As always thank you for implementing our feature requests. I am so excited to try out local graph.
Some feedback for Local graph view in v.0.37.0
1. Currently it is like an alternative flow view, seeing everything linking back to the centre node. It would be great if we can see connections between ‘external’ nodes. There is something like this in obsidian, called neighbouring links, red lines in the picture below.
2. One layer/depth of linkage/relation is not enough for observing pattern usage of graph view. For example, in the process of finding common emotions in journal entries, I would need to use local graph for a set (centre node), for displaying several entry objects (one depth away), and then look at emotion objects (second depth). The following obsidian’s local graph with a 2 level of depth, is the same object’s local graph of the above picture. This illustrates a big difference between the pulled information and function of graph.
3. Local graph confirms that there is a ‘strange unknown irregular force’ determining the constellation of nodes.. As you can see in the picture 3 below, all the nodes (except 3) have the same relation type linking to the centre node.. but some gather together and form shapes and some don’t (this theoretically speaking could be a feature to show hierarchical differences)
This could potentially be caused by level 2+ hidden objects’ relations to the external nodes, but this speculation is not enough to convince me the irregular linkage of lv2+ objects would cause such pattern. Also, local graph should be different to filter to global graph which should display and calculate what’s only relevant to visual nodes,** so this explanation doesn’t make sense to me..
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It feels a little strange to be able to hide the main objects, under the graph setting that links, relations and unlinked objects are off.. (Sadly, I still can’t understand Anytype’s definition of unlinked objects, for both global and local graph)
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Slight roughness in workflow: when reaching for an undisplayed object or any object form search pane, it returns to object canvas first, then I need to call for graph view again.. ∵ it is not possible to search for undisplayed object from magnifying glass/cmd+f ← but I also don’t think cmd+f is a good location to do so because when there are lots of linked/related objects, graph view needs to be maintained for finding object
P.S. Scrolling with cursor on object is very good with the position is maintained👍. Obsidian doesn’t do this when zooming out