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Vesper app

by pstinnett on 6/6/13, 4:26 PM with 34 comments

• by pooriaazimi on 6/6/13, 6:13 PM

  (please note that my post is meant to give others another use-case for the Vesper app, and isn't an ad for a competitor product!)

  I don't care much for a diary or travel book, but I do use DayOne[1] (for OS X and iOS) as a journal of interesting stuff I find (mostly on HN). Years ago I used delicious to save/tag webpages, after its stagnation I used other services (I don't even remember their names), then started tagging stuff in Evernote, but none of them were as natural and easy-to-use as DayOne. It lacks a lot of features, but the Markdown format and its general ease of use makes up for that - I just press Control-Shift-D and start typing (or pasting a URL + it's HN discussion link for future reference). Occasionally I write down an interesting quote or image, or a passage I've read in an article. Also, the way it stores entries is using plist files, so I'm not afraid of platform lock-in. If I find something better (like this Vesper app here), I'll just write a convertor and translate those .plist files to the new format.

  I haven't tried Vesper yet (probably will wait until there's an OS X client, which is where I use DayOne 99% of the time), but it looks very nice and promising.

  [1]: http://dayoneapp.com

• by aarondf on 6/6/13, 6:11 PM

  Seems strangely devoid of information... Am I supposed to already know what vesper is?

• by AliAdams on 6/6/13, 7:21 PM

  I'd love to know what the background/reasoning was for another note-taking app. Sounds like a great team but like some other people have said - it doesn't look like a brilliant space to start out in.

• by jasonpbecker on 6/6/13, 7:46 PM

  The MacStories Review [1] has a gif that shows how the app transitions from screen to screen. To me, that's the most interesting part of the app because it introduces a new UI/UX that feels faster and seems unique. Who knows if this will catch on, but it could be something not unlike pull-to-refresh, the hamburger button, or the basement metaphor on iOS if people really like it.

  So maybe it's just another note app that won't work for those of us already using a different solution. But the UI/UX design is pretty cool and potentially noteworthy.

  [1]: http://www.macstories.net/reviews/vesper-review-collect-your...

• by coderguy123 on 6/6/13, 10:06 PM

  I just don't get this app. There are thousand alternatives cheaper or free.

• by meerita on 6/6/13, 7:36 PM

  What about a web version of this? If you want to write more than 100 words the iPhone becomes something really annoying. I hope they release, at least, this option some day.

• by fromwithin on 6/6/13, 5:58 PM

  Android version in the works?

• by capkutay on 6/6/13, 8:15 PM

  I thought about making an app like this for a long time. Kind of like indexing your thoughts. However, I feel like evernote may have taken the space in a way that wouldn't allow any competing apps to scale.

• by oakaz on 6/6/13, 6:43 PM

  It looks good but damn so difficult to install. it doesn't appear in appstore!

• by logical42 on 6/6/13, 9:59 PM

  i really like it!

  feature request: allow for a lock-code on this app please.