TheBrain v. Obsidian as of May 2021

Posted by Graham Rhind
May 6, 2021 at 05:23 PM

I reported this after the first beta release. It’s still an issue in the release I tested today. They would have to change their strategy (of reading attachments into the notes, instead of just listing the directory, as with previous versions) with version 12 to resolve this and, given their history, I don’t think that’s going to happen. They seem determined to keep the attachments as part of the note even though many people have reported problems with this (and it is a real barrier to productivity to have to scroll though lists of attachments to see a note).

Frankly, I wasn’t willing to wait and see because I have too much data that needs exporting.

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Graham Rhind wrote:
>>and now with version 12 I cannot have more than a few attachments to
>any
>>note without the whole thing grinding to a virtual halt.
> >I would personally attribute this to the beta state of the software. Is
>TheBrain perhaps indexing the content of the attachments? I would be
>very surprised for such a function to not be swift in the final version,
>as the developers seem to invest a lot on the software’s scalability.
> >That said, I do miss the web publishing.