I use Notational Velocity on my Mac, FSNotes on iOS, and have them both use .rtf and sync via iCloud.
FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source
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Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source
#112After GitHub.dev was released (hit “.” on any GitHub repo, to open it in browser-based VS Code), I immediately saw the notetaking workflow that I wanted: a GitHub repo, storing markdown that I can own/control, but editable in the browser, using my existing VS Code preferences (theme, keybindings, etc.). Unfortunately, VS Code doesn’t natively support wiki links, so I created an extension that simply adds that feature…
Does the VS Code support plugins? One could implement client side encryption for better privacy.
Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source
#113Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source
#114I've jumped between note-taking Apps, Evernote, Bear, Typora, Notion, Obsidian, ..., you name it. Finally settled down with Obsidian as I can manage note files directly such as using Syncthing for backing up and syncing. This one does seem interesting and possible to integrate into my workflow, gotta give it a try.
I went through the same process and got stuck on GoodNotes on the iPad. Once I got used to using the Pencil for sketching, marking up other documents, and handwriting notes (when that makes sense), I was hooked. Obsidian is pretty cool and is progressing rapidly. If their iPad client gets Pencil support then I will probably end up there as well.
Same for me. Surprising that Obsidian doesn’t support native pencil option. I tried with excalidraw plug-in and it’s not sleek.
Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source
#115Looks a little like SimpleNote, and also free. Difference looks like Apple tech only. It's got end-to-end encryption, which is amazing! I'm hoping SimpleNote will get end-to-end- encryption soon.
e2e encryption is not amazing these days, it is a basic requirement. i.e. if you communicate using https you are using e2e encryption.
Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source
#116I keep seeing apps like these, and what they almost never have is sharing notes between multiple people. I use Apple Notes, and I constantly share notes with my wife — and entire folder structures, too. We use it for grocery lists, dinner planning, travel planning, and many other things. It's not quite as elegantly real-time as Google Docs, but we don't need that as much, since we tend to edit at different times. I a…
One good reason to not use Apple’s software offerings is to be able to keep eggs in more than one basket. Treat Apple like the hardware seller they should be? They’re below average at best at software anyway. Other than the upper layer polish.
“Below average at best”?!
Apple is famously a forerunner of personal computing. They invented most of the mobile UI design language used today. Every OS they’ve built is extremely premium. Their natural language processing is best-in-class.
How are they possibly “below average at best”
Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source
#117Coincidentally I discovered another iOS app for note-taking this week called Beorg, which leverages the emacs + org mode format so I can easily sync between iOS and Linux. This one looks nice too though; always good to see open source apps for Mac and iOS. I wonder how similar the markdown formats are.
I’m working on bringing my org tasks to iOS. It’s early days but can be seen here https://www.reddit.com/r/plainorg and here https://xenodium.com/org-habits-on-ios-check-tasks-youre-nex... I have TestFlight invites available for anyone interested. Edit: Email me for invites "plainorg" + "@" + "xenodium.com"
I think the most "hard" problem in such apps is solving conflicts and reliable background sync. Beorg uses iCloud versioning since some time. Before it was implemented, it was a bloody mess - my org files would get conflicts on daily basis so that I've mostly used it only for reading org files.
Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source
#118After GitHub.dev was released (hit “.” on any GitHub repo, to open it in browser-based VS Code), I immediately saw the notetaking workflow that I wanted: a GitHub repo, storing markdown that I can own/control, but editable in the browser, using my existing VS Code preferences (theme, keybindings, etc.). Unfortunately, VS Code doesn’t natively support wiki links, so I created an extension that simply adds that feature…
Github wiki pages with sublime text markdown plug-in to follow and create links is the way
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#119I feel like I should wash my hands after clicking that URL, might want to consider a new domain name?