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I'm still waiting on one of these upstarts to implement the most essential features of the "first gen" apps, like inking/handwriting.
by Vrondi 4y ago
I'm still waiting on one of these upstarts to implement the most essential features of the "first gen" apps, like inking/handwriting.
- AB1908 4y agoThere's an excalidraw plugin that helps with this to a degree.
- monkmartinez 4y agoThis plugin misses mark big time. I tried it and tried it again. Trying to love it... just couldn't compare with OneNote.
- whimsicalism 4y agoLikewise. I love Obsidian, I love my Apple Pencil - and the Excalidraw plugin just does not get me there, unfortunately. Goodnotes, Apple notes, and OneNote still leagues better for Apple Pencil support.
- bostonvaulter2 4y agoI absolutely love this plugin. But I'm probably using quite differently from you since I barely use the pencil/draw tool at all.
- tryptophan 4y agoNot everyone considers that essential. I had onenote once, realized my handwriting was shit, and never tried to hand write notes again.
- lillecarl 4y agoHandwriting I find completely useless, but drawing on a display can be quite OK even for me
- angryasian 4y agotheres a plugin for that - https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin
- whimsicalism 4y agoUnfortunately, I find the delay unacceptably high with this extension compared to first class support from apps like Goodnotes, Onenote and Apple Notes. Still love Obsidian - just wish drawing on it was a viable option.
- gyrovagueGeist 4y agoYep, Obsidian's latex support makes it almost ideal for writing math notes.. but because you can't quickly drop in quick sketches from a stylus (something like the Bear notes app.. which misses too many other features) it kills Obsidian for this usecase :(
- bostonvaulter2 4y agoThat's a great plugin! It even lets you create links to docs from within the drawing. And you can embed one part of a drawing in one note and another part in a different note. I also highly recommend checking out the creator's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/VisualPKM https://www.youtube.com/c/VisualPKM
- _iyhy 4y agoThere is one in Apple ecosystem. That is called Muse
- gumby 4y agoThanks!
- Ruq 4y agoTry the "Excalidraw" Plugin for Obsidian.
- HellsMaddy 4y agoI think the Excalidraw plugin solves a different problem. It’s great for creating diagrams, especially with a keyboard+mouse. What I’m looking for, though, is something like Apple Notes on iPad, where you can seamlessly write in your notes with your Apple Pencil. The Excalidraw plugin adds a lot of friction and complexity if all you want to do is write.
- Mezzie 4y agoThis is one reason I can't stop using Goodnotes with an Apple Pencil: I like to handwrite. It's particularly helpful when I'm taking notes in multiple languages; switching keyboards every time I want to write a word in another language is a pain.
- brimwats 4y agoExcalidraw works pretty well in obsidian. I didn't like it the first time but I'm increasingly getting used to it
- whimsicalism 4y agoWhat's your secret? I find it... icky (maybe too long of a delay?) compared to Goodnotes.
- yellow_postit 4y agoThis is what keeps me coming back to apps like OneNote or Apples Notes. Obsidian and their ilk, for me, just encourage endless bike shedding and metrics that get in the way of the job to be done — taking and finding notes.
- phlakaton 4y agoFWIW I only use Obsidian for note-taking, not metrics or graph views or bike-shedding. Markdown with two-way links and the occasional image, code snippet, or Mermaid diagram. Doesn't need to be more complicated than that!
- mcluck 4y agoAdding my voice to the cacophony. I don't use Obsidian but I do use Foam in VS Code. Daily notes and wikilinks is all I need. I've toyed with adding more metadata but it's just not worth the maintenance cost