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I just tried using a whole bunch of them as daily drivers, one by one. - I didn't give Joplin a fair shot; something about the UI annoyed me. I only used it fo

I just tried using a whole bunch of them as daily drivers, one by one. - I didn't give Joplin a fair shot; something about the UI annoyed me. I only used it for a few minutes, but it seemed clunky. - Logseq's outline style isn't how I take notes. - Foam was good, but had a lot of small papercuts. - FSNotes was close, but I liked the more basic note format that other apps have, and it didn't have a note graph. - Obsidian is where I settled for work stuff. It has the best live markdown editor of anything I tried. Daily notes are great. I liked inline notes while evaluating it, but now I never use them. The plugin system seems like a bit of a security nightmare, so I use as few plugins as possible. - Standard Notes is what I use for personal notes. Barebones feature set and the editing UIs leave something to be desired. But it's open source and e2e encrypted, so I feel okay about putting anything in it and using it to sync notes between my PC and phone.

MisterSandman 4y ago
I use Joplin every day. It's UI is very clunky. Sorting is weird, their multiple views are weird. The entire folder and file and todo structure is weird. If anyone has any suggestions I can switch into that can let me import my existing Joplin .md files, please let me know.
mickelsen 4y ago
I'm tired of seeking, testing and waiting for the 'right' notetaking tool, it's been years and damn I just want something like Onenote but open source and there isn't, I could cope with an old version that felt so perfect at the time, then they screwed up, just that view with the notes on the side, damn it. Currently I just keep markdown notes in directories, I do have a self-hosted GetOutline.com instance which has been working surprisingly well, even the responsive mobile version, yet I'd like to have this same nice looking editor with files in my drive instead of a db, don't need any of the collab options.
- pqs 4y ago
  Have you seen that the old OneNote 2016 is the new OneNote?
  - mickelsen 4y ago
    > old OneNote 2016 is the new OneNote I'm on a mac, so they killed that version a long ago and there's only one, which can't have local-first notes, not that it ever could but I was able to download them, and the app resembled the older desktop onenote more. Still I'm looking to stay away from proprietary clouds after that, but there's no real alternative in sight, and all those graph-linked experimental digital garden pkm are just overkill and too obsessive for me; I'm yet to see the purported knowledge revolution inspired on Doug Engelbart-yada-yada these tools promise.
    - pqs 4y ago
      I understand. There is so much going on in this space but somehow something is lacking.

MisterSandman 4y ago

I use Joplin every day. It's UI is very clunky. Sorting is weird, their multiple views are weird. The entire folder and file and todo structure is weird. If anyone has any suggestions I can switch into that can let me import my existing Joplin .md files, please let me know.

mickelsen 4y ago

I'm tired of seeking, testing and waiting for the 'right' notetaking tool, it's been years and damn I just want something like Onenote but open source and there isn't, I could cope with an old version that felt so perfect at the time, then they screwed up, just that view with the notes on the side, damn it. Currently I just keep markdown notes in directories, I do have a self-hosted GetOutline.com instance which has been working surprisingly well, even the responsive mobile version, yet I'd like to have this same nice looking editor with files in my drive instead of a db, don't need any of the collab options.

pqs 4y ago
Have you seen that the old OneNote 2016 is the new OneNote?
- mickelsen 4y ago
  > old OneNote 2016 is the new OneNote I'm on a mac, so they killed that version a long ago and there's only one, which can't have local-first notes, not that it ever could but I was able to download them, and the app resembled the older desktop onenote more. Still I'm looking to stay away from proprietary clouds after that, but there's no real alternative in sight, and all those graph-linked experimental digital garden pkm are just overkill and too obsessive for me; I'm yet to see the purported knowledge revolution inspired on Doug Engelbart-yada-yada these tools promise.
  - pqs 4y ago
    I understand. There is so much going on in this space but somehow something is lacking.