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Ask HN: Please review FolderBoy: fluid idea organizer with super-fast search

9 points| resdirector | 16 years ago | reply

FolderBoy is a real quick note taker and information manager. FolderBoy allows you to jot down ideas, notes, etc, and then find them again with a super-quick search-as-you-type (one of the quickest search of any note-taker to date).

The beauty of FolderBoy is that it's so quick to take notes, create folders and organize your info: quick to get your info in, easy to organize said info, and quick to get your info out.

FolderBoy has nested labels: the ability for any folder or note to have multiple parent folders. Thus, you can organize you info in a flat-label like structure, or a hierarchical structure, or a combination of the two, depending on what comes naturally. And we have drag and drop.

http://www.folderboy.com/index.htm?f=hn

Click the “Try It Now!” button. NB: there is no sign up form. It goes straight to the demo account.

11 comments

[+] secret|16 years ago|reply

Very nice. I like it more than evernote. There should be a way to save to the site without visiting (for instance, to send myself a bookmark). An Android app would be awesome too.

[+] resdirector|16 years ago|reply

Yup, you're right on the money re saving to FolderBoy. Our plans include:

* Android + iPhone app (very simple app: one text box).

* Browser plugin so you can save the page you're on to FB, or save text to FB

* Email to FolderBoy: send an email to a secret address, and your data is imported.

Email...oh boy. Wouldn't it be awesome if all your email contents could be under search-as-you-type? Email makes up such a large chunk of our personal data. If anyone has any ideas on this front, we'd love to hear from you.

Re Evernote: we also think it's better (although they have far more features than us), in fact FolderBoy was partly born of our frustrations with the rigidity of Evernote.

[+] sielskr|16 years ago|reply

> allows you to jot down ideas, notes, etc, and then find them again with a super-quick search-as-you-type

that describes the OSX open-source app Notational Velocity too.

[+] resdirector|16 years ago|reply

Apple has a good philosophy when it comes to search-as-you-type + personal info...we want to extend concept that to the web. We want users to be able to "Google" their own personal info.

[+] hardik|16 years ago|reply

Cool concept.. just a suggestion for the logo.. the mascot does look quite right.. looks like a mean person (no, this is not supposed to be funny or something, I mean it)

[+] MisterWebz|16 years ago|reply

I agree. The logo seems kind of "old" too. Or maybe i'm being too much of a perfectionist here. I doubt the average user will notice it.