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I do love Notion, I think it's a great tool - but it almost does _too_ much. I spent ages trying to build out a To Do list, added different views, filters, an
by 7ewis 6y ago
I do love Notion, I think it's a great tool - but it almost does _too_ much.
I spent ages trying to build out a To Do list, added different views, filters, an inbox for it, categories etc. then ended up giving up and just using their out of the box kanban style board in exactly the same way I'd use Trello.
I suppose it's on me, the user, to learn how to use all these different features properly but then that's more investment than I have time for, for a To Do app.
Similarly with say Tasker for example on Android, you can literally automate anything on your phone yet I rarely use it for anything. I don't think I would outright say too many features are a bad thing... but are they?
- bobbylarrybobby 6y agoI think too many features can absolutely be a bad thing. By allowing everything, you have to cycle through every possible solution to a problem to settle on the best one. With a more limited/focused feature set, landing on the best solution -- even when it doesn't quite match up to what you'd choose in the feature-rich environment -- is much easier. This difference can add up a lot over time, making a simpler tool easier to use because it takes less cognitive effort to find optimal solutions.