I'm very aware of Obsidian, having used it on and off since the early days, but I would agree that the wording on the linked page (for the 1.0 release) seems to

I'm very aware of Obsidian, having used it on and off since the early days, but I would agree that the wording on the linked page (for the 1.0 release) seems to make an assumption that the reader already knows what Obsidian is: > Obsidian 1.0, the all-new Obsidian. > A brand new look. A fresh way to browse. An exciting new start. You could also be misled into thinking this is the home page. The actual home page does a better job of getting to the point of what Obsidian is: https://obsidian.md https://obsidian.md (And BTW, I recommend Obsidian, it's excellent)