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My use of Evernote has been replaced with two apps a few years ago when they abandoned native apps: 1. https://obsidian.md/ https://obsidian.md/ for all the no

My use of Evernote has been replaced with two apps a few years ago when they abandoned native apps: 1. https://obsidian.md/ https://obsidian.md/ for all the notes. 2. https://archivebox.io/ https://archivebox.io/ for almost all webpage clippings.

ubermonkey 3y ago
But Obsidian is Electron, right? Not a native app?
- smarx007 3y ago
  It is indeed Electron, but it has a much better linking story (don't even mention plugins [1]). Evernote being a native app was the last thing the held me as a paid customer with them. Also, the move to Electron was quite bumpy, they simply dropped half the features and it didn't recover until well over a year into the migration. [1]: https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/ https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/
- coffeeling 3y ago
  Yes, but comparatively lightweight for being one. The devs don't use large frameworks like React and write pretty barebones JS. It shows.
- mesoman 3y ago
  What's the beef with Electron?
  - coffeeling 3y ago
    Usually high resource use - more RAM use, using the processor more while idling, etc. and usually poorer integration into the OS in terms of look and feel and in terms of actual integrations. eg. native Outlook - ~200-250MB RAM use, same email open in Outlook Online-based New Outlook/Project Monarch: 400MB, and Monarch isn't even Electron but a supposedly lighter architecture. Microsoft To Do (UWP): ~100MB Todoist (Electron): 300MB The RAM usage adds up, especially on older hardware.
ComplexSystems 3y ago
Can Obsidian record voice notes?
- midasz 3y ago
  There's a plugin for that (trademark icon) https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Audio+recorder https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Audio+recorder
yuletide666 3y ago
Any way to import or view things to archivebox on mobile?
- smarx007 3y ago
  I have an Apple Shortcut to append a shared URL to a request https://domain.xyz/add?url=$sharedUrl https://domain.xyz/add?url=$sharedUrl To view things is trickier. But the Readability and Mercury destinations render best.

ubermonkey 3y ago

But Obsidian is Electron, right? Not a native app?

smarx007 3y ago
It is indeed Electron, but it has a much better linking story (don't even mention plugins [1]). Evernote being a native app was the last thing the held me as a paid customer with them. Also, the move to Electron was quite bumpy, they simply dropped half the features and it didn't recover until well over a year into the migration. [1]: https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/ https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/
coffeeling 3y ago
Yes, but comparatively lightweight for being one. The devs don't use large frameworks like React and write pretty barebones JS. It shows.
mesoman 3y ago
What's the beef with Electron?
- coffeeling 3y ago
  Usually high resource use - more RAM use, using the processor more while idling, etc. and usually poorer integration into the OS in terms of look and feel and in terms of actual integrations. eg. native Outlook - ~200-250MB RAM use, same email open in Outlook Online-based New Outlook/Project Monarch: 400MB, and Monarch isn't even Electron but a supposedly lighter architecture. Microsoft To Do (UWP): ~100MB Todoist (Electron): 300MB The RAM usage adds up, especially on older hardware.

ComplexSystems 3y ago

Can Obsidian record voice notes?

midasz 3y ago
There's a plugin for that (trademark icon) https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Audio+recorder https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Audio+recorder

yuletide666 3y ago

Any way to import or view things to archivebox on mobile?

smarx007 3y ago
I have an Apple Shortcut to append a shared URL to a request https://domain.xyz/add?url=$sharedUrl https://domain.xyz/add?url=$sharedUrl To view things is trickier. But the Readability and Mercury destinations render best.