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Going to Attempt All-in with Dynalist
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Posted by Drewster
Dec 26, 2020 at 08:01 AM
My latest project… will it last?... is to go all-in with Dynalist. I am going to try to use it to replace as many different apps as possible that I’ve used for note taking repositories - notably The Archive, DEVONthink, Ulysses, iA Writer, OmniOutliner, iThoughts, MindNode.
I got sick of knowing that I’d written something but not knowing where I might find it.
I have a soft spot for outliners so Dynalist had a natural advantage. The only downside is the non-integration with macOS which I use 98% of the time. Such is the price to pay adopting a web application.
But OmniOutliner, for all its Mac-ness, was too fiddly, too document-centric and had no support for Markdown - not to mention its overwrought styling system. It Mac-ness couldn’t overcome these downfalls.
So now I’ve bought an annual licence for Dynalist and I’m going to try _really_ hard not to tire of it after a couple of months.
Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 26, 2020 at 11:01 AM
If you haven’t already done so, check out https://userstyles.org/ for Dynalist themes. They can greatly enhance the experience.
I’m using 4 at the moment: Darknest Hour 1.2, Dynalist Dark Custom, Dynalist Row Separator, and one that’s just called Dynalist (that uses typewriter font I like).
For Chrome, there is also the “Clip to Dynalist” extension, which I can’t do without.
Posted by Luhmann
Dec 26, 2020 at 11:22 AM
Haha. This was me a year ago!
(Now I’m moving everything to Roam…)
Posted by Drewster
Dec 26, 2020 at 11:48 AM
I did experiment with Roam, but the combination of the price and the poor iOS experience put me off.
Of course, everything is subject to change at any time!
Posted by Luhmann
Dec 27, 2020 at 07:26 AM
That makes sense. I was an early user of Roam so I have access to a free “graph” (as they call each database) which they say I can use indefinitely without paying. If I didn’t I’m not sure if I’d be willing to pay or not. Do note, however, that they are pretty free with discounts if you write to them to explain why the price is too high for you. And while the dynalist iOS app is much better, the Roam progressive web app (PWA) isn’t too shabby.
Drewster wrote:
> I did experiment with Roam, but the combination of the price and the
>poor iOS experience put me off.
>
>Of course, everything is subject to change at any time!