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Join the Dropbox Notes beta
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- matthewarkin 11y agoIs this basically a newer version of Hackpad? (I believe Dropbox acquired them)
- tensafefrogs 11y agoLooks like it. And Hackpad is now open source: https://github.com/hackpad https://github.com/hackpad edit: Looks like it's not quite there yet, but soon! https://twitter.com/bryanlanders/status/586235797571002368/photo/1 https://twitter.com/bryanlanders/status/586235797571002368/p...
- aries1980 11y agoHow an empty repo can have 100+ stars? https://github.com/hackpad/hackpad https://github.com/hackpad/hackpad
- phragg 11y agoSeems like a weak attempt to compete with Google Drive.
- coke12 11y agoComparing to Google Docs isn't the point. (Although it would be good if it compares well.) This is really aimed at people who have already integrated Dropbox into their workflow -- enterprise customers, mostly.
- vinay427 11y agoYep, they can compete on convenience in this regard. I can't imagine they'll work to introduce a full Microsoft Office competitor like Google has done with Drive, but if it works fluidly with the seemingly ubiquitous Dropbox client and web browsers I could see it succeeding.
- matthewarkin 11y agoDidn't Dropbox partner with Microsoft to offer Office Web app capabilities?
- michaelmior 11y agoTrue. I did find it odd how closely the screenshot resembles Google Docs though. Granted there's not a lot of UI there to compare against, but given that it seems to be the only hint at what Notes actually is, I expected a bit more.
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- TrevorJ 11y agoUnless notes sits on your OS and doesn't require you to boot up your browser and log into Dropbox then, yes they are competing with google docs. I work with an organization that has dropbox set up for around 140 employees and most of them don't use it beyond the desktop integration, why would they?
- semerda 11y agoI hope they do something more innovative than the other guys. Like bringing this collaborative notes feature onto the desktop vs another browser based notes sharing site. I use Dropbox on my computer as thought it's native to my OS. When I open a browser then I go into the other world (the internet) where I have many choices. Keeping it tightly integrated with my OS would give Dropbox an advantage over the other guy that chose the easy way out.
- JohnLen 11y agoThis is something cool which I been hoping for.
- lox 11y agoI was in on the beta for this and I just couldn't figure out what to use it for. We use Google Docs, Trello, Confluence and Basecamp. I can't see where it fits with any of those. Interested to see where this goes.
- nadc 11y agoI've been using this in beta since early march, if anyone has any specific questions I'm happy to field them. Personal findings so far: - Keyboard shortcuts are unparalleled compared to any other note taking app I've used (both desktop & web). Not needing to use a mouse to move around chunks of notes is highly productive. - Safari seems to lose sync more often than Chrome. - The design is really, really white. It took me a few days for it to stop hurting my eyes after tabbing to it from my IDE.
- ipsum2 11y agoWhat keyboard shortcuts does it have?
- nadc 11y agoFull list here (on OS X): http://i.imgur.com/pdbHhZx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pdbHhZx.jpg Of particular note is the ability to move around lines of highlighted text using option + keyboard arrows. At first I thought it was just a neat feature, but now I pull my hair out every time I use a text editor without it.
- Artemis2 11y agoDoesn't OneNote have its fair share of keyboard shortcuts? https://support.office.com/article/65dc79fa-de36-4ca0-9a6e-dfe7f3452ff8 https://support.office.com/article/65dc79fa-de36-4ca0-9a6e-d...
- blumkvist 11y agoHere we like hip things. Why use onenote for notetaking and outlook for task management when there are a million cool new APPS and STARTUPS out there?
- nadc 11y agoQuite the list! To clarify on my parent comment - by unparalleled I mean in usefulness for writing notes, spec and lists of actionable items for teams. Not just sheer quantity of shortcuts.
- drikerf 11y agoAwesome, been looking for a drive replacement for writing short documents.
- mcmullen 11y agoI read "Dropbox Notes" and instantly thought "awesome! I can finally ditch Evernote". Then I open the link and they talk about "a new way for teams to write together". Firstly, can we please focus on the consumer? Secondly, can we please focus on the UI? Thirdly, I'd just like a github-style UI for personal note taking that is consistent across my browser, phone, tablet and computers. That would be great; introduce language highlighting and it'd be awesome. I'd pay more than my Dropbox fee for that.
- nodata 11y agoWhy not use Google Keep?
- czottmann 11y agoI can only answer for myself here, but the reason I choose Evernote over GKeep is: Evernote is a company making money with their core product — which happens to be Evernote, the note taking service. I pay for Premium because it's a great service that works well for me, and the money I spend on them helps keeping the company afloat. Google Keep is a product that's not making any money. It's an experiment for Google, the same way Google Wave was. I can't pay for it. While I honestly admire their willingness to ditch experiments that aren't fruitful, it also doesn't make me want to start relying on it because it might be taken out behind the shed in 6 months time. Well, that and the fact that the Evernote ecosystem is _huge_ — a big plus.
- aries1980 11y agoIt is a shame Evernote does not support free OS-es.
- mcmullen 11y agoIn summary: (1) I dislike the UI, (2) I dislike Google apps on iOS devices, (3) it's Google, so it could be shut down at any moment and (4) my general dislike for moving all of my tech habits to Google services. Also, I agree with czottmann that it isn't Google's core business or competency and thus I would rather go elsewhere.
- k_bx 11y agoI really hope I'll be able to throw out my Simplenote with this :)
- pratyushag 11y agoThe name is not very creative since Box came up with Box notes a while ago. Not sure why they didn't try a different name instead.