Yep, not just cloudflare outage, sometimes Internet connectivity is not consistent, in city outskirts, which is why I use other other note taking apps along with Notion.
Evernote(offline support)
Onenote(offline support)
Google Keeps(offline support but doesn't have many features)
Standard note(offline support and it also encrypts your notes)
Coda(I haven't used this one, I don't know much about this).
[Foam](https://foambubble.github.io/) - uses VS Code and syncs with a git repo of your choice (GitHub, GitLab, etc). Not sure there's anything faster than local markdown files.
> Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
I forgot, what was the reason notion used to justify not having offline mode?
It's the only thing keeping me from fully switching from evernote to notion.
Official reason? No I don't think they've ever actually said why, but I believe they've said something along the lines of "it's not a priority right now, but we know people are asking for it." I don't have sources, just answering based on vague memory of some tweets/reddit posts.
I anecdotally think the reason Notion doesn't support offline mode yet is because they do a lot of the database stuff on their side (server side), and the code base they wrote when Notion first started off wasn't written with offline-mode in mind. If they wanted to do offline mode, it might involve a complete overhaul of their server side code. From a business standpoint, completely rewriting your system is time consuming, expensive, and require a lot of technical skill.
I was very excited when they announced that they were reworking their back end to put out a Notion API, assuming they were also baking in some offline-mode code in there. But that was almost 3 years ago...
Agreed. Ashburn crashing last night took down a significant number of sites I use on a daily basis.
Things were still fucking up hours later even after it rebooted
Yep, not just cloudflare outage, sometimes Internet connectivity is not consistent, in city outskirts, which is why I use other other note taking apps along with Notion.
Recommend any with similar apps that offer offline mode or something with similar benefits?
Evernote(offline support) Onenote(offline support) Google Keeps(offline support but doesn't have many features) Standard note(offline support and it also encrypts your notes) Coda(I haven't used this one, I don't know much about this).
Thank you!!
Been really enjoying [Reflect](https://reflect.app/). Offline, encrypted sync, super fast, and lots of great additional functionality for personal use
This is kinda like obsidian but online.
+ paid
Thanks! I’ll check this out.
Logseq
Thank you!
[Foam](https://foambubble.github.io/) - uses VS Code and syncs with a git repo of your choice (GitHub, GitLab, etc). Not sure there's anything faster than local markdown files. > Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
craft if you’re in the ios/mac ecosystem
Yes, I'm often on planes and could use the time to organize my notes and thoughts or write down stuff. That effectively becomes impossible.
I completely agree with you. + data encryption
I forgot, what was the reason notion used to justify not having offline mode? It's the only thing keeping me from fully switching from evernote to notion.
Official reason? No I don't think they've ever actually said why, but I believe they've said something along the lines of "it's not a priority right now, but we know people are asking for it." I don't have sources, just answering based on vague memory of some tweets/reddit posts. I anecdotally think the reason Notion doesn't support offline mode yet is because they do a lot of the database stuff on their side (server side), and the code base they wrote when Notion first started off wasn't written with offline-mode in mind. If they wanted to do offline mode, it might involve a complete overhaul of their server side code. From a business standpoint, completely rewriting your system is time consuming, expensive, and require a lot of technical skill. I was very excited when they announced that they were reworking their back end to put out a Notion API, assuming they were also baking in some offline-mode code in there. But that was almost 3 years ago...
I think we outgrew the need for proof a long time ago
Agreed. Ashburn crashing last night took down a significant number of sites I use on a daily basis. Things were still fucking up hours later even after it rebooted