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Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by sureglymop »

cube2222 wrote: post #39
cube2222 wrote: post #18

That's lovely! I've started using Obsidian just yesterday and have been loving it so far. I had to get 1writer to work with it on the go, and now this, problem solved! It was my only major gripe with the product. Now it's perfect! It's really really useful when notes about a topic surpass one page, and need good organization.

Actually, what would make it totally perfect, would be an easy way to create editable handwritten blocks on an iPad.

I agree. I still take handwritten notes sometimes using a remarkable and I've always wanted to integrate with or keep it close to my markdown notes. Referencing handwritten notes and so on.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by truth_ »

bennyp101 wrote: post #36
aiisjustanif wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After what feels like trying every note tool under the sun. I’ve been using Joplin 3 years now and won’t leave if I can help it. Why pay Obsidian $4/month, when Joplin is free and open source, can sync, has a desktop App for every OS, has a mobile app, encryption at rest, and I can contribute to it?

It's only $4 a month if you want to use their sync, there is a plugin for using github to sync (if that is your thing) or I just use syncthing and have my obsidian folder there. Edit: Actually, I guess that won't work with mobile

Have you ever tried tiddlywiki?

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by nklmilojevic »

I've tried Obsidian and it is not for me. I really don't like the trend of apps being in Electron and there are much better native apps, especially on macOS (Bear, IA Writer, Ulysses).

Trying to understand - what is the feature that Obsidian got you hooked? Usually HN is very critical of Electron apps, but not on this one and I'm really interested why. :)

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by bentoner »

genghizkhan wrote: post #70
bentoner wrote: post #63

Strong recommendation for both Obsidian and Dynalist, the other product of this crazy productive duo. I really appreciate their understanding that users want to be able customize their note-taking/life-organizing system. Is there a plugin or something that enables list folding in a markdown file? I'm wondering whether it's time to migrate the Dynalist parts of my system to Obsidian and that's the big thing I'd miss.

Yup. It's called Outliner.

Thanks! I also found the "Fold indent" setting in the core app.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by student2k »

the only things I didn't like of obsidian was working with images was a nightmare, in Evernote you have a shortcut to take an area screenshot, it stores automatically in a folder, then you can write stuff below it, and move it to another folder, really good work flow I miss in obsidian.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by murrayb »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #13

Has anyone used Joplin ( https://joplinapp.org/ )? How does it compare to Obsidian? I've used Joplin for a while. It's Markdown so I like it. The UI is dry (compared to Evernote).

I tried both and went with Joplin - it was a while ago and I can't remember exactly why, sorry. Import from EverNote would have been a factor (Obsidian may have this too?) as well as being FOSS. I use my notes as a personal knowledge base more than note taking so I have a lot of clipped web pages and linked notes so it could be that Joplin just suits my use case better. Obsidian didn't leave me with strong negative feelings just didn't fit what I wanted to do. Hope this helps.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by creakingstairs »

nklmilojevic wrote: post #83

I've tried Obsidian and it is not for me. I really don't like the trend of apps being in Electron and there are much better native apps, especially on macOS (Bear, IA Writer, Ulysses). Trying to understand - what is the feature that Obsidian got you hooked? Usually HN is very critical of Electron apps, but not on this one and I'm really interested why. :)

For me it’s:

- vim binding supported out of box

- notes stored in markdown files

- bi-directional linking

- feels pretty snappy

I would have considered bear if it supported vim bindings and was also available on windows (work laptop)

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by sureglymop »

cja wrote: post #64
sureglymop wrote: post #61

I love Obsidian and I've been taking notes this way for about a year. But somehow I still find myself going back to VSCode with some extensions which add obsidian like behavior very often. I don't quite know why but I think it's a combination of being able to open any file regardless of whether it's a note, the quicker workflow for snippets and the bigger community around VSCode (more extensions). The good thing thou…

You might like Foam then, which is like Obsidian implemented in VSCode

I've tried Foam but I've landed on Markdown Memo (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=svsool.m...) which also has the Graph view and so on implemented.

I use a lot more markdown related extensions too but this is the main one in VSCode.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by encima »

nklmilojevic wrote: post #83

I've tried Obsidian and it is not for me. I really don't like the trend of apps being in Electron and there are much better native apps, especially on macOS (Bear, IA Writer, Ulysses). Trying to understand - what is the feature that Obsidian got you hooked? Usually HN is very critical of Electron apps, but not on this one and I'm really interested why. :)

For me: cross platform (the power of the app on iPad as well as Android is pretty amazing). Custom templates: being able to run a CLI command and pull those. data directly into a note is glorious Other thoughts: - Easy refactoring - My own cloud storage (syncthing and synology) - Plugins - Workspaces

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by ivolimmen »

I have used many different note taking tools and I like Obsidian but I am a very happy user of https://notable.app/. I also tried https://www.zettlr.com/ in the past but that one actually edits in preview mode and that made the view really weird. It is good there is a lot of variety in this space...
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