Wiki-like Notes
There are times when you need to draft some content, but you don't know where exactly to start writing it.
You have a few options:
- you can start writing it on a piece of paper, but without having an electronic version from the start, most probably that content will have to be typed sooner or later on a keyboard and be digitized.
- you can put it in a file on your hard-disk, but you're always at risk of losing your work due to a hard-disk crash. And by storing the data locally, other people can't easily see or collaborate on the document.
- you can write it in an email, or upload it as a text file attachment. But the document is not easily editable nor accessible on the web, it's just a bunch of bytes attached to an electronic mail.
By using Pluto notes, you can type your content inside the browser and rest assured that it's available electronically, online and available for others to see.
Pluto records multiple versions for each note, so users can go back in time and see how the content progressed over time. It also supports reverting the content back to an arbitrary revision or timestamp, so in cases where a wrong modification was saved, reverting back to the previous version is just a matter of selecting the correct revision.
In order to allow notes to have properly formatted content, Pluto uses the Textile markup language. It is easy to learn and offers formatting abilities similar to the ones in HTML with a simple syntax and minimal markup notations.
The notes are available on the web from any computer connected to the Internet by using just a web browser - no software to download or install. The account is protected via a username and password combination, or alternatively the login can be integrated with a third party credential provider (Pluto supports integration with Google, Yahoo, Facebook or OpenID user accounts).
