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Obsidian's search is also bad: it doesn't prioritize file names or headings over content. When you get past a certain number of notes, this becomes an issue. Y
by qot 5y ago
Obsidian's search is also bad: it doesn't prioritize file names or headings over content.
When you get past a certain number of notes, this becomes an issue. You might be trying to search for a concept you have a dedicated note of, but your search results are drowned out by normal usage of the word in other notes' contents.
- kirso 5y agoAgreed, the irrelevancy of results has been pointed out several times. It just uses simple string matching, but the issue is that most of the tools do that :/
- CGamesPlay 5y agoOne nice thing about the Obsidian model is that it's pretty easy to build external interior with it. I previously wrote a search engine similar to fzf but for full-text search in a directory of Markdown files, and you can hook it up to open Obsidian: https://github.com/cgamesplay/pilikino/tree/v1 https://github.com/cgamesplay/pilikino/tree/v1
- sylens 5y agoIt’s not great but at least it’s fast and shows me more context in its results. It’s a more effective search for me than Notion.
- throwaway675309 5y agoI use a quick switcher alternative to ameliorate this exact issue: https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/obsidian-another-quick-switcher https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/obsidian-another-quick-swi... Makes obsidian so much better.