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Show HN: Blank Slate, just start typing

47 points| clarkbarz | 11 years ago |blankslate.io | reply

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[+] Milner08|11 years ago|reply
I got an SSL error on Ubuntu, also it showed me the OSX keyboard shortcut's (At least the icons were for an apple keyboard)
[+] Nusyne|11 years ago|reply
Typed the following :

  hello
  -----
  hello
a scroll bar appeared, could not see first line anymore without scrolling up.
[+] __xtrimsky|11 years ago|reply
There are many similar services, I personnaly prefer this one that generates a URL I can share with someone:

http://notepad.cc/

[+] personlurking|11 years ago|reply
Also one can enter the following in the URL bar:

data:text/html, <html contenteditable>

But it's different from Blank Slate in that it doesn't allow for saving quickly (I make a PDF or take a screen shot if I need what I write for later referencing).

[+] character|11 years ago|reply
looks like Blank Slate can also do that (notes start as private but you can "publish" them, giving you a public URL). Other cool things about this one are that it is open source (https://github.com/tomasienrbc/notes) and that there are extensions, for instance to turn your note into a Google Doc. It also works with markdown so you can make bulleted lists and such.
[+] temuze|11 years ago|reply
Ubuntu 12, Firefox - could only see three lines before a scroll bar happened.

Also, I was able to type outside of the main textbox for some reason.

[+] blueflow|11 years ago|reply
Only 3 lines are visible and my Keyboard doesn't have that 88-Key. Seems to be a Mac-Only thingie.
[+] tomasien|11 years ago|reply
Use "control" not the Mac key sorry! Are you windows? What browser? I don't have the ability to test on Windows or IE and neither does my co-creator (who posted the link).
[+] captn3m0|11 years ago|reply
Signed up. Like it.

Tried changing urls, got 200 on private links. Should be a 401, or a 404.

[+] halosghost|11 years ago|reply
> Unacceptable TLS Certificate

It would be really nice if the new services commonly showcased on "Show HN" would take the time to correctly implement HTTPS. In fact, since my browser is set to strict-ssl enforcement, I cannot load the webpage at all.

[+] hn_|11 years ago|reply
I have my browser set to everything default and I get:

blankslate.io uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided.

(Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)

[+] kirchhoff|11 years ago|reply
Not a fan of overriding default shortcuts (ctrl-p)
[+] FreakyT|11 years ago|reply
I love that you have automatic bulleted lists!

Any chance it'll have automatic numbered lists as well in a future version?

[+] ebbv|11 years ago|reply
I'm really surprised the author would release this without even making Command+A (Select All) work.
[+] tomasien|11 years ago|reply
I'm glad you're surprised! I'll take that as a compliment. Command + A works perfectly for me. Browser / OS?
[+] SaltyMaia|11 years ago|reply
Only 3 lines visible on scroll. Why would i use this over Sublime Text? Why is it even trending?
[+] floor__|11 years ago|reply
This is so cool. What a creative idea. Wish I had thought of it :(
[+] xasos|11 years ago|reply
Responsiveness breaks on iPad 4th Gen
[+] tomasien|11 years ago|reply
It's not a good mobile experience yet. It uses almost exclusively native functionality to the <textarea> element without modification and that just sucks in basically all mobile browsers. I've been thinking about the best way to sustain a solid mobile version, I'll crack that code eventually.
[+] Sir_Cmpwn|11 years ago|reply

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[+] readme|11 years ago|reply
You could have just said: "you need to test this in other browsers"

http://blog.ycombinator.com/new-hacker-news-guideline

and your comment would have been more concise and less gratuitously negative.

Same goes for the commenter bragging about how many bugs he's found and how "insecure" this app is. You could just tell him what the problems are.

It's a show and tell project, be nice.