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Originally Posted by Jaffa View Post
Personally, I've no desire for a notetaking app where I write on the screen: the size of the screen is physically too small and the accuracy of the stylus means it's not specific enough.

My ideal usecase for a note app is neatly encapsulated in Psion's old EPOC Jotter.

http://www.ericlindsay.com/epoc/bjot5.htm


The key features are:
  • Reopens with last-opened database automatically p[em
  • Rich-text editing
  • Always in "edit" mode

Nothing quite like it on Maemo, AFAIK :-(


Jaffa, I am surprised by what you have said.
That actually looks like my ideal editor too.
Whilst I have been using liqbase for notes I have been considering the interface a lot.
The graffiti wall proves a concept, though after extensive use I am aiming towards continuous infinite paper where its not a separate step.

I write on my screen every single day, small hand written notes which are actually plenty, all I require for the continuous is a button at the bottom to say "move up now, im done with this".

Actual hardware keyboard support has been considered as well - the hardware keyboard on the 810 currently defines a single line to associate a sketch, but the long term aim is to simply allow hand written notes to be mixed up with keyed entry and code blocks or images etc.

I have found that the cradle I have made for my 810 ( http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7...crateinkx8.jpg ) supports my wrist at the same height as the screen and so is more akin to writing on actual paper.

The effect is outstanding and I often catch myself sitting and doodling and writing little post it notes.

I hope to soon bring them all together as groups and tag similar threads to allow all those little notes to be useful and not lost.

Anyway, I'll stop talking for now - I hope I finish it all in time.