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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 19, 2018 at 10:54 PM
Hi, Alexander,
Yes, it is plain text only. However, when you purchase a subscription, you have access to extensions, several of which provide a markdown interface within the editor.
Steve
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>>It’s number one feature is encryption and security.
>
>Thanks for this. While I’m happy with Evernote for collecting existing
>material, I am interested in something more simple and private for my
>own notes. Simplenote is simple but not secure enough.
>
>Do I understand correctly that Standards Notes is plain text only?
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 21, 2018 at 03:22 PM
@ Steve: Thanks, plain text should be enough for what I have in mind but markdown is even better.
@ thought: Thanks for the heads up on Joplin. I was surprised to have not heard of it before, then found that it’s been mentioned before here, e.g. by Madaboutdana at https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/8080
It’s grown since then, now using most popular cloud solutions for syncing.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Yes, it is plain text only. However, when you purchase a subscription,
>you have access to extensions, several of which provide a markdown
>interface within the editor.
Posted by Donovan
Oct 22, 2018 at 10:10 PM
Just to follow-up with what Steve wrote, with a subscription you can turn on the Text Plus extension ** which also allows for Rich Text ** as well as Markdown.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Hi, Alexander,
>
>Yes, it is plain text only. However, when you purchase a subscription,
>you have access to extensions, several of which provide a markdown
>interface within the editor.
>
>Steve
>
>Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>>>It’s number one feature is encryption and security.
>>
>>Thanks for this. While I’m happy with Evernote for collecting existing
>>material, I am interested in something more simple and private for my
>>own notes. Simplenote is simple but not secure enough.
>>
>>Do I understand correctly that Standards Notes is plain text only?
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 24, 2018 at 06:25 AM
Thanks, definitely nice to have!
Donovan wrote:
>Just to follow-up with what Steve wrote, with a subscription you can
>turn on the Text Plus extension ** which also allows for Rich Text ** as
>well as Markdown.
Posted by Reder
Nov 1, 2018 at 07:17 AM
A happy user here with the five-year plan (before they changed the price).
As previously mentioned, the main selling point is security and encryption. It’s another place I trusted other than my password manager, so I stored personal diary and 2FA backup passwords in it. I also use it to store normal notes as well.
The developer keep updating the apps so I have the confidence it will continuously have the support and hope they keep their promise. (https://standardnotes.org/longevity)
Compared to Joplin, I think the UI is more polished even though it’s on the minimal/simplicity side. Also note that Joplin does not keep your content encrypted locally - it only keep the synced content (what saved in the cloud) encrypted. Standard Notes also provides the password lock for all apps and Touch ID on iOS, which is not provided by Joplin. (The password lock use a different password that the one for encryption, so you can use a stronger password for encryption but still keep your daily use safe.)
I like Joplin mainly because the Markdown support is arguably better and it supports tree-structure folders, but the UI is clumsy especially on mobile. I only got to know how to use the mobile app after I set up some notes on the desktop.