I created this small app for you, if you like to write

by 19_ploT • 14 years ago

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roh26it• 14 years ago

Superb for writing, but what do I do once I'm done? Really like the sound as I type though my mechanical keyboard makes them for me already! :)

19_ploT5• 14 years ago

You can close it and go to bed. If you come back in the morning, your poem/story will be loaded for you.

Techasura• 14 years ago

Truly nice. Simple and beautiful. can i use it on my website?

yuchi• 14 years ago

LocalStorage FTW

homunculus• 14 years ago

Do I need to use the same browser or does it ID my computer some other way?

renownedmedia• 14 years ago

It doesn't go Ka Ching when I hit enter...

keithpeter7• 14 years ago

http://freesound.org/people/keithpeter/sounds/123344/

Some end of line bell sounds here.

I liked the application - totally minimal! I'm out of date on Javascript, local storage data I assume ends up in the browser cache?

grimgrin• 14 years ago

It's HTML5's "localStorage", a local database that is all key/value.

localStorage.setItem("theKeyToSaveItAs", "theValue");

OP is saving via localStorage every 2 seconds:

setInterval(function() {

    localStorage.setItem("text", textarea.value);

}, 2000);

19_ploT5• 14 years ago

Now it does.

nakkiel• 14 years ago

Two things, besides the limited usefulness of it:

sound on keypress, really?

save on keypress, really?

Felix21• 14 years ago

Quite awesome

I would like to be able to Write different notes tho. Apart from that, pretty neat concept.

And the design is beautiful.

djbender• 14 years ago

I'm impressed by the simplicity of the Javascript. Well done. :)

bretthardin• 14 years ago

Awesome. Two requests:

1. No sound. It's distracting. 2. Support of markdown?

irmbrady• 14 years ago

I actually had fun with this. Any chance of adding word wrapping? It lost its charm once I had to scroll to see my longer sentences.

Falling32• 14 years ago

Just to echo some of the ideas mentioned here...

Enjoyed the keypress noise.

Expected word wrap and "ka-ching" sound.

Love the minimal interface.

Markdown support would be really cool.

19_ploT5• 14 years ago

Word wrap done. Finding a cool ka-ching sound now.

keithpeter7• 14 years ago

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8403291/cr.mp3

A real carriage return

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8403291/ring.mp3

The little bell is harder because you tend to type a couple of characters during its decay

Freesound has plenty of typewriter samples.

mosselman• 14 years ago

Nice.

Would be cool to be able to store things in a more secure feeling way than local storage.

Also, the already made comments about ka-ching and word wrap.

andyobryan• 14 years ago

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing: Wordwrap would be a nice addition, as others have noted.

dignati• 14 years ago

The sound is so satisfying that I spend 5 minutes writing a bunch of senseless stuff just to hear it.

JMiao• 14 years ago

please ignore the folks asking for a mute button. they can mute if they want to.

adkatrit• 14 years ago

...not if you prefer to listen to music on the same device. Is there a mute per tab browser plugin somewhere?

Falling32• 14 years ago

There is on chrome

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mutetab/nmkbaaijgp...

steve918• 14 years ago

All it does is make sounds if you type. If you need a mute button just use any other text editor that doesn't make sounds.

channi• 14 years ago

Someone please make me understand why this end up on first page on HN. I saw similar apps many times earlier here. What's the big deal? Why not regular editor in some 'guru' distraction free mode? For instance Sublime Text can do that (including autosave and quick startup).

keithpeter7• 14 years ago

I personally found this interesting because the app looks fun, it makes sounds, and it demonstrates some aspects of modern JavaScript that I have got out of date on. I could put the app up on a projector in class and students would find it amusing.

Yes, I shall continue to use Gedit for writing Web page text, which I can then run through markdown.

DanBC• 14 years ago

It's a weekend, and different things get to the front page on weekends.

I like to think that most "Show HN" posts make it to the front page, but I realise that's probably not true.

antidoh• 14 years ago

Everyone's big deal is different.

"I made this" is always welcome here.

nrbafna• 14 years ago

Please add support for Tab key.

AskHugo• 14 years ago

I don't know if I'm just imagining it, but typing feels a little laggy.

Could it be because it's saving to local storage after every keyup?

I made it save every 2 seconds with setInterval() and it feels a little smoother.

19_ploT5• 14 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion, it works good now.

cientifico• 14 years ago

Really like it. Love the detail of saving in localstorage.

Thinks that, from my point of view, can create an even better experience.

* 1.5 space between paragraphs.

* Backspace sound.

* New line sound.

* Space sound.

* 80 character wide.

* Slightly different sound per key (or row of keys).

* Easy to remember domain.

Then things that I am not so sure, but as long as don't change the interface, could be cool.

* Ctrl-C copy all the text without the need of selecting text. (Probably require flash).

* Ctrl-Shift-C the same but copy the result of markdown the current text (so html is actually copied).

* Selecting text automatically copy the selection to the clipboard.

Things that I will like to play with but don't sure if they are usefull.

* Page simulation. 80 char + margin in white, with proper paper texture, and back background.

* Go for fullscreen on load (if possible), and fallback to show a small, only onmousemove fullscreen icon.

On any case. Really. I really like it. Love to be able to have a webdav (basic auth) interface and could install on my own server. So i can add files just by changing the url, and access that files later through ssh.

guru_shastry2• 14 years ago

Love your ideas!

polymathist• 14 years ago

The sound is lagging behind my typing by at least a second. As a result, I hear nothing and then bursts of several instances of the sound playing at once, which sounds awful. As others have pointed out, the lag might be because you're invoking local storage after every keyup event. I see the merit in that idea, but as AskHugo suggested, it runs a lot smoother if you save every 2 seconds. I don't think anyone would complain about losing a maximum of the past 2 seconds of their work.

Sound effects are always going to be a polarizing feature (some like it, some hate it), and the comments on this post prove that. You should provide an easy way to turn sound effects off.

That aside, great job with this. I am a big fan of beauty through simplicity.

keithpeter7• 14 years ago

Gnome Ubuntu Remix with Firefox, and no sound anyway. Same with Opera. Epiphany browser (the 'official' Gnome web browser) does play the sound. This is probably a Linux thing, not your app.

Where are you going with this? Just plain and simple for actual 'stream of consciousness' writing or the full skeuomorphic invocation of the manual typewriter, like

http://www.masswerk.at/google60/

did for the card punch? Either is fine by me!

josscrowcroft2• 14 years ago

Beautiful. Will you release the source? Would love to have this locally on my mac.

johngunderman• 14 years ago

This is all client-side. You can just save the page if you want it locally.

josscrowcroft2• 14 years ago

Sweet, thanks!

bjoe_lewis2• 14 years ago

ctrl+s

klepra• 14 years ago

Nice! It would be cool if you could login/send it to your gmail inbox or something. Than later use it.

I would love to write emails in such editor!

guru_shastry2• 14 years ago

A word & character count somewhere in the margins would be great.

Absolutely love it.

keithpeter7• 14 years ago

If the original author is going down that road, how about 'hiding' the counts and then a mouse hover brings them up? Minimal working area but accoutrements a mouse gesture away.

bjoe_lewis2• 14 years ago

Intuitive. Simple. fast. Would like to have such a native text editor.

stblack• 14 years ago

Other than display what I type, I couldn't reckon anything else this can do.

Reading the comments I see I missed some things but that's a pretty clear failure of UI design.

So I went back. Still can't see any features other than display what I type.

So I try again, this time on Chrome. Now I hear very annoying audio as I type, and no hint of any other features.

How the hell does this POC make it to the front page of Hacker News?

cfj• 14 years ago

The carriage return sound isn't preloaded. You misspelled the preload attribute as preloaf.

dsego• 14 years ago

it's really fun :) hey, here's an idea, make a sublime plugin that makes the clickety-click sounds!

I created this small app for you, if you like to write

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