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NoteNew keeps its feature list short on purpose. Each part is there to help someone write clearly or read comfortably. This is the whole list, in the order you meet it.
The notebook
One address per writer.
Every writer gets a notebook at /their-handle/. It is the front page of their writing and the place readers come back to.
A real profile
A portrait, a short bio and, if you want one, a link to your own website. Readers know whose notes they are reading.
Sections you name
File notes under categories of your own. An archive of fifty notes stays as easy to browse as one of five.
A dated archive
Everything you publish is listed by year and month, newest first. Dates are easy to scan at a glance.
A feed of your own
Each notebook has an RSS feed at
/their-handle/feed.xml, so readers can follow you without an account.
Writing
Long or short, it reads well.
Notes are written for reading, not for scrolling past. The page does the formatting so you can think about the words.
Cover images
Give a note a cover image, or leave it plain. Notes without a cover get a clean, text-first layout instead of an empty box.
Images in the text
Add images inside a note. They are hosted on the site, so they do not disappear when another service changes its links.
Contents on long notes
Long notes get a table of contents built from their headings, so readers can jump to the part they need.
Tags and topics
Tag a note and it joins a site-wide topic page, next to notes on the same subject from other writers.
Accented text, done properly
Vietnamese and other accented languages render cleanly, from headings to comments. No broken diacritics.
Ordinary links
Link to your sources and to your own website. Links in notes are plain links, as they should be.
Reading
Free, and no account needed.
Anyone can read every published note. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to dismiss before the text appears.
Plain, fast pages
Pages are server-rendered HTML and CSS. They load quickly and keep working on slow connections.
Comfortable on a phone
Every layout is designed for small screens too: one readable column, generous line spacing, no sideways scrolling.
Follow a subject
Topic pages collect tagged notes from every notebook, so you can follow an idea instead of a person.
A feed for the whole site
Prefer to see everything? The site feed at
/feed.xmllists new notes from all writers.
Comments
Reviewed before they appear.
Readers can reply to any note with just a name. No account and no email address are needed.
Held for review
Guest comments wait for a moderator. Only approved comments are shown, which keeps threads useful and free of spam.
Tidied automatically
Comments that are never approved are deleted after 30 days. Nothing sits in a queue forever.
Left out
On purpose.
Some things are missing because a notebook does not need them. We think readers notice the difference.
No ads
Nothing competes with the text for attention.
No analytics or tracking pixels
We do not measure readers or follow them from page to page.
No third-party scripts
The page runs only the site’s own small scripts. Nothing loads code from elsewhere.
No cookies for readers
Reading and commenting set no cookies at all. Only administrators get a session cookie, when they sign in.
Writing here
Notebooks are by invitation, so there is no public sign-up. Writers keep ownership of what they publish.