# Notenik Next Steps

**URL:** https://discourse.notenik.app/t/notenik-next-steps/432
**Category:** Community Discussion
**Created:** [March 13, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/notenik-next-steps/432 "2024-03-13T17:32:44Z")
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### Author: ![oddballs](https://discourse.notenik.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/eada6e/32.png) [@oddballs](https://discourse.notenik.app/u/oddballs)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/notenik-next-steps/432/10 "2024-03-17T11:55:56Z")

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I think a barrier to using Notenik is possibly the need for it to deal with metadata in each note. An option to have a collection of simple notes without any metadata considerations might be a nicer starting point for people (and possibly useful for any level of user for certain collections). I know there is a Basic notes collection template but it still takes 3 steps to set up and presents a complex Collection Settings window at the end of it.

On the subject of metadata, I would like to see the app incorporate an inspector panel to the right of the screen to hold all of the metadata (with the obvious exception of `body`). This could be toggled into/out of view by the user. The main panel would therefore simply be the body text in either Edit or Preview views. I think that would give a much cleaner view and be more inline with other apps - perhaps making it an easier transition for new users.

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