lcuk:

What you've done here is very nice indeed. I was going to post earlier to thank you, but I figured I'd make a bit more use of the app first, so I could be slightly more constructive.

With some minor GUI tweaks, this would easily be my only choice for note-taking, I'm sure similar things have been pointed out before. It really is a great start. Some hildonization, a bit of cleaning up [making things more logical and easier to read], having a testing branch vs a stable branch... I'm sure you've been over this all in your head before. I realize it's a personal project [been there myself] but this has a whole lot of potential in my eyes. I'd like to thank you for what you've done so far at the very least.

I do, however, have something [possibly] new:

In the past I've found a significant limitation of this sort of app is getting data to and from it. I've always liked the idea of mobile to-do lists, memos and images; but they've never been a compelling advantage just simply because I may not be using any one particular device when I take note.

What I envision, I suppose, is a distributed server system, with a master server located "somewhere" and a synchronized image located locally. You could commit any sort of data to the repository and be able to sync down locally when connected to the network. Any changes to the nxx-local-server would propagate upwards to the master when given an opportunity.

In true internet fasion, I'll use an unrelated yet similar example: For years I "sort of" used bookmarks, but they were a hassle. I had different bookmarks at work than at home, and often I'd find myself wishing I had a copy of the other with me. Then I stumbled upon foxmarks which syncs your bookmarks between firefox installations and it made my life a thousand fold easier when it came to bookmark management.

While this isn't yet taken to it's fullest, it certainly stands as an excellent advantage over paper, which I think is what you're attempting to achieve. If you're out shopping for groceries, not only can you reorganize your list: add to it, move items around, remove items, modify items, etc: but given an internet connection you could also receive updates from others for instance.

There's obviously lots of different options when the infrastructure is in place, but perhaps it could be something to consider in the future.

Just a thought... perhaps it has merit, perhaps not. Sorry about the slightly erratic nature of this post though.


[ Let me know if you want to play with any theories.... I'm a bit out of touch with mainstream devel work, but I might be able to help when it comes to database related mechanisms. ]