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by bowerbird 13y ago
this is very good summary of what's out there. the categories seem to be a bit mixed up, but i don't see very much stuff that is missing -- considering the difficulty of being exhaustive -- except for three large and notable exce
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by bowerbird 13y ago
which is the happy end, and which is the unhappy end? didn't say, did you? so how do you interpret the data? you don't. because you don't know how each person might have interpreted the scale. research demands precision. -bo
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by bowerbird 13y ago
yes, as a package, there could be some stickiness here. in which case, i'd suggest you offer markdown as well, since you want to attract as many people as possible. -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
second point first: markup _is_ common in notes apps (many). personally, i'd predict zero uptake with textile; it's dead. and there are so many other notes apps around that i think you will have trouble with uptake even if you add
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by bowerbird 13y ago
giving people some choice is a good thing. whether they use it? that's another thing. -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
first, good luck to the guardian on this endeavor! :+) second, i can't help observing that efforts to use contenteditable seem to start with a rush of success -- as the early results are always very impressive -- but then seem to qu
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by bowerbird 13y ago
i'm just about to release a whole ton of stuff... one-click output to many formats, including .epub, from light-markup (zen markup) ascii-text-files... 2-pane setup: supercharged textarea on one side, and nicely-formatted live display
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by bowerbird 13y ago
> Use Markdown as the language of the Web markdown is a fuzzy, fragmented, primitive light-markup. but +1000 on the generalized suggestion for light-markup. and instead of all the inane complexities of html-plus-css, use a model to giv
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by bowerbird 13y ago
> A bit strong no, actually, it was just right. taking people to the print-set dialog when they have _clicked_a_link_ is not just confusing, it's unsettling. especially when -- as is common here on hacker news -- someone has opene
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by bowerbird 13y ago
that link is a _very_ bad idea. awful. and i'm the person who told you last week that this service is a good idea. it is. so change the link. -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
good idea! -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
i'd love to see it in action. and the examples don't work, at least not to my satisfaction. could you mount a demo? full-screen-height editor on the left half of the window. -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
ok, now i have a much better understanding what you meant. as i said above, in another reply just now, i'm aiming at a "sweet-spot" that _might_ be as nonexistent as you say, i.e., an "average" user who'll edit
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by bowerbird 13y ago
um, well... perhaps i was the one who was being unclear, since tophwells seemed to have made the same assumption. so, just to be more specific, even though we are well past the unofficial expiration-date for interest on this thread, yes, i
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by bowerbird 13y ago
by the way, thanks for maintaining that fantastic resource! -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
> and I've been happy with it so far. famous last words. i haven't seen an html-based editor i couldn't sabotage, just fooling around with it. and you know what they say about how the world keeps on inventing better foo
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by bowerbird 13y ago
try putting it in a web-page in 3 minutes. or 30 minutes. or 3 hours. or however long it takes. it's easy, right? then post the u.r.l., so i can copy your web-page and have the editor work in a web-page i make in 3 minutes. then, if
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by bowerbird 13y ago
are you saying an average person can _understand_ those setups well enough to _install_ them in an _average_ web-page, with an investment of 3 minutes? i mean... seriously. are you actually saying that? -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
let me try again. if you have _specifics_ on "the art of editing content", and the interface you want, i would like to hear them... -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
my intention is to solve the problems, all of them. so i would appreciate a thoughtful write-up of them. i know many of them, probably most. but i'm curious. my target is writers, not programmers, but my intent is to create the best po
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by bowerbird 13y ago
i am in the process of releasing "zen markup language". it's "lighter" than all the other light-markup languages. it's more _powerful_ than the others, including asciidoc. it's also far more agile, and muc
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by bowerbird 13y ago
these sites are being done _incorrectly_ at present... (and yes, this incorrect implementation is very sucky.) but there are tweaks that can improve them considerably, where you get the best of two worlds, whichever you like. i'll be w
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by bowerbird 13y ago
good answer... but i'm looking for something an average person could understand and add to an average webpage, with an investment running 3 minutes or less... -bowerbird
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Ask HN: how would you supercharge the humble browser textarea?
7 points by bowerbird 13y ago|12 comments
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by bowerbird 13y ago
thanks for point to that, i hadn't seen it before, and it's a great example of the experience many have had, namely that giving away an e-book can spur sales of it. -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
now, now, peter, let's not get cranky. :+) you've seen other competitors before, and will probably see a whole lot more, and all of them won't be as incompetent as those you have faced down in the past. ok, for those of you
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by bowerbird 13y ago
i have no idea why this doesn't get any attention here on hacker-news. it looks like a very nice start to me. (and i'll have higher praise if i can push it hard and have it do well, but i haven't had time to stress it.) on t
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An infrastructure for long-form thoughtful documents(zenmagiclove.com)
1 points by bowerbird 13y ago|0 comments
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by bowerbird 13y ago
i'm glad to see there is a pleasant range of disagreement on some of the crucial dimensions running through this... still lots of room for experimentation, i would say. -bowerbird
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by bowerbird 13y ago
this is how everyone will be doing e-books (in real time) in the future. -bowerbird

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