UX Issues with Notion

#1

Post by g7r » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 7:57 PM UTC

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#2

Post by Jonovono » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:07 PM UTC

I love Notion, but also agree with all of this. Unfortunately there are no alternatives. (Waiting for this to be released, https://nvultra.com/)

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Post by pictur » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:07 PM UTC

Complex ui/ux for complex problems I guess is today's fashion

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Post by savrajsingh » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:09 PM UTC

What's the best easy-to-get-started internal company wiki tool? Notion seemed useful at a startup I consulted for, but I too experienced some of the quirks the author mentions.

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Post by jameshe » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:12 PM UTC

Jonovono wrote: post #2

I love Notion, but also agree with all of this. Unfortunately there are no alternatives. (Waiting for this to be released, https://nvultra.com/ )

I remember a while back someone posted an open source alternative [0], the biggest downside being that there are fewer features and must be run locally. Also some of the same problems exist as mentioned in the OP.

[0] https://github.com/konstantinmuenster/notion-clone

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Post by Tomte » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:15 PM UTC

savrajsingh wrote: post #4

What's the best easy-to-get-started internal company wiki tool? Notion seemed useful at a startup I consulted for, but I too experienced some of the quirks the author mentions.

Dokuwiki is easy to use, easy to administer.

But it's a traditional wiki.

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Post by threatofrain » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:16 PM UTC

Jonovono wrote: post #2

I love Notion, but also agree with all of this. Unfortunately there are no alternatives. (Waiting for this to be released, https://nvultra.com/ )

A lot of note-taking systems promise Latex support, but the import process always bungles my notes. So far only VSC has been simple and nice.

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Post by sswaner » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:17 PM UTC

Jonovono wrote: post #2

I love Notion, but also agree with all of this. Unfortunately there are no alternatives. (Waiting for this to be released, https://nvultra.com/ )

At quick glance it looks like nvultra is very similar to Bear (https://bear.app). It looks like nvultra's concept of folder based notebooks is an improvement and a nice feature. In Bear I just have every note in reverse chronological order and rely on the excellent search to find what I need.

I have been using Bear daily for over 3 years and the features and Markdown support are great.

Not affiliated, just a fan/customer.

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Post by chrisfrantz » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:18 PM UTC

Just as a counter, I use Notion personally, for my side projects and at my day job. I haven’t run into any of the same issues the author has had.

Most of the comments seem to be rather small compared to the overall use and productivity gains that something like Notion offers.

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Post by skrebbel » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:20 PM UTC

I don't mind any of these issues to be honest, but I do mind how hopelessly slow it is.

Is it also super sluggish for all you SF Bay area people? I can't tell if it's just network latency on a heavy protocol, or just slow slow.