Notion.io is my new favorite

Posted by Chris Thompson
Sep 4, 2019 at 01:32 PM

There are definitely some valid criticisms in that review, but many of the points are ridiculous, e.g., the claim that Evernote has more customizable views than Notion.

I think the criticisms of the editor are largely off-base. Notion’s editor is extremely well designed and in my opinion probably the best compromise between Markdown-style and arbitrary formatting-style apps, in the sense that it’s WYSIWYG but also easy to draft documents with actual structure, and easy to add structure later by transforming blocks if you start by just writing down a bunch of quick text-only notes. (I wish the same kind of editor was available as a standalone desktop tool or an Emacs mode, actually.)

It can be hard to figure out how to set it up though, which is the usual Achilles heel of most powerful information managers. I think they’re aware of this and clearly trying to straddle a fine line between user-friendliness and power.

xtabber wrote:
Notion just got a very unfavorable review in PC Magazine:
> >https://www.pcmag.com/review/370368/notion
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