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> Cron and Notion have a lot in common. We share a sense of craft and an overlapping base of passionate users. I’ve never used Notion and been impressed by the
by ctvo 4y ago
> Cron and Notion have a lot in common. We share a sense of craft and an overlapping base of passionate users.
I’ve never used Notion and been impressed by the craftsmanship of the product. It works, sort of, 90% of the time, but it isn’t delightful, fast, or any other quality I’d associate with the craft / handsmade movement. Maybe I just misunderstand the word.
- Centigonal 4y agoNotion has genuinely great UX, it packs a lot of complexity into a very easy-to-grok interface. Performance could be better, but that's a different dimension of craft. Kind of like a formula 1 racecar versus a classic corvette.
- gumby 4y ago> Notion has genuinely great UX That’s definitely in the eye of the beholder. For something so text-oriented it doesn’t use the native text primitives so lots of muscle memory doesn’t work. I have to keep resorting to the mouse to do anything.
- ctvo 4y agoExactly. I find I fight with what it wants to do more often than not when text editing. The table component is a mess. I wish it'd just drop me down to pure markdown. Searching is hit or miss for a product built around knowledge search. It's something often forced on me by others, and not something I'd reach for myself.