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# Shell

I applaud any effort for maximizing flow. However, in my particular case I run Linux and I'm not spending any time in a file explorer application for example. Issues like a screen "popping up" as described in the FAQ of https://www.ghostnoteapp.com/ are just not there because I prefer to run things from the shell.

# Syncing

I'm the kind of person who happily pays for services like https://www.insynchq.com/ (not affiliated) to be able to get something like Dropbox or Google Drive to my shell without loosing collaboration options.

# Text-level access to collaborative documents

If there would be cloud service that combines (1) online editing and collaboration with others, and (2) offline editing in a text-editor for myself, for spreadsheets, presentations, documents, etc. I would buy it in a heartbeat. An example is https://www.sharelatex.com/ (not affiliated) where people can edit online, but behind the screens there is Dropbox/Github integration.

# Window manager

Another way I organize my "dashboard" for a particular purpose is by using tmuxp.

# Browser

In the browser I use vimium (https://vimium.github.io/) and I've several profiles depending on the task at hand.

Probably you can summarize a lot of it as "not needing a mouse". If it requires a mouse it's difficult to let my muscle memory do the work for me.



Thanks for your answer. That was very informative. I am working on a collaborative version of this, but it's quite complex.

One point I want to make though is that the app works well with a shell.

Not sure if you saw the entire video but in the end it shows how you can use it in context with terminal (and I have users who use it with iTerm2 (http://disq.us/p/vao7ti)

Anyway this was very valuable as I am always looking for ways to optimize flow for my user.




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