"You Keep" note taking app/web page

[quixotic-cynic]

Hello all,

I created a webpage called YouKeep that is effectively an offline version of Google Keep.

It was originally a sort of joke, but I have actually got it quite functional. I was just wondering what other people think about it and whether I should improve it further.

It only uses the localstorage key youKeepNoteBook so it will not interfere with your other pages that use localstorage.

See page online here (http://www.matthewkarlsen.me.uk/you-keep/you-keep.html).

In Firefox it requires cookies enabled to use it or otherwise localstorage is blocked.

Screenshot available below.

I have quite a few improvements already planned including:

Bullets
Drag and drop re-ordering
Cancel writing new note
Undelete
Import/export
Use masonry better than at present
Fix drop-down box width issue in Firefox
Etc


I suppose the key question is this: will anyone ever use something that relies on localstorage?

Are there any particular features that you feel would make the tool much better?

Thanks & regards,
--QC

[TheFu]

Interesting idea, but isn't local storage limited in size?

There are definitely uses ... perhaps as a stickynote-type app?

When I was just beginning to keep notes online, I used http://tiddlywiki.com/ . There is also BasketNotePad http://basket.kde.org/, and a few other personal note tools.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_notetaking_software has a table with a few other options.

For my GTD notes, I've tried 10 different methods, but always end up using tabs in a spreadsheet. It is just too flexible. I can't live without sorting by location, priority, and due dates. Currently, my GTD file contains about 500 elements on 8 different tabs. Most of those are not active. I try to limit active stuff to about 50 items - even that number is hard to work with.

[quixotic-cynic]

Hi TheFu,

Thanks for the reply!

Yes, I think localstorage varies between 2.5meg (on mobiles etc) to around 10 meg on desktop browsers.

I think it works quite well as a todo list or something at the moment.

I was always uneasy about the security exception you had to make when using tiddlywiki (otherwise I think it is excellent). Basket is also quite good though it uses the KDE libraries so I try to avoid it.

What I use at the moment for my major notes is MoinMoin desktop wiki (it works really well).

Perhaps I should make a GTD page! ;)

Thanks & regards,
--QC