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Why I Like Obsidian

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Re: Why I Like Obsidian

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Post by pprotas »

twiclo wrote: post #26

I decided to start note taking with VimWiki. It's organization is the same and has full vim support where Obsidian has partial keybindings. I still feel like I'm missing out. Can anyone opine on if it's worth switching over?

Don't fall for the trap of note taking tools. At the end of the day, if you can write down your thoughts then it does the job. Spend less time on thinking about tools and more time on writing notes.

At the same time, in my opinion you should feel comfortable in your tool. If VimWiki does not suit your needs but you still want to use vim (like I do), you could look into https://github.com/epwalsh/obsidian.nvim to edit notes in neovim, and then view them in Obsidian using :ObsidianOpen. I like to have my terminal and Obsidian open side-by-side for this workflow.

Re: Why I Like Obsidian

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Post by drakenot »

midasz wrote: post #16

I really like Obsidian but the long startup time (on mobile) has stopped me from using it as a daily driver.

Are you on Android? This is me launching from a cold open on iOS and it was near instant.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/90sbrx0esggnsmbsva2hg/Video-J...

Did it progressively get worse over time? I only have a couple hundred notes.

Re: Why I Like Obsidian

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Post by rabbitofdeath »

Just last week I fully committed to Obsidian with the git sync plugin. It took some fiddling and a bit of trust to sync 4 years of notes. (Previously I was just using Sublime Text and my notes folder as a project hooked up to my gitea instance.) But now, its like second nature and I'm looking for neat plugins that you cant live with out.

Re: Why I Like Obsidian

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Post by atrus »

jimmytucson wrote: post #2

> allows structure to grow organically > powerful feature ... Internal Links. > plain text files Well, they're not _plain_ text - there is some markup. So that invites the question - why not HyperText Markup Language? Doesn't HTML have all of these features - hyperlinks, folder structures, "plain" text? Isn't HTML also future proof? It's been around long enough. And doesn't it also work offline? There's a bunch of di…

Well, markdown is a lot easier to read "unrendered". It's a lot more accessible to non-technical people as well, since with html sometimes you need to put the content between two matching tags (h1), sometimes it needs to go between a tag and inside a tag (a), and sometimes there isn't even a matching tag! (img)

Re: Why I Like Obsidian

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Post by twiclo »

hannofcart wrote: post #21

My notes system is: On desktop: Nvim with some markdown plugins plus Goyo On mobile: Obsidian Syncthing for sync (though previously I've Dropbox as well for the same) On desktop I find Obsidian's vim mode slightly uncanny valley-ish. Close enough to be able to emulate my vim flow. But not _quite_ right. On mobile, I've found Obsidian to be just top class. Though admittedly most of my real note taking happens on deskt…

Why not use VimWiki on desktop?

Re: Why I Like Obsidian

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Post by _fat_santa »

Obsidian is a killer app and I've moved all my note taking to it over the past few months. The app is top notch in my opinion and with git integration you basically get a free Evernote with no restrictions and control over your data. I would say the one downside is that it's only "free" for those that have the technical knowhow to setup git sync. I tried converting my stepfather to using it but he didn't like that you had to pay for sync and wasn't technical enough to setup git integration and maintain it.

Re: Why I Like Obsidian

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Post by jimmytucson »

prima-facie wrote: post #10
jimmytucson wrote: post #2

> allows structure to grow organically > powerful feature ... Internal Links. > plain text files Well, they're not _plain_ text - there is some markup. So that invites the question - why not HyperText Markup Language? Doesn't HTML have all of these features - hyperlinks, folder structures, "plain" text? Isn't HTML also future proof? It's been around long enough. And doesn't it also work offline? There's a bunch of di…

HTML was not really meant to be generated by humans. Just like XML, it's supposed to be machine readable first and foremost.

This has to be factually wrong, no? The first web servers just served documents from a directory called `htdocs`.

Re: Why I Like Obsidian

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Post by rubymamis »

zschuessler wrote: post #19

The killer feature for me is how extensible the software is made to be. It truly lets you operate how you know best, making very few assumptions on how you use it. Case in point: one of my favorite productivity plugins is a full-fledged Kanban board. It has deep integration into Obsidian features: - https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban

You might like my own note-taking app, Plume[1] that's built with Qt C++ and QML. You can integrate a Kanban board (with underlying Markdown text) right within your document[2]. It's still a work-in-progress, so this is why it's not featured yet on the website. But I'll finish implementing it very soon.

Unlike Obsidian, Plume's editor is a block-editor. That gives it the flexibility of Notion (to put advanced blocks like Kanban within the same document, to do drag & drop, etc.) with the performance of native apps by utilizing Qt C++ and QML (actually, Plume is 4x faster than the fastest native block editor on macOS - benchmarks on the website).

EDIT: Also, Plume is opinionated compared to Obsidian. That means much better ease-of-use at the cost of extensibility. I believe this is a trade-off worth to be making. I know first hand the intimidation of starting to work with something as complex as Notion or Obsidian. Plume is taking the block editor abilities of Notion with the familiar Apple Notes UX/UI while all the data is still plaintext underneath.

[1] https://www.get-plume.com/

[2] https://imgur.com/NIgDLOU

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