Quick notes, without leaving the page
Two seconds from thought to saved. No new tab, no app to switch to.
The whole flow: Press Alt+Shift+N, type, and keep reading. The text saves as you go and stays attached to the page you were on.
What actually makes it fast
- One shortcut: Alt+Shift+N opens a note on the page you are already reading. Nothing loads, nothing switches.
- Autosave: there is no save button. The text is written to local storage while you type.
- No account: a quick note app that asks you to sign in first is not quick. Local notes need no account at all.
- No blank page: the note opens where you are, so the context is already there and you write the thought, not the setup.
Where the thought lands
- Page: the exact address you are on. Good for a question about one article.
- Site: the whole website. Good for a running list while you compare or research.
- Floating window: not tied to any page, stays above other apps while Chrome runs. This is the scratchpad you keep open all day.
Finding it again, which is the hard part
- Notes on the same place form a stack, and the extension icon flips through it. Nothing is buried under anything.
- The notes page searches by text, by website and by page address, so you can find a thought by remembering where you had it.
- Come back to the page later and the note is already there. That is the whole point of attaching it to an address instead of a folder.
What this is not
- Not a full note taking app with notebooks, tags and backlinks. As a note taking extension it covers capture, not a knowledge base: if you need one, use one.
- Not a to-do manager. There are checkboxes inside a note, but no due dates, reminders or projects.
- Not a team tool. Notes are yours, on your machine, with optional sync into your own Google Drive.
Related
- Offline notepad: what still works when the connection drops.
- Save from a page: keeping a quote together with its source.