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I still find notion too slow for some reason although it has improved over the last year for me. Kudos to the guys though. Great story. Notion definitely has gr

I still find notion too slow for some reason although it has improved over the last year for me. Kudos to the guys though. Great story. Notion definitely has growing feature list. Now it has API, backlinking etc.

virgil_disgr4ce 5y ago
Speed is the number 1 most reported customer feedback (from what I've read), and I share the concern. As a result they made that their no. 1 priority; they did recently make some significant improvements but I still personally find it too slow in many cases, especially since I'm trying to replace Notational Velocity, which was designed very specifically to be as fast as physically possible. Until Notion deploys native apps and further improves caching it's still going to feel slow to me :/
- askafriend 5y ago
  I recommend having 2 note taking apps. #1 geared towards speed and simplicity - the one you reach for first when you just want to jot something down without thinking too much about it. #2 geared towards organization and power - this is more like a wiki - more structured, organized, and thoughtful. From time to time, you can pull important information out of #1 and put it in #2 in a much more structured/formatted/organized way. This 2-tier system has worked the best for me and I no longer have to keep looking for the one app that will magically do it all (I don't think it's possible). I use Apple Notes for #1 and Notion for #2.
  - virgil_disgr4ce 5y ago
    Exactly, I've been thinking about making a hyper-simplified super-fast "input" app that connects to the Notion API for thought-capturing...
    - jitl 5y ago
      One of our engineers made a Siri voice command for this using the built-in iOS Shortcuts a few weeks ago; maybe give Shortcuts a look? Might be less trouble than opening Xcode. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4b1fc970b5314a2b93edb50e7cba18e3 https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4b1fc970b5314a2b93edb50e7cb...
  - manmal 5y ago
    I use the same “stack” as you, but never thought of synchronizing them. Great idea!

virgil_disgr4ce 5y ago

Speed is the number 1 most reported customer feedback (from what I've read), and I share the concern. As a result they made that their no. 1 priority; they did recently make some significant improvements but I still personally find it too slow in many cases, especially since I'm trying to replace Notational Velocity, which was designed very specifically to be as fast as physically possible. Until Notion deploys native apps and further improves caching it's still going to feel slow to me :/

askafriend 5y ago
I recommend having 2 note taking apps. #1 geared towards speed and simplicity - the one you reach for first when you just want to jot something down without thinking too much about it. #2 geared towards organization and power - this is more like a wiki - more structured, organized, and thoughtful. From time to time, you can pull important information out of #1 and put it in #2 in a much more structured/formatted/organized way. This 2-tier system has worked the best for me and I no longer have to keep looking for the one app that will magically do it all (I don't think it's possible). I use Apple Notes for #1 and Notion for #2.
- virgil_disgr4ce 5y ago
  Exactly, I've been thinking about making a hyper-simplified super-fast "input" app that connects to the Notion API for thought-capturing...
  - jitl 5y ago
    One of our engineers made a Siri voice command for this using the built-in iOS Shortcuts a few weeks ago; maybe give Shortcuts a look? Might be less trouble than opening Xcode. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4b1fc970b5314a2b93edb50e7cba18e3 https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4b1fc970b5314a2b93edb50e7cb...
- manmal 5y ago
  I use the same “stack” as you, but never thought of synchronizing them. Great idea!