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by olek 1562 days ago
Hi, just logged in. Can I ask you couple of questions? 1. Privacy How the notes are stored, and who has access to it? 2. Git-like versioning Great idea! It looks like a good start to iterate on that. 3. A bug? The text is white, and the background is white. So, I didn't see what I wrote. I had to turn off ad blocker, and then it was okay. 4. Limitations What are the limitations? I mean, how much data can I store? How many versions of versioning is stored?

PS I am making myself a minimalist writing tool, it's called Difree. Good luck :-)

1 comments

Sure, thanks for asking!

  1. Pages are stored in a database and currently only the user who created them can access them. If you are asking about encryption, there currently isn't any, but I would like to add it in the future.
  2. Thanks. I think this is a very powerful concept which enables many powerful features that most writing apps don't offer. The challenge is making it easy enough to use for everyone. (My first implementations (private) were much more similar to git in terms of the commit flow. Now, I am taking small, constant steps to simplify the process.)
  3. Thanks for reporting!
  4. Currently, there are no limitations. All the versions are saved and they are saved 2 seconds after you stop writing, everytime. This will probably get out of hand quickly, but I am looking forward to the challange of improving it—for now I just want to provide the best and most powerful features.
And Difree looks great, are you planning on also releasing it as a web app? Good luck to you too!