July 14, 2008
Introducing ScribeFire Notes
Filed under: Releases, ScribeFire, ScribeFire Notes -- Christopher Finke @ 06:25pmBy popular demand, we have created a lite version of ScribeFire, called ScribeFire Notes. It uses the main ScribeFire tool as a base, but removes all of the blog-specific bits and leaves only the editor and notes features intact. It is intended for users who only wish to easily take notes and use the WYSIWYG editor without needing the ability to post to a specific blog.
ScribeFire Notes was originally developed for Engadget, the Web's most-read blog. The Engadget editors wanted a tool just for taking notes and text-editing; after using ScribeFire Notes, Engadget editor Nilay Patel commented,
"At this point, I can't imagine working without ScribeFire."
Due to the success it has seen at Engadget, and based on similiar requests we have received in the past, we have decided to make ScribeFire Notes available to all users. If you do not want to (or cannot) use ScribeFire to publish to your blog, but would still like an easy-to-use in-browser editor with the ability to save notes, ScribeFire Notes is for you.
Click here to install ScribeFire Notes.
Note that if you are running the standard ScribeFire installation, this will be replaced by ScribeFire Notes, but you can return to ScribeFire at any time by installing it from Mozilla Add-ons. Your blogs and posts will not be affected by installing ScribeFire Notes. ScribeFire Notes does not have any features not found in the full ScribeFire add-on.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:09 am
Seems like a good idea as it stands for me, I use the full version and know that it already has a version of notes available integrated. Seems to be a good program though I would wonder about further information on exporting and the like.
July 29th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I use ScribeFire and love it. I mostly use it for note taking, but also post to blog.
I'd like to test if the notes-only version is smaller or consumes fewer memory resources than the full ScribeFire.
I'd love both versions to permit use of tab key inside notes area (it used to have this function).
I'd love both versions to have built in table formatting - and associated javascript interaction control options.
August 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 am
So we couldn't have this ScribeFire Notes AND Scribefire at the same time? maybe that could be allowed? I would like to have something handy for note taking. I know I could use ScribeFire, but it'd be nice to have something just dedicated for note taking also.
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
I don't understand why we can't have one AND the other; but I guess from reading these comments that I could use the full ScribeFire just for notes...hadn't thought of that.
So, I think that a category/search function would be good for the regular version; the notes could really get long!
BTW: I can't write most of my blog posts WITHOUT ScribeFire now!
August 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I agree with Greg that lack of tabbing in the text area is very desirable. Weird that it went away.