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by kjellsbells 1233 days ago
Looks cool. As a cook in my fifth decade, may I humbly offer some suggestions? Im on Android and PC so perhaps not everything will apply, but here goes:

1. Import from other recipe apps.

Recipe apps and sites have a finite lifetime. Its great that you already support export, but import from others would be great. Pepperplate for example is sqlite on android. Other apps might be harder, eg the New York Times recipe box. But without import, its hard to commit to a new system.

2. Cooking mode

This is a mode that avoids that situation where you are following a recipe and need to manipulate your phone but you cant because you have hands covered in flour/chicken juice or whatever. Voice control would be awesome too: "scroll down", "set a timer for 20"

3. Notes Some place where you can comment on the recipe, like "use peanut oil not canola"

Thank you

1 comments

Awesome, thanks for the feedback.

> 1. Import from other recipe apps.

Definitely agree. A couple days ago, someone asked for a Paprika recipe importer, which I've added here: https://www.umami.recipes/paprika-import I'll have to take a look at Pepperplate and NYT recipe box (though, you can already import any NYT recipe link!).

> Voice control

Love this idea.

> 3. Notes

There is indeed a notes section! Though I'm guessing you mean inline comments, like google docs style?

On #1, there are so many potential import sources that you probably cant do them all solo...but attacking the top few and documenting what your import format is would be a win. In short, let motivated members of the community with an itch to scratch help. Good ones could be folded into the mainline if you agree with the submitter, maybe.

On 3, notes can either be for personal use (eg in Cozi's recipe handler) or a shared conversation in a recipe (like what the NYT does). I feel the former is more important, but your users might have different opinions.