Is this meant to be a cool tech demo, or a real product? I noticed the author mentioned adding new features and a premium version in another comment. This leads me to believe it's intended to be a real product.
With that in mind, I have a few questions:
1. If this is inspired by Notational Velocity, a very popular and real product, why is this also named Notational? I understand if you're doing a cool tech demo that it's not a big deal, but if you plan to charge money for this you probably shouldn't copy their name.
2. Was "Notational Velocity but real-time" your hypothesis of what would make this something people want to use/buy? If so, what about all the other very standard features that note-taking and thought storage apps have? Do you plan to hit baseline with those?
3. How do you compete with the larger companies who offer these apps for free to their users? Google Keep, Apple Notes, etc.
4. Is the real-time feature the only way you plan to make this different/better than the others?
I'm not trying to be a downer here, but I feel like I see "X app but real-time" posted to HN on a weekly basis now, like it being real-time is going to be the differentiator that makes it wildly popular. Those products then go on to ignore half the reasons why the others have users. Even if they reach feature parity, their one differentiator is "well, it's real-time". I'm not sure that's enough.
If this is just meant to be a cool demo of Vue.js (with an awesome homepage), well done, ignore my comments =)
1. The name was something I came up with quickly so I could focus more on making the product. It stuck and I haven't had time to think of a new one. The creator of NV opened up an issue on GitHub (https://github.com/tmm/notational/issues/2), which I am addressing.
2. My hypothesis was "NV plus web." I needed something I could use at home (on my Mac) and at work (on Windows). The plan is to keep it simple so you can create/retrieve notes really quickly. Users have suggested markdown, etc. which I think makes sense., bu it's never going to be a general purpose notes app for everyone.
3. I'm not going to actively compete. Even if no one else uses it, I still will. I would rather have a small number of users that love it than try to appeal to a huge audience that's sort of indifferent.
4. Speed and minimalism are the main differentiators (whether it's creating a new note or trying to find an old one). There are some other cool things (like quick note sharing and dark mode) that make it a joy to use (but hey, I made the thing).
Is this meant to be a cool tech demo, or a real product? I noticed the author mentioned adding new features and a premium version in another comment. This leads me to believe it's intended to be a real product.
With that in mind, I have a few questions:
1. If this is inspired by Notational Velocity, a very popular and real product, why is this also named Notational? I understand if you're doing a cool tech demo that it's not a big deal, but if you plan to charge money for this you probably shouldn't copy their name.
2. Was "Notational Velocity but real-time" your hypothesis of what would make this something people want to use/buy? If so, what about all the other very standard features that note-taking and thought storage apps have? Do you plan to hit baseline with those?
3. How do you compete with the larger companies who offer these apps for free to their users? Google Keep, Apple Notes, etc.
4. Is the real-time feature the only way you plan to make this different/better than the others?
I'm not trying to be a downer here, but I feel like I see "X app but real-time" posted to HN on a weekly basis now, like it being real-time is going to be the differentiator that makes it wildly popular. Those products then go on to ignore half the reasons why the others have users. Even if they reach feature parity, their one differentiator is "well, it's real-time". I'm not sure that's enough.
If this is just meant to be a cool demo of Vue.js (with an awesome homepage), well done, ignore my comments =)