Obsidian 1.0

Posted by MadaboutDana
Nov 7, 2022 at 11:19 AM

Speaking of Obsidian plug-ins, I’ve just been reading a rather nice article on using Obsidian as a replacement for Ulysses:

https://thesweetsetup.com/turning-obsidian-into-my-perfect-writing-app/

It’s got some very sensible advice for writers.

steveylang wrote:
My experience with the community plugins that are available inside the
>app has been great, no significant bugs or crashes. I’ve never installed
>any plugins manually downloaded from Github, preferring to wait until
>they get tested somewhat.
> >Any piece of of software shouldn’t rely on user-created plugins for core
>functionalities (someone else had commented), but the Obsidian plugin
>system and user community has enabled so many new features that would be
>outside the core app. It’s great to be able to really customize the app
>for your own needs.
> >I have around 20 plugins enabled, and performance of the app is
>absolutely great. Of course I try to disable and/or delete plugins I’m
>not using, but the main hindrance of unneeded plugins is some take
>longer startup time than others (there’s an option to show plugin
>startup time which is handy to weed out any offenders.)
> >MadaboutDana wrote:
>Agreed; I’m always wary of plugins, and try to install no more than 3 in
>>any given plugin-supporting app. But Obsidian’s core plugins are
>already
>>more than sufficient for most purposes. And the quality of some of the
>>“community” plugins is remarkably high.
>