WebnoteHappy had actually existed for quite a while in private before the 1.0 release in May. While it was private, I tried a lot of different things to make it easy to use and integrated with your workflow. I got quite a bit of feedback too. That’s really important for making a good app I think. Because you need to consider how people actually use something not how you think they will use it.

I think one of the things that makes WebnoteHappy easy to use is the hot key dialog that lets you quickly add new webnotes (which I’m thinking of calling “Quick Add hot key” or maybe “Quick Add shortcut” instead of “global hot key”). It works when you’re in Camino, OmniWeb, NetNewsWire, and Safari. But what about Firefox users?

I didn’t think it was possible, but it turns out that you can get the necessary information from Firefox and into WebnoteHappy without using a bookmarklet. mph blogged the solution in WebNoteFoxy. I love it when users contribute to an app. Its always a pleasant surprise and makes things better for everyone. I’ll look into leveraging this solution into one that works with the Quick Add feature of WebnoteHappy. Thanks mph!