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Zenkit Hypernotes - closed beta
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Posted by satis
Mar 11, 2021 at 04:59 PM
https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/11/zenkit-hypernotes/
Posted by Luhmann
Mar 11, 2021 at 11:26 PM
Reads like it was a press release from Zenkit… Glad they mention Roam, but there is no sense of how exactly this is a clone… down to the language and syntax used to describe various parts of the system. The only innovations I can see are (1) an ios app (2) task manager, and (3) a commenting system. Otherwise it is all Roam.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Mar 12, 2021 at 05:51 PM
I’m not sure I agree entirely with the sentiment here. Yes, Zenkit’s Hypernotes uses bi-directional linking, an outline structure, and a graph, each of which is absolutely borrowed from Roam. But it uses a very different organizing method, and is aimed at collaboration. Hypernotes allows you to build as many notebooks (which correlates to Roam’s Graphs), while Roam only allows three AND you can’t even rename them. And the task feature is fairly significant, I think.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, just that there are some significant differences that some people (me for instance) might find appealing. Hypernotes has a long way to go to smooth out some issues (the way you have to create a task, for instance, is idiotic).
I admire Roam a great deal, but three tries at making it work for me have failed. Once Hypernotes gets the kinks worked out, I would seriously consider using it.
Luhmann wrote:
Reads like it was a press release from Zenkit… Glad they mention Roam,
>but there is no sense of how exactly this is a clone… down to the
>language and syntax used to describe various parts of the system. The
>only innovations I can see are (1) an ios app (2) task manager, and (3)
>a commenting system. Otherwise it is all Roam.
Posted by satis
Mar 12, 2021 at 07:19 PM
I’ve been following ZenKit for a few years, as what they’re now calling ‘Base’ offered tasks, reminders and one-click kanban view (also one-click Table, Gantt, List, and Mindmap views) for years before most competitors. They pivoted a bit to make the main view resemble Wunderlist, and aimed that product more at the enterprise (real-time collaboration, chat, Notion-like team wikis) but it remained competitively priced for solo use with task managers like TickTick and Todoist. But the addition of Hypernotes seems to knock it out of the park.
Posted by Darren McDonald
Mar 13, 2021 at 01:57 AM
Thanks, @Lucas, for sharing this gem of a find. I signed up and liked the app straight away. Straight out of the box, I had the app up and working. It was so iIntuitive with almost no learning curve. Of course, there are many missing features/functions, but it is still in beta. I would like to see export functions. As an academic working with hundreds, even thousands of research papers, I need interaction with highlights and notes I make on the PDF of a research paper. With these features, I believe the search for my ultimate for taking notes on research is over!
In my feed of YouTube videos, the following review came up:
Lucas wrote:
Zenkit Hypernotes is currently in closed early access, but in the
>meantime, it’s interesting to see the concept:
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>https://zenkit.com/en/hypernotes/
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