago

I use a variation of this as a bookmarklet, perhaps you'll find it useful: 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.

jdshaffer 2y ago
Wow! That's really cool. Thanks for sharing!
bakje 2y ago
Love the simplicity of this
Aicy 2y ago
Oh wow that's cool! How do you use this since I presume the tab will forget everything once its closed? Just temporary notes?
- kevindamm 2y ago
  Yeah, I operate it like I would a dry-erase board. Ctrl-S doesn't work unless you add some scripting, but I usually copy-paste it if I'm drafting a note, or close it without saving if it was meant like a sticky note. It's good as a longer-term clipboard or a place to privately note down something before deciding whether to keep it. 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.
crazygringo 2y ago
I do too. I've been wondering if there's some short JavaScript I could add to retrieve text from local storage when loaded, and update local storage after every change. Not so it persists for months, but just so it survives a tab close or a browser restart.
- 2y ago

rtcoms 2y ago

I'm using Brisk Notes: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/brisknote-new-tab-notes-t/gbdigbbnelhehnhlkhiepkpkedokgfog?pli=1 https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/brisknote-new-tab-n...

hakaneskici 2y ago

Your wish came true :) 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 https://github.com/hakaneskici/minimalistab Here's the primary trick [1] behind the scenes that makes this possible: [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43179649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43179649

ifrosted 2y ago

Chrome Extension for NoteUX is now live! Thanks for all of your support. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dhgibmcoiahciekchdfhpjbnldgfndjh https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dhgibmcoiahciekchd...