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Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by lilmartin »

ohadron wrote: post #390

Used notion for about 6 months, but stopped for two main reasons: 1. It's extremely slow on even a new iPhone - about 6-7 seconds until I can start typing a note. By then I forget what I wanted to write. It's basically a webview of a very heavy web app, so it's not snappy at all. 2. No offline support whatsoever. In addition it feels like they have abandoned development or are busy being acquired (~bi-weekly updates…

Lillie from Notion here again - this upcoming release is going to seriously help with speed as well as improve usage offline and on unstable connections. This is one of the reasons we've been working on it for so long!

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by lilmartin »

ukyrgf wrote: post #282
louis-paul wrote: post #47

There is something about Notion that makes it feel very well-made and coherent. It’s one of the few apps I use with this inherent feeling of quality (off the top of my head Sublime Text/Merge, Beyond Compare, Things fall into this category of intangible greatness). Every interaction is delightful, and the app scales really well from basic note-taking to decently complex databases with grouping, filters, relations, te…

I really like Notion and have this same feeling. The app being Electron is a really big bummer for me, though. Performance is terrible on my Android phone. I really want to ditch Evernote but nothing seems to compare still.

Lillie from Notion here! We're improving our speed and performance across the board. We're also still working on features that Evernote has to make the transition easier, stay tuned ;)

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by ivanzhao »

lazzlazzlazz wrote: post #458
danols wrote: post #419

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The founder (ivanzhao) has made an appearance and only made one comment to so far to thank for some praise. Hasn't addressed a single question or replied to any concerns/feedback. Not a great sign and makes me reluctant to give it another try.

This lack of interaction and response to put a hold on my excited trial run.

Sorry about that. Heads down on the release at the moment and haven't checked this thread much. Will do better.

Ivan

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by ivanzhao »

rkangel wrote: post #452
thirdsun wrote: post #376

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I see a lot of potential for Notion and really enjoy the service, but currently it still feels a little rough. Some thoughts: - while the browser-based webapp is mostly fine, the mobile apps feel really subpar and somewhat out of place on iPad and iPhone alike: Sluggish, slow animations, inconsistent keyboard behavior, unnecessarily large fullscreen modals on iPad - it's very noticeable that it isn't a native app. It…

I also have similar issues with the text processing. I like the model they use that everything is a block - you get predictable behaviour, but I do think the normal shortcut for select all should select a page, and that I should be able to select text from multiple paragraphs using keyboard commands (if you do ctrl+shift+arrow you get stuck at the edge of a block).

Agreed. Mobile and text editing two of our weakest areas. A lot more work ahead of us but we'll get there!

Ivan

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by dirtylowprofile »

lilmartin wrote: post #471
ohadron wrote: post #390

Used notion for about 6 months, but stopped for two main reasons: 1. It's extremely slow on even a new iPhone - about 6-7 seconds until I can start typing a note. By then I forget what I wanted to write. It's basically a webview of a very heavy web app, so it's not snappy at all. 2. No offline support whatsoever. In addition it feels like they have abandoned development or are busy being acquired (~bi-weekly updates…

Lillie from Notion here again - this upcoming release is going to seriously help with speed as well as improve usage offline and on unstable connections. This is one of the reasons we've been working on it for so long!

I've tried using Notion on iOS and it feels so slow and I know it is not native because swiping back should get me back to the current page but it just refreshed the whole page. Are there plans migrating iOS to a more native one?

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by retreatguru »

ivanzhao wrote: post #473
lazzlazzlazz wrote: post #458

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This lack of interaction and response to put a hold on my excited trial run.

Sorry about that. Heads down on the release at the moment and haven't checked this thread much. Will do better. Ivan

Our team of 25 use Notion as a replacement for Asana AND google docs AND sometimes excel (for tables). We LOVE it. Thanks so much!

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by setgree »

lilmartin wrote: post #470
setgree wrote: post #399

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> In addition it feels like they have abandoned development or are busy being acquired (~bi-weekly updates until about three months ago: https://www.notion.so/What-s-New-157765353f2c4705bd45474e5ba... ) Notion founders, do you care to comment on this? My company recently started a paid account on Notion and I'd love to know more.

Lillie from Notion here! We're working on a big release, hence the cadence has slowed down some. But we have definitely not abandoned development, nor are we being acquired :)

Thank you, glad to hear it! I use Notion everyday and am a big fan.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by bohinjc »

csytan wrote: post #448
kjksf wrote: post #273

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Official API is on their roadmap: https://www.notion.so/What-s-New-157765353f2c4705bd45474e5ba...

Also, it's easy to export your entire workspace as raw data. Markup files, images, etc.

Problem is that the export does not preserve node nesting, which is a problem for an outliner

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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Post by thecatspaw »

hanspeter wrote: post #454
thecatspaw wrote: post #385

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FullStory is not opt in. Source: am European

Have you seen those pop ups with a button to consent to cookies and a link to a privacy page where usage of 3rd party services like Fullstory has to be disclosed? That's your opt-in.

It is not opt in if I do not have an option to decline. "By continuing to use our website you agree" is not opt in and isnt GDPR conform.
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