Same thing here like many other users of Joplin. I’m come from OneNote that I used for many years (after trying Evernote and giving it up when it got too expensive !). Since some months, I look at Open Source alternatives and solutions that respect my privacy and makes me walk away from GAFAM. I’ve tried some notes apps to replace OneNote, many based on Markdown editor. Joplin have been my choice.
Yes, it is not perfect. First, it’s hard to get used to having an editor and a viewer side-by-side. I’d rather have a visual editor like OneNote… The look of the software is also basic. Luckily we can modify it with custom stylesheets. There is couple of other things to change. But I think it’s a good software.
I would like @AlucardNoir giving us better Open Source alternatives…? You can give your opinion and says that a software is not good (even list only negative points). You can says too that there are so many better options. What are these options ?
I tried many note taking apps (OneNote, Evernote, Nimbus Note, Google Keep) and find only Joplin suits my needs. I agree with it’s not 100% ideal, but 99,8% for sure. I used it for year and find out very big improvement for that period. Joplin continues to mature and I happy to see that growth. Honestly I hate Electron, but Joplin is changed my mind in some kind. Joplin is really great product with their own small but solid ecosystem.
@laurent made great product and hope done well in future.
I also tried many note taking apps… and settled with CherryTree for a while because electron apps gave me a bad feeling…
I gave Joplin a second chance because I’m more productive writing notes in markdown and favor that format overall. Configured webdav in my arm device (just Apache+webdav, found nextcloud too bloated for my needs) and I’m happy since then. I backup my notes nightly to my Syncthing folders and feel confident that I won’t lose them in the future and having a single point of synchronization with webdav avoids weird issues that I had with CherryTree when I logged onto a device and opened it without noticing that synchronization didn’t finish and I overwrote an old version.
Pretty happy at this moment, keep the good work and thanks!
Hoping for some suggetions. Joplin is great for my basic research where I'm compiling new info and trying to keep it organized. Here is my general workflow:
Reseach and compile info (text, images, tables etc)
Reorganize the info (if there are overlapping sections, merging sections of info)
Summarizing (this is where I start running into trouble)
Build presentation and talking notes
Talking notes Summary (this is where it all fall apart)
@ #3 in other apps I starte to Bold and then in final step I highlight... #5 is much the same but for memorizing a speach... I bold imporatant key words and then I red fornt, then finally highlight key words I keep forgetting. I use bold. font color and highlight to denote importance of the words.
Maybe it's just not meant for this kind of work flow... which is ok... can anyone suggest another app better suited to this kind of workflow?