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Show HN: Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Word

48 pointsby Walterionalmost 6 years ago

12 comments

asynchronyalmost 6 years ago
Can you provide any details as to how it will be free, scalable, and decentralized? The word blockchain doesn’t inspire my confidence.
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Walterionalmost 6 years ago
As we keep hearing about data breach news of big companies like Dropbox or WhatsApp, it is harder for us to keep trusting them with our file and personal data, and it made us think about finding a better way. We believe the best way to keep data secure is not having them in the first place. That&#x27;s why we choose the server-less solution, in another word, blockchain. Here is a link to our launch on Product Hunt that was #1 of the day! You can find more info, images, and gifs there: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.producthunt.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;arcane-docs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.producthunt.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;arcane-docs</a> Please hit me up with any question and I will be happy to answer.
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rememberlennyalmost 6 years ago
I would like to see a preview before signing up. Is that possible based on the current app structure?<p>Being someone who is working on building a text editor myself, I know how many small details make or break the user experience. While the privacy focus is nice, I won&#x27;t sacrifice the user experience.<p>Proving that the app state is up to par would be an instant factor to make me switch.
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omarhaneefalmost 6 years ago
App idea: iOS&#x2F;Android&#x2F;PC&#x2F;MacOs&#x2F;ipad&#x2F;linux clients to encrypt&#x2F;decrypt documents on Google Docs.<p>Just encryption -- you don&#x27;t need the whole blockchain.<p>Not sure there is a way to do that with Google Docs, though. You need a layer between them. You can use Google Drive of course, but then the client has to come up with all the clever features Docs provides.
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slateralmost 6 years ago
&quot;Sign in with Blockstack&quot; - never heard of that, so won&#x27;t be signing up.<p>No way to provide sign-in with e-mail &amp; pw? :(
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russdpalealmost 6 years ago
I click the login with blockstack button and nothing happens.<p>&lt;pre&gt; TypeError: &quot;e is undefined&quot; a base64url.js:17 o base64url.js:14 mounted Redirect.vue:69 VueJS 11 cd49 main.ts:9 Webpack 6 &lt;&#x2F;pre&gt;
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artfulhippoalmost 6 years ago
Just a suggestion:<p>Give users the option to hide the controls. You already let people hide the formatting, but in order for me to want to use this to write, I would need the ability to hide the top bar ie<p>BACK TO LIST | HOME | ... | EXPORT &amp; SHARE
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craze3almost 6 years ago
I&#x27;m surprised of the amount of blockchain hate in the comments from people who haven&#x27;t even checked out the product...
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jmramosalmost 6 years ago
Interesting! how are you planning to monetise it?
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writepubalmost 6 years ago
Which office suite are the tools based on?
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progvalalmost 6 years ago
Title text says &quot;Blockchain-based alternative for Google Docs&quot;.<p>GDPR mandates &quot;right to be forgotten&quot;, which afaik isn&#x27;t very compatible with how blockchains work.<p>How do you deal with it?
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sys_64738almost 6 years ago
I&#x27;ll stick with iCloud.