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Another unique feature of #NoorNote is the follow list. Or lists in general. I love Nostr lists; they have so much potential. That's why I'm giving them special treatment.
FULL SYNC CONTROL
First off, you can control exactly how and where all your lists get synced. Since NoorNote is a desktop app, you can easily save lists locally as a backup, among other things. If you click "Save to File" in any list view, they end up in something like ~/.noornote/<your_npub>/follows-public.json. You can copy them from there to somewhere else and restore them safely if needed. Just copy your backup file back to ~/.noornote/<your_npub>/ and click "Restore from File." And all your follows are back! No external tools required for recovery.
Normally, when you start the app, you just see the "Save to File" button. But if you switch from "Easy Mode" to "Manual Mode" in the list settings, you can take granular control over your list management.
There are three places where your lists get stored:
1. In the browser (localStorage)
2. On the hard drive (under ~/.noornote/<your_npub>/)
3. And of course, on the relays.
So in "Manual Mode," you can decide when the list you have in your browser gets synced to the local file or to the relays, or restored from either. It doesn't get much more secure than that for handling your lists.
But if you don't feel like dealing with all that fiddling, just leave it in "Easy Mode" and NoorNote handles the syncing for you. You can still save your lists locally in "Easy Mode" anytime.
RICH FOLLOW LIST
I said Nostr lists have potential. Every list in NoorNote shows an example of what you can do with them. Let's take the follows list. It shows who you're following, or in NoorNote terms, who you're connected with. But it can do a lot more.
For example, it also shows if the user follows you back ("Mutual") or what your mutual zap ratio is. But that's not all. You can check from time to time if anything's changed in that mutual relationship. Just click "Check for changes."
Got a new mutual? Did someone stop following you back? A few seconds after clicking "Check for changes," new and former mutuals show up in a modal. And they get synced to your notifications too. So you can close the modal no problem. "Mark as seen" creates a new snapshot, so the same list won't show up next time, and you'll only get the new changes since your last check.
In your notifications, you can now click on any user and land right on their profile.
But that's not all.
When you open your follow list, you see it sorted by the time you followed them. But not all at once, since that can take a while to load depending on the number. At the end of the displayed list, more get loaded (with infinite scroll). But that can take time too until you see them all. If you want to see everything right away, click "Load all."
A loading bar appears...
And once they're all loaded, even more features become active.
For example, you can now sort by zaps too (a little borrow from ZapStar )
Or you can search directly for a user if you remember part of their name.
Or have it show only the non-mutuals.
And that's just the beginning.
Normally, when you start the app, you just see the "Save to File" button. But if you switch from "Easy Mode" to "Manual Mode" in the list settings, you can take granular control over your list management.
There are three places where your lists get stored:
1. In the browser (localStorage)
2. On the hard drive (under ~/.noornote/<your_npub>/)
3. And of course, on the relays.
So in "Manual Mode," you can decide when the list you have in your browser gets synced to the local file or to the relays, or restored from either. It doesn't get much more secure than that for handling your lists.
But if you don't feel like dealing with all that fiddling, just leave it in "Easy Mode" and NoorNote handles the syncing for you. You can still save your lists locally in "Easy Mode" anytime.
RICH FOLLOW LIST
I said Nostr lists have potential. Every list in NoorNote shows an example of what you can do with them. Let's take the follows list. It shows who you're following, or in NoorNote terms, who you're connected with. But it can do a lot more.
For example, it also shows if the user follows you back ("Mutual") or what your mutual zap ratio is. But that's not all. You can check from time to time if anything's changed in that mutual relationship. Just click "Check for changes."
Got a new mutual? Did someone stop following you back? A few seconds after clicking "Check for changes," new and former mutuals show up in a modal. And they get synced to your notifications too. So you can close the modal no problem. "Mark as seen" creates a new snapshot, so the same list won't show up next time, and you'll only get the new changes since your last check.
In your notifications, you can now click on any user and land right on their profile.
But that's not all.
When you open your follow list, you see it sorted by the time you followed them. But not all at once, since that can take a while to load depending on the number. At the end of the displayed list, more get loaded (with infinite scroll). But that can take time too until you see them all. If you want to see everything right away, click "Load all."
A loading bar appears...
And once they're all loaded, even more features become active.
For example, you can now sort by zaps too (a little borrow from ZapStar ZapStar
Or you can search directly for a user if you remember part of their name.
Or have it show only the non-mutuals.
And that's just the beginning.