View’s font size is unacceptable huge
The thumbnail showing rendered Markdown looks nice above, but when I actually tried to use this app, I discovered it meant that a one-line Gist with a long (but not *huge*—about 200 characters) Linux command line couldn’t display the single line on the screen all at once—on a 15″ iPad! The default font size looks like it’s about 64 pt. (I say “default” meaning “the size for plain text”—you can’t modify it in the app’s settings, as far as I can see.)
When you go into “Edit” mode, the text is appropriately-sized—but it’s all unformatted. If I just wanted an app that let me edit GitHub Gists, there are plenty of those.
I can’t imagine picking a set font size like 64-point for any reason except that it makes the App Store thumbnail look nice—otherwise, the rendered example could look like a wall of text. This wouldn’t be awful if you could modify that size, but pinch-squeezing doesn’t do it and there’s no font size item in settings.
Perhaps changing the font size is a paywall feature—if so, I wouldn’t know, as I have just deleted this app.
Response from developer
Thank you for trying OctoNote! You are right that OctoNote is not fully optimized for iPad, but I will definitely prioritize this defect for future releases. Your feedback is much appreciated!
Pretty Good but doesn’t scale
To give it 5 stars I’d want:
* search/filter based on filename and/or content.
* folders (maybe based on multiple files in a single gist).
* a convenient way to link to other gists from the editor.
* opening a link in app to your own gist opens it in the preview/editor.
* rename files (maybe it’s a bug, but this doesn’t seem to work).
* work offline.
Response from developer
Hey! Thanks for the awesome feedback! I’m taking it into consideration and will work to keep improving the app and using user input. Check out 1.2.1 to test out the initial note filtering feature. Thanks again! AJ
Post & edit abilities behind a pay-wall
Response from developer
Sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the app! Posting and editing gists is actually free forever for public gists. Thanks for trying it out though, I appreciate the feedback. While it’s true I don’t pay for the back end services I provide, I do put a lot of time and effort into building and updating OctoNote. I’m a single developer who relies on subs to keep my apps up to date and build new features. If you have additional feedback or suggestions I’d love to hear about them - shoot me an email at aj@base11studios.com - thanks!
