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I was curious what was different about this than Roam/Obsidian/ect. and checked the FAQ: > Dendron is a highly opinionated note taking tool that focuses on hie
by maxioatic 6y ago
I was curious what was different about this than Roam/Obsidian/ect. and checked the FAQ:
> Dendron is a highly opinionated note taking tool that focuses on hierarchal note taking. It provides the freedom of Roam’s every note exists everywhere philosophy while layering on top flexible hierarchies to keep track of it all. [0]
Not sure how I feel about that approach. However, it does look pretty polished and I'll likely check it out at some point.
[0] - https://www.dendron.so/notes/683740e3-70ce-4a47-a1f4-1f140e80b558#how-is-dendron-different-from-x-note-taking-tool https://www.dendron.so/notes/683740e3-70ce-4a47-a1f4-1f140e8...
- plesiv 6y agoIt seems that the core features of Dendron correspond most closely to Obsidian's, to the point that I thought it's an Obsidian skin, but Obsidian is closed source while Dendron isn't. Roam is a Web app whose unit of data is a text block - Obsidian's and Dendron's unit of data is a file Markdown file.
- maxioatic 6y agoAgreed. I've personally never used Roam, as I definitely need my files to be in some form of plain text. Obsidian is cool in my eyes because I can start it up and click around if I want (more of review tool and looking at a cool graph), but in general I just create/edit my files in Vim. That's why I'm unsure about the opinionated hierarchy deal of Dendron. It just seems like another layer to deal with - although not much of a stretch to see a value add with it. Right now, I don't have enough files to be overwhelmed with my ad-hoc structure to spend the time trying it.
- Eugeleo 6y agoThere is a way to link to individual blocks now (paragraphs in Obsidian speak). And an alpha plugin API has just been unveiled to the insiders. (No affiliation, just a happy insider)