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Post by 9935c101ab17a66 »

kepano wrote: post #403

I was an early user of Obsidian in May 2020, and have been absolutely blown away by how fast this tiny team of 2 people was able to build such a life-changing app. Using Obsidian fundamentally changed the way I think. It's also been fun to see how rapidly the plugin ecosystem has grown. The community is so friendly and creative. I have contributed a few things of my own, notably Minimal theme[0]. When I was asked to…

I'm a HUGE fan of Minimal Theme, and I really appreciate not only all the work you've put in to improve Obsidian, but also your thoughtfulness and skill. Minimal not only looks wonderful, but it has a really great array of options/settings, both through Minimal Theme Settings and Style Settings. I've tried dozens of Obsidian themes, and frankly, nothing else comes close. It's no surprise you were tapped to improve the default theme for 1.0 :).

Re: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

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Post by kepano »

selykg wrote: post #413
kepano wrote: post #372

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you try the 1.0 version of mobile app? It's much improved compared to past versions. What are the issues you are running into?

Just downloaded. Seems a little better. I wish I could easily create a note in whatever folder I am in currently. I have an inbox folder. It’s where new notes go until I can deal with them. This always drove me nuts in both apps, but I can’t just go into a folder. Look at Apple Notes for instance as a simple example of how this works. The sidebar is just a tree in Obsidian. It doesn’t really act how I want. This is l…

> I wish I could easily create a note in whatever folder I am in currently.

That's easy. Go to:

Settings > Files & Links > Default location for new notes: Same folder as current file

Note that the file explorer is a plugin like any other, so you can also create your own file explorer plugin that works the way you want it to :)

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Post by cl42 »

kepano wrote: post #167
runjake wrote: post #163

A few tips for those new to Obsidian: - Don't rush to install a bunch of plugins. Start with the defaults, learn Obisidian and add only what you need. It is easy for some to spend more time tweaking Obsidian than actually using it. - If you're a macOS user, check out the Minimal theme, which will make Obsidian feel more native. -> https://minimal.guide/Home - When you are ready for plugins, you may want Omnisearch[1]…

Great recommendations! I definitely agree with running the app without too many plugins at first, especially if you're new to using wikilinks. I wrote Minimal theme. BTW, I led the redesign of Obsidian 1.0 so I brought a lot of those ideas into the core app. We've also made a big push around using more native components. I'm still improving Minimal, but hopefully the "out of the box" experience feels a lot more nativ…

I just installed your theme. Great work! Thank you for this.

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Post by NoMoreBro »

jq-r wrote: post #407
NoMoreBro wrote: post #166

Love Obsidian. My main problem with it and similar markdown apps for notes is the way they store images and attachments. I find it very confusing to maintain multiple files per note and IMO the only app that nailed it is FSNotes[1] using the textbundle[2] format (with a custom implementation for encrypted notes too). I think it's elegant and future-proof. But FSNotes is for the Apple ecosystem only and I can't tie my…

I'm having high hopes for Bear notes v2 (called Panda in beta). It does the textbundle format which makes complete sense, and also has native pen support on iPads. So actually it is simple, and a joy to use, and also you're not locked in to anyone.

Wow, textbundle on disk instead of the database, right? It would be huge.

Another great feature that Bear and FSNotes share is the ability to insert hierarchy tags like #parent/child For some reason, I find it perfect to organize notes without too much thinking.

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Post by pbronez »

The5thElephant wrote: post #378
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…

My issue is that it feels like none of these tools do anything significantly new, and are all so obsessed with wonky features like node-graph views and backlinks that are only useful to a niche audience of obsessive note-takers who in many cases seem to care more about playing with their notes than actually using or sharing them. That's why I'm working on creating https://visible.page because I want a tool that isn't…

Neat concept. What's the security story? The local-first architecture that Obsidian et al use is really valuable to me. In a world where everything lives on somebody else's server, I crave experiences that I can exercise some control over. Nothing hosted in the cloud feels private.

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Post by larnon »

volleygman180 wrote: post #206
huskyr wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1. It's pretty easy to setup your own syncing using iCloud, Dropbox or whatever you want.

Sync offers E2E encryption though. Definitely not getting E2E with iCloud (Apple says you do, however iCloud backups aren't E2E encrypted) and I don't believe Dropbox offers E2E either

You can do your own encryption using something like Cryptomator.

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Post by andymac4182 »

e12e wrote: post #354
ameixaseca wrote: post #333

I installed Obsidian and did some initial testing, but two things completely threw me off: 1) Basic synchronization is a paid feature and you cannot (or at least could not) set up a private synchronization server. 2) Synchronization depends on the cloud. I simply cannot trust all important information of my life going to an unspecified location in the cloud for synchronization, even if it promises end-to-end encrypti…

Any reason not to put the Obsidian folder in git, and sync via push/pull?

There is a plugin that helps automate that as well :) https://github.com/denolehov/obsidian-git

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Post by throwaway675309 »

mikae1 wrote: post #341
itsmemattchung wrote: post #19

Love love love obsidian. The tool is aesthetically pleasing, built-in vim mode surprisingly well (a few minor glitches with the cursor blinking) — but above all else, the plug-in community takes the cake. Finally, a note taking application with a decent API that's allowed me to extract metadata and publish metrics into CloudWatch, allowing me to track key metrics and graphically[0] review historical trends of my "sec…

Did you try https://logseq.com/ ? I've had not reason to pick freemium Obsidian over open source Logseq.

Logseq strongly encourages you to represent all forms of information in the form of checklists or bullet points... which is great if you're making a grocery list but terrible for longform documentation.

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Post by andymac4182 »

smeagull wrote: post #424

What I want from a note taking app: * Takes pages from my browser * Uses github to sync across platforms * Has offline reading on mobile * Tagging and a todo list for triaging notes. Haven't found one yet.

Here is a way to capture pages from the browser in Obsidian https://stephanango.com/obsidian-web-clipper

https://github.com/denolehov/obsidian-git will help you sync across platforms

Obsidian has all files locally so can be read offline

I use a mix of tagging and two plugins (dataview and tasks) to accomplish the last one.

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