Any thoughts on Obsidian vs Zim? I've had both of them downloaded for a long time now, but I've yet to really dive into them as my old habits of saving quick thoughts into .txt files are hard to shake off
Obsidian looked so much better than Zim that I was compelled to try it, but I'd been using Zim for well over 15 years beforehand.
So Occams razor might just be "I'm more used to it;" though there might be an argument for Obsidian growing too slick too quickly? It's got a LOT going on and looks like its flashier and has more features, perhaps too many for me. Also, if mobile is at all important, you probably want Obsidian.
Thanks for the feedback. Ugh I really wish there was a good enough common notes format standard that would make these decisions less difficult. I'd like to be able to easily take my data with me to whichever note taking app I wanna try out
The good news is you can work by just saving plain text and then viewing it in the GUI. Obsidian looks pretty but is slower and not as stable. I haven’t gone back to Zim yet but there’s nothing Obsidian really adds beyond GUI polish IMO. Obsidian has the advantage of mobile apps, but the story there isn’t superb — I have a better time piping text into it through Drafts. The iPad version of the Craft notes app is superior but it’s also much more locked down in every sense. I still use Craft though because I’m trying to simplify things these days, and I’m a sucker for OS integration.
Keep coming back to my beloved Zim.
Super extensible without being overwhelming.
I do my personal notes, my blogging, my course website and even my Slides (instead of Powerpoint) with it.