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Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

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Re: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

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Post by bloqs »

Questions for users - if we work in an environment where we cannot install applications (and no this wont be approved) are we able to use this still, or is it only going to be viable for a "personal" machine.

I ask as i can think of several times ive been stuck with just a work laptop or similar and it would suck to not at least have a browser version or something.

Thanks

Re: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

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Post by _iyhy »

Vrondi wrote: post #88
wbharding wrote: post #67

Between Obsidian, Roam, Amplenote, and Reflect it has certainly been a golden age for note taking over the last few years. It's hard to remember that it was only 5 years ago that second generation note apps like Evernote, Notion and Bear were the only viable options unless you wanted a 1st gen app like OneNote or Workflowy. What might be most interesting about the new set of fast moving note apps is that all seem to…

I'm still waiting on one of these upstarts to implement the most essential features of the "first gen" apps, like inking/handwriting.

There is one in Apple ecosystem. That is called Muse

Re: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

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Post by omair_inam »

Anyone have any thoughts on Craft[1] and how it compares to Obsidian as a note-taking tool? My primary work machine is a Mac (I also have an iPad and iPhone). I'm looking primarily for a note-taking app with support for images. I don't necessarily need the more "glamourous" publishing type features that craft has.

Things I like about the app:

* (Generally) good keyboard support

* Syncing (but I'm paying for it)

* Good native apps on mobile

Things that aren't so good

* Editing code blocks

[1] https://www.craft.do/

Re: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

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Post by AlanYx »

bloqs wrote: post #181

Questions for users - if we work in an environment where we cannot install applications (and no this wont be approved) are we able to use this still, or is it only going to be viable for a "personal" machine. I ask as i can think of several times ive been stuck with just a work laptop or similar and it would suck to not at least have a browser version or something. Thanks

If you can't install applications locally, Logseq is a good alternative. It can operate entirely locally, with nothing installed, if your browser supports the localstorage API. Edge does, for example. (There are a small number of features that don't work in this mode.)

Re: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

#188

Post by kepano »

bleachedsleet wrote: post #186

Surely a website advertising a “brand new look” would have a screenshot of the interface, right? Am I missing something?

Screenshots are visible if you're on desktop but not on mobile yet. We need to improve the mobile version. We're a small team! That said, you can see screenshots of the mobile app by tapping through to the app store.

Re: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

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Post by teilo »

rjzzleep wrote: post #140
wbharding wrote: post #67

Between Obsidian, Roam, Amplenote, and Reflect it has certainly been a golden age for note taking over the last few years. It's hard to remember that it was only 5 years ago that second generation note apps like Evernote, Notion and Bear were the only viable options unless you wanted a 1st gen app like OneNote or Workflowy. What might be most interesting about the new set of fast moving note apps is that all seem to…

I'd love to use obsidian, but the mobile app does not allow specifying the folder. As a result on iOS you can only use the official syncing method. Maybe it's so you pay for the app, but I would personally rather pay a few for that functionality.

I've been using iCloud sync with Obsidian for a year, and it has worked perfectly. Correct, you don't get to put your folder anywhere you want. It has to be in iCloud Drive, but so what?

Re: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

#190

Post by kepano »

colordrops wrote: post #184

Is Obsidian open source? I couldn't figure it out from a quick perusal of the site.

Obsidian is not open source but it uses plain text local files with Markdown support, so you are not locked in. All plugins for Obsidian are required to be open source. Also Obsidian contains no tracking/analytics, and the Sync product is E2E encrypted. The Obsidian API is also very flexible and allows you to do almost anything if you want to modify the app.
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