NIckGeek

Nothing is code signed currently, it's annoying but code signing for Mac and Windows is not cheap.

Thanks! I can look into it. If you follow the instructions on https://github.com/MicroPad/Electron/blob/master/README.md you should be able to build one on your machine too.

Thanks for the feedback! I like the undo concept, that should be do-able.

On the quick-typing thing I was thinking that I could make it so that if you just start typing with the insert thing open, it'll automatically put you in a text element. What do you think about that?

Thanks. Dragging/copying in images is something I really want to do, so hopefully I'll have enough free time to get to that soon.

The closest I can give you to lines right now is for you to insert a "drawing" element and doing a line there. That's not a great solution though.

I suspect that's because your browser doesn't support srcdoc with IFrame, I know Edge is getting it on the next version, they're just a little behind.

Also, yeah. After trying OneNote for a couple years I was just hooked with the infinite canvas concept.

Oh wow! That looks really cool. You could possibly even create compatibility with my app using the parser that I wrote https://github.com/MicroPad/Web-Parser

I agree, although this isn't 100% zero-knowledge. The keys are managed server side because the server needs to be able to read your notepad for the diff-sync.

I have written what I hope is a pretty plain-english privacy policy here https://getmicropad.com/policy.php#privacy

This notepad app does support LaTeX equations (instructions are in the help notepad). Sadly it might be an issue on mobile for you too.

MicroPad _works_ on mobile, but not very nicely. That is a key thing I want to improve though.

Yeah, other platforms support it. I want to get drag and drop working as well, so that would probably be a good thing to add with that. Thanks for the comments :-)

It's just this project, it's what I call my file thing. I should probably ditch that part though.

Nope. The client is on its own. The only connection to node is in preload.ts, but that's a one-way relationship. Have a read of https://github.com/MicroPad/Electron/blob/master/main.ts if you're interested.

Thanks! I was trying that for drawing a while ago but I was having a lot of trouble getting it to work.

I'm thinking as a compromise for the mean-time I plan to automatically insert the text-box when you have the insert menu open and just start typing.

Thanks for the thoughts. It's great to get constructive feedback.

Thanks, the reason I made this was because of how big of a fan I was of OneNote, but all the little things that I wanted to change (and first-class linux support) drove me to write this.

Thanks for the list!

Just on a couple points I may already have what you're looking for, you can type in a hashtag (like #todo) anywhere in a markdown element and then that note will show up in a search for that hashtag (that search also works cross-notepads).

The side-nav can be hidden (although the rest of the chrome can't, which is something I want to get sorted). Also, on the textarea size, I think I'm using the browser default, but I might be wrong there.

Thanks for a decent list though, it's great to have action items.

Forks are always welcome and I appreciate all pull requests.

Yeah, the mobile UX is really a sore point right now, on the sidebar, you create a section and then create a note. When you open the note you should see a message saying your note is empty. Dismiss the sidebar and when you tap on the canvas it'll open an insert menu.

The mobile UI is definitely more of a read-experience but I'd love to change that (and if any developers want to help with that it'd be awesome)

There are some on the snap store page: https://snapcraft.io/micropad

I'll look into adding them to the main site.

Sorry to hear that you got frustrated. I did try to make little help videos (and I have a note about structure in the help notepad) but I understand that it should be intuitive without having to watch that or view the help notepad.

The bibliography list lets you attach URLs to elements on your note, which is helpful for when you go back for essay-writing and stuff. The formatting-help thing isn't actually a label but I understand the confusion there, I'll look into ways to improve that.

I'd love if you would take the time to formalise some of your criticism in a github issue: https://github.com/MicroPad/Web/issues

Ah, yeah. I'll have a look into that.

I really like the instant-text suggestion. I might be able to make it so when you have the "insert" menu open it'll automatically insert a markdown element if you just start typing. I'm a little busy with uni right now so I'm not sure how quickly I can get through anything, although I am open to pull requests.

Is it the Snap version? I think that does some decompression on load.

Thanks! There are some keyboard shortcuts (there's a page in the help notepad on them) but I would like to add more.

Not too sure what you mean on the bounding box thing, like the little border around elements?

If you want to dismiss the sidebar just click the little ">>" or press "f". Hiding the breadcrumbs in the focus mode is on my todo list. Thanks for the list, I genuinely appreciate it.

You can click anywhere on a note to insert an image element, but yeah drag-and-drop would be cool.

You can quickly add a sketch by clicking on an empty note and then insert a "drawing" element. It'll also work with the Surface pens.

I really appreciate the comparison, I don't use Apple notes so it's nice to know what they offer.

Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks. This also supports markdown to-do lists and I manage all of my tasks by putting #todo on my notes (which then show up when I search for the hashtag).

The only thing missing there is spreadsheets, which feels like it might be a little bit of feature-creep. Thanks for the feedback :-)

I got featured in https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/07/17/get-productive-on-the-lin... under #6, so that was pretty cool.