Notes

Notes are a built-in space to write. A weekly look back, a decision you want to remember the reasoning for, a running list of ideas, the messy thinking you do before the work makes sense. Whatever you’d otherwise open a scratch file for.

The page has two panels: your notes on the left, the editor on the right. Click through old entries to see how a month or a quarter actually went. The search box above the list looks through every note. Notes are ordered by when you last edited them, so whatever you’re working on stays at the top.

Writing

Notes are written in markdown: headings, lists, checklists, quotes, links, code. You don’t need to know the syntax — select some text and a formatting bar appears with those options. You can also paste or drop images straight into a note; they count toward your image storage (see Settings).

Notes save themselves as you type: a moment after you pause, and every few seconds through a long stretch of typing. The label next to the title shows where things stand. A new note is saved once it has a title; until then, Cancel closes it without saving. Ctrl+S (⌘S on a Mac) saves straight away.

If a note you have open is changed in another tab or on another device, Synlit won’t quietly overwrite either version. It stops saving and asks you to choose: load the other version, or keep yours.

Templates

Templates exist so you don’t have to stare at a blank page. Every new note starts with a picker: begin blank, or start from a structure that’s already there waiting for you to fill in. Five come built in: Start / Stop / Continue, Went Well / Improve / Next, 4Ls, SWOT, and Blank.

You can also save your own. Write a note the way you like it, press Save as template, give it a name, and it’s there next time. Your templates are stored in your account rather than in one browser, so a template you built on your laptop is there on your phone.

Limits

Every note can hold up to 50,000 characters, around twenty pages; the editor shows a running count so you can see where you are.