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I use Anytype and like it. I do hope they’ll invest more time into the editing experience — there are a few sharp edges that will probably alienate people coming from more mainstream tools like Google Docs and Notion: - Typography is a bit weird, especially with headings; there is very little line height on headings, leading to cramped documents. - Bullet points look weird when you look closely at them. (On Mac, they…
The screenshots seem to disable zooming on mobile. Please don’t do that. Unfortunately the usage restrictions of the non-open-source licence make it a no-go for me. Can't use it for anything that could potentially facilitate "any transaction of economic value", which removes most of the utility of such an app.
Thanks for the feedback about the screenshots! We'll get that fixed. The license is somewhat vague. Essentially, it means you can use the software as a tool for your revenue-generating business. You have the option to use it for free if you self-host. Alternatively, you can choose a paid membership in our network, which eliminates the need for you to handle maintenance. The license specifically restricts selling the…
I couldn't see any paid option (I did look), and still can't.
I don't know if I can get past the faux-open-source-community appearance, however. In particular, there's an invitation to contribute to the project, and I don't understand why I would sign a CLA to give unlimited license for unpaid contributions to an "association" which will only share that contribution back with the community in a restricted way, that they can also modify to their choosing at any time.
Presumably, most or all of the "contributors" on the contributors page are employees.
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I completely agree with the threat model of "an attacker on your machine can get to the keys" but I'd like to add two security use cases that makes encrypting indexes valuable: 1. Off-the-shelf malware exfiltrates data, as seen in ransom attacks. I'd feel better if the index was encrypted. It's unlikely an attacker would manually spend time trying to find the keys in RAM unless your app became very famous :) 2. Synci…
im not the dev but what you're wanting is completely unreasonable. No note application does this and this would slow down the application without having any additional benefits
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I wouldn't say it's extremely slow. While benchmarks can be useful, they often don't align with real-world experiences. What exactly are you comparing? Is it just rendering time? Have you considered a user's workflow, which might involve navigating through several pages or objects? In reality, we've attracted many users because they find 'Notion' to be slow, and many appreciate the speed of Anytype. Based on this, I…
Hi! If you click on the "More details" button, you'll see the following table[1]. Here's the methodology (also available on the website): 1. Loading time: Fully loads the entire text and ready to scroll. 2. Memory use after load: Memory used by the app after loading the text. 3. Scroll jump: How fast the app scrolls when dragging the scrollbar to a far position. 4. Resize: How fast the app resizes after scrolling to…
I'll let you in on a dirty secret: Most of my documents aren't as long as war and peace. I care a lot more about "normal" document sizes and real world typing latency. Is Anytype actually slow in this case?
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do you also have vim support? This is crucial for me
I'm sorry, I've never used vim. What does vim support inside a block editor means?
Users who care deeply about note taking want don't want to learn a new set of keyboard shortcuts and movements. Apps like Logseq and Obsidian (and many others) either support Vim-style movements out of the box or they're available as a plugin. Same thing with Emacs-style shortcuts and Org mode.
Folks have been using these editors for decades and they want to use their muscle memory everywhere they enter text.
Depending on the user and the use case, the lack of Vim or Emacs support ranges from a minor annoyance to a show-stopper.