SWYoon Labs

Update summary: Version 1.0.1 improves the first editing workflow with useful text formatting, more dependable saving, and a clearer side-panel experience. Why formatting belongs in a small notepad The first Simple Side Note release focused on capturing text without leaving the browser. Real use quickly showed that plain text was not always enough. A long note needed a few lightweight visual signals: a heading, an emphasized warning, or a list of actions. Version 1.0.1 adds rich-text controls while keeping the editor intentionally smaller than a document application. The goal is to make a captured note scannable, not to reproduce every word-processing feature inside a narrow panel. Useful formatting includes: bold and italic emphasis; simple lists; text sizing for visual hierarchy; colour for a small number of meaningful highlights. Saving must feel uneventful A note-taking tool loses trust the first time text disappears. This update improves the transitions where loss...

The problem: Useful information was in the browser, but my notes were always somewhere else. Simple Side Note began as an attempt to remove that small, repeated interruption. The interruption I kept accepting While reading documentation, studying English, or comparing an AI answer with a source, I frequently found one sentence worth keeping. Saving it should have been trivial. Instead, I had to leave the page, locate a notes app, find the right document, paste the text, and then reconstruct where I had stopped reading. None of those actions was difficult. The problem was repetition. Each context switch made it slightly less likely that I would capture the idea at all. I wanted a notepad that remained beside the current page rather than replacing it. Why the Chrome side panel fits Chrome's side panel gives an extension a narrow, persistent surface next to ordinary web content. A note can stay visible while the active tab changes, so the reading material and the writing su...