Wanted: Your Ideas for Multispaces & Multiplayer!

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Thanks @Charlotte , I’ll post here a complete (and long :sweat_smile: answer).

Not enough at ease orally but if an exchange via chat can be useful, it will be with pleasure

Multi-space and Multiplayer (question 1 & 3)

Multi-space usercase

  • “Personal space”

    • for me and only me, with my wiki, notes, etc
    • Currently on Evernote (quick note and Wiki) and Notion ( projects, database)
    • It’s my default space, but I need to move quickly on other spaces : I need to be able to link to other spaces (favorites them in the side bar).

  • “Family space”

    • Shared with family : shared data about… games (RPG,…), House, Vacancy, Gift, homework :sweat_smile:,…
    • On Notion : in fact it’s a part of a personal space of another person : it’s work well because Notion clearly move all shared objet in a specific category into the side menu

  • “Job space”

    • Data for my job and with some pages shared publicly (web, read only)

  • “Test space”

    • Just for anytype I need it for test purpose (one or more space, I’ve 2 tests account actually ^^)

What I need for multi-space:

  • be able to switch space quickly (in Evernote, as simple as Files Menu → click the other account; in Notion, direcly select it in a specific menu in the top)
    • Usercase (one of…) : My family tell me about something in our space : I’ll have a quick look and then come back to what I was doing on my personal space. Quick is the key word!
    • The “Go back” button must be able to go back in another space
  • be able to have multiple space open simultaneously (Notion allows it, via tabs or windows).
    • Usercase (one of…) : I’ll try things in the “test” space and take note simultaneously in my personal space
  • be able to link object from a space into another space (I think we can do many great things with widgets!)
    • Usercase : in family space, I have pages I often access. I have them in a favorites menu in the sidebar of my personal space
    • Clicking to this link must switch quickly and smoothly to this object (a longer load time is prohibitive)
  • be able to move or copy objets between spaces
    • Usercase : I have my own page about… garden or anything else. And today, I propose to share it in the family space. I duplicate or move it in this other space and Done!
  • be able to search in all spaces but… search in Anytype needs to improve a lot before thinking about that.
    • My “life” is in multi-space and many thing can be in one or another space but where?
    • → Search tools → search and check “search on all space” → Done, I’ll find it wherever it is

In brief, navigation between space must be as smooth as possible (no waiting time, no code to type, interaction between space, etc).

What I need for Multiplayer :

  • Be able to share objects in a space for casual multiplayer

    • For AT : share an object and all object link from this object (collection and all objetc in it, page and all object link in it,…)
      • Usercase : I’ve a tabletop RPG base in my space, I need to share only the “Store” page, not all the other hidden data
    • A great option will be to share a complete space
      • Usercase : for family and work team
      • AT usercase : why not a shared space for beta-testing things, reproduce and share bugs, etc?

  • Be able to share a complete space

    • Useful for specific use as a team space (job, family)

  • Right per user (globally for a shared space or at object level), classic R/RW/Admin rights

    • Be able to clearly view rights at objects level, a view (list with [object | rights]) would be very useful (but not in my current usercase)

  • Be able to clearly see what is shared

    • Suggestion : add a relation “Shared”, searchable and with a widget “Shared objects”

  • Be able to do specific view for everybody on collections/sets and specific view for myself

    • Usercase : a database of project for work, I’ll have a view to manage it; and a view more “pretty” with just the useful info for those whith just read access

  • Be able to see live editing of other person and see when a person is in my current page.

  • If web share (view only) is in Multiplayer category, I need it

    • Share with a simple web link
    • Access without login and with a simple web browser
    • Be able to clearly see what is shared
    • All things about domain, styling, analytics is not my usercase (except pehaps domain : for my Notion space for my job, I use a clean name under the notion domain)

  • With multiplayer, if someone share apart of its space with me, these part can appear on my own personal space (like Evernote do) or give me access to its space with only what is shared (like notion do). Determining the best choice requires careful thought For the second option, be able to create “personnal favorites” in this space can be useful

    • Usercase : a member of my family shared many thing with me in his space. I access it by switching to it.
      • I have favorites in the sidebar, to find easily the most current object .
      • I’ve favorites too in my own space to the most important objects.

Question 2- Missing functionnalities

I’ll make it short, the point is raised quite a bit on the forum :sweat_smile:. I’ll keep only essential functionnality, other features will be important for the “user-friendly/pleasant” and the “potential” side of things.

Migrate from Evernote

  • Better tag management (including quick access to them with a widget)
  • Import of files and tags : I’ve developed a migration tool but Anytype cannot import files (including image) actually. Without that, and without tag imported (an issue has opened too), Evernote users can’t migrate. The rest is already correctly imported, and I’ll be delighted to finish the development when these two points are working. PS: an update on the progress of Tables v2 would also be very useful to limit lost of data when migrate from Evernote…
  • Fully sync garanty (move away with my phone with the assurance that everything is in sync and available offline!)

Migrate from Notion (excluding Multi-space and Multiplayer, indispensable)

  • Formulas (powerful enough to replace Notion)
  • Bi-directionnal link (“Links from” and “Links to” as relation)
  • Share with web link (essential for job space)
  • On view : “group by” at least (better filter and more display option are very welcome)
  • Column aggregation and rollups less indispensable but I’ll loose some data/visual information if not existing in AT
  • Not indispensable… but I’m afraid of migrating a large mass of data with a lot of databases without a support of collection-specific relations (or how to end up with a gigantic mess in 5 minutes)

Plugin can be a game changer : I’m ready to develop (almost) everything I’ll miss.
After Evernote to Anytype Converter developement :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: