The text is stored in your browser (it's local storage), it is not stored anywhere else than on your
own PC or Smartphone.
You can't open this text from any other device or in any other browser - unless
you export/import the encrypted content as JSON file.
Warning
When you change your device,
when you set up a new operating system,
when you disable locale storage in your browser or
when you uninstall your browser, ...
... the text is lost.
Remember to export the text as file or to store to Dropbox beforehand.
Export/Import
In some browsers you can easily export or import the text as encrypted file.
In other browsers, you have to manually copy or paste the encrypted content (workaround).
For this you need a file manager and a basic editor. On mobile devices,
these are often not installed by default.
Cloud Access
From version 0.5 you can upload/download files to/from Dropbox.
Note: The contents of your files are encrypted, but the meta data is not. For example
the cloud provider is able to register the title and length of your files.
You can't access the cloud in local mode (if you download the browser notebook and
run it on your local file system).
You need to enable Dropbox support manually: just click the button in the menu.
Dropbox uses some trackers even if it is not used. To prevent this, the
Dropbox library is dynamically loaded only when needed.
Images
It is possible to insert images, but it is recommended to use them sparingly.
The images are reduced in size and embedded in the code so that they can be encrypted.
Many images are likely to not only degrade performance, but may also cause a space problem.
JavaScript
Browser Notebook is written in pure JavaScript. The advantage is that no download,
installation or registration is required, but not all web browsers do support all
JavaScript features...
Browser Support
Browser
Version
Betriebssystem
Offline-Modus
Bekannte Probleme
Export/Import
Export/Import (Zwischenablage)
Firefox
104.0.1
Linux
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Firefox
104.0.1
Windows
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Firefox
104.2.0
Android
No
No
Yes
Yes
Chrome
105.0.5195.102
Windows
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Chromium
104.0.5112.101
Linux
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Chrome
103.0.5060.129
Android
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Jelly Browser
2.1
LineageOS 18
Yes
Dropbox fails
No
Yes
Jelly Browser
12
LineageOS 19
No
Dropbox fails
No
Yes
Brave Browser
1.43.98
Linux
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Edge
105.0.1343.27
Windows
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Safari
15
iOS
No
No
No
Yes, but tricky
Where is my content stored?
The text is stored in a browser specific path on your local disk.
There is no default path, but mostly it is stored in your profile
folder as sqlite file.
For example:
Firefox Linux: look for files in: ~/.mozilla/firefox/XXX_YOUR_PROFILE_XXX.default/storage/permanent/...
Chromium Linux: look for files in: ~/.config/chromium/Default/Local Storage/...
Firefox MAC: look for files in: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/XXX_YOUR_PROFILE_XXX.default/...
Chrome Windows: look for files in: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases...
Change Log
Version 0.2, January 24, 2018 (beta release)
Support for several texts, selectable by their titles
Create new texts, change titles
Settings: Work factor for Scrypt key derivation
Show encrypted text (workaround if downloads is not supported by the browser)
Last opened text is selected automatically
Version 0.3, February 06, 2018 (beta release)
GUI: title and password in one form
Code cleanup
JavaScript language support for messages
Bug Fixes for several browser-specific bugs
Version 0.4, February 21, 2018 (beta release)
Pell Editor to format text, insert images and links
All scripts are now in strict mode
Language support for messages
Some bug fixes (links...)
Version 0.5, April 16, 2018 (beta release)
Dropbox access: Manually load and download files
Images: Text is wrapped around images, new images are validated,
large images are resized to save memory,
new images are displayed at most in the width of the screen
Drag&Drop: You can drag&drop images from your local file system,
drag&drop of links or images as links is disabled, because the content of these
images is not encrypted
Code: Global error handling
Some minor bug fixes (Konqueror, Internet Explorer)
Version 0.6, May 1, 2019 (beta release)
Accessibility: Keyboard access (also for Pell), skiplinks, ARIA roles, all font sizes in em or %...
All strings for titles are escaped
Responsive Design
headings H1 and H2
Version 0.7, Sept. 2022 (beta release)
Workaround für Import und Export for those browsers that do not allow exporting and importing files.