knight17

Off topic question. Which outliner are you using currently? I am finding it difficult to get good outliners for writing in Windows.

What I understand is that most users prefer to have native apps. Personally, I use websites for certain services (Remitly, Pocket, Instapaper, etc.), while all my friends who use these same services have the respective applications installed on their phones.

Having a native app means it is there—you can share things from other applications, and it is easy to see it as a distinct entity that can be opened by clicking on the icon in the app drawer (you can do this with web apps; it's just that now there are load times, you may need to re-login, etc.). Apps allow offline functionality, access to device sensors and features, etc in a more seamless way. I hope the progressive web apps are able to do these things in the future.

In addition to all this, if you are a sophisticated user with an eye for detail, even for native applications, you want the right kind of native app that uses the OS's own widgets, icons, and UI patterns. It is a tough place for new services to gain acceptance.

This is one of the few times I can tell Google closing down a product / feature is good. Less spam in usenet groups.

Excellent. Thank you for sharing.

Why not keep both (copy, link) on a hover so that:

- it is easy to copy

- and navigate to that word's page

- and at the same time it will preserve the ability to click to select, too.

Why don't we see more powerful tools for thoughts?

>> Put another way, many tools for thought are public goods. They often cost a lot to develop initially, but it’s easy for others to duplicate and improve on them, free riding on the initial investment. While such duplication and improvement is good for our society as a whole, it’s bad for the companies that make that initial investment. And so such tools for thought suffer the fate of many public goods: our society collectively underinvests in them, relative to the benefits they provide.