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Notion – Document Reimagined

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Re: Notion – Document Reimagined

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Post by TuringTest »

lobster_johnson wrote: post #32
gravity13 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The closest is ckeditor, I think. But that's still a long shot away. Notion is actually really well constructed (as somebody who's been in the space building tools kinda like it for a while, it's quite impressive). But I agree, the space needs an open source notion...

Seen ProseMirror? http://prosemirror.net/index.html

Yes, but it's currently just a rich text editor, it lacks the outlining capabilities (i.e. creating separate hierarchical pages, and tagging). These should be relatively easy to add, though.

Re: Notion – Document Reimagined

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Post by giancarlostoro »

viraptor wrote: post #33
shredwheat wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(With Firefox 40.0.3) Support for your browser is coming soon. Check out Notion on Google Chrome desktop, Safari, or iPhone. Copy and paste this link into a supported browser to continue: https://www.notion.so/

Right, didn't realise the link here is for early-access (works), not homepage (doesn't).

I should of clarified I was referring to the homepage showing that.

Re: Notion – Document Reimagined

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Post by OJFord »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #4
OJFord wrote: post #2

Looks really cool - love the inset video - but I'm struggling to imagine what I'd actually use it for. Site doesn't seem to say how saving/exporting works - anyone know?

I registered, you can currently only export as HTML.

That's pretty good though! I worried it might either save something proprietary, lossy conversion (e.g. markdown), or irrecoverable (e.g. PDF) only.

(Of course, you could always use browser-save HTML, but you'd have to manually strip anything like the video)

Re: Notion – Document Reimagined

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Post by codemac »

TranquilMarmot wrote: post #54
codemac wrote: post #11

Also - if anyone wants to use a great window manager, it's also named notion[0] these days. [0]: http://notion.sf.net

Do they have a non-sourceforge link? Sourceforge is blocked at my place of work (probably rightly so)

Not that I know of, no. I wish they did move off of sourceforge after the recent shit they pulled.

https://github.com/raboof/notion is probably your best bet.

Re: Notion – Document Reimagined

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Post by mintplant »

Looks nice, but so far there's limited platform support:

>Support for your browser is coming soon. Check out Notion on Google Chrome desktop, Safari, or iPhone.

>Copy and paste this link into a supported browser to continue:

>https://www.notion.so/tutorial

I'll try it again once Android support is in.

Re: Notion – Document Reimagined

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Post by brianclements »

skimpycompiler wrote: post #40
brianclements wrote: post #37

I know they're slightly different, but this reminds me of Workflowy[1] which pretty much runs my entire life right now (todo, projects, journaling, brainstorming, informal databases, bookmarks). In looking at tools like this, it's hard to know where the line is between simple functions that you then use to create abstract features, and more complicated interfaces that define features explicitly. It's a nuanced thing.…

Workflowy reminds me a little bit of a desktop app called Zim, although Workflowy and Notion are prettier.

I looked at Zim[1] actually once upon a time. I eventually settled on WikidPad[2]. It had enough features to capture my ideas in the ways I wanted, but I really needed multiple device and cloud support. Ideas happen all over, not just at the desk. This was why Workflowy blew my mind when I discovered how to use it to fit my needs.

[1] http://zim-wiki.org/ [2] http://wikidpad.sourceforge.net/

Re: Notion – Document Reimagined

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Post by larrywright »

TuringTest wrote: post #48
larrywright wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been thinking about this a bit today[1], because I fear that Evernote is dying. I love and pay for Evernote, but they've been stagnant for years now. They're slowly adding features, but absolutely nothing that I care about. As far as I can tell, there's really no functional equivalent to what Evernote does: a bucket you can throw data into and search for it later. OneNote probably comes closest from a purely not…

What features do you find missing in OneNote? Genuinely interested, as I use it intensely but don't use Evernote.

It does basic note taking and checklists and things pretty well (better than Evernote in some ways), but a frequent use case is creating a notebook with stuff in it (a mix of clipped web pages, notes, maybe documents), and then sharing it with someone. Also, it needs to be searchable. It's that part that OneNote seems weaker at.

Re: Notion – Document Reimagined

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Post by 100ideas »

rayiner wrote: post #5

PDF support? It blows my mind how bad PDF support is in all of these notebook/data organizing apps (I'm looking at you OneNote) given how probably the vast majority of non-HTML digital documents are in PDF format.

Apropos snipping data from PDFs:

Tabula is a tool for liberating data tables trapped inside PDF files (via a simple web interface) - source on github http://tabula.technology

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