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🤫 How I made note-taking easier for everyone?

Being a maker you have some quick-todos, some reading-list lined up for the weekend, some code snippet which can be re-used shortly, and a lot of times you have a JSON body which you would like debug later. 👨‍💻

Now, the existing full-fledged note-taking apps are built for more structured writing. I use Notion for that, but if you see we have a need where we can dump anything uninterrupted and care not to worry about that later. As a user, we should be able to put our grocery list, some potential customer email IDs, or maybe a few websites as inspiration that came across while we were browsing.

That's where I built Whatnote, a chrome extension that opens a note pad on every new tab. I launched it the day before yesterday and people are already saying how useful it is for them. 🚀

It has definitely helped in improving my productivity. Here's a sneak-peek of how Whatnote looks like.

Whatnote

If you would like to improve your productivity by some fraction then you should give it a try. Check the link below:
👉 Whatnote on Chrome Webstore 👈

📣 Tell me more about what can I do on Whatnote to improve a maker's productivity.

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on September 11, 2020
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    I installed it but I'm not sure how to use it. I press the extension icon and nothing happens.

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      Oh, I got it, it opens a note-taking app whenever I open a new tab. Why would I use this instead of just making my favorite note-taking app the default new tab?

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    I'm not a chrome user, but I gave this a quick whirl on Chrome - and this is excellent! I kinda wish this were available for Firefox :)

    In terms of improvements, the #1 thing that comes to mind is search, which I'm sure is on your radar. Theming might be nice/fun as well. I've never really built a browser plugin like this, but where are these notes actually stored? Within chrome local storage? Somewhere accessible on my drive?

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      Hey @mikes_,

      We have launched Whatnote for Firefox, please check https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/whatnote-new-tab-new-note/

      Do share your feedback with us! 🤘

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        Thanks for the heads up! Just installed it- will try incorporating this into my workflow for a bit and see how it goes!

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      Hey @mikes_, thanks for trying out the Whatnote on Chrome.

      The Firefox add-on would be live in the next 2-3 days. 🚀

      Yes, currently we are working both on the search and the themes.

      You can check https://company.kampsite.co/ to know what are we currently working on.

      These notes are stored in the Localstorage of your browser. This works offline. 🤘

      If you liked the extension, could you please share your comment on the Chrome Webstore?

      https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/whatnote-new-tab-new-note/ndffjobnoekfkfnfjalhiblmkdhgkafo?hl=en-GB&authuser=0

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      @MarlonMaquera We want to add more features that will help people with productivity and less context switching which writing something.

      About monetization, we are yet to zero on the plan as the product is very new and we want to understand how people are using it.

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