I made the switch to Simplenote, and I've had a great experience so far. The main "sacrifice" is that you can only store plain next.
It was created by Automattic, Matt Mullenweg's company.
It was created by Automattic, Matt Mullenweg's company.
[1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/simperium
[2] http://simplenote.com/2013/01/24/simplenote-supercharged/
I have a problem committing to a program/site that says:
it’s all completely free
I wonder why they don't even mention Simperium on their home page? It's not even mentioned under Help. It's a secret?
They even have a a perfect opportunity to mention it. E.g. in Simplenote Help they say:
Q: How does syncing work?
A: All notes are synced between your device
...
they automatically and wirelessly show up
in the other locations
No, they hypothetize that the average user wants a high level description, not to read about servers, incremental sync protocols, etc.
The secret sauce underlying this syncing is
Simperium, a service for developers to move
data everywhere it's needed, instantly and
automatically
They also offer easy exports of your notes.
If you've never tried, give it a shot - http://simplenote.com
For notes or docs that need diagram etc I use Google Docs. Even my team uses the same (as part of the Google Apps suite).
What I love about Simplenote is that it does what it says - just plain text notes. No gimmicks, no extra load and bells and whistles.
But I have a feeling that they will shut it down soon. They had a paid tier and they removed it some time back. There has hardly been any update I guess and iirc they don't really update their Android app frequently either.
Do they encrypt the notes at client side before sending it their servers? I would love to use a self hosted app that has such a functional and minimal interface and clean sync feature.