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For me one of the biggest issues with Notion (and to a smaller extent with Obsidian as well) is its ever present UI. When I write (or read) something, I don't w

For me one of the biggest issues with Notion (and to a smaller extent with Obsidian as well) is its ever present UI. When I write (or read) something, I don't want to see 20+ buttons scattered around distracting me from the content. IA writer got this right, but it's too local and doesn't have colab or better online sync features. Shameless plug – I'm building https://kraa.io/about https://kraa.io/about that's trying to be a writing app with a minimal, yet feature-rich, UI. (better offline and local-files functionality planned)

anoojb 1y ago
You want a focus mode plugin: https://github.com/ryanpcmcquen/obsidian-focus-mode https://github.com/ryanpcmcquen/obsidian-focus-mode This is what differentiates Obsidian from many other note taking apps. Anyone who has an itch can build a plugin and customize it. Unlike a venture-funded SaaS application there's no meaningful commercial incentive or issue with building something that will eventually get sherlock'd b the application vendor in the future.
jitl 1y ago
Notion should enter "keyboard mode" as you start to type and fade out the header bar. You'll still need to close the sidebar since it's quite busy and we don't fade it automatically since it has an explicit toggle. I guess if you're building your own there's still too much noise. Good luck!
- levmiseri 1y ago
  Yeah, that's a nice touch. Though the reading experience is also important. Notion is obviously super powerful and a more cluttered UI is hence probably unavoidable.
datadrivenangel 1y ago
In Obsidian you can disable almost all of the UI very easily in settings.
- levmiseri 1y ago
  Only the Hider plugin did 'most' of the job. But yeah, Obsidian is good with this (with plugins)
nicholasluimy 1y ago
Are you talking about the sidebar? or is there some other element you'd like to disappear?
wltr 1y ago
Oh, I like the minimalism of your start page, before you scroll.

anoojb 1y ago

You want a focus mode plugin: https://github.com/ryanpcmcquen/obsidian-focus-mode https://github.com/ryanpcmcquen/obsidian-focus-mode This is what differentiates Obsidian from many other note taking apps. Anyone who has an itch can build a plugin and customize it. Unlike a venture-funded SaaS application there's no meaningful commercial incentive or issue with building something that will eventually get sherlock'd b the application vendor in the future.

jitl 1y ago

Notion should enter "keyboard mode" as you start to type and fade out the header bar. You'll still need to close the sidebar since it's quite busy and we don't fade it automatically since it has an explicit toggle. I guess if you're building your own there's still too much noise. Good luck!

levmiseri 1y ago
Yeah, that's a nice touch. Though the reading experience is also important. Notion is obviously super powerful and a more cluttered UI is hence probably unavoidable.

datadrivenangel 1y ago

In Obsidian you can disable almost all of the UI very easily in settings.

levmiseri 1y ago
Only the Hider plugin did 'most' of the job. But yeah, Obsidian is good with this (with plugins)

nicholasluimy 1y ago

Are you talking about the sidebar? or is there some other element you'd like to disappear?

wltr 1y ago

Oh, I like the minimalism of your start page, before you scroll.