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Private & local AI personal knowledge management app.
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Why is the UX so cramped? #13

Open shiloh92 opened 5 months ago

shiloh92 commented 5 months ago

Can you please run this through again and update the UX? I believe your ux is [ a history of chats list ] [ some sort of content ] [ the actual chat area ]

But for now, it is perplexing to me. Hopefully will be able to take advantage of the interesting work you did on this for knowledge base accessility. Beats using JSON logs!

samlhuillier commented 5 months ago

Thanks for mentioning this! The UX at the moment is on the left files sidebar (with search toggleable on the same sidebar) then the markdown editor in the centre and on the right both the similar notes sidebar and chat. Similar notes sidebar shows the notes that are most semantically similar to the one you are currently editing.

Are there any suggestions you have for improving the UX? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

ChefAndy commented 4 months ago

I’ve worked in UI design, and to a lesser extent, UX design, in addition to dev work. This is deceptively difficult for tools people use as intensively as a note taking app— it usually requires a solid (if simple) architectural approach to making an interface rather than the usual tactic of tweaking things as people complain about them (justly or not.) I’d love to dive headfirst into this because the idea is rad and and doing this work in the early phases of a project is waaay easier… but it probably entails a big chunk of upfront non-coding (research, design, interaction wireframes, etc) work, and I am woefully overcommitted— I already turned down a solid gig this week. However, if another interface designer takes the reins before my schedule loosens up, I would be happy to serve as a sounding board/collaborator/implementer/prototype tester, too. Mention me if you think my input could be useful.

chuyouchia commented 4 months ago

@shiloh92 The top right 2 buttons allow you to minimized related notes and chat for now, if you don't like the cramped-ness of it

samlhuillier commented 4 months ago

@ChefAndy I'd love to chat further on this - feel free to reach out via email: samlhuillier1@gmail.com or schedule a call https://cal.com/lhuillier

shiloh92 commented 4 months ago

Great job so far, Samlhuillier! It looks very comfortable on the eyes and a great improvement from the early version. Thank you!

gabrielmoris commented 4 months ago

I’ve worked in UI design, and to a lesser extent, UX design, in addition to dev work. This is deceptively difficult for tools people use as intensively as a note taking app— it usually requires a solid (if simple) architectural approach to making an interface rather than the usual tactic of tweaking things as people complain about them (justly or not.) I’d love to dive headfirst into this because the idea is rad and and doing this work in the early phases of a project is waaay easier… but it probably entails a big chunk of upfront non-coding (research, design, interaction wireframes, etc) work, and I am woefully overcommitted— I already turned down a solid gig this week. However, if another interface designer takes the reins before my schedule loosens up, I would be happy to serve as a sounding board/collaborator/implementer/prototype tester, too. Mention me if you think my input could be useful.

I am dev but I am learning about UI UX, I would like to help you If you take this project. I think it would be a great opportunity for me to learn and I would try my best to help you as much as possible.