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I've recently started using Obsidian for taking notes and am very much enjoying it. For me the main things that matter are - it works on both desktop (for tak

I've recently started using Obsidian for taking notes and am very much enjoying it. For me the main things that matter are - it works on both desktop (for taking longer notes from reading) and android (for short notes on quick thoughts / things to remember) - the underlying file format is just plain text - sync can be achieved with syncthing

Nereuxofficial 3y ago
Yeah and the Excalidraw Extension is just incredibly good
- sdfghswe 3y ago
  Ah, I haven't explored any extensions yet!
  - steveylang 3y ago
    That's like at least half the fun! But seriously, there is a great library of community plugins.
stefanvdw1 3y ago
Also check out the Tasks plugin and the query language it comes with. Obsidian has become my one tool for so many things at this point!
jjnoakes 3y ago
I tried it on Android and within the first few minutes I hit the following annoyances: - Changing the title of a note and then backing out of the note does not save the title change; I had to switch focus to the body of the note before the title change would save - Backing out of a note exited the app instead of bringing me to the previous view - Backing out of a sub-setting view exited the settings instead of bringing me to the parent settings view, so even looking for a setting that might help the first two annoyances was also annoying I'm hoping to give it another go, and perhaps even suggest or improve the app when I have some time, but it was definitely an underwhelming first impression.
LordDragonfang 3y ago
Copying and pasting my a previous comment on obsidian syncing: Some options for syncing on mobile: Obsidian sells a first party syncing solution, which I hear works well: https://obsidian.md/sync https://obsidian.md/sync I do git syncing on Android via termux (It works most of the time, except when git decides to shit itself every now and then on my tablet): https://forum.obsidian.md/t/guide-using-git-to-sync-your-obs https://forum.obsidian.md/t/guide-using-git-to-sync-your-obs... I can't vouch for it because I don't have any iOS devices new enough to support it, but supposedly you can use Working Copy to sync via git on iOS: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mobile-setting-up-ios-git-based- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mobile-setting-up-ios-git-based-...
- 0_____0 3y ago
  I sync via a third party app that syncs a normal filesystem directory to my Android device from Google drive. Seems to work well enough that I haven't tried the official sync feature.

Nereuxofficial 3y ago

Yeah and the Excalidraw Extension is just incredibly good

sdfghswe 3y ago
Ah, I haven't explored any extensions yet!
- steveylang 3y ago
  That's like at least half the fun! But seriously, there is a great library of community plugins.

stefanvdw1 3y ago

Also check out the Tasks plugin and the query language it comes with. Obsidian has become my one tool for so many things at this point!

jjnoakes 3y ago

I tried it on Android and within the first few minutes I hit the following annoyances: - Changing the title of a note and then backing out of the note does not save the title change; I had to switch focus to the body of the note before the title change would save - Backing out of a note exited the app instead of bringing me to the previous view - Backing out of a sub-setting view exited the settings instead of bringing me to the parent settings view, so even looking for a setting that might help the first two annoyances was also annoying I'm hoping to give it another go, and perhaps even suggest or improve the app when I have some time, but it was definitely an underwhelming first impression.

LordDragonfang 3y ago

Copying and pasting my a previous comment on obsidian syncing: Some options for syncing on mobile: Obsidian sells a first party syncing solution, which I hear works well: https://obsidian.md/sync https://obsidian.md/sync I do git syncing on Android via termux (It works most of the time, except when git decides to shit itself every now and then on my tablet): https://forum.obsidian.md/t/guide-using-git-to-sync-your-obs https://forum.obsidian.md/t/guide-using-git-to-sync-your-obs... I can't vouch for it because I don't have any iOS devices new enough to support it, but supposedly you can use Working Copy to sync via git on iOS: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mobile-setting-up-ios-git-based- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mobile-setting-up-ios-git-based-...

0_____0 3y ago
I sync via a third party app that syncs a normal filesystem directory to my Android device from Google drive. Seems to work well enough that I haven't tried the official sync feature.