Local Space Roadmap 2021/2022

[Komediruzecki]

Local Space Roadmap 2021/2022

In this roadmap we want to explain the current status of the Boost Note applications and their plans, mainly focusing on Boost Note local spaces.

Boost Note Applications (current state)

In the recent boost note next application update, we have separated boost note cloud spaces and local spaces into two separate applications.

Boost Note Cloud Space

https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next

To continue using cloud space, you don't have to do anything, just update the application regularly, everything should work as usual, if you had some local spaces (local file system storage) previously, you can remove them from the application and/or migrate to cloud space.

For more information about cloud spaces please visit our webpage https://boostnote.io/ or discussions https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote-App/discussions.

Boost Note Local Space

https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next-local

To continue using local space (file system local storage), you need to follow the instructions on the updated boost note application, or in short:

0. Always backup your data before doing any migrations
1. If you had file system local space, you need to remove it from the updated boost note desktop application (this won't remove any data, but be careful not to remove any local storage space or legacy cloud space since this will typically remove the data as well)
2. You need to install a new local space only desktop application (you can find the latest release here: https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next-local/releases/tag/v0.21.1)
3. You need to open the local space desktop application and import the previous local space on the initial screen (the screen is creating a space but if you load previous one, it will load the data from the storage as well). Please put your storage name and point to the folder location where the previous space was stored (the location directory should contain boostnote.json file alongside 2 folders: attachments and notes, the notes inside notes directory should be in *.JSON format and not legacy format *.CSON)

After that, you are all set, if you encounter any issues please open up an issue on the respective repository or post a message on our slack channel (https://join.slack.com/t/boostnote-group/shared_invite/zt-cun7pas3-WwkaezxHBB1lCbUHrwQLXw).

Local Space Roadmap

General Info

Boost Note local spaces are very popular with many satisfied users, so the application will be further developed by the open-source community and a designated maintainer Komediruzecki.

If you want to help support the development, you can do so by engaging with our community, creating issues, and contributing to solving them, as well as suggesting new features on our new Github repository (https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next-local).

Apart from any critical updates, the Boost Note local application will be updated at the end of each month, including any bug fixes, improvements, and new features.

Planned activities (roadmap 2021/2022)

For any feature you would like to see implemented sooner, please like the respective Github issue so we can prioritize/consider it based on user requests.

This year will be reserved mostly for small features and improvements and largely on application and storage stability. The next year will be reserved for everything else, based on user requests and community support (see below lists for more information on what is planned and considered).

Bugfixes and Improvements (UI & UX)

• Investigate more potential storage loading issues (malformed data, malformed notes, invalid attachment types, etc.) (Improve tolerance against corrupted data of file system-based storage #21)
• Add a welcome message, remove side-nav infinite loading (Welcome message improvement and initial screen updates (no storage handling) #40)
• Add formal changelog (change-list) to the repository and in the application (Add changelog to the application update procedure #41)
• Fix update procedure for Linux/Unix (Fix update procedure for Unix/Linux #42)
• Improve update process (include version change-list) (Found Updates popup needs to mention BoostNote BoostNote-App#735, Improve automatic update flow BoostNote-App#728)
• Add docs (documentation, usage examples, FAQs) (Add/Improve documentation on github #25)
• Copy in VIM mode (Can't use ctrl-c to copy text in Vim binding mode BoostNote-App#773)
• Scrollbar visibility in white theme (Scroll Bar is Difficult to See #19)
• Improve export page-breaks and text alignments (Exporting PDF does not add page-break nor text alignment BoostNote-App#871)
• Improve editor newlines (show when exists, No editor newlines shown (UI improvement) #24)
• Search improvements (Advanced Search options to Boostnote.next - regex search, Find and Replace etc options BoostNote-App#629, Improve search consistency and search options #26)
  • including search history
  • title/note only search
• Restore boost note legacy theme (as close as possible, Implement boost note legacy application theme #27)
• Allow tags ending in '#' (Unable to add tag to note if tag ends in # #33)

Ease community contributions

• By adding proper documentation (environment setup, application usage, FAQs)
  • Add proper How to Contribute and small Wiki
• By adding code documentation and description of basic inner-workings of the application (structure, coding guidelines, debugging, testing)

Planned feature list (2021/2022)

• Add doc templates (Add doc templates #29)
• Add timeline (since no smart folders as in cloud space, Implement timeline #30)
• Editor toolbar (basic editing shortcuts, Add editor toolbar #31)
• Import data from backup (from exported boost note storage/folder, Import exported markdown data #28)
• Editor and preview scroll sync (Markdown preview is not scrolling along with editor BoostNote-App#247)
• Plugins (Plugins: Discussion of design BoostNote-App#306)

User Requested Features (prioritized)

• Collappsible detail areas (Collappsible detail areas #16)
• Bulk actions, for example delete all archived docs (Remove all archived documents #17)
• Heatmap and/or Calendar (Feature: Heatmap or Calendar in sidebar #13)
• Portable application mode (Please add portable application mode  #15)
• Foldrable headings nad code blocks (add support for folding headings and code blocks in the markdown editor BoostNote-App#905)
• Apple Silicon build support (Support for Apple Silicon? BoostNote-App#864)
• Storage Improvements (Add more info to 'Configure Storage' page BoostNote-App#554)
• i18n (internationalization) (Language support must be improved BoostNote-App#433)
• Menu improvements (Top menu improvements BoostNote-App#350)
• TOC (table of contents and navigation) (Add internal links to heading within notes BoostNote-App#622)
• Tooltip feature (Add tooltip text to buttons BoostNote-App#552)

Additional features (considerations)

• Pasting web page with images (Can not paste web page with images BoostNote-App#922)
• Special storage type for storing raw MD files on disk (Create/support spaces with notes in separate .md files divided by folders BoostNote-App#811, Store as notes as .md files BoostNote-App#603)
• Auto-reload on file changes on disk (BoostNote cannot auto reload when the file in disk has been changed!!! #20)
• Graph view (Hi, sorry for question: you have any plans for graph view? BoostNote-App#780)
• Editor tabs (Editor tabs BoostNote-App#765)
• Editor windows (Implement tabs or separate windows #32)
• Format/rewrap long lines (Introduce content formatter BoostNote-App#756)
• Spellcheck support (Add spellcheck support BoostNote-App#695)
• RTL support (RTL support BoostNote-App#676)
• Superscript and subscript support (Superscript and subscript support BoostNote-App#675)
• Note line tags (Lines in the note be tagged seperately BoostNote-App#630)
• Focus/Full-screen mode (Add focus/full screen mode BoostNote-App#624)
• Folder/Note statistics (Display Number of notes in each folder BoostNote-App#602)
  • Note count
  • Folder count
  • Doc statistics (characters count, word count, etc.)
  • Storage disk space usage
  • Attachments space usage
• Improvement on easy draft making (Create notes with a click BoostNote-App#587)
  • Fast draft creation
  • Improvement of note title (consideration)
• Rearrange local space storages (Rearrange storages by drag and drop BoostNote-App#571)
• Run code snippet (Run code snippet #22)
• Attachment copy/linking (Copy the attachment name in attachment page BoostNote-App#714)
• Preferences reset (Reset button at Editor Preferences BoostNote-App#447)
• Move the folder to another storage (Ability to drag and drop a folder into another folder (or another storage) BoostNote-App#205)
• Right-click improvements (Improve right click behavior BoostNote-App#1105)

Wrap up

Thank you for reading this, if you have any questions, suggestions, or otherwise want to engage, please do so on our community sites:

• Github Repository: https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next-local
• Github Discussions: https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next-local/discussions
• Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/boostnote-group/shared_invite/zt-cun7pas3-WwkaezxHBB1lCbUHrwQLXw
• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Boostnote/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/boostnoteapp
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boostnote/

You can support the maintainer by following this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/komediruzecki or by funding particular issues/feature requests on IssueHunt (https://issuehunt.io/r/BoostIO/Boostnote).