First impressions (Obsidian and Notion user)

[Elisus]

Hi,

I’ve used a lot of note-taking software in the past including Slite, Joplin, Stackedit and looking for a note-taking software that will also function as a personal wiki. I am currently using Notion and Obsidian.

General Thoughts

• Reminds me of Notion
• The interface is very clean
• The margins are way too big and I can’t find a way to reduce them
• Copy-paste from markdown could be better. There’s # and ** marks everywhere after I paste.
• I wish it remembered my reading position. On the desktop, sometimes when I go back to the previous page, it will remember the position I was at, and sometimes it will take me to the top of the page.
• I like how customizable the pages are.
• Is there a way to delete “Types”?
• Not sure if this already exists, but I would like to open multiple pages at once. Ideally across multiple monitors.

So far I am really happy with AnyType. It’s already a lot better than some of the note-taking software I’ve used in the past. I look forward to seeing how it improves in the future.

[sambouwer]

Hi @Elisus, thanks for sharing your first impressions! I read a lot of thoughts that others have, too, especially the relation to Notion .

@Elisus

• The margins are way too big and I can’t find a way to reduce them

Please use this option and use the slider to adjust the margins:

I’ve made a pull request for this to be added to the docs as I could not find any other reference to it.

@Elisus

• Copy-paste from markdown could be better. There’s # and ** marks everywhere after I paste.

There are several bug reports for this on the forum already, so I expect the devs are aware of issues with the import/copy-paste of markdown text. Thanks for sharing your experience anyway! If you have specific issues that you find that are not yet posted, please submit a new bug report.

@Elisus

• I wish it remembered my reading position. On the desktop, sometimes when I go back to the previous page, it will remember the position I was at, and sometimes it will take me to the top of the page.

I agree, that would be great! Please check out this request to see if that matches your idea. If not, feel free to submit a new Feature Request to explain what/how you think is missing or can be improved.

Preserve (or sync) reading position on the mobile apps

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I always find it frustrating when I’m reading a long story, note, article, or book that I’ve written or imported into Anytype, only to leave and have the reading position be reset (to the top of the page). I do believe the Desktop client already preserves reading position, but, it’d be great if the mobile applications could do so as well. Additionally, it would be even better if reading positions could sync between all clients, so…

@Elisus

• Is there a way to delete “Types”?

Unfortunately, we are stuck with the default Types for now. There are some discussions on this on the forum:

Change or delete default templates linked to default types

Hi. I was wondering if we will ever be able to change or delete the default templates that are linked to the default types? If not, then maybe an option to hide the default template or make a user-created template the default one? Especially for sets with the “New” button where all templates show up. If I want to make a small change to the default template, I have to duplicate it. Then whenever I want to add a new object, I have to choose the correct template every time.

@Elisus

• Not sure if this already exists, but I would like to open multiple pages at once. Ideally across multiple monitors.

You are not alone! Feel free to upvote these existing Feature Requests:

Allow two instance of Anytype

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. It frustrating to move back and forth for grabbing stuff in anytype. Describe the solution you’d like Having the ability to open two instance of anytype in parallel or side by side. Describe alternatives you’ve considered Multi windows support as in click a page it opens as a new windows or tabs like in craft would be great. Additional context The way Evernote does when creating a new note like a separate editor. Anytype can a…

Multiple windows

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. not really a problem, but something I consider Anytype is lacking right now. Describe the solution you’d like Being able to open different notes in different windows. Describe alternatives you’ve considered To be honest, that’s the only alternative I can think of.

Add Tabs to show multiple pages

Be careful with your wishes because some developers integrate the tabs, but prevent them from being dragged out to become autonomous windows… Of course, tabs would only suit me if they allow multiple windows. But anyway I’m still a big fan of multiple instances of softwares.