The title of this thread might sound a bit self-absorbed but I bought lots of note-taking apps and it's getting frustrating that none of them deliver what I want. Since people seem to like creating note-taking apps I figure I might as well put my ideas 'out there'. 
Basically, I want a crossbreed of uPad and Notability.
To start, when I start a note I want to be able to just start typing like in Notability.
But then sometimes I need to insert an equation or a diagram. For this purpose, right above the keyboard there should be two tabs. One is 'keyboard', the other is 'jot frame'.
Whatever I type in the jot frame is inserted wherever my cursor was. In the actual note a box appears like when using the zoom feature in uPad. Like in uPad it should be possible to drag this box around and to make it bigger or smaller using pinch-to-zoom. As in uPad, the should always stay perfectly aligned with the top and bottom of every (text) line. Unlike in uPad, however, when moving this box around the typed text should rearrange itself around the box (like when moving an image in a word processor). Also, when I finish jotting down my equation, the whitespace in the box should be trimmed left and right.
Incidentally, one unfortunate feature of Notability is that it's not possible to put the cursor just anywhere on the screen simply by tapping. As in text processors, one can only put the cursor within text. It would be better if the user could tap-and-hold anywhere. If he tapped in an area where there presently is no text a horizontal and vertical 'tab stop' should be created. The text (or scribbling) at such a tab stop should stay at that exact location unless the user expands texts above or to the left of it so much that it nears the content at the tab stop too close.
Anyone else here with strong opinions on how note taking should work, but unable to implement them? Or perhaps someone feels like explaining to me why my ideas are unworkable.
Cheers,
- dove
Basically, I want a crossbreed of uPad and Notability.
To start, when I start a note I want to be able to just start typing like in Notability.
But then sometimes I need to insert an equation or a diagram. For this purpose, right above the keyboard there should be two tabs. One is 'keyboard', the other is 'jot frame'.
Whatever I type in the jot frame is inserted wherever my cursor was. In the actual note a box appears like when using the zoom feature in uPad. Like in uPad it should be possible to drag this box around and to make it bigger or smaller using pinch-to-zoom. As in uPad, the should always stay perfectly aligned with the top and bottom of every (text) line. Unlike in uPad, however, when moving this box around the typed text should rearrange itself around the box (like when moving an image in a word processor). Also, when I finish jotting down my equation, the whitespace in the box should be trimmed left and right.
Incidentally, one unfortunate feature of Notability is that it's not possible to put the cursor just anywhere on the screen simply by tapping. As in text processors, one can only put the cursor within text. It would be better if the user could tap-and-hold anywhere. If he tapped in an area where there presently is no text a horizontal and vertical 'tab stop' should be created. The text (or scribbling) at such a tab stop should stay at that exact location unless the user expands texts above or to the left of it so much that it nears the content at the tab stop too close.
Anyone else here with strong opinions on how note taking should work, but unable to implement them? Or perhaps someone feels like explaining to me why my ideas are unworkable.
Cheers,
- dove
