I use my Chromebook. It's a handy, straight forward machine.
Just perfect when you want to use it for the Webz. However..
Without apps you can´t evenwrite a textfile. It's a real internet hub machine.
And I don't like the idea of always connecting my data to the internet by apps that read my data online, when I just want it to be on my laptop. And Nowhere else..
So I made a file "contenteditable", threw a dumb border round it, now I got a memo pad!
It's nothing but a big textfield.
like a notepad without notepad maybe, but it works.
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It has no meaning other than to easily note some stuff, organize text or stick some images
For a chromebook it's a quick and safe way cuz you are offline. -
Open the html file in your browser and start typing..
You can make that page a favorite. This way you you can write down your short notes in no-time.or even faster:
data:text/html, <html contenteditable>
*might not work for other browsers A simple but very handy trick.
Put this in your browser bar and you have your notepad ready!
Both ways you can´t save text, unless you can save the file as a flat .txt file.
But.. You can alsoSelect the text and print it. Then you don´t print butsave it like a PDF file or so.
IE and Mozilla should not have problems with that option. -
An easy way to type your ideas or message on a screen in your chromebook
without having a text editor.
For a quick note or idea.
Yup, It´s easy!
Open the html file in a texteditor and Play with it!
Than save the file back again as a HTML file. Everybody can make this handy minifile. It's easy.
chrome
Use these examples for pasting pictures in your notepad!
When you save the file the pics address will be saved
Don´t want to copy background? Use 'Paste as Plain Text'.
orange or yellow
plain.
Save as webpage, then you have a map with your pics.