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Okay, so I have to say I'm totally jealous right now! I made the exact same thing for the exact same reason, with the exact same basic idea behind it, submitted

Okay, so I have to say I'm totally jealous right now! I made the exact same thing for the exact same reason, with the exact same basic idea behind it, submitted it 3 times, and got just about no attention. On top of that, this interface is better so I'm jealous of that. Mine even has a few more bells and whistles. (I'm doing it, I'm gonna shamelessly plug it right here - shamelessly - https://writeapp.me https://writeapp.me). But despite my jealousy and, I must admit, bitterness, I have to say nice work. I (hate to say :) ) I really like this.

chaosprophet 14y ago
Glad you like it :) I actually did see your app during mmy search for the best distraction free editor, but then I decided it had too many features for me, and I really did not want to signup to use it. So thats why I made Pencil. Btw, you should totally use hnpickup to find the correct time to submit to HN. Worked like a charm for me.
- bpatrianakos 14y ago
  I feel like Hnpickup is cheating though. But I'm glad you saw mine and too many features is a totally legit reason to not use it. In fact, sometimes you just want to make your own thing no matter what's out there.
  - ricardobeat 14y ago
    You don't actually need hnpickup. Just remember to post in the morning or late evening PST. Since we're here: I'm immediately put off from writeapp for two very simple reasons: 1) very cluttered homepage, everything is extremely verbose 2) requires sign-up (and no OAuth) before I can see anything. Can you imagine github's homepage with a "Publish git repositories and make them available for co-workers and contributors to commit, track issues and send patches to" in big bold letters? You are in desperate need of better copy. The actual app is nice, I prefer it's UI over the OP's. Other issues: Museo in the preview doesn't look that good, the options button is not working, and I can't figure out how to get a public link to a post.
spindritf 14y ago
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chaosprophet 14y ago

Glad you like it :) I actually did see your app during mmy search for the best distraction free editor, but then I decided it had too many features for me, and I really did not want to signup to use it. So thats why I made Pencil. Btw, you should totally use hnpickup to find the correct time to submit to HN. Worked like a charm for me.

bpatrianakos 14y ago
I feel like Hnpickup is cheating though. But I'm glad you saw mine and too many features is a totally legit reason to not use it. In fact, sometimes you just want to make your own thing no matter what's out there.
- ricardobeat 14y ago
  You don't actually need hnpickup. Just remember to post in the morning or late evening PST. Since we're here: I'm immediately put off from writeapp for two very simple reasons: 1) very cluttered homepage, everything is extremely verbose 2) requires sign-up (and no OAuth) before I can see anything. Can you imagine github's homepage with a "Publish git repositories and make them available for co-workers and contributors to commit, track issues and send patches to" in big bold letters? You are in desperate need of better copy. The actual app is nice, I prefer it's UI over the OP's. Other issues: Museo in the preview doesn't look that good, the options button is not working, and I can't figure out how to get a public link to a post.

spindritf 14y ago

(Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long)