Honestly, we're so early we don't have a take out process yet. But we definitely want to support that when people ask, and it also means that since we don't have a process yet, the first few people get to tell us how they want things exported and we'll make it work :).
We actually do use this technique in our search (nearest neighbors on document embeddings). Collaboration is a big part of what we want to do as well, so client side encryption gets even hairier. It might be doable, but I think the effort to get that to work properly may not be the best use of time for a small company trying to build a valuable product first :).
Thanks, very nice to hear =). Looking forward to your feedback!
1. Thanks for letting us know! I'll definitely look into that to see if we can submit to Microsoft.
2. On the bottom right of the app, there's a support button that opens a menu. Click Share Feedback and send us a message there. Thanks!
Nope, we haven't. Part of that is we are trying to help you save content from many places and be able to provide great search for you as well, which means we need to be able to index the content server side. We do encrypt the content server side, making the content inaccessible to anyone at Journal without explicitly accessing the decryption keys, for which we have an audit trail. Also makes it harder for someone to access your content if for some reason we got hacked.
We currently integrate with Evernote making your Evernote notes searchable and viewable from Journal, but we intend to make that a converter into Journal very soon.
Are there other tools you'd like us to support import from?
Currently, you can't, but great suggestion! My background is in Machine Learning and I'd love to have that myself. What would be your preferred way to get math notation into notes? What do you think about a LaTeX formula inserter like http://mathquill.com/
Hey, great questions:
- We do support markdown as you're typing (they're turned into the appropriate element as you type). Currently, pasting markdown has some bugs, but we definitely intend to fix those soon.
- Right now, you export a single note as a PDF. I figure you're asking, "can I export all my notes and take them with me". The answer to that is currently no, but we fully intend to support that. And if you need that in the meantime, we'll definitely do a one-time export for you.
- Yes, you can create checkboxes in markdown, and we also have simple checklists ala Google Keep as objects. However, we don't have complex todo features such as due dates, assignees, dependencies, etc.
Great point, definitely need to add the pricing to our website!
And no, we're not an open source app. In terms of pricing, we have a Free tier and a $10/month "Journal Plus" tier.
Currently the differences between Free vs. Journal Plus are:
1. number of app integrations (2 vs. unlimited)
2. amount of data synchronized from those apps (last 14 days vs. years)
3. file size upload limit (10MB vs. unlimited)
One commitment I can make is that we'll never monetize off of your data or by dumping algorithmic ads on you. So, to do that, we're creating a subscription scheme that allows us to provide some powerful but expensive features, but also provide a very useful free tier.
That's definitely a bug. Sorry for that experience! If you're on the desktop app, please hit create account before trying to sign in. That message is leftover from when we were an invite only product, and only shows up if you try to sign in without signing up. Sorry once again, and we'll have that fixed immediately!
I say that because I'm a big fan of all your recommendations, and also think you recommended them in a way that doesn't come off as patronising or condescending. Idk what your preferred method of communication is, but if you can do Twitter, please drop me a message on Twitter @samiur1204.
Great question. We didn't go into too much detail, but we've built a conceptual search index which maps all these disparate items into vectors that are then used for searching, similarity, ranking, etc. Here's a talk by me from a while ago about an earlier version of the system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4O42EWfHoo&t=5s
We can go more in depth on the current version of our system if you think that'd be interesting!