Bug 485925 - Suggestion: make MarkNote more streamlined for adding notes
Summary: Suggestion: make MarkNote more streamlined for adding notes
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: Marknote
Classification: Applications
Component: General (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 1.3.0
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: mbruchert
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Reported: 2024-04-21 21:13 UTC by Michael
Modified: 2024-07-16 11:43 UTC (History)
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Description Michael 2024-04-21 21:13:56 UTC
I found out about MarkNote on The Planet and have installed it via Flatpak, works great. I have been looking for a native KDE note taking app to replace BasKet Note Pads, which seems to have stalled development.

One thing that works great from a workflow perspective that makes BasKet frictionless and a joy to use is that I don't have to slow down to name a note ahead of time. Most times, I simply want to start typing right away. 

In this case, the first line of the note automatically and always is the title/name of the note by the fact that it's the first line and is the most top-of-mind.

This UI concept was used in the classic PalmPilot Notes app to great effect. You just added a new note, wrote it out, and then when you clicked Done, you saw an elided version of the note's first line as the note's title in the list of notes. It was very simple and intuitive to use. I really wish more note taking apps were like that--make it fast, frictionless and intuitive.

My wish is to eliminate the "New note: input name, Save / Cancel" dialog after I click the + to add a new note and just take me right into the note where I can begin typing. That would be great.

Along these lines, I suggest an option to automatically style the first line or not. Not everyone will want to have the first line be Large, Bolded Title Text. 

Nice app, though!
Comment 1 Mª Jesús M. G. 2024-07-16 11:43:32 UTC
It's still happening in version 1.3. Each new note requires a title, so in the end one ends up writing absurd things like «roytijroij», «7155» and things like that because one does not want to think a title at the time but start to write his note inmediately. Qownnotes (https://www.qownnotes.org/) takes the first line as title too. It's the less intrusive and clumsy approach. Please fix it.