New update today has made the Graph view loading super fast. Also larger collections feel like they're loading faster. Thanks.

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New update today has made the Graph view loading super fast. Also larger collections feel like they're loading faster. Thanks.

Great to hear! They actually do

Slash “/” as an alternative to “+” added - music to my ears. Excellent QOL addition. Thank you

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I had to re-tool the plus sign. forward slash MUCH better. Thanks.

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Hey, I thought I'd make my first post here. I see a lot of potential in Capacities, I've played around with it a bit, but I'm still waiting for some things on the roadmap to go live before really diving in. This is my experience. I've been a long-time Notion user, but I've recently been enticed by these newer PKM features it lacks, like bi-directional linking and graph view. I messed around with Obsidian for a while, but I found it too "raw" for me. I like the visual nature of Notion (links appearing as bookmarks with thumbnails, embedded media, page banners and icons, etc.). So I had this need for "Notion + extra features". I feel like Capacities checks a lot of those boxes for me. I like the global tags, I like the bi-directional linking, and I like the inclusion of those visual elements Notion has. These days, I will write down a note in Apple Notes, save an article I want to read to Raindrop.io, and if there's a bigger project going on, organize all my data in Notion. I'd like to try using Capacities to do all those things someday, but there needs to be a mobile app I can quickly launch and capture things with, there needs to be a desktop version that doesn't live in my browser, a browser extension I can quickly save pages with etc. I might continue to mess around occasionally but I can't "live within it" just yet. So Capacities has kind of stood out for me and my particular needs (one thing I didn't even mention I liked is the potential to moodboard, like a Pinterest but with tags), and I'm going to be eagerly observing and waiting. Happy to be here on the inside and share some thoughts on what I'd like to see.

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Hey, I thought I'd make my first post here. I see a lot of potential in Capacities, I've played around with it a bit, but I'm still waiting for some things on the roadmap to go live before really diving in. This is my experience. I've been a long-time Notion user, but I've recently been enticed by these newer PKM features it lacks, like bi-directional linking and graph view. I messed around with Obsidian for a while, but I found it too "raw" for me. I like the visual nature of Notion (links appearing as bookmarks with thumbnails, embedded media, page banners and icons, etc.). So I had this need for "Notion + extra features". I feel like Capacities checks a lot of those boxes for me. I like the global tags, I like the bi-directional linking, and I like the inclusion of those visual elements Notion has. These days, I will write down a note in Apple Notes, save an article I want to read to Raindrop.io, and if there's a bigger project going on, organize all my data in Notion. I'd like to try using Capacities to do all those things someday, but there needs to be a mobile app I can quickly launch and capture things with, there needs to be a desktop version that doesn't live in my browser, a browser extension I can quickly save pages with etc. I might continue to mess around occasionally but I can't "live within it" just yet. So Capacities has kind of stood out for me and my particular needs (one thing I didn't even mention I liked is the potential to moodboard, like a Pinterest but with tags), and I'm going to be eagerly observing and waiting. Happy to be here on the inside and share some thoughts on what I'd like to see.

Hi @Omar, happy to have you onboard. Thanks so much for your feedback!! I absolutely agree with the importance of these features. You find all of them on our roadmap (https://roadmap.capacities.io). We are working full steam on delivering them.

And happy to get your feedback at any time! (edited)

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I lost the rights for the bugs-and-issues channel? I think this is at least an issue...

Steffen started a thread. 7/30/2022 10:55 AM

So happy you guys made a discord and shocked I just found it now. Thank you!

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Letho

So happy you guys made a discord and shocked I just found it now. Thank you!

We launched it just a couple of days ago, so you didn't miss much yet. Cool to have you on board!

Hola a todos! Saludos desde argentina

jploza

Hola a todos! Saludos desde argentina

hola muchacho (o muchacha)

@gestaltist muchacho jajaja

jploza

@gestaltist muchacho jajaja

a si, me olvide que mujeres no existen en Internet

Jjajaja

@Steffen Data ownership is very important to me. And I find that data ownership is directly limited by the ability to export data to an interoperable format. As much as I like Capacities, there’s always the possibility that it will turn out to not be a good fit at one point, and I need the security of a global export. What are your plans in that regard?

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In case you were having issues using the WhatsApp integration, this should be fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience

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Hey, I learned about this from Anne's newsletter. I currently use Obsidian and Notion; this app seems like both in one. I'm curious how this app is different from these two, as a combo and separately.

Steffen started a thread. 8/7/2022 1:33 AM

The worst thing happened today - I opened the article summary I was working on Sunday evening at about 11 pm, and it was empty. The picture and new hashtag that I created and attached remained in the database, but were not linked to the page. I had similar problems yesterday, but I thought it was just a problem with my internet. I hope it was accidental, but just in case, I decided to let you know, maybe you can track down what caused the problem. If I can reproduce the problem I will provide more information.

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Adelon

The worst thing happened today - I opened the article summary I was working on Sunday evening at about 11 pm, and it was empty. The picture and new hashtag that I created and attached remained in the database, but were not linked to the page. I had similar problems yesterday, but I thought it was just a problem with my internet. I hope it was accidental, but just in case, I decided to let you know, maybe you can track down what caused the problem. If I can reproduce the problem I will provide more information.

Thanks for letting us know!

This should definitely not happen. We did not have any issues like this recently. Having the same content open in several tabs could potentially cause something like this. I will talk with @Steffen also to investigate further.

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Steffen started a thread. 8/9/2022 9:27 AM

Spaces in Capacities are a way to fully isolate domains. How many spaces do you use? And what are they for? Spaces always have an overhead, unfortunately. For example, to use the messenger integrations you need to specify a default space or specify a space in every message, etc. And you have different daily notes for different spaces. Just curious what you think.

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We have been silent in terms of product updates this week. Just wanted to let you know that we shipped a small update. See the biggest changes here: https://capacities.io/whats-new. There will be a lot of exciting things coming up, we are working on making many interactions smoother and faster. A small feature is already live now

(based on your ideas and feedback here

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the new breadcrumb system actually sped things up quite a bit on my side as some of my pages were getting quite a long list stacked at the top!

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Oh man such useful updates

10:56 AM

This is turning out to be better and better everyday

10:56 AM

Heres a random question for people -- has anybody foudn a note taking method that works well that I could use capacities with? I am literally struggling just learning how to take notes properly

Steffen

We have been silent in terms of product updates this week. Just wanted to let you know that we shipped a small update. See the biggest changes here: https://capacities.io/whats-new. There will be a lot of exciting things coming up, we are working on making many interactions smoother and faster. A small feature is already live now

(based on your ideas and feedback here

)

Niiiice

phil started a thread. 8/13/2022 11:08 AM

phil started a thread. 8/14/2022 6:35 AM

(Don't have rights to write in #⚡・bugs-and-issues , so put it here) Small bug: Tried to paste line from article "a skillset can be rare and valuable if you specialise in it before* it becomes clear that it is valuable", but get only **before*** part (edited)

Steffen started a thread. 8/15/2022 7:27 AM

I’m new to the app, is there a way of placing a time stamp?

OZone

I’m new to the app, is there a way of placing a time stamp?

/time

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Thank you

Hi community, I'm currently drafting the import feature for Capacities, including import via Markdown, CSV to Collection, even type conversion (so you can turn a page into a meeting for example), and batch imports of media and md files. For which note taking apps would you like to see custom import support? 1️⃣ Evernote 2️⃣ Notion 3️⃣ Obsidian 4️⃣ Roam Research 5️⃣ Logseq 6️⃣ Other (comments please) And maybe a general question: Would you even say that full imports are useful? Or is it better to start from scratch and import the parts you really need/want? Thanks already

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Notion and selective import. Thank you

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Regarding the recent roadmap announcement - @Michael_v_H et al. Desired Order of Priorities: 8, 7, 1, 4

Regarding Tool Imports: Selective, file based (MD, CSV) But back to the roadmap. What I have heard (and I feel this way too) that #8 is the biggest stumbling block to getting into Capacities. The limited capabilities regarding search is a huge turnoff for folks. Search fulfills two functions: find what you don’t know the location of AND verification of trust (that your data is there and secure). Linking to specific blocks of text is also a HUGE differentiator and a huge advantage of Roam (especially, because its easiest there), Logseq, and to some degree Notion and Obsidian. IF, as is claimed, Capacities aims to be a “typed” note-taking app, its advantages lie in the ability to view blocks/data in different ways. The databases are already a huge advantage and provide unique capabilities that aren’t as afforded in other tools that focus on note-taking. For me personally, the backlinks (editable) and hopefully in the future, sortable/filterable/searchable, along with the improvements I am most excited marked above in my roadmap opinion, would allow me to transition completely to the tool. Last thing, one thing I would hazard to emphasize, export options are not necessarily about leaving the tool, but instead moving your workflow into a more specialized tool. So being able to export in CSV would allow me to use that data in another tool with functions not available here. But importantly, I would not want to remove that data from here, only use it elsewhere. Looking forward to seeing how the product matures over time.

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Amazing Roadmap announcement! My dream priorities would be 7, 3, 8

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Michael_v_H started a thread. 8/16/2022 6:01 PM

My dream order of priorities: 8, 7, 1, 4, 3, 5

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Milestones 7, 8 and 1 would be amazing. I did notice a big omission of native mobile apps, though. A while ago @Michael_v_H had said possibly end of the year or next year. Does that mean you are planning to ship all 8 milestones by the end of this year/early next year, or has the estimate for mobile app been pushed farther? Thanks for all the hard work!

Nusquams

Milestones 7, 8 and 1 would be amazing. I did notice a big omission of native mobile apps, though. A while ago @Michael_v_H had said possibly end of the year or next year. Does that mean you are planning to ship all 8 milestones by the end of this year/early next year, or has the estimate for mobile app been pushed farther? Thanks for all the hard work!

It's definitely still planned! We did not put it on there because it's hard to estimate how long everything will take. It will still be very important. The end of this year/early next year should be about right.

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My personal waitlist - 1, 8, (full-text search is really a must-have. For example, Mem.ai sells their smart-AI-search as the main feature), 3 (for backups), and 6 (for faster capturing) (edited)

Milestone 3. Is there a plan to export by date range? Given the central role played by dates (which is a good thing) it makes sense to be able to export several specific dates or a whole week or month? Thanks. Loving the way this is developing.

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Milestone 3. Is there a plan to export by date range? Given the central role played by dates (which is a good thing) it makes sense to be able to export several specific dates or a whole week or month? Thanks. Loving the way this is developing.

This sounds interesting. Could elaborate a bit. What would you expect to be exported? Everything you created in that week? everything you worked on?

Hi Steffen. As you've dispensed with traditional folders I tend to work within each calendar day, dump in there everything personal/work & let the databases/tags sort everything for me. Where necessary I add input to individual pages. This is very different (for me) but works well. However, let's say, I want to combine my journal notes for July. I kept a journal for 20 of 31 days. How do I export those days? Or if I have recurring project meetings every Tuesday afternoon and I want to export them each month? Or if I'm interested in the trend in plant based wellness cafes and have pasted links of different types into different days, how do I export them as a whole? Of course it may be that I'm not using Capacities optimally, so please feel free to suggest a better way. I'm happy to experiment :))

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Hi Steffen. As you've dispensed with traditional folders I tend to work within each calendar day, dump in there everything personal/work & let the databases/tags sort everything for me. Where necessary I add input to individual pages. This is very different (for me) but works well. However, let's say, I want to combine my journal notes for July. I kept a journal for 20 of 31 days. How do I export those days? Or if I have recurring project meetings every Tuesday afternoon and I want to export them each month? Or if I'm interested in the trend in plant based wellness cafes and have pasted links of different types into different days, how do I export them as a whole? Of course it may be that I'm not using Capacities optimally, so please feel free to suggest a better way. I'm happy to experiment :))

This makes tons of sense and I think it's a great way to use Capacities! I think what could be a great extension here is that you can at different points in the app download subsets of your content. For example, you could download a collection with all content included as md + csv or you can download all content of a week (all daily notes and all content included) and so on. I'll put it on the list, thanks for bringing this up!

Exactly! And if I may add one more thought... is exporting as a pdf an option? Glad my thoughts made sense!

Deleted User

Exactly! And if I may add one more thought... is exporting as a pdf an option? Glad my thoughts made sense!

Currently no. We thought about it as well but it's a lot of work and we see a much better value-to-work ratio in a lot of other topics we are working on. Hope that makes sense. Long-term it will absolutely be part of Capacities. Just imagine having such beautiful pages as sharable PDFs

OK thanks. Yes, I believe we should always try to allow space for beauty, even if it's not always possible...

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edit: working already (edited)

Is there still a todo/task from basic checkbox to entity on the roadmap? Sure with the "/task/task title" option it is a bit better but checkbox works with telegram entries. (edited)

GijsEp

Is there still a todo/task from basic checkbox to entity on the roadmap? Sure with the "/task/task title" option it is a bit better but checkbox works with telegram entries. (edited)

It's definitely on the roadmap. Task management will be amazing. This roadmap is only for the next few months. After that, we'll definitely focus on that and the mobile app.

Great features and announcement!! Can't wait to see next update

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Working with tags became much more powerful this morning.

We added filter options for all custom properties. Filter for your book ratings, workout types, tags, page icons, ... Thanks for the discussions here that lead to this improvement @Fred Markle.

1:52 AM

This allows for building powerful dashboards based on tags

Just link a tag on a page and change the view to "embed". You now have a local set of filters and sort options that allow you to build a dashboard based on your routines.

Steffen

Working with tags became much more powerful this morning.

We added filter options for all custom properties. Filter for your book ratings, workout types, tags, page icons, ... Thanks for the discussions here that lead to this improvement @Fred Markle.

Great news! Would custom properties also work for sorting in future? Like sort the reading list by Person or Tag field (edited)

Adelon

Great news! Would custom properties also work for sorting in future? Like sort the reading list by Person or Tag field (edited)

Great idea!!

Will write it down!

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Adelon

Great news! Would custom properties also work for sorting in future? Like sort the reading list by Person or Tag field (edited)

@Adelon will be live in a few seconds

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Steffen

@Adelon will be live in a few seconds

Both sorting and filter are working great! This is a game changer feature for me. Thanks! One small critique would be to remove the "| Database" from the table column titles. It takes up too much space and is redundant because the tables are already grouped by database type.

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Tip, if you don't want the collection take the whole width of the page Group it.

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Cool roadmap announcement! I am very pleased with the direction Capacities is taking and truly amazed by the speed at which you guys are delivering new features: great work!

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@Steffen Hi , thank you for your reply but what do you call zettel? (edited)

@carab0uille Zettel for me is loosely inspired by the "Zettelkasten" system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten). Basically it's a small note (not big enough for a page) that contains information about a topic/term/... in a condensed format and is connect to a lot of other zettels.

ahhh okay it's like zettelkasten

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9:09 AM

thank you

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@carab0uille Zettel for me is loosely inspired by the "Zettelkasten" system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten). Basically it's a small note (not big enough for a page) that contains information about a topic/term/... in a condensed format and is connect to a lot of other zettels.

It should say “angel” investors, not “angle”

gestaltist

It should say “angel” investors, not “angle”

Hahaha

very attentive, thanks

my weekly capacity hype comment.

One thing I've noticed after using capacities for about a month now is that it's changing my thought process. I have a lot more confidence in my process now because I'm no longer afraid of "losing thoughts"; everything eventually gets connected. It's so great to see everything unfold. It really feels like a lot of mental stress is being removed. capacities, approved by ADD

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my weekly capacity hype comment.

One thing I've noticed after using capacities for about a month now is that it's changing my thought process. I have a lot more confidence in my process now because I'm no longer afraid of "losing thoughts"; everything eventually gets connected. It's so great to see everything unfold. It really feels like a lot of mental stress is being removed. capacities, approved by ADD

@phil, this is so great to hear!! Thanks for sharing, really appreciate it

Is there a way to create a bullet journal inside capacities?

diego#84

Is there a way to create a bullet journal inside capacities?

Yes, you can, the daily note is perfect for that. Use the weekly view to get an overview and define a template that gives every daily note a structure. Does that answer your question?

Steffen

Yes, you can, the daily note is perfect for that. Use the weekly view to get an overview and define a template that gives every daily note a structure. Does that answer your question?

One other great feature I just discovered about the week view is you can drag unfinished to-do items into today from yesterday very easily.

7:39 AM

Full Width Blocks - Another feature I have been wanting and for some reason I thought didn't exist in capacities yet, was making a block full width. I think this feature has been there for a while and I just kept missing it. Just thought I'd pass it along encase other missed it as well. (edited)

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Yes, you can, the daily note is perfect for that. Use the weekly view to get an overview and define a template that gives every daily note a structure. Does that answer your question?

Cool, I wasn't aware of the template functionality. Do you mind sharing your templates?

Sure, mine is actually pretty simple. Habits, what I did and thought. I use the last two in combination with a lot of links, I tag the people there that I interacted with, and link content that I worked on / created. This automatically creates an amazing timeline for all content and especially people. e.g. had a super constructive meeting about data models and link recommendations with @Michael (@Meeting Notes) creates the perfect timeline functionality I need. When I click on Michael or the notes I see on what day with which people, etc. this happened.

Fred Markle

Full Width Blocks - Another feature I have been wanting and for some reason I thought didn't exist in capacities yet, was making a block full width. I think this feature has been there for a while and I just kept missing it. Just thought I'd pass it along encase other missed it as well. (edited)

Especially powerful in combination with group or multi-column blocks

Steffen

Especially powerful in combination with group or multi-column blocks

It ONLY works with group or multi-column blocks.

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Steffen

Yes, you can, the daily note is perfect for that. Use the weekly view to get an overview and define a template that gives every daily note a structure. Does that answer your question?

Kind of ... In case I have unfinish task in one day... Can I move them easily from one day to another?

diego#84

Kind of ... In case I have unfinish task in one day... Can I move them easily from one day to another?

Yes, you can use the weekly view and just drag and drop selected blocks or just cmd+x and cmd+v to move it. I stopped using the daily note for task management personally because this happened to me all the time. I now use one single page for tasks until Capacities fully supports task management.

Steffen

Yes, you can use the weekly view and just drag and drop selected blocks or just cmd+x and cmd+v to move it. I stopped using the daily note for task management personally because this happened to me all the time. I now use one single page for tasks until Capacities fully supports task management.

Thanks Steffen!!

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Any idea when tasks will be supported? Don’t see them mentioned on the milestones (unless I missed them)

3:16 PM

Never mind. Search answered that question

rawkode

Any idea when tasks will be supported? Don’t see them mentioned on the milestones (unless I missed them)

Yes will take a while, after the current roadmap. I have to wait untill it is implemented, currently on amplenote and can't do without good task management. Hope they finish the roadmap sooner

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Was there an update? I got a popup message but dont see any changes

phil

Was there an update? I got a popup message but dont see any changes

Just a small fix! Big update is coming next week

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After bouncing around lots of productivity apps, I feel like capacities.io is going to be my home o.O

10:16 PM

Anytype.io is a close second but I am still on the fence...

kluzten

After bouncing around lots of productivity apps, I feel like capacities.io is going to be my home o.O

Agree on both points. It is very good, with some offline capacity/ app, this will really be next level. Can't wait for the updates next week

@Ed Nico which app do you use mainly?

kluzten

@Ed Nico which app do you use mainly?

At the moment, I am mainly in Obsidian. I need offline mode for confidential documents (I don't sync across devices and mainly use laptop). I am thinking of maybe splitting my workflow up a little and having work in an offline app like Obsidian or Logseq and everything else in Capacities. I love the database and layout. The only thing holding me back is the 2 apps aspect. Especially as a lot of work things I like to read more of and kind of became a hobby. What about you? I tested Anytype and looks interesting but a little too confused and muddled to my liking (edited)

Ed Nico

At the moment, I am mainly in Obsidian. I need offline mode for confidential documents (I don't sync across devices and mainly use laptop). I am thinking of maybe splitting my workflow up a little and having work in an offline app like Obsidian or Logseq and everything else in Capacities. I love the database and layout. The only thing holding me back is the 2 apps aspect. Especially as a lot of work things I like to read more of and kind of became a hobby. What about you? I tested Anytype and looks interesting but a little too confused and muddled to my liking (edited)

Yeah I can undestand. I got anytype access yesterday and found it bit too confusing too. Also, going all-in on alpha software doesn't make sense. But on other hand, anytype is free.. I mainly need task management, note taking and gathering resources functionality and I think capacities is the best I've come across so far..

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12:33 AM

task management isn't capacities' strong suit so far and it's a WIP..but I think I can whip up something using custom type.

12:33 AM

and I need to learn some stuff so will be using zorbi.cards for spaced repetition

kluzten

task management isn't capacities' strong suit so far and it's a WIP..but I think I can whip up something using custom type.

Yes agree. The plugins ecosystem in Logseq and Obsidian really help.to.add these features on the side. Looking forward to seeing what Capacities does in this areas. Never tried Zorbi, going to check it out

Ed Nico

Yes agree. The plugins ecosystem in Logseq and Obsidian really help.to.add these features on the side. Looking forward to seeing what Capacities does in this areas. Never tried Zorbi, going to check it out

Yeah true. OSS has its benefits but I like how capacities works just the way my brain thinks!

kluzten

Yeah true. OSS has its benefits but I like how capacities works just the way my brain thinks!

So true - using what makes you comfortable cannot be beaten.

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@Steffen would be great to get capacities.io added to https://www.noteapps.info/

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Is split window a functionality? Would be so helpful!

kluzten

Is split window a functionality? Would be so helpful!

@kluzten, I agree, this will be possible with the side panel system which is currently part of milestone 4 on our roadmap: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1009120665032470539/1009223778091417691

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I just tried to export a page as a Word document. Tried all the different options (with or without images and subpages), but every time I get the message: Download failed. I'm using a Mac, and I'm on Chrome. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

as a user of a million different note systems I just want to say I'm very grateful to have found a tool with both good linking AND db type entities and I can streamline so much now

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I agree!!

4:02 PM

I feel 1 thing I personally miss is lack of mindmaps. If they add that, then I don't need to jump around anymore lol

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Gonzales Gee

I just tried to export a page as a Word document. Tried all the different options (with or without images and subpages), but every time I get the message: Download failed. I'm using a Mac, and I'm on Chrome. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

That should not happen, we'll look into it! Seems like some error during export from our side, but just to make sure, you could also check if your browser is blocking downloads (you can check that by clicking on the look at the start of Chrome's URL bar, if you click on it, I think it's the toggle next to "Popups and redirects".)

kluzten

I feel 1 thing I personally miss is lack of mindmaps. If they add that, then I don't need to jump around anymore lol

Atm, we only have the graph view, to visualize relationships and to navigate to related content. But we are definitely thinking beyond that. Visualizing the structure of your content and key information does not necessarily have to be a force-directed graph layout, it could be all kinds of different layouts, depending on what relationships you want to visualize. If you add interaction with the visualization and the option to add new nodes by clicking somewhere, you get some really nice mind-mapping use cases. This kind of stuff is super exciting, but rather on our long-term roadmap.

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Fair enough @Michael_v_H . One thing I can think of it at high level, you just need to provide logic to create mindmaps. Each node will be a page entity and you would need to store child nodes as metadata. Serialize/deserialize it and bam! You've mindmap support without too much effort

On more thoughts, if this is implemented, you'd have implemented scrintal app more or less!

Michael_v_H

That should not happen, we'll look into it! Seems like some error during export from our side, but just to make sure, you could also check if your browser is blocking downloads (you can check that by clicking on the look at the start of Chrome's URL bar, if you click on it, I think it's the toggle next to "Popups and redirects".)

No, Downloads are not blocked by Chrome.

Gonzales Gee

No, Downloads are not blocked by Chrome.

We'll look into it, I guess it happened on a just one specific page? Or does it happen for every entity of that type? If possible, it would be super helpful if you could: 1. create a ticket at https://capacities.io/feedback 2. if information in that content is not private share a link to that content with us at team@capacities.io or in the ticket

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Steffen

We'll look into it, I guess it happened on a just one specific page? Or does it happen for every entity of that type? If possible, it would be super helpful if you could: 1. create a ticket at https://capacities.io/feedback 2. if information in that content is not private share a link to that content with us at team@capacities.io or in the ticket

I just checked. It’s only this page. Exporting other ones works. Unfortunately the content is quite sensitive, so I won’t be able to share the link with you.

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‼️ Important We'll be shipping a big update tomorrow morning which requires us take Capacities offline for a while. You won't have access to it tomorrow morning, September 3, from 6:30 am to 7:00 am UTC time. Hope that's ok, the update is going to be amazing. Many small improvements and most of Milestone 1.

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‼️ Important We'll be shipping a big update tomorrow morning which requires us take Capacities offline for a while. You won't have access to it tomorrow morning, September 3, from 6:30 am to 7:00 am UTC time. Hope that's ok, the update is going to be amazing. Many small improvements and most of Milestone 1.

Milestone 1 Completely reworked linking, date handling, and navigation.

All linking interactions and drop downs will be reworked with support for double bracket syntax, frictionless inline entity creation, and direct choice of which entity view to use. Dates can be quickly created with text-based syntax (or a visual date picker). All dates will be first-class citizens – mention them anywhere and see all links in your calendar and daily notes. The reworked navigation will make all navigating back and forth faster and overall more consistent.

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The update is taking way longer than expected. ⏱ Everything works as expected but our user base and the sheer amount of content in Capacities is so much bigger than expected. I'll keep you updated here. Current estimate is 11 am UTC. (edited)

Steffen

The update is taking way longer than expected. ⏱ Everything works as expected but our user base and the sheer amount of content in Capacities is so much bigger than expected. I'll keep you updated here. Current estimate is 11 am UTC. (edited)

Thanks @Steffen You're going to need a bigger boat.

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It's worth waiting for the double bracket syntax.

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If you already want to read about the update, the release message is live: https://capacities.io/whats-new

What's new?

New features, releases and current improvements

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Steffen

If you already want to read about the update, the release message is live: https://capacities.io/whats-new

Wow so much in this release. Great work. Excited to try out all these new features.

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Steffen

If you already want to read about the update, the release message is live: https://capacities.io/whats-new

Wow, what a feature packed update.

Also thanks a lot for the 'Add content directly from the tag page'.

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omg I so love the way that capacities is turning out!

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The update is live

Thanks for your patience. You can now use the updated version of Capacities. Feel free to explore and share your thoughts! We'll share the release on social media and via email in the next days. (edited)

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Steffen

The update is live

Thanks for your patience. You can now use the updated version of Capacities. Feel free to explore and share your thoughts! We'll share the release on social media and via email in the next days. (edited)

Thx. I'm in

I'm having some issues in Safari with the new update. @, +, /, [[ don't pull up any menu for me. I also couldn't add a date for a property. Seems to be working in my Chrome based browser.

arminta7

I'm having some issues in Safari with the new update. @, +, /, [[ don't pull up any menu for me. I also couldn't add a date for a property. Seems to be working in my Chrome based browser.

I'll look into it right now, thanks!

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arminta7

I'm having some issues in Safari with the new update. @, +, /, [[ don't pull up any menu for me. I also couldn't add a date for a property. Seems to be working in my Chrome based browser.

I found the issue, we'll ship a patch later today.

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Seems to be an issue with adding content type in Filters. I can't select any content types.

Why do the YT links not have proper pictures?

8:56 AM

somtetimes they are displayed correctly and sometimes they aren't

Fred Markle

Seems to be an issue with adding content type in Filters. I can't select any content types.

Fix is live in a few minutes

tatqoo

Why do the YT links not have proper pictures?

The first one seems to be a short. Not sure if youtube provides a preview image for that. I'll look into it.

Steffen

The first one seems to be a short. Not sure if youtube provides a preview image for that. I'll look into it.

It is a short.

Steffen

Fix is live in a few minutes

Awesome! Thanks as always.

This one is not a short. I copied it from another capacities space where it wsa displayed correctly

9:20 AM

9:22 AM

Could you please try this one? I was able to save it with a proper picture few months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnMTX56wYCM

9:23 AM

Axtually, all the YT weblinks I saved today have no picture.

9:26 AM

It was working correctly few days ago

I am sure, that even when I copy the link directly from the adress bar or YT share (copy to clipboard function) the link is saved without a picture. Would somebody else be able to confirm the same behaviour?

Fix is on the way, thanks for reporting

(edited)

General information Please use the feedback board (https://capacities.io/feedback) to report bugs. See #⚡・bugs-and-issues .

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Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Steffen

Fix is on the way, thanks for reporting

(edited)

Thanks for a quick fix

Hi, I've been using your fantastic app|software and it's been an extraordinary experience. It fits perfectly with the type of tool I've been looking for some time. Congratulations! My only concern is not knowing what space I'm using and want to be a pro user to make my contribution! I already signed the waiting list. Thank you!

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redfox1904

Hi, I've been using your fantastic app|software and it's been an extraordinary experience. It fits perfectly with the type of tool I've been looking for some time. Congratulations! My only concern is not knowing what space I'm using and want to be a pro user to make my contribution! I already signed the waiting list. Thank you!

Hi @redfox1904, thanks a lot for your message, happy to hear that! Feel free to share your journey of exploring it here, I think others are very interested in that. We'll keep you updated about the pro plan

Thanks!!

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We forgot to communicate a small but neat feature in the last update: Linking and creating content from your messenger and via email You can create new entities and link existing content from your messenger. Use the following syntax [[page/Wendelstein reactor]] to link to a page with title "Wendelstein reactor". If this pages exits in your space it will create a link to it, otherwise a new page will be created. This works for all content types in your space. If you have a content type Person you can link or create it by using [[person/Steve Jobs]]. You can use this at the beginning of a paragraph to create a new block and somewhere in your paragraph to link it in your text. Alternative ways of "create or link" are +person/Steve Jobs/ and @person/Steve Jobs/, similar to the syntax you can use in the app. If your content type contains spaces, like "Book Summary" you need to specify it in upper camel case format: [[BookSummary/Sapiens]], +BookSummary/Sapiens/, @BookSummary/Sapiens/. If you only want to link and not create you can do this by just referencing the title: [[Steve Jobs]] (edited)

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yaaaaaaaay nice! thank you this will help a lot. Is it also possible, to directly add content to the newly created page? (edited)

phil

yaaaaaaaay nice! thank you this will help a lot. Is it also possible, to directly add content to the newly created page? (edited)

No, but I'm thinking about a syntax. Maybe if you start your message with [[page/Wendelstein reactor]] as your first line then everything will be appended to that.

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Jeah, I tried that intuitively

7:37 AM

I mean it would be overkill to be able to add something to different pages in one message. So this solution should be good enough

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phil

I mean it would be overkill to be able to add something to different pages in one message. So this solution should be good enough

It would be awesome if you could create a ticket for that so it doesn't get lost.

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@Steffen Hello , in the last newsletter there is a mistake :)

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Hi, what can I read/watch about how Capacities is different from / better than Notion? Why should I switch? Thanks.

@Steffen / @Michael_v_H https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/9864/0/capacities-a-new-mega-pkim-app

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12:42 PM

lot of founders of various PKM apps are active on the forum - hyperbrain, taskade etc

Ed Nico

Yes agree. The plugins ecosystem in Logseq and Obsidian really help.to.add these features on the side. Looking forward to seeing what Capacities does in this areas. Never tried Zorbi, going to check it out

I created a feature request for the plugin ecosystem. https://capacities.io/feedback/p/plugin-system-for-capacities Anytype is also very confusing to me. Their advantage is to be open source and have apps for all platforms at the moment. Additionally, the plugin ecosystem could allow for workflows that are impossible in any other app. But an intuitive UI like Capacities cannot be beaten with having more features.

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

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Steffen

The first one seems to be a short. Not sure if youtube provides a preview image for that. I'll look into it.

Hi @Steffen , YT shorts weblinks seem to be working correctly and miniatures are created

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Hello ! After trying out several note-taking and organization apps, I've started using capacities. It works so well and I just love the design ! I've found the tool I always wanted haha. Keep it going and thanks for the great app !

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Hi everybody, we are currently testing the backup feature for Capacities. If you're interested in getting beta access to test, report problems, and share ideas on how to improve it please send me your email (the one you signed up with) via direct message here in discord.

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We are having server issues at the moment, we are investigating and will keep you updated.

Steffen

We are having server issues at the moment, we are investigating and will keep you updated.

Seems to be more stable now. We continue working on it.

Hm... still having issues on my end. Keep getting Retry and then this page.

Steffen

Hi everybody, we are currently testing the backup feature for Capacities. If you're interested in getting beta access to test, report problems, and share ideas on how to improve it please send me your email (the one you signed up with) via direct message here in discord.

Is this local backup?

Nusquams

Hm... still having issues on my end. Keep getting Retry and then this page.

It just connected!

Nusquams

It just connected!

We're still having issues. Could be unstable at the moment.

Starting this morning at 6:00 UTC we've had very unusual CPU and memory spikes throughout the day. Since then we've been investigating the root cause and are still working on it. We may have to restart the server on occasion until we find the issue. Due to this there may be short periods of unavailability of our server. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Ok, everything seems to be running stable again now! We've also added more redundancy to our servers so this hopefully won't happen again. (edited)

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Michael_v_H

Ok, everything seems to be running stable again now! We've also added more redundancy to our servers so this hopefully won't happen again. (edited)

Great news! Thanks.

Steffen started a thread. 9/16/2022 4:39 AM

I'm having difficulties to connect right now EDIT: it works now (edited)

Server down again?

Yes. :/ Looking into it right now.

It's up again. But it has not been stable the last couple of days. We'll make it our top priority right now to get to the root cause. Solution could be as simple as doubling server capacity since we've been getting many new users recently.

Michael_v_H

It's up again. But it has not been stable the last couple of days. We'll make it our top priority right now to get to the root cause. Solution could be as simple as doubling server capacity since we've been getting many new users recently.

Hi @Michael_v_H Any update on server status? I can’t access the app. But the status pages says everything is operational.

Have been debugging the server the whole weekend so far. But I really need @Steffen 's expertise at the moment to fix it sustainably. He won't be back until Monday evening though. So until then I'll give my best to keep it running most of the time.

4:53 PM

One of our services keeps running out of memory for no apparent reason, runs over and then blocks database calls that are coming in.

Michael_v_H

Have been debugging the server the whole weekend so far. But I really need @Steffen 's expertise at the moment to fix it sustainably. He won't be back until Monday evening though. So until then I'll give my best to keep it running most of the time.

OK thanks for the update. Will

for you and the server.

All I can do at the moment is restart the server and then it will work fine again for a while.

4:54 PM

Thanks!

Hva

4:55 PM

Have you maybe checked what's wrong with file uploads?

Michael_v_H

All I can do at the moment is restart the server and then it will work fine again for a while.

The “turn it off and on again” tactic. Always worth a go.

tatqoo

Have you maybe checked what's wrong with file uploads?

Haven't had the time to look into yet.

Michael_v_H

Haven't had the time to look into yet.

Adding images from the database is not working as well.

@Michael_v_H I keep getting the “You are offline” message. Is it worth adding some more accurate message if this issue is going to last a few more days?

Yes, great idea! I'll do that right now, thanks.

Is capacities down?

Yes, unfortunately. We are having issues with the server availability and are trying to get to the root cause. Until we find it, Capacities will be unreliable in the next couple of days.

Michael_v_H

Yes, great idea! I'll do that right now, thanks.

Thx. I got in for about 30-40 mins. Then out again. Was exciting for a while. New message is super clear, thx. (edited)

okay happy bug hunting

Thanks! Have to go to bed now (with the bad feeling that the server could go down again). Fingers crossed that it won't!

Did you find the root cause? Just curious

No, but it has something to do with the database driver taking too much memory over time until it comes to an out-of-memory situation (which is blocking incoming queries from being served). It was running very smoothly for months but starting two days ago, the above situation started to occur several times during the day (even with little traffic).

oh interesting

7:55 PM

what language is the backend in?

TypeScript. But the database tech we're using is written in Go.

okay gotcha

Good luck with debugging. Tha app has a lot of potential

Does the system accepts mp4 files ? I have some, and tried to import them without success

Haasie

Good luck with debugging. Tha app has a lot of potential

Thanks!

petros

Does the system accepts mp4 files ? I have some, and tried to import them without success

No, we do not support and video format, yet. At some point we will add video as an entity to combine YouTube, vimeo and uploaded videos as a content type.

Michael_v_H

No, we do not support and video format, yet. At some point we will add video as an entity to combine YouTube, vimeo and uploaded videos as a content type.

Thanks

Reliability issues solved

Just wanted to share some updates on the availability issues we had this weekend. We found the root cause and already have a fix for it. You can expect Capacities to be working reliably again. We apologize for all inconvenience and hope that nobody experienced serious data losses. Capacities is serving a growing user base, and we are working on making it better and more reliable every day. Thanks for all your ideas, reporting, and supporting words. ✨

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Oh hey I hadn't noticed the addition of Julia to highlighted languages. Nice! I get to brighten up a couple notes.

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So happy about the backups update ! Thank you so much for bringing such an amazing tool

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Great new release @Steffen & @Michael_v_H plus I like the new design of the What's New page. Clean and easier to see the amazing progress you're making.

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Steffen

Reliability issues solved

Just wanted to share some updates on the availability issues we had this weekend. We found the root cause and already have a fix for it. You can expect Capacities to be working reliably again. We apologize for all inconvenience and hope that nobody experienced serious data losses. Capacities is serving a growing user base, and we are working on making it better and more reliable every day. Thanks for all your ideas, reporting, and supporting words. ✨

For anyone who's interested, here's the memory usage of one of our backend services before the fix and after (the fix was implemented on September 20th).

As you can clearly see, it was an out-of-memory issue. Has been super stable since.

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Loveeeee the new update!

Thank you

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Love the new update! @Steffen I discovered one issue with the Markdown export

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4:51 AM

it appends a space to every note display name

4:51 AM

a minor thing but it's a bit weird

gestaltist

a minor thing but it's a bit weird

Awesome, thanks for sharing!!

and I would like to suggest an option to export links as wikilinks with aliases instead, Obsidian style

4:52 AM

so the above would become simply [[Growing plants]]

4:53 AM

or if you want a different display name: [[Growing plants|alternative name]]

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4:53 AM

these days, less apps support the proper Markdown linking you use than wikilinks

gestaltist

these days, less apps support the proper Markdown linking you use than wikilinks

Though about this option as well. Will be added

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I really like the direction you’re taking the app in. The main thing I need now is a good iPad app with offline support.

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Steffen started a thread. 9/24/2022 12:57 AM

CALLING ALL USERS! Who is enjoying the graph view? Say something nice to the crew if you like it!? (edited)

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Oh heck yeah I like the graph. Managed, zoom, type icons , labeled relations, pictures if the item has one. It's not just a blob of dots and lines!

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Bigspud#0101

CALLING ALL USERS! Who is enjoying the graph view? Say something nice to the crew if you like it!? (edited)

The graph view is OBVIOUSLY great! But maybe you are right and we should mention it more often. So, @Steffen and @Michael_v_H , the graph view is great!

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Bigspud#0101

CALLING ALL USERS! Who is enjoying the graph view? Say something nice to the crew if you like it!? (edited)

yess! The graph view. It's awesome! Not a lot of apps give it and I'm glad this one does!

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The Ness Labs interview opened the gates to Capacities. Because Anne-Laure is an independent thinker and massively successful at community owning/building, she has earned the reputation as nobody's front man. If she finds the co-founders of Capacities interesting and approachable, that was all I needed to take a look. So far, this looks a bit geeky and a lot like Notion; however, here's the one piece that intrigues me. NOBODY has figured out the time dimension and Capacities founders put it out there as their goal. Impressive and I'm rooting for you! Very specifically, I bear witness to 40 years of knowledge management and tools. NONE of them have done the ONE THING I NEED: Have everything in the PKM, and I mean everything, hit one calendar for one person. If you can achieve that for an individual, then there is possibility for doing a team. More specifically, for EVERY note I enter, I put a date indicating when in the future I will need or use this. Wouldn't it be great when I show up on October 25, 2022, for example, I see absolutely everything I was ever thinking about for impact on that day..... shows up in one place?

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@Bigspud#0101 @random geek @📝Anna @BlackCat1176 thanks so much, really appreciate it

I currently have a ticket open for graph view 2.0. A lot of great ideas there but would love to hear what you would like to see there as well. Feel free to comment in this thread

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Steffen started a thread. 9/25/2022 12:51 AM

only just discovered CMD+U !! what a timesaver!

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Just wanted to give a shoutout to the « time stamp » That add a time stamp with the current time. This is genius. It’s so useful for time tracking !!

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Windows font size and ratios A question to all Windows users of Capacities

Is the font size and all ratios on your web app the way you'd expect it our did you adjust the zoom level? See expected sizes and ratio on the screenshot attached. 1️⃣ as expected 2️⃣ to big 3️⃣ to small Thanks for your help

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Windows font size and ratios A question to all Windows users of Capacities

Is the font size and all ratios on your web app the way you'd expect it our did you adjust the zoom level? See expected sizes and ratio on the screenshot attached. 1️⃣ as expected 2️⃣ to big 3️⃣ to small Thanks for your help

Is there a difference between browsers? I use brave and/or firefox and both seem to work as expected

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📝Anna

Is there a difference between browsers? I use brave and/or firefox and both seem to work as expected

Can be but in case of Capacities it should be dependent on our OS settings.

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@Steffen It depends on the screen size. and distance to it. On Ultra wide I increase the size. On a laptop I would rather make it smaller. Bear in mind young people will not be the only users of Capacities

12:01 PM

Just give the option to zoom in/out with ctrl+mouse wheel

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The ratios look right to me. On my machine I zoom text — because yay old eyes — but leave everything else alone, via Settings > Accessibility > Text Size

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I wanted to upload a pdf as a file. Then an error popped up. It would be easier to ask the user if the intended format is not a pdf instead of a file. This would save some clicking around. Also we should be allowed to upload multiple files at one time instead of going back and forth.

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David

I wanted to upload a pdf as a file. Then an error popped up. It would be easier to ask the user if the intended format is not a pdf instead of a file. This would save some clicking around. Also we should be allowed to upload multiple files at one time instead of going back and forth.

If you're adding a file somewhere everywhere except from in databases or collection the correct type should be inferred and added to the corresponding database. Batch upload is planned

After all this hype with Tana on Twitter, I think you guys could increase priority queries/dataview for Capacities, and get some additional audience from this theme while Tana is still invite-only. IMHO Capacities has a more user-friendly interface and a very good foundation for this type of workflow.

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Adelon

After all this hype with Tana on Twitter, I think you guys could increase priority queries/dataview for Capacities, and get some additional audience from this theme while Tana is still invite-only. IMHO Capacities has a more user-friendly interface and a very good foundation for this type of workflow.

(edited)

Cool idea, @Adelon.

I'll discuss this with @Steffen, but I have the feeling that's not as central to Capacities as it is to Tana. Atm we're in the middle of implementing the sidepanel in combination with a way better version of tabs. We are also building the first prototype for full-text search.

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Michael_v_H

Cool idea, @Adelon.

I'll discuss this with @Steffen, but I have the feeling that's not as central to Capacities as it is to Tana. Atm we're in the middle of implementing the sidepanel in combination with a way better version of tabs. We are also building the first prototype for full-text search.

Yeah, I understand, if core architecture is not ready and there are no fast ways to implement this, it's better not to rush and focus on the plan you already have.

I just assumed that it's not a big problem as you already have filters in databases, and this query/dataview thing looks like an advanced filter you can embed everywhere.

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I have the feeling that's not as central to Capacities as it is to Tana

I agree with that, I feel like Capacities focuses more on writing, like Obsidian, and Tana on Outlining, like Roam, so basically different target audiences. Personally, it looks like, if in this generation of mainstream TfT tools (2020-2022), we see Roam vs Obsidian philosophy battle (basically, outliners vs writers), in the next generation of TfT for non-geeks (2023-...), it can become Capacities as writing tool vs Tana as outliner

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But be careful, it looks like these guys are already targeting your audience

Oh, and glad to hear about the full-text search, really waiting for this, thanks a lot! My space becomes a bit messy already and sometimes it's hard to find needed information

As I understand, it'll become a base for Unlinked Mention/Smart suggestions, another feature I liked in Obsidian and waiting for in Capacities, so it'll be easier to find related information https://capacities.io/feedback/p/smart-link-suggestions-unlinked-mentions (edited)

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I see Capacities more for multimedia stuff and Tana for plain text. It will be interesting to see how the tools are once we start with AI. Just imagine to send a voice note to Capacities which is then transformed to tect via OpenAI's whisper model. Or text generation via GPT-3.

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was just reading the requests page...... That's a lot to think about @Steffen @Michael_v_H !!! how do you work to carry that kind of mental load? I'm in awe!

Bigspud#0101

was just reading the requests page...... That's a lot to think about @Steffen @Michael_v_H !!! how do you work to carry that kind of mental load? I'm in awe!

Long term thinking. You gotta do one thing after another.

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Bigspud#0101

was just reading the requests page...... That's a lot to think about @Steffen @Michael_v_H !!! how do you work to carry that kind of mental load? I'm in awe!

A big driver for us is actually you, our community. It gives us a lot of energy and confirms that we are working on something that really matters

We are convinced that we build a very powerful foundation, executing on what's left is basically utilizing its power. We are very excited about that.

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Capacities is of course amazing but having a team behind it that's so close to its community is a big big success factor, kudos to you guys for that!

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AntoineFou

Capacities is of course amazing but having a team behind it that's so close to its community is a big big success factor, kudos to you guys for that!

Thanks @AntoineFou, really appreciate that

Hi, As a teacher I’m always looking for the best tool to create my online version of my lessons for my student. Do you offer a teacher price like Notion does ?

Chris

Hi, As a teacher I’m always looking for the best tool to create my online version of my lessons for my student. Do you offer a teacher price like Notion does ?

The basic version for Capacities will remain free. Capacities Pro is still under development. You can sign up here: https://capacities.io/pricing/waitinglist. We plan to have educational discounts for students but unfortunately not for teachers. Hope that helps.

Are the servers currently down?

8:43 AM

seems back now

Fred Markle

Are the servers currently down?

I just checked. Everything should be fine...

I did confirm it was just Capacities. In the desktop app and web app. It said unable to reach server. All other web sites were reachable during that time. Just happen to be activity working at the time. Only seem to last for a couple minutes, no worries.

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Fred Markle

I did confirm it was just Capacities. In the desktop app and web app. It said unable to reach server. All other web sites were reachable during that time. Just happen to be activity working at the time. Only seem to last for a couple minutes, no worries.

Alright, thanks for letting us know!

The "Roadmap" link on this page seems to be incorrect. When I try to access it, I get "Page not found. https://docs.capacities.io I think the correct link is to this page. https://roadmap.capacities.io

Deleted User

The "Roadmap" link on this page seems to be incorrect. When I try to access it, I get "Page not found. https://docs.capacities.io I think the correct link is to this page. https://roadmap.capacities.io

You are right! Thanks for reporting!

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Super excited to share the new sidepanel and a big update for tabs with all of you later this week!

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Michael_v_H

Super excited to share the new sidepanel and a big update for tabs with all of you later this week!

This is going to be killer for workflows!

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Fred Markle

This is going to be killer for workflows!

I feel like it's a huge multiplier in many ways.

Michael_v_H

Super excited to share the new sidepanel and a big update for tabs with all of you later this week!

So, show us now?

Bigspud#0101

So, show us now?

It's not ready yet, but very soon!

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I just created an account for Capacities today. Seems like a cool app! I'm surprised there isn't more people talking about it online (e.g. Reddit, YouTube, etc). I only found out about it after someone left a link in a random, buried Reddit comment (which I upvoted). Not even a single YouTube first impressions/review video. Hopefully that changes soon! Very much looking forward to using the app.

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Grand

I just created an account for Capacities today. Seems like a cool app! I'm surprised there isn't more people talking about it online (e.g. Reddit, YouTube, etc). I only found out about it after someone left a link in a random, buried Reddit comment (which I upvoted). Not even a single YouTube first impressions/review video. Hopefully that changes soon! Very much looking forward to using the app.

True, we are working on getting better visibility. Feel free to share the word

That would help us a lot!!

Been playing with Tana and it's cool I guess but Capacities just feels more user-friendly. Plus I can write notes about code with it. Keep up the great work!

random geek

Been playing with Tana and it's cool I guess but Capacities just feels more user-friendly. Plus I can write notes about code with it. Keep up the great work!

Great to hear that

I guess Tana appeals to a slightly different user group, I'm waiting to try it out.

Yeah, if use Anne-Laure terminology (https://nesslabs.com/how-to-choose-the-right-note-taking-app), it feels like currently, Tana is more for "architect/gardener" style, where you can build any workflow, but you should know what you want to build. And Capacities, in my feelings, is more for "librarian/gardener" style, where you can just save and categorize any information without special workflow in mind

Anne-Laure Le Cunff

How to choose the right note-taking app

There's a note-taking app for everyone. The challenge: it's hard to decide which one's the best for your use case and your note-taking style.

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Any plans to share Capacities on Product Hunt?

Grand

Any plans to share Capacities on Product Hunt?

Yes, we are planning to do this soon.

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How do you guys use capacities? In a chrome tab?

7:51 AM

cant wait for the desktop app tbh

Kendaryth

cant wait for the desktop app tbh

Desktop app is currently in beta

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Kendaryth

How do you guys use capacities? In a chrome tab?

I use it in Chrome as a pinned tab

Are we able to beta test the desktop app yet?

Kendaryth

How do you guys use capacities? In a chrome tab?

You can create shortcut in Chome\Edge and set it to open it in full windows https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/3060053

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I use it as an Edge app. Using it on Chrome was quite significantly slower but I suspect it's more due to one or several of the extensions I use there rather than Capacities itself.

Any recommendations on how to organize spaces? Should each 'project' have its own space, or should you have a space for all projects (even if the projects are not related to each other in any way)?

How do I download the desktop beta?

Ambitendency

How do I download the desktop beta?

I just sent you an invite to the beta-tester channel.

5:19 AM

Our next release (new side panel, new tab system) is going live on Monday. We're just testing the final details very thoroughly. I think you're gonna love it! (edited)

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Adelon started a thread. 10/14/2022 5:30 AM

Michael_v_H

Our next release (new side panel, new tab system) is going live on Monday. We're just testing the final details very thoroughly. I think you're gonna love it! (edited)

You all are awesome!

Is anyone else unable to create a daily note template? Nothing happens when I click the create template button

Grand

Is anyone else unable to create a daily note template? Nothing happens when I click the create template button

Works ok for me. But now I can't delete them

Adelon

Works ok for me. But now I can't delete them

It just started working for me in 1 of my spaces but not the other ones. No idea why...definitely a bug it would seem! I also can't delete them

Michael_v_H

I just sent you an invite to the beta-tester channel.

Can i pls get aninvite

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Man looking at al lthis stuff is amazing. I start to work at it and get frustrated and have to start over cause its a ball of spaghetti

After loading the release you will see a small "New updated available" badge in the top right which will not disappear. This will be fixed later today

Steffen

After loading the release you will see a small "New updated available" badge in the top right which will not disappear. This will be fixed later today

Thx @Steffen Also I've just posted a ticket about the Show More/Show Less buttons in Graph View not working.

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Steffen

After loading the release you will see a small "New updated available" badge in the top right which will not disappear. This will be fixed later today

If you reload the web app the badge should not appear anymore.

Hey, these new side panels are outstanding! Great work all.

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Yes, I agree, awesome job! Also, a big fan of the new graph view option, I waited for this. Now I can keep it open all the time and explore connections with other notes, "traveling" through my knowledge base. Great way to procrastinate

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Could I get an invite to the beta-tester channel to test out the beta apps?

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sundar

Could I get an invite to the beta-tester channel to test out the beta apps?

Just added you to the beta-tester channel, you should see the instructions there.

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Hello all, are there any openings for the beta testing ?

Would love to be added to the beta channel as well

+ 1. Thank you

FYI, there is also a new article in our docs about the recent navigation features (tabs, side panel, etc.).

https://docs.capacities.io/reference/navigation (edited)

Capacities Docs

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Damn the new tab system is perfect. Nice work

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I, like everyone else, tend to point out things we would like added or things that need to be changed. But, I would like to also commend the team on the amount of positive changes/enhancements to capacities in the time I have been using it. A lot of these changes have been driven by feedback. Also, communication on what is being done and what is planned is always top notch. Thanks…..

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scott

I, like everyone else, tend to point out things we would like added or things that need to be changed. But, I would like to also commend the team on the amount of positive changes/enhancements to capacities in the time I have been using it. A lot of these changes have been driven by feedback. Also, communication on what is being done and what is planned is always top notch. Thanks…..

Thanks @scott

please rename "Schlagwörter" to "Tags" in german. "Hmm, ich sollte heute unbedingt mal alle meine Notizen verschlagwörtern!" <-- geht garnicht

is it intentional that type names are not unique?

Wonderful update! Beautiful as always, love the possibility of toggling notes in the sidebar and change their position! Also the graph view in the sidebar

and the tabs are like workspaces! Really well done!

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Botwin

please rename "Schlagwörter" to "Tags" in german. "Hmm, ich sollte heute unbedingt mal alle meine Notizen verschlagwörtern!" <-- geht garnicht

I guess the correct spelling is "verschlagworten", but I agree that many German words are a bit "sperrig" in comparison to their English equivalents.

We will stick with Schlagwort/Schlagwörter though. It's the correct term used by librarians and in information science. https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/verschlagworten#:~:text=verschlagworten%2C-,verschlagworten,damit%20besser%20zug%C3%A4nglich%20zu%20machen https://www.uebertext.org/2009/07/schlagworte-oder-schlagworter.html (edited)

Schlagworte oder Schlagwörter?

In letzter Zeit sind mir öfter Leute begegnet, die beim Sprechen (und leider auch Schreiben) nicht zwischen Worten und Wörtern unterscheiden...

verschlagworten

Botwin

is it intentional that type names are not unique?

Not really intentional, but why would you create the same type several times? We think there is no need to enforce this as users would be fooling themselves if they did.

Would love to join the beta-tester channel if there's still any opening!

Botwin started a thread. 10/22/2022 8:00 AM

Michael_v_H

I guess the correct spelling is "verschlagworten", but I agree that many German words are a bit "sperrig" in comparison to their English equivalents.

We will stick with Schlagwort/Schlagwörter though. It's the correct term used by librarians and in information science. https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/verschlagworten#:~:text=verschlagworten%2C-,verschlagworten,damit%20besser%20zug%C3%A4nglich%20zu%20machen https://www.uebertext.org/2009/07/schlagworte-oder-schlagworter.html (edited)

Yes, you're right - it also sounds much better "verschlagworten". Fun with German Words

: https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flexion:verschlagworten (edited)

Flexion:verschlagworten

Jeah I would be up for beta testing too. If you still need people

@AntoineFou @phil I added both of you to the channel, thanks for your help

@Steffen I would like to be a beta tester, too.

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same

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I am loving how easy thenew search is; having written it so that you don't need to use a particular syntax is really great

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@Steffen any places left for beta ?

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Can we get a glimpse of what the next big release will be?

David

Can we get a glimpse of what the next big release will be?

Right now, bug fixing and lagging issues are our biggest priority.

David

Can we get a glimpse of what the next big release will be?

We'll let you know what's next soon! (we have several candidates in mind..)

David

Can we get a glimpse of what the next big release will be?

I think the next will be the official Desktop release, as it's almost done

And next feature can be block-based linking/unlinked mentions, as with the new full-text search algorithm, Capacities can now analyze all content through the Space.

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10:43 AM

But this is just my speculation, I have no affiliations with development

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Hi

5:35 AM

I have a quick question

5:35 AM

If any of you have the sheer time, would you mind teaching me the basics on the app (Capacities)

Ant

If any of you have the sheer time, would you mind teaching me the basics on the app (Capacities)

It is already outdated, but you have here the main and general features: https://medium.com/@tosny/the-best-new-app-i-discovered-in-2022-39b277cabf97

The Best NEW App I Discovered in 2022

It’s Capacities if you wanted to save time but let me tell you what that is.

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Just wanted to say, I am thankful for the active community here and the active interactions with the Dev team. You all rock!

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Thanks @Fred Markle. Cannot agree more, incredibly happy to have you all!

Ant

Hi

I can answer some questions for sure. Is there anything specific you want to know or just the baiscs? Btw the documentation on the app is quite good!

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I think it's time to update landing

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here too https://capacities.io/features

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Oh my... I just embeded an excalidraw link.... and I can even edit my sketch inside Capacities

5:22 AM

I'm so impressed of what you did here !

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Don't know where to ask that so... do you limit yourself on creating new tags ? Or do you have somme rules/logic about them ? (edited)

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Anna

Don't know where to ask that so... do you limit yourself on creating new tags ? Or do you have somme rules/logic about them ? (edited)

Steffen had thread about tags https://twitter.com/steffenBle/status/1499119720758497280

Steffen Bleher (@steffenBle)

Tagging

can be a game-changer in your note-taking. But very often it's used poorly with little to no value. Four heuristics that help me maximize the value of tagging:

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Thanks !

Anna

Don't know where to ask that so... do you limit yourself on creating new tags ? Or do you have somme rules/logic about them ? (edited)

in the notes app I used before I didn't do much tagging. But now in capacities I love tagging due to the great possibilities to use them (embeds, filtering, wall etc.). I use tags as semantic/ topic tags for topics that do not need further explanation (health care, iron, italy, dogs, brain physiology, ...). Topics that do need further explanation (at least for me,) deserve a dedicated page I can link to. (edited)

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We just shipped a batch of smaller fixes and improvements.

✅ Including:

Performance improvements (the reported lagging issues could be resolved or at least reduced significantly).
No constant re-rendering of side panel entries after navigation.
Several improvements to PDF rendering, experimental text layer in PDFs (to select text).
More contextual info for backlinks (name of property where link occurred, time of the link) and backlinks sorted by newest first – most recent backlinks will always show at the top.
Redesign of how the list of properties is rendered based on this user feedback: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001365576314261555/1034905421787439205
More functional time picker, highlight time on link to date that have a time set.
Facelift of filter and sort menus.
Right clicking on a block opens the block context menu.

And more... You can read the full release notes here: https://capacities.io/whats-new

What's new?

New features, releases, and current improvements

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(Am I too enthusiastic ? Maybe... but I'm SO hype with the app !)

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Anna

(Am I too enthusiastic ? Maybe... but I'm SO hype with the app !)

same here

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Michael_v_H

We just shipped a batch of smaller fixes and improvements.

✅ Including:

Performance improvements (the reported lagging issues could be resolved or at least reduced significantly).
No constant re-rendering of side panel entries after navigation.
Several improvements to PDF rendering, experimental text layer in PDFs (to select text).
More contextual info for backlinks (name of property where link occurred, time of the link) and backlinks sorted by newest first – most recent backlinks will always show at the top.
Redesign of how the list of properties is rendered based on this user feedback: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001365576314261555/1034905421787439205
More functional time picker, highlight time on link to date that have a time set.
Facelift of filter and sort menus.
Right clicking on a block opens the block context menu.

And more... You can read the full release notes here: https://capacities.io/whats-new

nice!!! love the new properties section - clean and better visible. Also - did you change the backlinks section or did I not recognise the frame of notes until now?

📝Anna

nice!!! love the new properties section - clean and better visible. Also - did you change the backlinks section or did I not recognise the frame of notes until now?

Only on hover, I think the mouse cursor is the backlink on the last screenshot.

Michael_v_H

Only on hover, I think the mouse cursor is the backlink on the last screenshot.

on hover it changes the colour and when you open the toggle to see the full note, it has a nice black frame (just tried it, but maybe it was always that way?) (edited)

📝Anna

on hover it changes the colour and when you open the toggle to see the full note, it has a nice black frame (just tried it, but maybe it was always that way?) (edited)

Yes, we also did some subtle changes there.

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I wish that column with property name was resizable, and side panel resizable as well. (edited)

4:34 PM

My ultra-wide monitor cries every time I open the side panel, especially with a custom type

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tatqoo

My ultra-wide monitor cries every time I open the side panel, especially with a custom type

Ok, thanks for letting us know. We will try to add this!

The properties are perfect now in the side panel, still look bad (truncated) on the page itself.

tatqoo

The properties are perfect now in the side panel, still look bad (truncated) on the page itself.

Ok, I think that can also be solved with better and more responsive CSS.

also I do not understand why some of the pages show the properties in the previous way in the side panel

4:40 PM

and some show them in the new way

4:41 PM

new look:

This depends on the available width. If there is enough space, properties are formatted in one line, with the property name on the left and the value on the right. In a more narrow situation (which is often the case in the side panel) the properties are displayed in one column with the label above.

Correct, that is what I just understood after I maximized the screen.

4:46 PM

that's why resizing the side panel would be great, as I like the narrower version better

4:47 PM

Anyway, keep doing the great job you are doing, and I call it a day

Thanks guys!

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Since its hyped now, what do you people think about mastodon

Is there no way to embed databases in a page?

Ambitendency

Is there no way to embed databases in a page?

No only collections

Ambitendency

Is there no way to embed databases in a page?

But with smart queries in some sense this will be possible: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/smart-queries-to-collect-content-based-on-rules

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Collection are embedable ?

2:44 AM

I didn't know !

Anna

Collection are embedable ?

Yesss!

and tags too (I am sure you already knew, but it's so cool, so I needed to say it

)

3:12 AM

I never tried before !

3:13 AM

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Steffen

But with smart queries in some sense this will be possible: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/smart-queries-to-collect-content-based-on-rules

Bummer. I think being able to embed databases themselves would be a major boon for my workflow. I am trying to create a dashboard page for my business and instead of having to embed each collection separately from my "Products" database I wanted to embed the whole "Products" database instead to display all the collections in one easily accessible place under a toggle.

1:24 PM

I think I just discovered a pretty big bug as well, my understanding was that Spaces are supposed to be independent of each other and not share any relation

1:25 PM

Well, since there isn't a way to move items between spaces at the moment I decided to copy an entire pages content with CMD + C and go to the other space, create a new page, then paste the content and when doing so it gets linked to the data in the other space. It even deletes the data from the other space when deleting it in the current space.

1:27 PM

@Michael_v_H

Ambitendency

Bummer. I think being able to embed databases themselves would be a major boon for my workflow. I am trying to create a dashboard page for my business and instead of having to embed each collection separately from my "Products" database I wanted to embed the whole "Products" database instead to display all the collections in one easily accessible place under a toggle.

I know what you mean. Like Steffen said, this will be possible with the query builder.

Ambitendency

Well, since there isn't a way to move items between spaces at the moment I decided to copy an entire pages content with CMD + C and go to the other space, create a new page, then paste the content and when doing so it gets linked to the data in the other space. It even deletes the data from the other space when deleting it in the current space.

It is somewhat intended like this. We built the whole architecture in a way, that collaboration between spaces and different users will eventually be possible (things like shared documents, shared collections etc.). This functionality should be still disabled, so we will fix that. Did you get a modal like this, when pasting the content?

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I don't believe I did get any modal at all upon actually pasting the content, only the normal one that shows up when deleting content asking if you want to actually delete the content from your database or just the page

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Ambitendency

I don't believe I did get any modal at all upon actually pasting the content, only the normal one that shows up when deleting content asking if you want to actually delete the content from your database or just the page

Ok, thanks. That should normally show up when you paste content from another space. We'll look into that.

Is there a way to bring back what we delete by mistake ?

Anna

Is there a way to bring back what we delete by mistake ?

If you deleted something as a block or while editing the text, you can do cmd-z (on Mac) or Ctrl-z (on Windows) to go back and shift-cmd-z (on Mac) or shift-Ctrl-z (on Windows) to go forward again. Another way to bring something back is to go back in the browser history to the URL of the content (see screenshot) and click "Undo delete". If the content is still linked from somewhere, you can also use that link to get to this page and click the "Undo delete" button.

Ok. But no real « trash » (not a problem just asking)

Anna

Ok. But no real « trash » (not a problem just asking)

No, we don't have that (yet). If you think that feature should exist, feel free to create a ticket on the feedback board.

https://capacities.io/feedback

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Oh if it’s not already the case, yes I will add that !

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Anna

Oh if it’s not already the case, yes I will add that !

Here is the link to it: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/a-place-for-recently-deleted-content

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Yes I added my vote

Ambitendency

Well, since there isn't a way to move items between spaces at the moment I decided to copy an entire pages content with CMD + C and go to the other space, create a new page, then paste the content and when doing so it gets linked to the data in the other space. It even deletes the data from the other space when deleting it in the current space.

At the moment, we don't recommend doing that because it can lead to unknown bugs. We are looking into how we can solve this. But as you already observed: making it transparent if your content is shared across spaces is really difficult, like when you delete, share, or create a new subcontent.

INFO: Capacities will go into maintenance mode soon

‍

We are shipping some fundamental updates today, Capacities will be offline for a bit. Should be done in 15 minutes (hopefully), I'll keep you updated here. You'll love the update

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Starting now ⏲️

!!

11:55 AM

Thanks for your hard work ! (edited)

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12:01 PM

Can't wait

Will be a bit delayed..

Ahah

12:22 PM

No prob. It's Sunday evening and you offer an update, so no prob at all !

yo guys why isnt it working

12:23 PM

oh

12:23 PM

how long is this expected to take?

We've had a minor issue during the maintenance process, but we were able to fix it just now. It will take another 20 Minutes or so until everything is up and running again. Sorry for the inconvenience!

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One updater is still running and is more than half-way through. Most accounts can already access Capacities, but we would ask you to wait a little longer, as we need all server resources to run the updates in the database. We'll let you know as soon as everything went through.

Alright, the update is now completely done and everything should work as normal again. ✅ Please let us know if you still have issues logging in. The update was mostly about improvements under the hood. But we've also added some features around customization:

You can now set a wide layout mode for your content. ↔️
In addition, you can now configure how preview images are displayed. ️

You can read the release notes here: https://capacities.io/whats-new

What's new?

New features, releases, and current improvements

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I was out of the loop for a bit. Will we get some kind of reminder system anytime soon?

5:31 AM

App down or is it just me?

phil

App down or is it just me?

It was down for a moment, should be working again.

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Michael_v_H

Alright, the update is now completely done and everything should work as normal again. ✅ Please let us know if you still have issues logging in. The update was mostly about improvements under the hood. But we've also added some features around customization:

You can now set a wide layout mode for your content. ↔️
In addition, you can now configure how preview images are displayed. ️

You can read the release notes here: https://capacities.io/whats-new

I think this should also go into the releases channel for better visibility.

David

I think this should also go into the releases channel for better visibility.

You are right!

phil

I was out of the loop for a bit. Will we get some kind of reminder system anytime soon?

Hi @phil, This will be part of task management, which will still take a while, so at least not very soon.

‍♂️

Update with maintenance tomorrow ⏲️ We will run another update tomorrow morning from 7:00 am UTC to 7:45 am UTC. Hope that works for you. Should be it for a while then ✨

yk here are discord timestamps so u can use that instead of postting huge images of time conversions

1:55 PM

Monday, November 7, 2022 11:00:00 AM

1:55 PM

example

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eirk

Monday, November 7, 2022 11:00:00 AM

Thanks, I just changed it.

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hello, i been using capacities free plan. for long time but now i urgently need, Pro-Intelligent features is there any chance, to get it im student, cant subscribe yet and in need of it urgently is there any refferall link way! or any invites to beta-pro plan i will be, really really greatful please help, just once (edited)

Do Capacities' users already have a name? What about Capables as @kursor said?

David

Do Capacities' users already have a name? What about Capables as @kursor said?

We thought about Capacitors once, but weren't happy

Capables would be kind of funny

UPDATE START ⏲️

Hi @Steffen , what is the expected time for the system to be operational ?

UPDATE SUCCESSFUL ⏲️ Everything is running again

@petros

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Steffen

UPDATE SUCCESSFUL ⏲️ Everything is running again

@petros

Everything went through? That's all I can see...

Telegram integration needs to be reconnected after update

David

Everything went through? That's all I can see...

We found a fix, will be live soon

Capacities followed by Tiago Forte

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Hehe

I'm wondering, why there is so much on Medium and YT about Tana and co, and not so much on Capacities ?

Anna

I'm wondering, why there is so much on Medium and YT about Tana and co, and not so much on Capacities ?

I guess you have to start writing

Yeah, we'd love to see more about Capacities as well, obviously.

Steffen

I guess you have to start writing

Yeah, we'd love to see more about Capacities as well, obviously.

I plan to ! But I guess in French.

Anna

I plan to ! But I guess in French.

That's totally fine

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I'm planning a bunch of post on Linkedin about how amazing your app is !

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Anna

I'm planning a bunch of post on Linkedin about how amazing your app is !

Feel free to share them, so we can repost them

Oh thanks !

Yeah, I was also surprised about the lack of it on youtube.

6:46 AM

Did you guys try to get onto Producthunt?

Novi

Did you guys try to get onto Producthunt?

Planned for this month

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@Michael_v_H Can you use Discord’s built-in event feature to create the event? That way, people who’re interested can get notified automatically when it’s starting

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UNDFND

@Michael_v_H Can you use Discord’s built-in event feature to create the event? That way, people who’re interested can get notified automatically when it’s starting

https://discord.gg/Fxuz6uBM?event=1040619107709616219

Michael_v_H

https://discord.gg/Fxuz6uBM?event=1040619107709616219

Thank you

Michael_v_H

https://discord.gg/Fxuz6uBM?event=1040619107709616219

Perhaps, announce it on Twitter too?

Ahah our community is so much in it

NewBee

hello, i been using capacities free plan. for long time but now i urgently need, Pro-Intelligent features is there any chance, to get it im student, cant subscribe yet and in need of it urgently is there any refferall link way! or any invites to beta-pro plan i will be, really really greatful please help, just once (edited)

anyone!!

Sorry I had to jump out of the call today. I had to run my daughter up to volleyball tryouts. Didn't realize the time.

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Thanks for having the call today. It was interesting to hear some different uses of capacities and how people organize things.

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Thanks everyone!

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NewBee

anyone!!

They are really reactive and in communication, but they are also doing their best. If they didn't answer, I guess it's becaus what you ask is not ready yet. I'm sure you can find some turn around in the waiting.

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Hallo! I've been using capacities for about a week, getting my brain around it. I do have a few questions but I'll just a simple one for now, is there any way to save to a specific place from telegram?

theblackcat

Hallo! I've been using capacities for about a week, getting my brain around it. I do have a few questions but I'll just a simple one for now, is there any way to save to a specific place from telegram?

Hi @theblackcat, at the moment you can only specify a space where it will be added to the daily note of that day.

Thank you for the quick response. I will have to settle for tags then

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theblackcat

Thank you for the quick response. I will have to settle for tags then

Yeah, some people use a tag such as #inbox for example, to gather all content from say Telegram in one place.

That's exactly what I was trying to figure out!

It all started when I couldn't really understand the purpose of "databases" or "types". It might be me but it's sorts misleading - I would honestly call them folders

@theblackcat no way...

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5:17 AM

your name...

When are we getting the desktop version of capacities

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Shamama

When are we getting the desktop version of capacities

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This month

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Steffen

This month

Bruh that's exciting!

Steffen

This month

will that be an electron based client or native?

Akira

will that be an electron based client or native?

It will be electron based

Steffen

It will be electron based

yeah, makes sense for fast multi-platform launch, looking forward to trying it out, hope it's as lightweight as possible

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https://youtu.be/0mYBSayCsH0 Keep up the great work guys. You rock!

SmashMouthVEVO

Smash Mouth - I'm A Believer

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I was genuinely excited to see the email about Capacities Believer come through. Really happy to get to contribute to the continued development of capacities. Keep up the amazing work!

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There is a lot going on in the "app sphere" with Ai writing ...

10:18 AM

Am I the only one who think this is a bad idea ?

10:19 AM

AI can be really nice in certain function or for specific task, but to write something I'm really in doubt

Anna

AI can be really nice in certain function or for specific task, but to write something I'm really in doubt

I'm really interested in how this turn out, but I think I agree with you, I'm also very skeptical. But augmenting a text (as grammarly does) and these kinds of features powered by AI are very useful.

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Anna

AI can be really nice in certain function or for specific task, but to write something I'm really in doubt

I personally think it's currently a trendy buzz word that everyone is looking to throw around. I saw that notion announced an AI writing feature, and was definitely trying to figure out how that would possibly be a widely used tool. But I guess we will see with time.

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GabiVJ

I personally think it's currently a trendy buzz word that everyone is looking to throw around. I saw that notion announced an AI writing feature, and was definitely trying to figure out how that would possibly be a widely used tool. But I guess we will see with time.

Also Evernote just got acquired by an AI company

Anna

Also Evernote just got acquired by an AI company

Really? I hadn’t heard that yet. So strange. AI as a supporting tool is fairly interesting, but I don’t understand this urge to move towards generative AI. At least personally I see no need for it in my workflows, I can’t imagine where these companies are hoping to go.

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https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/16/bending-spoons-acquires-evernote-marking-the-end-of-an-era/

Kyle Wiggers

Bending Spoons acquires Evernote, marking the end of an era

Milan-based Bending Spoons has acquired Evernote, making the end of an era for the long-running note-taking app.

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@GabiVJ @Anna I think AI writing is being hyped by the same people that stand to benefit the most from automated content generated on demand: marketing and social media copywriters! However, I have no doubt AI generated content will only get better based on training and the queries you feed it....

12:47 PM

However, for the PKM and TfT community, I am intrigued by AI "readers" which can create content summaries, highlights, and relevant links to other content. See Readwise tweet yesterday describing their new "Ghostreader" service: https://twitter.com/deadly_onion/status/1592990487257829376

Daniel Doyon (@deadly_onion)

Introducing Ghostreader

to @ReadwiseReader Your AI "Copilot of Reading" who will: • Define words in context

• Lookup people & places

• Simplify complex language

• Summarize

• Generate flashcards

• And much more. The only limit is your imagination

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I’m a marketer and I know that AI writing is not a good text to read

but yeah I agree on some task AI is wonderful

12:59 PM

I also just started trying Napkin and evaluate its ability to apply AI to learn and suggest tags to new notes to assist in collection, linking, and knowledge graphs creation.... nice article here by TfThacker https://tfthacker.medium.com/collecting-connecting-and-inspiring-with-napkin-748bb1337ee1

Collecting, connecting, and inspiring with Napkin

This is the first article in a series I call “Tools for Thought designed for humans”.

@Steffen

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Anna

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just spam

Yes, I just removed it. Thanks

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owh

I bought a believer plan because I’m a believer, keep up the good work guys. I just have one major feature request

1:13 PM

I feel there needs to be a multi-select property

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1:14 PM

Like to be able to choose between predefined options. Say if you have a Movie or Book watchlist, something like type or category

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1:15 PM

Then have predefined options to choose from like “Horror, Action, Comedy, etc."

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Ambitendency

Then have predefined options to choose from like “Horror, Action, Comedy, etc."

Will happen soon.

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I do not understand. In 2022, why there is so much app focus on note taking and « helping your brain to process life » who do not support a lot of media type.

4:16 AM

Yes text is important but now we encounter a lot of media type

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I would like to know the timeline for mobile app especially iOS. I can’t seem to commit to the app unless there is a mobile app on the way. Is there a timeline?

sundar

I would like to know the timeline for mobile app especially iOS. I can’t seem to commit to the app unless there is a mobile app on the way. Is there a timeline?

Our current ETA is Q1 2023. Depending on the App Store and Play Store review processes, it could take longer though. (edited)

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Michael_v_H

Our current ETA is Q1 2023. Depending on the App Store and Play Store review processes, it could take longer though. (edited)

hum, Q1 2023 no ?

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Anna

hum, Q1 2023 no ?

Sure.

ahah

3:21 PM

But anyway, it's really close to present time !

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Anna

But anyway, it's really close to present time !

Yeah, hope I don't promise too much here. #nopressure

If you need alpha/beta tester, you know where I am

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Great roadmap, can't wait to try Block linking!

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2:31 AM

Does it mean that, technically, Unlinked mentions also can be implemented in the future? Or it requires different architecture?

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A big thanks for the roadmap ! Also a big thanks for your transparency and dedication to stay in comm with us about the direction you take with the app (edited)

I agree, very nice roadmap, thanks for sharing this. I am very excited to see task management fairly high on the list, that’s the only major feature missing that stops me from completely transferring my whole workflow to capacities! (edited)

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Simple table and web clipper

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Adelon

Does it mean that, technically, Unlinked mentions also can be implemented in the future? Or it requires different architecture?

Unlinked mentions are definitely possible

We have concepts and ideas that are much more powerful than unlinked mentions but we don't have them on the very near term roadmap. I hope that makes sense.

Steffen

Unlinked mentions are definitely possible

We have concepts and ideas that are much more powerful than unlinked mentions but we don't have them on the very near term roadmap. I hope that makes sense.

Ok, glad to hear it’s on your radar! Totally agree, it’s not a feature needed for everyone, so can wait. Just was curious, ‘cause currently I use my Capacities backup in Obsidian for this and to watch how my Global Graph grows

Will wait when it become a part of Capacities, thanks for the respond and your hard work!

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Ambitendency

Then have predefined options to choose from like “Horror, Action, Comedy, etc."

Little preview

Not in production yet, but quite soon.

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Ran across this page this morning, and I know you are working on launching Capacities on Producthunt : https://previewhunt.com/

Preview Hunt

A tool to preview and prepare your Product Hunt submissions

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+1 Believer. Thank's very much for you hard work @Steffen and @Michael_v_H (edited)

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Michael_v_H

Little preview

Not in production yet, but quite soon.

Woah! This is awesome! That's also one of my favorite books as well.

https://medium.com/geekculture/3-new-note-takers-right-now-f8a1b96bc572

3 New Note-Takers Right Now

Rising stars in the PKM and note-taking space

1:12 AM

Ok ok getting into serious business

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1:12 AM

“Capacities is one of the more interesting applications right now. Connecting all your ideas together and a little like Anytype below brings the idea of entities to the PKM tool market — the focus on objects being the centre of your experience versus blocks. Think book summarises, maps, journals — all available in Capacities and something at Keep Productive we’re checking out soon.”

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Anna

“Capacities is one of the more interesting applications right now. Connecting all your ideas together and a little like Anytype below brings the idea of entities to the PKM tool market — the focus on objects being the centre of your experience versus blocks. Think book summarises, maps, journals — all available in Capacities and something at Keep Productive we’re checking out soon.”

That's awesome, thanks for sharing

With pleasure, I also commented the article, if Keep Productive publish a video on Capacities it will boost the users nicely (edited)

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Anna

With pleasure, I also commented the article, if Keep Productive publish a video on Capacities it will boost the users nicely (edited)

I'll reach out to him later today

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Best app for personal knowledge management, big thanks for your work guys!!!

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mistcat.

Best app for personal knowledge management, big thanks for your work guys!!!

Thanks so much for supporting us!!

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Keep up the good work on the development!

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0ta2_

Keep up the good work on the development!

Thank you!

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Hello, I don’t know where to search/ask Is it planned for believer/pro to come with custom url(s) to publish selected content, like Obsidian Publish or Notion? That’s the feature that would make me suscribe Regards

cmjn

Hello, I don’t know where to search/ask Is it planned for believer/pro to come with custom url(s) to publish selected content, like Obsidian Publish or Notion? That’s the feature that would make me suscribe Regards

We currently do support a simple share feature, which allows you to share content on the web via link (you can edit the access rights for each entity that is linked in the shared content). But we are definitely planning more extensive sharing and publishing options and a way better experience around this. But's quite a bit further down the roadmap. We will probably get there in the second half of next year.

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Michael_v_H

We currently do support a simple share feature, which allows you to share content on the web via link (you can edit the access rights for each entity that is linked in the shared content). But we are definitely planning more extensive sharing and publishing options and a way better experience around this. But's quite a bit further down the roadmap. We will probably get there in the second half of next year.

Thanks!

Any timeline on a beta for the mobile app next year? The web app is actually pretty darn good, but I wish it was a PWA.

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Joseph

Any timeline on a beta for the mobile app next year? The web app is actually pretty darn good, but I wish it was a PWA.

Desktop is coming very soon

mobile timeline is very hard to estimate but we’re working full steam!

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Capacities on Mastodon We just opened an account on Mastodon, you can follow us here: https://pkm.social/@capacities. We will share important updates, inspirations, and more on Mastodon from now on.

PKM.social

PKM.social is an Mastodon instance that is open to anyone who is interested in Personal Knowledge Management.

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We launched a forum for you to share your ideas on specific features Capacities is under constant development and we are brainstorming a lot of ideas.

We created the #💻・features-forum as a place for you to become part of it.

We'll create topics for bigger projects we are working on. You can contribute with ideas and thoughts. A great way to have an influence on the product.

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Ambitendency

I feel there needs to be a multi-select property

Here you go! We just released this with the newest update.

https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-15

Single and multi-select dropdowns

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Really nice release

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Michael_v_H

Here you go! We just released this with the newest update.

https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-15

Awesome update! Any chance for a kanban view since we have a single-select?

Adelon

Awesome update! Any chance for a kanban view since we have a single-select?

Select property is step one towards that. Kanban is on the roadmap

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@Steffen @Michael_v_H I’ve spent the last week ramping up on Capacities and reading the channels on this server. I continue to be pleasantly surprised with all of the apps capabilities and your thoughtful approach and roadmap….. But what stands out the most is your consistent engagement, responsiveness, and professionalism on this forum. The transparency, respect, and enthusiastic response to user feedback (solicited and unsolicited) is very refreshing and gives me strong confidence in your future… (edited)

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RangerBen

@Steffen @Michael_v_H I’ve spent the last week ramping up on Capacities and reading the channels on this server. I continue to be pleasantly surprised with all of the apps capabilities and your thoughtful approach and roadmap….. But what stands out the most is your consistent engagement, responsiveness, and professionalism on this forum. The transparency, respect, and enthusiastic response to user feedback (solicited and unsolicited) is very refreshing and gives me strong confidence in your future… (edited)

Thanks @RangerBen, really appreciate that

Thanks for being part of it!

Hi, Capacities Team. I also use saveToNotion Chrome Extension to save webpage url and metadata into Notion database. So how can I save these info to Capacities in Chrome?

Hi @Summer2022 . A Chrome Extension is not released yet. A webclipper is on the roadmap though: https://capacities.io/roadmap

Roadmap

We ship new features and improvements nearly every day. Heres an overview on what will come next.

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A small click to support us We got on the list of considered apps at https://www.noteapps.info/. Getting your vote would really help us (no login required)

Vote here with a single click: https://nextnoteapps.featureupvote.com/suggestions/345269/capacities (edited)

Capacities - Next NoteApps

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Steffen

A small click to support us We got on the list of considered apps at https://www.noteapps.info/. Getting your vote would really help us (no login required)

Vote here with a single click: https://nextnoteapps.featureupvote.com/suggestions/345269/capacities (edited)

Done. Really was just a click.

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7:49 AM

The new Update is such a game changer! The full potential behind the concept has now beeing released. I am so exited

. Great work, thank you soo much

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8:08 AM

I'm happy about the update, but I can't figure out how I will use it

Steffen

Capacities on Mastodon We just opened an account on Mastodon, you can follow us here: https://pkm.social/@capacities. We will share important updates, inspirations, and more on Mastodon from now on.

what the heck is Mastodon??? The next Twitter Killer?

Anna

I'm happy about the update, but I can't figure out how I will use it

It's a great way to bring a system into your tagging for example. Let's say you have a People database and you'd like to categorize them, you can create an entity property "Category" with a fixed set of the following tags: "Customer", "Business partner", "Influencer", ... whatever works for you

Botwin

what the heck is Mastodon??? The next Twitter Killer?

Probably not, but interesting to watch

Botwin

what the heck is Mastodon??? The next Twitter Killer?

ahah I had the same reaction, even if I work all day long on social media !

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Steffen

It's a great way to bring a system into your tagging for example. Let's say you have a People database and you'd like to categorize them, you can create an entity property "Category" with a fixed set of the following tags: "Customer", "Business partner", "Influencer", ... whatever works for you

I see. I think it will click when I need it !

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Hello ! Just wanted to write this appreciation message for the new functionalities, I’m using Capacities for worldbuilding, and the new layout options for believers are amazing (especially the people one for characters), and the new tag selection is a lifesaver, thank you for building such an amazing app

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Yoojeeny

Hello ! Just wanted to write this appreciation message for the new functionalities, I’m using Capacities for worldbuilding, and the new layout options for believers are amazing (especially the people one for characters), and the new tag selection is a lifesaver, thank you for building such an amazing app

Happy to hear that, thanks so much

Steffen

It's a great way to bring a system into your tagging for example. Let's say you have a People database and you'd like to categorize them, you can create an entity property "Category" with a fixed set of the following tags: "Customer", "Business partner", "Influencer", ... whatever works for you

Hi @Steffen, so to create a fixed set for a content type, do I need to go into the property and then content picker on one entity (like dummy entry) and choose ALL the tags I want for that type? And then those will show up first for all future entities of that type?

trexxy

Hi @Steffen, so to create a fixed set for a content type, do I need to go into the property and then content picker on one entity (like dummy entry) and choose ALL the tags I want for that type? And then those will show up first for all future entities of that type?

Yes, that's pretty much right. But you can of course expand the set over time. In the picker, there is a section below that shows options from the whole database. If you select them, they will be added to the selection set.

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Anna

I'm happy about the update, but I can't figure out how I will use it

I use it for journaling f.e. to rate my day or to select what I did for my health from a dropdown list (Yoga, workout, take a walk etc.). And I will also use it for literature, movies, series etc. to rate them

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@WowaIs there one way that send a tweet or thread to @Capacities with twitter message?

Capacities is so Cool. I'm frustrate with save webpage, website, video, twitter or many url in one place.

1th is save

I see that I can save link by telegram or save tweet by commenting tweet, These methods have met my needs (Only hope add save tweet by twitter message)

2th is arrange.

I like Capacities tags design thougt! its so efficent for giving every item one or more tags,

3th is review.

Suggest sth: visual format improving. Some weblink can't get appropriate image or icon. So get picture or capture screenshots manually with Chrome Extension or in Capacities opening weblink frame, like one amazing picture Chrome Extension"Eagle". Other : the price for Chinese student is more expensive, Hope for education discount or less-rich countries. Love Capacities. Waiting for desktop and mobile!

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The tags input has't fuzzy matching. like one tag 'video-vo' then I input 'vo' , the Capasities can't show the tag 'video-vi' . Why with it? because I will input some abbreviations by mobile, so I want to set my tags with tagname-abbreviation-some-abc

9:50 AM

[database content type for youtube link ]

want a media content type, If I send youtube link or other video link to Capacities. Can I set this workflow auto by creating new dataset type?

[database - new collection]

database's filter can be or not saved to a new collection
or the collection of database can collcet some items automatically by some conditions (like if one link has tag video, then it will be collected into the video collection of the weblink database)

Summer2022

@WowaIs there one way that send a tweet or thread to @Capacities with twitter message?

Check this: https://docs.capacities.io/reference/integrations/twitter I hope, it answers your question. (edited)

Capacities Docs

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getting capacities is not reachable errors in app and web -- status looks like servers are having issues @Steffen @Michael_v_H

scott

getting capacities is not reachable errors in app and web -- status looks like servers are having issues @Steffen @Michael_v_H

same here

same here but when you go to the status page it says servers are operational

scott

getting capacities is not reachable errors in app and web -- status looks like servers are having issues @Steffen @Michael_v_H

Thanks for letting us know! The server was overloaded for a while, should be back now. We are very sorry for the outage. As always, we'll look into the root cause and make sure it doesn't happen again.

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Oops it's dropped for me again

trexxy

Oops it's dropped for me again

Hm, don't now what happened there. It's running again.

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Wowa

Check this: https://docs.capacities.io/reference/integrations/twitter I hope, it answers your question. (edited)

Thanks, I get this way.

I suggest that send twitter message to @CapacitiesHQ with the tweet url (or thread) then Capacities can save it.

like Readwise or @savetonotion.

(edited)

8:20 PM

Saving Url By Telegram message

response one error message if Capacities bot save it failure.
not response when save info successly.

(edited)

7:31 AM

So can I comprehend the Capacities team attach great importance to 1 capture every-info-quick into Capacities 2 arrange them clearly (like database ,collection,tags or graph view) for review . (edited)

[Smart Collection - auto rule instead of select entity into collection]

I try to search "collection+auto" in suggestion forum, there is nothing
If Collection add a new mode like "smart Collection"
- set rule like database filter : that if one entity has tags of "video" and "todo", then the smart Collection "Todo watch Video" add this entity automatically.
- I see the suggestion like "save database filter to reuse" , like notion.
- Perhaps save filter == smart collection

Summer2022

[Smart Collection - auto rule instead of select entity into collection]

I try to search "collection+auto" in suggestion forum, there is nothing
If Collection add a new mode like "smart Collection"
- set rule like database filter : that if one entity has tags of "video" and "todo", then the smart Collection "Todo watch Video" add this entity automatically.
- I see the suggestion like "save database filter to reuse" , like notion.
- Perhaps save filter == smart collection

This is a feature I am also very much hoping comes soon. Manually adding things to collections can be distracting, and time consuming. Having collections which automatically update based on a set of rules would make collections 100% more useful.

GabiVJ

This is a feature I am also very much hoping comes soon. Manually adding things to collections can be distracting, and time consuming. Having collections which automatically update based on a set of rules would make collections 100% more useful.

Yes, I agree this is much needed. I think this can be huge! To give you a rough estimate, we are planning this for February. But take the timeline with a grain of salt.

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Another Question: [related tags : why not design click one related tag then filter it]

when I make 2 tags to one web-link (tag-a & tag-b),
and review database [weblink]
- then I see the card (of the weblink with 2 tag) in gallery
- I click tag-a in card ,
- then I see the tag-a view and related tags : like tag-b,tag-c and others
  - so I want to click tag-b to filter some rules (like the cards which has tag-a & tag-b)
- but if I click tag-b , then I will jump to tag-b view.
The above mentioned , I think just want a tag-to-tag-click-filter in database view.

10:06 AM

In order to be compatible with the previous mode , the user can click related tags with ctrl to jump tag-a → tag-b .

❓ [create tag or page or toggle in daily-note]

I saw the Capacities doc and twitter thread for tag, and the tags of Capacities is brilliant for me
My understand for the introduction of tags is that tag is more accurate and less.
and tags although like objects, but we can't label tag for tags object. so we can't arrange or filter more rules for tags database.
So I want to create more objects like pages. such as some concepts , I think its appropriate for more and more concepts.
Isn't it better that some trivial text or note should create block in dailynote and backlink with @concept page

[message from Telegram]

when I send a message with image,text and link by telegram

❓ - then Capacities save these info to One image object, and image has note (contain text and link)

Perhaps save with page format is more convenient.

- and image need show more info like note(at least title and tags) in card view

Hi @Summer2022, thanks for sharing all these ideas and questions. It would be great if you could ask questions in #❓・help-and-questions and share feature ideas in #🚀・features-and-ideas. If you have an explicit bug, or feature request, please use our feedback board at https://capacities.io/feedback. That's the fasted way for it to get processed by us and to allow others to participate. Hope that makes sense

@Steve_Noosa Welcome to Capacities. You asked about research. I don't yet use capacities for it but look forward to doing so in the future. I would require to have a good Zotero and PDF integration, including annotations. I hope Capacities gets there somewhen in the near future. P.S. please upvote the individual feature requests.

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Steffen

Hi @Summer2022, thanks for sharing all these ideas and questions. It would be great if you could ask questions in #❓・help-and-questions and share feature ideas in #🚀・features-and-ideas. If you have an explicit bug, or feature request, please use our feedback board at https://capacities.io/feedback. That's the fasted way for it to get processed by us and to allow others to participate. Hope that makes sense

ok I get it . thanks

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Yesterday I got access to Tana, and here are my first impressions after some testing and comparison with Capacities. Maybe it would be useful for someone and will help improve Capacities. This is not an objective comparison, just a comparison of features that are important to me.

Tana pros
- Everything is a node
  - just like the general concept and flexibility which comes from outliner, but not a big deal
- Queries
  - main feature and source of hype, you can build any database and view it in different ways - like it, great for personal project managing
  - But it's already planned for Capacities, so eagerly waiting for this
- Very fast, instant page loading, feels like a native app, not web
  - But not perfect, frozen a couple of times
  - In Capacities sometimes I can wait for 2-4 seconds to load and render page/database and links
- Unlinked mentions
Capacities pros
- Personally feelings, easier learning curve, more intuitive, UI/UX feels more user-friendly and visual
  - Tana feels geeky. It's okay if you come from another TFT tool, but complicated if totally new in this space
- Better images/media supports, more ways to format text and page
  - Tana doesn't have headers, colors, can't place bullets side by side etc
- Great graph view
  - My favorite Capacities part, Tana doesn't have it at all
- Export to md
  - Important for the longevity of my notes
- Basic free plan
  - Tana will be only premium $10
- Сan work if the connection is lost
Overall, I feel like Capacities is much better suited for my needs than Tana, and I will continue to stick with it. And after a few features, which are already planned, and some polishing, Capacities becomes a perfect PKM/LifeOS tool for me Great job, guys!

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Adelon

Yesterday I got access to Tana, and here are my first impressions after some testing and comparison with Capacities. Maybe it would be useful for someone and will help improve Capacities. This is not an objective comparison, just a comparison of features that are important to me.

Tana pros
- Everything is a node
  - just like the general concept and flexibility which comes from outliner, but not a big deal
- Queries
  - main feature and source of hype, you can build any database and view it in different ways - like it, great for personal project managing
  - But it's already planned for Capacities, so eagerly waiting for this
- Very fast, instant page loading, feels like a native app, not web
  - But not perfect, frozen a couple of times
  - In Capacities sometimes I can wait for 2-4 seconds to load and render page/database and links
- Unlinked mentions
Capacities pros
- Personally feelings, easier learning curve, more intuitive, UI/UX feels more user-friendly and visual
  - Tana feels geeky. It's okay if you come from another TFT tool, but complicated if totally new in this space
- Better images/media supports, more ways to format text and page
  - Tana doesn't have headers, colors, can't place bullets side by side etc
- Great graph view
  - My favorite Capacities part, Tana doesn't have it at all
- Export to md
  - Important for the longevity of my notes
- Basic free plan
  - Tana will be only premium $10
- Сan work if the connection is lost
Overall, I feel like Capacities is much better suited for my needs than Tana, and I will continue to stick with it. And after a few features, which are already planned, and some polishing, Capacities becomes a perfect PKM/LifeOS tool for me Great job, guys!

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Thanks for your super helpful comparison, @Adelon. I agree that queries are very powerful. @Steffen is doing some amazing ground work these days to make queries of any kind possible. I think, conceptually, this is probably the biggest missing link in Capacities. Adding this will help people view different subsets of their content more naturally (a lot of questions around this are being asked in the community). There are some big performance improvements coming up (a huge part of all the app logic will now run completely in the background, making rendering way smoother). We're currently testing this in our development spaces, and I honestly don't want to go back to my non-development space right know.

This will probably land next week. Queries are planned for February next year. As a small holiday gift, we're also shipping some nice quality of life improvements around editing and drag and drop very soon. Re Everything is a node: I think block references (and in the future potentially property references) will remove some barriers on that front. But we are still convinced that treating every block/node the same can be quite intimidating for many people and the concept of a page/entity really helps to orientate oneself. If everything goes smoothly, we'll ship this before Christmas. In addition, we want to add several improvements to the embed view of entities, to allow it to blend in better with all the other blocks and remove the friction when editing. This also includes faster inline creation of entities using a #-syntax. Unlinked mentions is the only thing in your list we'll not address very soon.

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@Adelon I also received invite this week to Tana. Going through training now to fully understand functionality but your first impressions nailed mine as well… excellent write up. Thanks for sharing

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Funny that I also got an invite today

As a very early Tana tester I personally think they’re two different programs geared towards two different use cases. While Tana is very useful as an outliner and a structured data tool, it isn’t geared towards long-form writing and isn’t equipped with the formatting abilities required for publishing. I think it’s more geared towards managing your projects and for quick capture and retrieval where as Capacities is more aligned with the Second Brain methodology and geared toward long-term storage and publishing.

9:23 PM

I honestly think there was just a lot of hype and fomo around Tana due to the viral social media publicity it received from creators in the TfT communities. I don’t see it as being the end-all-be-all of TfT, nor do I think it’s geared towards being an all-in-one tool that’s meant to replace everything. I think people are just intrigued with the intuitive way they created to handle queries as opposed to something like Logseq or Obsidian.

9:24 PM

That being said, it is a nice tool for the toolbox.

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Michael_v_H

Thanks for your super helpful comparison, @Adelon. I agree that queries are very powerful. @Steffen is doing some amazing ground work these days to make queries of any kind possible. I think, conceptually, this is probably the biggest missing link in Capacities. Adding this will help people view different subsets of their content more naturally (a lot of questions around this are being asked in the community). There are some big performance improvements coming up (a huge part of all the app logic will now run completely in the background, making rendering way smoother). We're currently testing this in our development spaces, and I honestly don't want to go back to my non-development space right know.

This will probably land next week. Queries are planned for February next year. As a small holiday gift, we're also shipping some nice quality of life improvements around editing and drag and drop very soon. Re Everything is a node: I think block references (and in the future potentially property references) will remove some barriers on that front. But we are still convinced that treating every block/node the same can be quite intimidating for many people and the concept of a page/entity really helps to orientate oneself. If everything goes smoothly, we'll ship this before Christmas. In addition, we want to add several improvements to the embed view of entities, to allow it to blend in better with all the other blocks and remove the friction when editing. This also includes faster inline creation of entities using a #-syntax. Unlinked mentions is the only thing in your list we'll not address very soon.

Thanks a lot for the response! Great to hear it! You guys have a great vision for this, and it's very inspiring! Seeing your passion for Capacities inspires me to work harder on my personal projects. I understand that all kind of these things and features is just a matter of time. Sometimes I wish I was a programmer and could help you more than just talking

Adelon

Thanks a lot for the response! Great to hear it! You guys have a great vision for this, and it's very inspiring! Seeing your passion for Capacities inspires me to work harder on my personal projects. I understand that all kind of these things and features is just a matter of time. Sometimes I wish I was a programmer and could help you more than just talking

So nice to hear

It's never to late to learn

and it's easier to get started than you think

Steffen

So nice to hear

It's never to late to learn

and it's easier to get started than you think

Yeah, I have a basic understanding of programming. Actually, I study computer science at university, so I remember a thing or two from that time.

Completely forgot how to work with OOP or databases, but still can write some simple python scripts or web pages, also played with Obsidian plugins a bit, but nothing too complicated. So I'll be waiting for API to dive back into programming again and try some ideas

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Steffen

So nice to hear

It's never to late to learn

and it's easier to get started than you think

the hardest part about learning to code for me was having stuff to code.. lol it was easier when I was in school and I was given prompts, but once it was all on me to progress my ability, I didn't really know where to go... I figure, when I compare the process to making music (since I'm a musician), I get the most results when I follow my passions and curiosities, so that probably just means I'm not a programmer

(or that I should go back to school, but all the schools I've attended would just tell me to "solve the problems I have" and that's just ambiguous)

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@Steffen is there a plan to introduce an outline indicator line like this?

@Steffen it can;t full-text search right now ?

Charlie 45872984

@Steffen is there a plan to introduce an outline indicator line like this?

We already have ticket for outlining features, you can vote for it https://capacities.io/feedback/p/outliner-mode

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Adelon

We already have ticket for outlining features, you can vote for it https://capacities.io/feedback/p/outliner-mode

I need chinese full-text search function

Charlie 45872984

I need chinese full-text search function

It not supported currently, but guys are looking for the solution, you can vote and leave comment here to show that it's important for you https://capacities.io/feedback/p/full-text-search-does-not-work-correctly-in-japanese

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this is japanese not chinese

Charlie 45872984

this is japanese not chinese

yeah, but the root of problem is the same as guess

5:40 AM

We cannot support logographic languages at the moment

could you tell me when it will be fixed? plz (edited)

Charlie 45872984

could you tell me when it will be fixed? plz (edited)

idk, I'm not a dev, just casual user as you

@Steffen need east asian full-text search urgently

Adelon

idk, I'm not a dev, just casual user as you

you're nice

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5:48 AM

i think this is definitely a good product, and i look forward to the block link if it can't support Chinese full-text, just like giving a microphone to a mute person.

Adelon

idk, I'm not a dev, just casual user as you

hello , Could you tell me what is the markdown hotkey to start a quote in Capacities?

| followed by space

Michael_v_H

| followed by space

so thankful

Michael_v_H

| followed by space

hi, do you know how to recover a deleted database?

Charlie 45872984

hi, do you know how to recover a deleted database?

That's not possible, unfortunately.

that's weird , thank you

Charlie 45872984

that's weird , thank you

That's why we show this before you delete:

i got that

Share your ideas on task management We started a discussion in #💻・features-forum on task management and would love to hear your thoughts! ✅

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could you tell me how to rapidly jump out of the code box ?

There has been a lot of chatter about Capacities in the Craft.do Circle forum in the past two weeks. One of the most active contributors in the Craft Community has been Numeric Citizen. He recently started creating YouTube videos targeting the Craft community. I just saw he posted an hour long video about his first experiences testing Capacities. I haven’t watched it in its entirety yet. I expect it may be a bit biased given the strong focus on Craft in his previous posts but is a good indicator of the early interest in Capacities. https://youtu.be/NXVLEQLDhBs

Numeric Citizen Videos

Testing "Capacities" — The 60 Minutes Experiment

RangerBen

There has been a lot of chatter about Capacities in the Craft.do Circle forum in the past two weeks. One of the most active contributors in the Craft Community has been Numeric Citizen. He recently started creating YouTube videos targeting the Craft community. I just saw he posted an hour long video about his first experiences testing Capacities. I haven’t watched it in its entirety yet. I expect it may be a bit biased given the strong focus on Craft in his previous posts but is a good indicator of the early interest in Capacities. https://youtu.be/NXVLEQLDhBs

Interesting. I was an early Craft user, then stuck with it for 18 months but got frustrated with its direction. Heavily towards teams and leaving individual users without important features. No interest in supporting column layouts. No tags, still. Then they hired a new community/comms person and every new release had “amazing” new features, which were really just tweaks. Apps can gain a lot of momentum, build users in their first 1-2 years but keeping hold of users, in a world where every week it seems there’s a new entrant, is tough.

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nashi

Interesting. I was an early Craft user, then stuck with it for 18 months but got frustrated with its direction. Heavily towards teams and leaving individual users without important features. No interest in supporting column layouts. No tags, still. Then they hired a new community/comms person and every new release had “amazing” new features, which were really just tweaks. Apps can gain a lot of momentum, build users in their first 1-2 years but keeping hold of users, in a world where every week it seems there’s a new entrant, is tough.

Well said @nashi those are my observations as well. And the focus on teams, collaboration , and diversifying from Apple ecosystem to web and Windows coincides directly with taking $20M in Series A and B rounds over last 18 months. Craft ownership is likely positioning company for acquisition by Apple, Adobe, MS, etc. (venture capitalists focus on ARR, valuations, and exit strategies not users…)

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9:40 AM

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/craft-cacb

9:44 AM

Which begs the question of @Michael_v_H @Steffen I noticed the Capacities.io web site mentions looking for a angel investor and third founder…. How goes that? Any thoughts on a Kickstarter or Indiegogo approach to raising capital (crowdfunding from committed users vs “vulture capitalists”)?

9:44 AM

Hi, is there any problem with the servers? it seems that the app is not available

petros

Hi, is there any problem with the servers? it seems that the app is not available

Should be available again now.

RangerBen

Which begs the question of @Michael_v_H @Steffen I noticed the Capacities.io web site mentions looking for a angel investor and third founder…. How goes that? Any thoughts on a Kickstarter or Indiegogo approach to raising capital (crowdfunding from committed users vs “vulture capitalists”)?

Logseq (https://opencollective.com/logseq) seems to have a decent donation system to get crowdfunding from their committed users, versus Joplin's (https://joplinapp.org/donate/) more open-ended approach

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@Michael_v_H need a feature quickly to jump out off the codebox

@Timoy interesting… I am familiar with Open Collective for open source software projects (like Logseq). I did not realize other software initiatives may also use it…

RangerBen

Which begs the question of @Michael_v_H @Steffen I noticed the Capacities.io web site mentions looking for a angel investor and third founder…. How goes that? Any thoughts on a Kickstarter or Indiegogo approach to raising capital (crowdfunding from committed users vs “vulture capitalists”)?

Thanks for sharing your observations in the Craft Community, that's really interesting! I'll look into the video later. A brief comment on funding: We are not decided on this yet, and we are definitely looking for alternative ways of funding Capacities. We just get approached by a lot of funds and angles. The mention on the landing page is there to funnel these requests for now. (edited)

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Maintenance Info We'll be running an update on Capacities very soon. The service will be unavailable for 40 minutes. We'll keep you posted here.

Maintenance started

Update successfully deployed We'll be updating the app itself later today and share what changed. It's going to be great

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Steffen

Update successfully deployed We'll be updating the app itself later today and share what changed. It's going to be great

I hope will include the desktop app

Yay. O

8:43 AM

I’m excited, hopefully I can start using the Desktop app again without issues. I’ve had to take a break from Capacities while I wait for the fix. I’m just a little OCD and stuck in my ways so adapting to change is hard for me.

some of my databases don't load... still another maintenance?

Update will be shipped tomorrow ⏲️ If you want to read about what will be in it you can do that here: https://capacities.io/whats-new under "Recent improvements".

What's new?

New features, releases, and current improvements

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Steffen

Update will be shipped tomorrow ⏲️ If you want to read about what will be in it you can do that here: https://capacities.io/whats-new under "Recent improvements".

that sounds exciting. I can't wait!

Hi all! First of all, I want to say that Capacities is amazing and I am loving the direction it is headed. Just wanted to ask if anyone is facing issues with file uploads that are greater than around 10MB? I have been trying to upload PDFs that are close to say 30MB. It seems to use a lot of resources and the file upload just crashes the entire tab...

RangerBen

@Timoy interesting… I am familiar with Open Collective for open source software projects (like Logseq). I did not realize other software initiatives may also use it…

I have no idea if Open Collective is open for just any initiative but I was mainly just looking at the ways they structured their donation system - offering specifics for each level of support vs. how Joplin doesn't have any specifics at all, just "donate here"

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@Steffen @Michael_v_H New Update sounds great! Cant wait to try out desktop app on Mac OS. How can I access it (under Believer Plan)?

7:30 PM

Also noticed some (unintended) comments included on "Recent Improvements" web page: (edited)

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Pre-Release for the Desktop app is live Feel free to test it and please report any issues that you have. The desktop app will then probably go live today.

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Where can I get the update? It’s not showing in my app

Ambitendency

Where can I get the update? It’s not showing in my app

Here: https://capacities.io/download-app Make sure to close and uninstall the version you currently have on your computer.

Download the app

Capacities is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows and as a web app for all other devices.

I saw your post a little to late sorry. It works again for me YAY!

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1:59 AM

Good job guys! Thank you so much

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Ambitendency

I saw your post a little to late sorry. It works again for me YAY!

Awesome!!!!

Good morning!

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Oh man great job team! I was just wondering last night when the app was coming out. This is great thank you all

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If I'm not mistaken it looks like some Tana-esque functionality found its way into this release!

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Just loaded up the app, oh its so nice!

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is capacities down?

11:29 AM

cant seem to login

11:30 AM

zahed

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Yes sorry, should be back up!

Steffen

Yes sorry, should be back up!

Amazing thanks

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solid work on this so far, and the desktop app has been a welcome addition so far

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3:33 PM

excited to see where you guys go with it

Great job team. Love using the app on Windows

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is capacities down again?

Akhilesh singh

is capacities down again?

Hm no there wasn't any incident anymore. Are you still having issues?

Hi guys, is it possible to setup project management within capacities?

3:23 AM

With eg. kanban board?

Just caught up with the desktop version... so far, excellent job guys! It pushed me into taking up the Believer offer. Not that my money will make a big difference but it's great to see the work going into this

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What is the difference between the the web and the desktop version?

Deleted User

Just caught up with the desktop version... so far, excellent job guys! It pushed me into taking up the Believer offer. Not that my money will make a big difference but it's great to see the work going into this

Thank you, @Deleted User! Actually, it makes a big difference.

Gerwin Schalk

What is the difference between the the web and the desktop version?

There are no major differences in terms of features. But you get better offline support and the convenience of it being an app on your computer, not a website in your browser.

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Main reason i like Notion is that you can have a topic, and all related stuff for it in one place, with fast access In Notion it's possible to do with multiple inline databases on one page How would recommend doing something like this in Capacities? attached image Still not sure if i'm suing spaces & databases in a right way, so an example would really help

another example, for more clarity https://chief-ease-8ab.notion.site/List-of-200-Notion-Resources-e1b46cd365094265bd47b8a2b25bb41e

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HoXsan

Hi guys, is it possible to setup project management within capacities?

Hi @HoXsan, not yet. We will introduce task management early next year which should enable project management workflows as well, but the current version is not built for it.

Michael_v_H

Hi @HoXsan, not yet. We will introduce task management early next year which should enable project management workflows as well, but the current version is not built for it.

I would really like to get using Capacities as I find it "simpler" in the UI than Tana. And I do also like the process of defining new types and etc. But the Task and Project management is really important in my case. Tried to build a type that could hold the task, and maybe just give it a simple "done" checkbox. But could not find any way to do a simple "Status" with select options. Is it possible for you to guide me how I can achieve a simple task and project management? Maybe something like in the Roadmap?

RangerBen

There has been a lot of chatter about Capacities in the Craft.do Circle forum in the past two weeks. One of the most active contributors in the Craft Community has been Numeric Citizen. He recently started creating YouTube videos targeting the Craft community. I just saw he posted an hour long video about his first experiences testing Capacities. I haven’t watched it in its entirety yet. I expect it may be a bit biased given the strong focus on Craft in his previous posts but is a good indicator of the early interest in Capacities. https://youtu.be/NXVLEQLDhBs

the topic that started int the comments of the video - is the complexity and the time reading of the manual to "understand" what are the benefits and what sets it apart from other apps. I agree a little bit. The average user is lazy, and as an idea @Steffen: make little short video tutorials on your youtube channel. As a very good example (in my personal opinion) are the instruction videos from Coda.io https://www.youtube.com/@Coda_hq. Each video is not longer then a few minutes (which would be great to put them as youtube shorts to gain extra attention), and by the way they are also very funny (but that is not the point)

Botwin

the topic that started int the comments of the video - is the complexity and the time reading of the manual to "understand" what are the benefits and what sets it apart from other apps. I agree a little bit. The average user is lazy, and as an idea @Steffen: make little short video tutorials on your youtube channel. As a very good example (in my personal opinion) are the instruction videos from Coda.io https://www.youtube.com/@Coda_hq. Each video is not longer then a few minutes (which would be great to put them as youtube shorts to gain extra attention), and by the way they are also very funny (but that is not the point)

I definitely agree, this is a valid point. We will update you soon on this. We started drafting a content strategy around use-cases and getting started. Definitely agree that there's not enough material on this atm.

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can I change image type(image database) to other type?

mistcat.

Main reason i like Notion is that you can have a topic, and all related stuff for it in one place, with fast access In Notion it's possible to do with multiple inline databases on one page How would recommend doing something like this in Capacities? attached image Still not sure if i'm suing spaces & databases in a right way, so an example would really help

another example, for more clarity https://chief-ease-8ab.notion.site/List-of-200-Notion-Resources-e1b46cd365094265bd47b8a2b25bb41e

No advice, but I’ve been wondering something similar, so I’ll just piggyback, if it’s ok. I have a Video Game type that I use to track games I own, want to play, etc. I also like to keep notes about specific games, links to guides, fan art, etc. I’m not sure the best way to organize it all, but I’d like to be able to find it all together for each individual game. Currently I just rely on backlinks, but I’m early on in setting this up. It seems similar to mistcat’s question about collecting things together on a specific topic. (edited)

Discussion moved to #❓・help-and-questions

I’d like to be able to find it all together for each individual game

What do you mean by this? Like how tags show notes in various styles?

I have a lot of "suggestions", but not sure where to write them Not really fitting the "requests" or "features & ideas" categories, cuz most are just small changes & improvements to stuff that already exists And main thing idk if what i want to suggest will actually be found useful by other ppl, so would be cool to discuss what would be the best option But also don't wanna constantly spam in channels like "help and questions" where ppl are asking important stuff so yea, just quick response would be really apreciated, about there to write all those, i thought of a separate chanel, but idk ofc, up to you guys (edited)

I love Capacities (I'm a Believer), but it's been almost impossible to do anything in Capacities in the last days. Maybe it's just me...

Telegram, WhatsApp and email integrations are not working with me (it worked very well before). If, for example I send an email, it does not appear in the daily note. Sometimes the attachments appear in the respective database (pdf or image for example), but not the message. Sync is always failing with the red notification in the left-up corner. Some databases take forever to load, especially with more than 50 entries. In some cases, I'm composing a page and suddenly I lose all the inserted information (text, images, tag, description, etc). Sometimes, I insert 3 times the same information and 3 times happen the same I don't think it's the quality of my internet, because it's pretty fast. I've tried with Chrome and with Edge and the same results. I already tested the desktop version and the same thing happens to me. Will it be my problem? I think it worked fine until the launch of the desktop application.... Thank you

redfox1904

I love Capacities (I'm a Believer), but it's been almost impossible to do anything in Capacities in the last days. Maybe it's just me...

Telegram, WhatsApp and email integrations are not working with me (it worked very well before). If, for example I send an email, it does not appear in the daily note. Sometimes the attachments appear in the respective database (pdf or image for example), but not the message. Sync is always failing with the red notification in the left-up corner. Some databases take forever to load, especially with more than 50 entries. In some cases, I'm composing a page and suddenly I lose all the inserted information (text, images, tag, description, etc). Sometimes, I insert 3 times the same information and 3 times happen the same I don't think it's the quality of my internet, because it's pretty fast. I've tried with Chrome and with Edge and the same results. I already tested the desktop version and the same thing happens to me. Will it be my problem? I think it worked fine until the launch of the desktop application.... Thank you

Hi @redfox1904, sad to hear that! It must have had to do with the last update which included restructuring of a good portion of code for better performance. The most feedback we got so far was better performance and responsiveness of the app. We will look into this and we'll get in touch with you tomorrow!

Michael_v_H

Hi @redfox1904, sad to hear that! It must have had to do with the last update which included restructuring of a good portion of code for better performance. The most feedback we got so far was better performance and responsiveness of the app. We will look into this and we'll get in touch with you tomorrow!

Thank you so much. No problem, my only concern is if it's me. But it was working well until a few days. I wait as long as necessary because as I said, in my opinion, Capacities is a fantastic application. Thank you very much.

redfox1904

Thank you so much. No problem, my only concern is if it's me. But it was working well until a few days. I wait as long as necessary because as I said, in my opinion, Capacities is a fantastic application. Thank you very much.

We'll look into it asap. I send you a DM.

Steffen

We'll look into it asap. I send you a DM.

Thank you so much for your support!

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@Michael_v_H sorry to bother you. could you tell me when the block based linking will be released?

Charlie 45872984

@Michael_v_H sorry to bother you. could you tell me when the block based linking will be released?

The first version is basically ready. We wanted to release it today, but I got sick and could not do anything over the weekend, and am still recovering. The most optimistic would be tomorrow, more likely Wednesday or Thursday. Important note: The first version of block-based linking is an early-access feature for Capacities Believers. It will become available for everyone after a while.

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Michael_v_H

The first version is basically ready. We wanted to release it today, but I got sick and could not do anything over the weekend, and am still recovering. The most optimistic would be tomorrow, more likely Wednesday or Thursday. Important note: The first version of block-based linking is an early-access feature for Capacities Believers. It will become available for everyone after a while.

thanks for your reply. Taking care of yourself is the most important right now.

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Please fix Korean issue https://capacities.io/feedback/p/seamless-korean-support I really want to use Capacities

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Hey there, while fiddling with the many great tools which got released in the past I noticed that my use pattern boils down to these main points:

I don't create big documents and write endless pages. Often times I simply collect different kinds of "snippets" like weblinks, screenshots, maybe some pdf, code snippets, ... and combine all this in one document (if it needs further explanation)
I need to put stuff into the system quickly. Create a task on the go, save a weblink for later, ...
Tasks I need to do, often appear while writing meeting notes or similar. So right in the (text) pages. I would love to have a overview over my open tasks, so I don't need to jump between my knowledge base and my task manager

Capacities does a good and sometimes great job at some topics of these. Saving content, tagging it and keep going is a breeze. A mobile app is kinda a deal breaker for me, but I am sure you will provide one in the future. I love how I can simply put stuff into capacities but I am also able to find it later without trouble. Overall the interface is a breeze. Everything is clean, fast and I am able to spot content easily. I really like to work in capacities. Really a great job! Sadly I have one big problem: The lack of encryption. I know your privacy policy and red every information about this topic on your website. But it simply boils down to "simply trust us". And that's something I am simply not willing to do anymore. A PKM is often a place with very private informations. Maybe even sensitive ones like medical reports, or classified stuff like work related documents. And simply trusting someone with this kind of information is kinda naive. I don't want to be rude, but the combination of lack of encryption and your interest in a investor sends me the following signal: The direction of this application and can change fast.

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3:13 AM

Maybe you will grow massively (i hope so!), and suddenly you have multiple people in your team with access to my data. Or your investor pushes you into more analytics of the content etc.

3:14 AM

Sadly I am not willing to put information in a system which doesn't protect my information by design. Do you plan E2E in the future? Maybe only for single user spaces? Or is it out of scope because collaboration will be a main feature in the future?

(BTW: The link to the privacy statement in the FAQ doesn't work: https://capacities.io/faq)

Don't want to butt in, but if you're working with classified documents uploading them to any sort of third party IT infrastructure is very ill-advised, unless your organization actually has a policy authorizing you to do it and has cleared that specific provider. For such sensitive information, the mere statement of there being E2E is also not an end-all solution, as you are at least trusting your third-party host to actually provide it in a way, that does not allow for circumvention by them or third parties.

5:15 AM

I wouldn't say no to encryption, but honestly if it is vital for a piece of information never to get out, you should probably keep it local and encrypted, or if it's not your own information within the bounds set by your IT policymakers. (edited)

Breaches happen even in banks and government IT systems, which are built and maintained for security. I don't think you can expect a cloud-based PKM-application to provide the same level of security, especially at consumer pricing.

@aberratio_ictus yeah, you are right. "Classified" was probably also not the right term. Real classified items should of course not be transferred to any 3rd party service which wasn't approve by the company. Let's boil it down to "sensitive information". No matter if it's my personal work with sensitive content (not even talking about password, maybe just a document describing my personal server structure), or some medical records or maybe just some kind of PDF i uploaded because I wanted to remind myself to read it. And the pdf includes my customer id of my insurance or something. And I don't think that the line is that clear what's sensitive and what is not. When you use a tool like capacities you will start to put a lot of stuff in there, and a breach can be severe, no matter how much you tried to keep the "bad" stuff out. The combination of many different informations can get real powerful. E2E is no magical tool which solves all problems and protects me from everything. But it still provides a lot of protection from different kind of attacks. For example if an attacker get's into capacities infrastructure. If I can handle and maintain my own encryption key, I can at list relay on the encryption (if correctly implanted. But that's fine. With every cloud service I have trust the provider in some way).

aberratio_ictus

Breaches happen even in banks and government IT systems, which are built and maintained for security. I don't think you can expect a cloud-based PKM-application to provide the same level of security, especially at consumer pricing.

Yes, there is no 100% security. And that should be reason alone to use existing tools - like encryption - to still protect the users and their data. E2EE can definitely be expected from services with consumer pricing and it wouldn't be the first consumer service with this feature enabled for a reasonable price.

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MarcelloKeßler

Yes, there is no 100% security. And that should be reason alone to use existing tools - like encryption - to still protect the users and their data. E2EE can definitely be expected from services with consumer pricing and it wouldn't be the first consumer service with this feature enabled for a reasonable price.

@MarcelloKeßler @aberratio_ictus, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I will just open a thread to channel this discussion.

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Is Capacities down? On Chrome, none of my content from December 23 is visible even though I emailed multiple tweets to the save@capacities server. Same for content emailed today, December 24. But when I attempt to use Safari (both OS and iPad), I just get a repeating messaged that loading failed. Have I lost my content on Capacities? Or is all of it still on the server, to include what I have yet to see for December 23 and 24. Please advise.

Fortunately, I am able to recover those emails to save at capacities from my email client "Sent" folder. However, lesson learned. Stay away from these proprietary cloud databases and stick with the markdown files on my own computer.

kdjamesrd

Is Capacities down? On Chrome, none of my content from December 23 is visible even though I emailed multiple tweets to the save@capacities server. Same for content emailed today, December 24. But when I attempt to use Safari (both OS and iPad), I just get a repeating messaged that loading failed. Have I lost my content on Capacities? Or is all of it still on the server, to include what I have yet to see for December 23 and 24. Please advise.

Same problem here

@kdjamesrd @diego#84, sorry for the issues. Capacities was not down, everything is working as expected. One issue we have is if you create a daily note while something is being processed by any integrations you will end up with two daily notes where one will be invisible. But I'll fix that very soon. Please report if this happens again.

I am blown away by the current state and capacities as an app. I am trying to make myself comfortable with a system of apps, I currently have bought ticktick yearly premium. for the habits, daily planning, pomodoro, task management in one. Now a few months ago I began to research notion but it was really distracting, I got in the habit of working on my notion space purely for aesthetics... while I have not actually gotten done work on it. Then I came up with obsidian, bidirectional linking, graph view, third party plugins, it sure is perfect. I thought... the thing is just like notion I now got stuck figuring out how to get my ideas working inside of obsidian. just about yesterday I found capacities.io, I want to make the switch but i am afraid of the progress speed. I mainly want search queries, canvas view (like obsidian ), most importantly android mobile app and Annotations in youtube videos. However the last option seems to be a paid feature??? Really? that is the biggest turnoffs right now. or maybe i am missing something, i am looking for Youtube videos annotations with timestamps. I think that is why i am going to just copy what i like of capacities.io to incorporate it into obsidian.

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LOVING the app - well done team. One friction point I have is adding content to the daily note. Once I add something, do I need to hover on it and click the + symbol to add something below it? Is there a keyboard shortcut or some other way?

NewBee

hello, i been using capacities free plan. for long time but now i urgently need, Pro-Intelligent features is there any chance, to get it im student, cant subscribe yet and in need of it urgently is there any refferall link way! or any invites to beta-pro plan i will be, really really greatful please help, just once (edited)

is capacities going to provide StudentPlan? besides, free and pro 12/month plan? any info on this..

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itbeats

LOVING the app - well done team. One friction point I have is adding content to the daily note. Once I add something, do I need to hover on it and click the + symbol to add something below it? Is there a keyboard shortcut or some other way?

Yep. +1 on this request

NewBee

is capacities going to provide StudentPlan? besides, free and pro 12/month plan? any info on this..

Website suggests pro will have a student version when it's released. https://capacities.io/pricing/waitinglist (edited)

Waiting list

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itbeats

LOVING the app - well done team. One friction point I have is adding content to the daily note. Once I add something, do I need to hover on it and click the + symbol to add something below it? Is there a keyboard shortcut or some other way?

@itbeats @Gonzales Gee, thanks! We're looking into it

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Hi Guys! I’m a huge fan of the app. I really think that if you are able to pull off a task management hub with notification reminders and a mobile app, you will be able to take a large part of the PKM market. I’ve messed around with Tana and it is nowhere near as intuitive. Good luck and happy new year!

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Rexx.

I am blown away by the current state and capacities as an app. I am trying to make myself comfortable with a system of apps, I currently have bought ticktick yearly premium. for the habits, daily planning, pomodoro, task management in one. Now a few months ago I began to research notion but it was really distracting, I got in the habit of working on my notion space purely for aesthetics... while I have not actually gotten done work on it. Then I came up with obsidian, bidirectional linking, graph view, third party plugins, it sure is perfect. I thought... the thing is just like notion I now got stuck figuring out how to get my ideas working inside of obsidian. just about yesterday I found capacities.io, I want to make the switch but i am afraid of the progress speed. I mainly want search queries, canvas view (like obsidian ), most importantly android mobile app and Annotations in youtube videos. However the last option seems to be a paid feature??? Really? that is the biggest turnoffs right now. or maybe i am missing something, i am looking for Youtube videos annotations with timestamps. I think that is why i am going to just copy what i like of capacities.io to incorporate it into obsidian.

Hi @Rexx., glad you like Capacities. Regarding the things you are looking for, here's a roadmap of the things that will come next: https://capacities.io/roadmap. Looking at your list, Canvas is probably the only thing that will not be added any time soon. We are currently working on the mobile app, and search queries and annotations will also be added soon. Media annotations will start off as a Pro feature but might get moved to the free plan in the future.

can't wait for the search

Gonzales Gee

Yep. +1 on this request

Agreed with this as well!

Putting together a list of some key features that makes Capacities amazing to users. Just wondering if anyone would like to add anything to this list anything that stands out to use and puts Capacities above the rest? Key Features

Markdown Support
Block-based Editing & Linking
Messenger Integration
Full Text Search
Database Driven Note Taking
Daily Notes
Universal Tagging & Tag Editing
Supports Content Types (Tweets, PDFs, Audio, Embeds)
Code Blocks
Web & Desktop Apps
Sharing
Import & Export of Content
Supportive Developer Team
Active Discord Community

Features Coming Soon

Mobile Applications
Task Management

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Fred Markle

Putting together a list of some key features that makes Capacities amazing to users. Just wondering if anyone would like to add anything to this list anything that stands out to use and puts Capacities above the rest? Key Features

Markdown Support
Block-based Editing & Linking
Messenger Integration
Full Text Search
Database Driven Note Taking
Daily Notes
Universal Tagging & Tag Editing
Supports Content Types (Tweets, PDFs, Audio, Embeds)
Code Blocks
Web & Desktop Apps
Sharing
Import & Export of Content
Supportive Developer Team
Active Discord Community

Features Coming Soon

Mobile Applications
Task Management

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Multi-Column Page Layouts

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Fred Markle

Putting together a list of some key features that makes Capacities amazing to users. Just wondering if anyone would like to add anything to this list anything that stands out to use and puts Capacities above the rest? Key Features

Markdown Support
Block-based Editing & Linking
Messenger Integration
Full Text Search
Database Driven Note Taking
Daily Notes
Universal Tagging & Tag Editing
Supports Content Types (Tweets, PDFs, Audio, Embeds)
Code Blocks
Web & Desktop Apps
Sharing
Import & Export of Content
Supportive Developer Team
Active Discord Community

Features Coming Soon

Mobile Applications
Task Management

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Conversion Between Content Types

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Fred Markle

Putting together a list of some key features that makes Capacities amazing to users. Just wondering if anyone would like to add anything to this list anything that stands out to use and puts Capacities above the rest? Key Features

Markdown Support
Block-based Editing & Linking
Messenger Integration
Full Text Search
Database Driven Note Taking
Daily Notes
Universal Tagging & Tag Editing
Supports Content Types (Tweets, PDFs, Audio, Embeds)
Code Blocks
Web & Desktop Apps
Sharing
Import & Export of Content
Supportive Developer Team
Active Discord Community

Features Coming Soon

Mobile Applications
Task Management

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Collections!

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Fred Markle

Putting together a list of some key features that makes Capacities amazing to users. Just wondering if anyone would like to add anything to this list anything that stands out to use and puts Capacities above the rest? Key Features

Markdown Support
Block-based Editing & Linking
Messenger Integration
Full Text Search
Database Driven Note Taking
Daily Notes
Universal Tagging & Tag Editing
Supports Content Types (Tweets, PDFs, Audio, Embeds)
Code Blocks
Web & Desktop Apps
Sharing
Import & Export of Content
Supportive Developer Team
Active Discord Community

Features Coming Soon

Mobile Applications
Task Management

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Automatic Object Detection (Images, Weblinks, PDFs, Tweets)

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Fred Markle

Automatic Object Detection (Images, Weblinks, PDFs, Tweets)

my fav feature

Fred Markle

Putting together a list of some key features that makes Capacities amazing to users. Just wondering if anyone would like to add anything to this list anything that stands out to use and puts Capacities above the rest? Key Features

Markdown Support
Block-based Editing & Linking
Messenger Integration
Full Text Search
Database Driven Note Taking
Daily Notes
Universal Tagging & Tag Editing
Supports Content Types (Tweets, PDFs, Audio, Embeds)
Code Blocks
Web & Desktop Apps
Sharing
Import & Export of Content
Supportive Developer Team
Active Discord Community

Features Coming Soon

Mobile Applications
Task Management

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Great list, don't have anything important to add

Maybe "Design" (but opinionated).

I do find Capacities an interesting app. My biggest problem with it is in how to organize the objects it contains. It does not lack methods of organizing. Quite the contrary. I find so may ways to organize content that I feel unsure how to proceed. There are spaces, objects, collections, tags, links, embeds etc. How best to arrange these in an efficient system. I would be very interested to learn how others organize their content. I know we have been asked to showcase how we USE Capacities, but I would like to see how others ORGANIZE Capacities. Anyone?

Jason

Website suggests pro will have a student version when it's released. https://capacities.io/pricing/waitinglist (edited)

Really, Thank You

kitennis

I do find Capacities an interesting app. My biggest problem with it is in how to organize the objects it contains. It does not lack methods of organizing. Quite the contrary. I find so may ways to organize content that I feel unsure how to proceed. There are spaces, objects, collections, tags, links, embeds etc. How best to arrange these in an efficient system. I would be very interested to learn how others organize their content. I know we have been asked to showcase how we USE Capacities, but I would like to see how others ORGANIZE Capacities. Anyone?

I think the latest post in the 'announcements' channel is interesting for you.

I am curious to know if the mobile app that is currently being developed is a container wrapping the electron app or a native one?

kitennis

I do find Capacities an interesting app. My biggest problem with it is in how to organize the objects it contains. It does not lack methods of organizing. Quite the contrary. I find so may ways to organize content that I feel unsure how to proceed. There are spaces, objects, collections, tags, links, embeds etc. How best to arrange these in an efficient system. I would be very interested to learn how others organize their content. I know we have been asked to showcase how we USE Capacities, but I would like to see how others ORGANIZE Capacities. Anyone?

Hi @kitennis , great to here! Organization is a very personal thing, but here are some thoughts. I also have an article planned on this topic but also feel free to write down your way of organizing so we can share it with others. I think it's easiest to start bottom up. So you create pages, link them and tag them. See tags as connectors between pages, ideas, or content. They will then accumulate content and allow you to explore your space. Introduce objects as soon as you feel that you want more structure. See objects as "things" so something that is something: People, meetings, books, workouts, whatever. You can then build more structured content, you can also quickly turn pages into any other object. Collections are the last way of organizing. You can use them to build "systems" like databases in notion. Filter them, sort them, etc. They also work great as containers for images, etc. Hope that helps for now!

Steffen started a thread. 1/5/2023 12:32 AM

kitennis

I do find Capacities an interesting app. My biggest problem with it is in how to organize the objects it contains. It does not lack methods of organizing. Quite the contrary. I find so may ways to organize content that I feel unsure how to proceed. There are spaces, objects, collections, tags, links, embeds etc. How best to arrange these in an efficient system. I would be very interested to learn how others organize their content. I know we have been asked to showcase how we USE Capacities, but I would like to see how others ORGANIZE Capacities. Anyone?

Before Capacities I used other apps (and still use for some reasons and use cases). Notion for example has databases but lacks (universal) tags, obsidian for example has tags but lacks databases (although there are community plugins to fix that). Here are my thoughts concerning organisation and structure in capacities: Tags can be semantic (topics, themes) or just define an object (what is it? --> person, book, article). As capacities offers databases (--> objects; what is it?) there's no need for object tags. I create databases for objects and collections for subtypes (f.e. object: person --> collections: author, private, work; literature --> books, articles, paper; media --> games, youtube, movies, series; zettel --> concept, zettel, fleeting note) So I can use tags only as semantic tags. I never used so many tags like I do right now in capacities and I love it. They are exclusively semantic tags for topics, themes, concepts (f.e. neuroscience, travelling, trauma, note taking, excel, determinism ...). This offers the possibility to give semantic tags to every object (zettels, persons, pdfs, tweets, ...) and gather all of them under one tag. As soon as I want to write something about a topic (f.e. determinism) I create a zettel (to be concrete: a concept in my zettel database) with the title "determinism", write something about it and embed the tag "determinism" on the page so everything is in it's place. As long as there's nothing to write about a concept/topic/theme, it remains a tag. I hope this helps

Edit: I forgot about status tags --> tags for statuses like todo, urgent, toread, important etc. I use those too. (edited)

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I think there are quite a lot of UI issue when using capacities.io which kind of hinder my use of it.

HananoshikaYomaru

I think there are quite a lot of UI issue when using capacities.io which kind of hinder my use of it.

Would be nice to have them in the feedback board. I also think there is currently some clutter in the UI which does not need to be visible all the time or leads to confusion.

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This kind of inconsistency is always a trade-off: you spend your time on new features, and then users complain there are bugs and small problems, or you spend time on fixing and polishing and optimizing, but then users complain there are no new features they need a lot

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After patiently waiting for markdown batch importing for six months, I gave Capacities another try today without that possibility. Given that I have >1.200 docs to move into the app, I thought I could ask for some tips to speed up the process.

My files often refer to local files, typically images via wiki links, i.e. ![[PicToInlcude.jpg]]. These are ignored by the import routine: I have to add every single one via New object - Picture - link into markdown file - is that correct?

I was not able to find a shortcut for the import of individual files: Do I really have to use Create New - Import - Drag onto Drag&Drop for every single file?

I trust I am not the first one with that challenge - every help is welcome! (edited)

Additionally the app feels very slow, I read some comments about some connectivity issues, are they still existing? Although I have less then 50 files, it feels like working on a 1990s mainframe at university. That holds for the www and the mac app, even switching from Gallery to Wall and back takes >1 sec, you can see the files coming in after changing the size of the app windows as if they had to be re-generated one by one every time. I would be glad if someone would confirm that this is not the expected behavior.

Torsten

Additionally the app feels very slow, I read some comments about some connectivity issues, are they still existing? Although I have less then 50 files, it feels like working on a 1990s mainframe at university. That holds for the www and the mac app, even switching from Gallery to Wall and back takes >1 sec, you can see the files coming in after changing the size of the app windows as if they had to be re-generated one by one every time. I would be glad if someone would confirm that this is not the expected behavior.

I love capacities. But the slowness you speak of seems to be the same for me as well. Especially the first time you open it for the day and the first time you click on an object type that day. I will say the speed to change as well throughout the day. Sometimes things are snappy and sometimes they are slow. My hope is in the future they can lean into caching and basically allow the user to keep all content cached locally for quicker access and offline access as well.

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Torsten

Additionally the app feels very slow, I read some comments about some connectivity issues, are they still existing? Although I have less then 50 files, it feels like working on a 1990s mainframe at university. That holds for the www and the mac app, even switching from Gallery to Wall and back takes >1 sec, you can see the files coming in after changing the size of the app windows as if they had to be re-generated one by one every time. I would be glad if someone would confirm that this is not the expected behavior.

The load time doesn't seem to be dependent upon how many objects are in the database. If I click on a database that has 5 items in table view it takes the same amount of time to load as clicking on a database with 150 items and in gallery view.

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David

Would be nice to have them in the feedback board. I also think there is currently some clutter in the UI which does not need to be visible all the time or leads to confusion.

@Steffen I think the opposite way. I think buttons should always be visible. Let us step out from the notion way of thinking, which has bad UI/UX in my opinion because they are hide so many utilities from their UI and force the user to read doc. This abstraction in UI lead to high learning curve of the app and eventually drive some user away from the app. I think Obsidian got the best UI/UX design in desktop and Craft.do has the best UI/UX on mobile. If we do a case study on them, we will see that they almost never hide any functions or make buttons only visible on hover. Take craft.do as an example, they put the page level styling options on the temp side menu. And when you open up the right side menu, the actions is EXACTLY the same. There is no confusion. Hidding buttons and assume the user know the NOTION way is the cause of the confusion.

12:05 AM

@David @Steffen when we talk about floating buttons, look at how Craft PERFECTLY indicate the end of page using a subtle line. Just a single line remove all the confusion of why there is a floating backlink buttons there. (edited)

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David

Would be nice to have them in the feedback board. I also think there is currently some clutter in the UI which does not need to be visible all the time or leads to confusion.

no matter how many features you got, what eventually drive people to use it is the usability (UI/UX). Often I found myself being less and less touching a product even if it got good features, that is the time I realise the product has some fatal UI/UX design issue. I think definitely Capacities.io got a lot of features to develop in their roadmap, such as the mobile app, inline table, which are great, but constantly deliver a neat UI/UX as features being added is also important. checkout https://www.linears.art/?ref=producthunt

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12:40 AM

Finally, the notion style is bad. Don't copy Notion.

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Fred Markle

The load time doesn't seem to be dependent upon how many objects are in the database. If I click on a database that has 5 items in table view it takes the same amount of time to load as clicking on a database with 150 items and in gallery view.

Would that be related to the number of notes in the vault?

Is capacities down for anyone else right now?

Yes @Okhotur Haragin same for me - has been down for the last hour or so

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How irritating – I just read an article about capacities via TfT and it reminded me to open it up and give it another go!

I’m sure it’ll be back soon!

It is back! I lost some data in the process but nothing major

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Hi everyone, just checking out Capacities, and I'm really impressed. This is the architecture that I've tried to build in Notion, Roam, and Obsidian. Two questions for me right now: Spaces This is a common problem in other apps where it never seems worth it to have multiple spaces, vaults, etc. I'm curious what the plans are for Spaces in Capacities. Since the calendar is a first-order object, I wonder if it could be global to all spaces. I also wonder if search could be toggled for one or multiple spaces. Tags I've struggled with tags in other modern PKM apps. If I'm using "tags as topics", I always prefer tags to be full notes with content. I've used tags to label object types and status, but Capacities handles that natively (which is awesome). The only use I can think of right now is maybe flagging blocks for follow-up. I'm also curious about future plans for tags since they seem deeply integrated into the architecture.

HananoshikaYomaru

no matter how many features you got, what eventually drive people to use it is the usability (UI/UX). Often I found myself being less and less touching a product even if it got good features, that is the time I realise the product has some fatal UI/UX design issue. I think definitely Capacities.io got a lot of features to develop in their roadmap, such as the mobile app, inline table, which are great, but constantly deliver a neat UI/UX as features being added is also important. checkout https://www.linears.art/?ref=producthunt

Hi @HananoshikaYomaru, thanks so much for sharing your ideas and thoughts on the design of Capacities. This is really helpful and we'll have a look at all ideas. It also always important to balance ease of use with a clean UI, they sometimes contradict. But I really like your view on it. It would be great if you could next time open a thread in #🚀・features-and-ideas so it's simpler for others to join the discussion.

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Okhotur Haragin

@Okhotur Haragin @paulwilson sorry for these issues. Capacities did indeed have some connectivity issues. They're resolved.

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Steffen started a thread. 1/8/2023 3:40 AM

Sam B

Hi everyone, just checking out Capacities, and I'm really impressed. This is the architecture that I've tried to build in Notion, Roam, and Obsidian. Two questions for me right now: Spaces This is a common problem in other apps where it never seems worth it to have multiple spaces, vaults, etc. I'm curious what the plans are for Spaces in Capacities. Since the calendar is a first-order object, I wonder if it could be global to all spaces. I also wonder if search could be toggled for one or multiple spaces. Tags I've struggled with tags in other modern PKM apps. If I'm using "tags as topics", I always prefer tags to be full notes with content. I've used tags to label object types and status, but Capacities handles that natively (which is awesome). The only use I can think of right now is maybe flagging blocks for follow-up. I'm also curious about future plans for tags since they seem deeply integrated into the architecture.

Hi @Sam B, great to have onboard and happy to hear that. 1. Spaces are indeed isolated, an we recommend to only use one except you really need to isolate (e.g. work and personal, although most don't necessarily need that). We don't have plans to move the Calendar at the moment, but I'll keep that thought in mind. Same for search. We have some ideas on how cross space interactions can work, technically it's not a problem but it's more a transparency and simplicity issue. To which space belongs what? What does it mean to be part of two spaces? etc... Hope that helps. 2. Tags are a core functionality of Capacities. In the future we'll add more functions that make working with them simpler, we also have ideas on better structuring of tags like "tag hierarchies/nested tags". You can vote here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/nested-tags-hierarchy-for-tags Hope that helps

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Thanks @Steffen - no worries. Only a few things went missing from my notes so easily recoverable

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Steffen

Hi @Sam B, great to have onboard and happy to hear that. 1. Spaces are indeed isolated, an we recommend to only use one except you really need to isolate (e.g. work and personal, although most don't necessarily need that). We don't have plans to move the Calendar at the moment, but I'll keep that thought in mind. Same for search. We have some ideas on how cross space interactions can work, technically it's not a problem but it's more a transparency and simplicity issue. To which space belongs what? What does it mean to be part of two spaces? etc... Hope that helps. 2. Tags are a core functionality of Capacities. In the future we'll add more functions that make working with them simpler, we also have ideas on better structuring of tags like "tag hierarchies/nested tags". You can vote here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/nested-tags-hierarchy-for-tags Hope that helps

Thank you @Steffen !! One follow up question about tags. What do you think about this request? https://capacities.io/feedback/p/allow-rich-content-for-tags Do you intend for tags to remain simple labels or can they be more like complex objects?

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@Steffen I also want the tags to have their contents.

Whenever I open the app, it freezes my browser tab. Anybody have any recommendations on how to fix?

what browser are you using?

Chrome

7:55 PM

Works in incognito tab. Trying to clear cache and see what happens

7:57 PM

That fixed it. Just walked myself through that one. Thanks for listening haha

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Few quick questions... sorry if these are in the documentation, 1. Any public facing API to add or extract information ? 2. Any possibility of setting shared pages/collections to a domain level? ie. embed a shared page within example.com via iframe, page only renders if it detects that is framed under a domain - similar to how on Vimeo you can set a video to only show when embeded under certain domain names --- no one does this, but would be great for membership sites Cheers!

sean vosler | movabletype.ai

Few quick questions... sorry if these are in the documentation, 1. Any public facing API to add or extract information ? 2. Any possibility of setting shared pages/collections to a domain level? ie. embed a shared page within example.com via iframe, page only renders if it detects that is framed under a domain - similar to how on Vimeo you can set a video to only show when embeded under certain domain names --- no one does this, but would be great for membership sites Cheers!

Hi @sean vosler | movabletype.ai 1. An API is planned, but not available yet. 2. This option is not available. Capacities's focus is on personal use. Once more people show interest in this kind of functionality, we might consider it though. Hope that helps!

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cool, thanks for sharing servers are down now ya? or just me?

Yeah the app doesn't seem to open

sean vosler | movabletype.ai

cool, thanks for sharing servers are down now ya? or just me?

Sorry for that. It's back.

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Sam B

Thank you @Steffen !! One follow up question about tags. What do you think about this request? https://capacities.io/feedback/p/allow-rich-content-for-tags Do you intend for tags to remain simple labels or can they be more like complex objects?

@Sam B @Charlie 45872984, sorry for coming back so late. We are also discussing this idea but we also se value in less degrees of freedom for tags. You could also use any kind of content type for that and have all links organized in your backlinks. We are also thinking about adding more functionality to the backlink section like filtering, sorting and different views. Hope that helps.

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Steffen

@Sam B @Charlie 45872984, sorry for coming back so late. We are also discussing this idea but we also se value in less degrees of freedom for tags. You could also use any kind of content type for that and have all links organized in your backlinks. We are also thinking about adding more functionality to the backlink section like filtering, sorting and different views. Hope that helps.

thanks for your reply. I want several databases of tags. So sub-database is more important for me. (edited)

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Any news on an update containing task management?

GabiVJ

Any news on an update containing task management?

We currently do some preparations for it (we need to adjust or data structure around dates) and will then focus on providing a simple alpha version to believers. Don't want to give a timeline yet, but we'll keep you updated here in the community.

In the meantime you can use flows based on tags, I just shared mine in #🧰・methods–workflows–tools. Hope that helps

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Sam B started a thread. 1/11/2023 3:57 PM

Hi there, small niggle/request

- any chance double clicking a word that's followed by a space could just select the word and not the word + trailing space? Or as this is a Windows thing I'm outta luck here?

-V-

Hi there, small niggle/request

- any chance double clicking a word that's followed by a space could just select the word and not the word + trailing space? Or as this is a Windows thing I'm outta luck here?

Checked on this before, seems to be a Windows thing. This is the part of our text editor that is handled by the browser. But I can look into it again.

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I think I have reported the same thing in the past.

Not sure if I missed it in the feature requests section, but just to check is there anywhere where I can revert to version history of a doc I’m writing or is that functionality still to come?

nicolost started a thread. 1/14/2023 8:55 AM

Absolutely loving this app… Will wait for IOS and IPADOS apps to come out before diving head first into it… for now, I’m finding that I can’t type full speed on the web app. Good luck with the development, it’s going to be the one notes and PKM app everyone talks about for years to come!

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Hi there! I'm new using Capacities and I'm very impressed and excited so far! I have a quick question (sorry if I missed it in the documentation)... is there a Web clipper to take content from the web into Capacities? If not, is there a plan to develop one in the near future? I find these kind of features as real game changers and I'm looking forward to use one with Capacities

Happy to hear that, @Cybermind, @Kevin Pedroza. There is no web clipper yet but it's on our roadmap, you can vote for it here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/chrome-extension-web-clipper

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-V-

Hi there, small niggle/request

- any chance double clicking a word that's followed by a space could just select the word and not the word + trailing space? Or as this is a Windows thing I'm outta luck here?

Did some research and seems to be the system's default behavior for text selection on Windows. There's probably so simple way to change this. https://superuser.com/questions/282568/is-there-a-way-to-not-select-whitespace-after-a-word-when-double-clicking#:~:text=Simplest%20method%20for%20me%3A%20double,word(s)%20without%20space. This seems to be the easiest workaround to me:

Is there a way to not select whitespace after a word when double-cl...

In Windows, it seems the default behavior when double-clicking a word is to select the word, and any whitespace following the word (spaces or tabs). You can see this behavior across all programs, s...

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Hello, @Steffen How can I quit the spelling checker when I am writing? By the way, I find it quite annoying I can't select multiple blocks with the keyboard and move blocks with shortcuts. (edited)

Michael_v_H

Did some research and seems to be the system's default behavior for text selection on Windows. There's probably so simple way to change this. https://superuser.com/questions/282568/is-there-a-way-to-not-select-whitespace-after-a-word-when-double-clicking#:~:text=Simplest%20method%20for%20me%3A%20double,word(s)%20without%20space. This seems to be the easiest workaround to me:

Yeah, came to the same conclusion - thank you for looking into it either way!

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manfrombar

Hello, @Steffen How can I quit the spelling checker when I am writing? By the way, I find it quite annoying I can't select multiple blocks with the keyboard and move blocks with shortcuts. (edited)

Hi there, spell checker is system side. You might be able to turn it off for a specific application. Great idea regarding shortcuts! Would you mind creating a ticket here explaining which shortcuts you'd expect? https://capacities.io/feedback. Thanks for your help

In the documentation I don't see any explanation for how to set up filters. What's a "reference value, for example?

Hi, I'm new to Capacities and I just started trying it for 15 minutes. If you allow an early question: is something like flashcards or Anki sync on the roadmap for the future? This is a feature I'm using heavily with other knowledge management tools. (Discord link on https://docs.capacities.io/more/community doesn't work btw, fyi)

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defaultvlan

Hi, I'm new to Capacities and I just started trying it for 15 minutes. If you allow an early question: is something like flashcards or Anki sync on the roadmap for the future? This is a feature I'm using heavily with other knowledge management tools. (Discord link on https://docs.capacities.io/more/community doesn't work btw, fyi)

Happy to have you onboard

Here's a ticket for it: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/flashcards-and-spaced-repetition-active-recall We have it on the roadmap but not super early

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📝Anna

Before Capacities I used other apps (and still use for some reasons and use cases). Notion for example has databases but lacks (universal) tags, obsidian for example has tags but lacks databases (although there are community plugins to fix that). Here are my thoughts concerning organisation and structure in capacities: Tags can be semantic (topics, themes) or just define an object (what is it? --> person, book, article). As capacities offers databases (--> objects; what is it?) there's no need for object tags. I create databases for objects and collections for subtypes (f.e. object: person --> collections: author, private, work; literature --> books, articles, paper; media --> games, youtube, movies, series; zettel --> concept, zettel, fleeting note) So I can use tags only as semantic tags. I never used so many tags like I do right now in capacities and I love it. They are exclusively semantic tags for topics, themes, concepts (f.e. neuroscience, travelling, trauma, note taking, excel, determinism ...). This offers the possibility to give semantic tags to every object (zettels, persons, pdfs, tweets, ...) and gather all of them under one tag. As soon as I want to write something about a topic (f.e. determinism) I create a zettel (to be concrete: a concept in my zettel database) with the title "determinism", write something about it and embed the tag "determinism" on the page so everything is in it's place. As long as there's nothing to write about a concept/topic/theme, it remains a tag. I hope this helps

Edit: I forgot about status tags --> tags for statuses like todo, urgent, toread, important etc. I use those too. (edited)

Sweet ! thx for sharing

What community plugin for Obsidian fixes the database issue ? Curious as i also use Obsidian - as a Timeless note kind of thing. But Capacities has already had a huge impact on me. I will save what you just wrote to see if it makes sense for me to use it this way. Does it mean that if you create a "determinism" page and give that page a "determinism" tag at the top....will all "determinism" tags flow to that page then ? Because thats powerful

If you have any videos on Zettel, I would love to watch it btw

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Steffen

Hi @Sam B, great to have onboard and happy to hear that. 1. Spaces are indeed isolated, an we recommend to only use one except you really need to isolate (e.g. work and personal, although most don't necessarily need that). We don't have plans to move the Calendar at the moment, but I'll keep that thought in mind. Same for search. We have some ideas on how cross space interactions can work, technically it's not a problem but it's more a transparency and simplicity issue. To which space belongs what? What does it mean to be part of two spaces? etc... Hope that helps. 2. Tags are a core functionality of Capacities. In the future we'll add more functions that make working with them simpler, we also have ideas on better structuring of tags like "tag hierarchies/nested tags". You can vote here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/nested-tags-hierarchy-for-tags Hope that helps

hey @Steffen! just really found that all these discussions are happening / belonging here in Discord!

(– actually my last contributions / questions around such things as discussed here were rather 'dead in the water' over at the Canny-board; and looking at the UI it now seems there has been some reshuffling of emphasis here anyways... but back to topic!

) so, I share the interests of @Sam B very much, so wanted to 'log on' here, resp. shuffle over some comments from the board: 1) as to tags* being central to Capacities architecture:* I myself use tags extensively, and up to now it seems the one way to really organize between the collections – ... and this makes total sense! in the light of that I find tags as a system still a little unevenly developed, i.e. some things are really really great (like coloring, related tags etc.), but some very basic – and needed! – things seem dearly missing! so, I was wondering about bulk tagging / auto tagging and all these things. given the centrality for organizing this should be possible at some point (– and some other advanced pkm-/note-apps relying on tags have this, as you certainly are aware). maybe it´s planned, but I couldn´t find it (easily), and all the related requests in the feedback board are labeled 'under consideration' rather than 'planned'... so I was wondering about that...! ... and as an afterthought and 2nd point, this actually also triggered some impulse to ask about development philosophy. loving Capacities, as a really intelligent system as well as a dynamic project, I feel a little – let´s say – irky / irritated (read: having deja-vu´s relating to other apps that exploded into new functionalities too fast) about the fact that something like 'to-do´s' is already a 'planned feature' for a pkm tool, while tags (declared as 'central') still need development...

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Steffen

Hi @Sam B, great to have onboard and happy to hear that. 1. Spaces are indeed isolated, an we recommend to only use one except you really need to isolate (e.g. work and personal, although most don't necessarily need that). We don't have plans to move the Calendar at the moment, but I'll keep that thought in mind. Same for search. We have some ideas on how cross space interactions can work, technically it's not a problem but it's more a transparency and simplicity issue. To which space belongs what? What does it mean to be part of two spaces? etc... Hope that helps. 2. Tags are a core functionality of Capacities. In the future we'll add more functions that make working with them simpler, we also have ideas on better structuring of tags like "tag hierarchies/nested tags". You can vote here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/nested-tags-hierarchy-for-tags Hope that helps

2) as to the separation of spaces: as Capacities is a contender in the 'second brain' category, I´d like to talk / learn about the vision of transparency in terms of it´s sections (notebooks / vaults). after all knowledge management is set in a world where we all a) have only one brain (usually) and b) our knowledge domains overlap

– so, I am also interested in a deeper discussion about the philosophy – and vision – in terms of 'separation' and separate notebooks. or the technological reasons behind this

practically this would relate to: global search, copying items / collections btw. notebooks etc... I would like to understand the decisions taken, but also get a handle on their implications (scenarios) for a long-term use. I totally see it can be argued for asking people to consciously set up their knowledge 'vaults'. ... but I´d also say, for any longer terms use there are many good reasons for making / keeping this vaults not as separated by walls, and to not treat my knowledge management as an exercise in cultivating separate 'brains'. (the current structure means to some extent it builds 'second brains' as well as 'thirds', 'fourths', 'fifths',... ;-)) I am aware all this changes once you swap from the 'brain' metaphor to, say, the 'project' metaphor. – but in light of Capacities branding itself as a 'studio for ones mind', a 2nd brain, and a PKM-app primarily, I´d like to find out about visions, perspectives, opinions here. looking at my ordinary file system: while allowing segmentation, I can – in the end – relate everything to everything, in some way – as long as it´s not boxed-in in databases. I feel this is an architecture that should not be 'undershot' by my 'mind´s studio'... especially with an app promoting the concept 'networked notetaking' - for good reasons! ... surely, it would also be good to learn about workflows / set-ups of other users in this regard, and in light of 'walled' notebooks (edited)

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lerone started a thread. 1/19/2023 3:36 PM

I just had a random thought... in theory "Pages" are just another content type, what if in order to get Area specific Pages I made a content type for each of my areas and then used more granular tags or collections within that. E.g. a Work Page; a Home page etc - or would this be a sin

^curious to hear your thoughts on this @lerone - along the lines of what we were discussing earlier haha

nicolost

^curious to hear your thoughts on this @lerone - along the lines of what we were discussing earlier haha

hey @nicolost , I am trying to follow... not sure I grasp the full of it. but the way I understand you, this would pretty much work if you swap the 'tag' strategy for a 'page as tag' strategy. this is pretty much how I (and most others I am aware of) dealt with the missing tag feature in Craft. they just used pages and links (plus backlinks), with pages staging 'tags'. this even has some advantages, as you can, e.g., structure the 'body' of those 'pseudo-tag'-pages, annotate them etc. tags would be documents, somehow. which sets up a new game, to some extent. if I understand your approach here, you would still keep your type-db´s, right? – ... as otherwise you lose all the advantages of the specifities of types (basically the property profiles). ... and, then, you would collect them in these pseudo-tag pages... is that where you are going...? ... if so, this in a way, what I was wondering about: as long as tags have only some advantages, but do not really have real leverage in Capacities (because I can only work with them / apply on individual items anyways), why not leave that system and swap to pages and linking...? at least I can see this strategy as working / paying off, as long as tags are a little deprecated as a system, anyways... one would get some advantages; at least I saw in Craft how pages-as-tags also gives some benefits. then, for me, this still is more a theoretical option / road. I'd much prefer the tag system receiving a full load of capacities, and be powered up to live up to their potential within Capacities... ... but then, also, I would also be interested to learn what kind of effects and affordances your speculative set-up – combining pseudo-tag pages with the 'original' tag-system – would produce. – in other words: sounds like an interesting experiment... to me! count me in as an interested follower to any insights this yields ;-D

Hi there, new user here. In Capacities, Is it possible to do a roll-up like notion (aside from backlinks)? Gather a list of related content under the same content type?

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Hi - I am very tempted by Capacities -- seems to have everything lacking in other options (looks nice vs Obsidian; has tags vs Craft; has objects and types but is comprehensible and has folders vs Anytype) However: I can't find answers to several questions and life is too short to look any longer: 1. Can you use markdown codes within a page (other than @ and [[) 2. Where does Capacities store files (only cloud or where on Mac) and can you use it offline (deal breaker)? 3. In what form are files stored (Obsidian use of plain text files is very hard to beat....) 4. When is an IOS version likely? If more than a few months, forget it, however nice the app (edited)

Eson

Hi there, new user here. In Capacities, Is it possible to do a roll-up like notion (aside from backlinks)? Gather a list of related content under the same content type?

Hi @Eson , no, Capacities does not have this feature yet, but there already exists a ticket for it, feel free to vote there: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/database-rollup (edited)

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I can create filters & searches, but is there a way to save those for future use?

kitennis

I can create filters & searches, but is there a way to save those for future use?

Coming with https://capacities.io/feedback/p/smart-queries-to-collect-content-based-on-rules. You can already do it now for collections and tags if you embed it in a page

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Steffen

Coming with https://capacities.io/feedback/p/smart-queries-to-collect-content-based-on-rules. You can already do it now for collections and tags if you embed it in a page

How do you embed a collection in a page?

pkmbeth

How do you embed a collection in a page?

Using the @ operator and then typing the name of the collection.

It seems to me that much of what the Admins tell us is not in the app documentation. Wouldn't it be easier for all of us if most of that were where we could easily find it & return to it?

kitennis

It seems to me that much of what the Admins tell us is not in the app documentation. Wouldn't it be easier for all of us if most of that were where we could easily find it & return to it?

You're right. We are constantly adding content to the docs to make them simpler and more comprehensive. It's just one sentence, but you can find it here at the very bottom: https://docs.capacities.io/tutorials/collections

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It seems to me that much of what the Admins tell us is not in the app documentation. Wouldn't it be easier for all of us if most of that were where we could easily find it & return to it?

@kitennis yeah, there is a certain lag / lack. but I made good experiences, with flagging what I find missing out of the documentation itself. I think they are aware it needs constant regimenent given development speeds, so they are explicitly asking for it ...

Michael_v_H

Using the @ operator and then typing the name of the collection.

Amazing thank you!!

Steffen

You're right. We are constantly adding content to the docs to make them simpler and more comprehensive. It's just one sentence, but you can find it here at the very bottom: https://docs.capacities.io/tutorials/collections

One sentence in a location that would not be obvious would be difficult to find. Can't you have a Search feature to your docs?

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kitennis

One sentence in a location that would not be obvious would be difficult to find. Can't you have a Search feature to your docs?

Good search is hard but I have it on the list

We updated our landing page: https://capacities.io/.

If you want to give us any feedback, feel free to post it in this thread.

Thanks!

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Hi folks. Thanks for the excellent piece of software here. Became a Believer within in a few hours of trying it. One question, for which I think the answer is no: can I organize Pages hierarchically?

DogSaysRollTide

Hi folks. Thanks for the excellent piece of software here. Became a Believer within in a few hours of trying it. One question, for which I think the answer is no: can I organize Pages hierarchically?

Thanks so much. We really appreciate it

Yes, you can, just pin a page to your space (top right pin symbol) and then you can create pages in that page, and the hierarchy will be reflected in the left sidebar under "Pinned". Does that make sense?

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Thanks so much. We really appreciate it

Yes, you can, just pin a page to your space (top right pin symbol) and then you can create pages in that page, and the hierarchy will be reflected in the left sidebar under "Pinned". Does that make sense?

Ooohh! Now a lot more things make sense, actually. Ok, this works great for me--thank you!

Ok, combined with custom content types, I see how this can be really powerful. Nice.

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@Steffen @Michael_v_H Is there any easy way to move files from Craft to Capacities? If I import in markdown, how can I do files and images also imported? And the links? How do I import Daily Notes? Thanks in advance. (edited)

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⏱️ Maintenance Info Capacities will go into maintenance very soon for about 60 minutes. We'll keep you updated here. If you already want to read about the new update you can do this here: https://capacities.io/whats-new (edited)

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⏱️ Maintenance Info Capacities will go into maintenance very soon for about 60 minutes. We'll keep you updated here. If you already want to read about the new update you can do this here: https://capacities.io/whats-new (edited)

Damm update looking good guys! Can't wait for it to be live

Love the new calendar capabilities, seems very promising

1:32 AM

Sprinkle some (basic) task management and reminders / calendar integration on top off that and I can see it fulfilling 90% of my needs

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⏱️ Maintenance Info Capacities will go into maintenance very soon for about 60 minutes. We'll keep you updated here. If you already want to read about the new update you can do this here: https://capacities.io/whats-new (edited)

Update successful Everything is updated, you can now use it. If some objects do not appear in your calendar at the moment, they will in the next hours

Excited to get your feedback on the new calendar. And as you might guess, there is much more coming around calendar, dates, and events

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Update successful Everything is updated, you can now use it. If some objects do not appear in your calendar at the moment, they will in the next hours

Excited to get your feedback on the new calendar. And as you might guess, there is much more coming around calendar, dates, and events

this is all great news! very curious! ... and after you' re done with time / event, you might also consider conquering space & place...

.... but honestly, the speed of you folks is stunning!!

Love this new panel and its ability to create habits/workouts/artworks directly from daily notes, really useful!

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Transformation is running at the moment, should be fixed tomorrow the latest, just don't change them today

Steffen

Transformation is running at the moment, should be fixed tomorrow the latest, just don't change them today

Ahh, ok, then no problem

3:02 AM

Great job then, enjoying the new design!

Steffen

Transformation is running at the moment, should be fixed tomorrow the latest, just don't change them today

Still some issues with the update?

4:08 AM

got some sync issues and then this screen

boonikad9300

Still some issues with the update?

Load is very high at the moment, working on it

Sorry for the inconvenience (edited)

Steffen

Load is very high at the moment, working on it

Sorry for the inconvenience (edited)

Aah no problem! Good to know

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I'm loving the week view of daily notes - this is going to get a lot of use. Thanks guys!

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Have back links on daily page gone away? I only seem to be getting one dated todo appearing but not all my others?

Same. No back link to my daily note

Issue with update? Or change in UI?

I do not have that layout :

4:32 AM

Mokay.. lost of bugs and things " getting updated"

4:32 AM

I'll wait a bit

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I'll wait a bit

Yes, we're updating backlinks in the background. Expect them to appear in the next hours/days.

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Thanks Steffen! Realising how much I love Capacities!!!

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@Steffen can you change these 'quick links' for creating objects on your daily page / order / which ones you want to see here? How are these determined?

boonikad9300

@Steffen can you change these 'quick links' for creating objects on your daily page / order / which ones you want to see here? How are these determined?

These are all your objects with a custom date property. At the moment there is no particular order. If you happen to have several date properties on the same object, the first one is used. We will fine-tune this going forward. Besides ordering, what else would you like to customize here?

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How do you setup / get these objects onto the daily page?

greyishfish

How do you setup / get these objects onto the daily page?

Your objects would need a date property to show up (see thread above!)

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These are all your objects with a custom date property. At the moment there is no particular order. If you happen to have several date properties on the same object, the first one is used. We will fine-tune this going forward. Besides ordering, what else would you like to customize here?

Hi Michael, Why would one need a button for quick links when you can easily use / and write "project" or "task" ? Just curious

Hi, I just did a quick test and I don’t know a lot about capacities yet. I have a lot of pages in my current note taking tool. Is it a requirement for capacities to download every page with a fresh login and store it to an internal browser-database (similar to remnote) or does it fetch content on demand (similar so notion). I’m looking for something that is more server side. (edited)

mangekyou sharingan

Hi Michael, Why would one need a button for quick links when you can easily use / and write "project" or "task" ? Just curious

The date property is directly set to that day in the calendar, that's the difference.

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Michael_v_H

The date property is directly set to that day in the calendar, that's the difference.

Any plans to combine it with using the date as a Title, as we discussed a couple of months ago? Would be cool if my custom type could use date as title, the same as Daily Note now, so I don't need to write it manually all the time https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1033098960308551722 (edited)

9:25 AM

Or maybe as we already can view Daily notes as Database, it could be combined with the ability to add custom properties to Daily Note, so I don't need a separate object for this type of things (edited)

Michael_v_H

The date property is directly set to that day in the calendar, that's the difference.

ahh got it

thanks

hmm, I've just been using plain-text times on my daily notes, how do I easily convert those to time objects? Is there a way to easily input a date/time object from a prior day other than using the semantic keywords (today, tomorrow, yesterday, etc.)?

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hmm, I've just been using plain-text times on my daily notes, how do I easily convert those to time objects? Is there a way to easily input a date/time object from a prior day other than using the semantic keywords (today, tomorrow, yesterday, etc.)?

+1. I've been using /now which gives me the time - on the day - but when I look back on past notes the time is just replaced with the date. So i'm also curious to understand other ways of working with time objects in better ways.

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I do not have that layout :

Is this already a sneek peak of the task management in the sidebar? @Steffen @Michael_v_H (edited)

Steffen started a thread. 1/27/2023 12:29 AM

Adelon

Any plans to combine it with using the date as a Title, as we discussed a couple of months ago? Would be cool if my custom type could use date as title, the same as Daily Note now, so I don't need to write it manually all the time https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1033098960308551722 (edited)

Will probably come with templates

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Sam B

hmm, I've just been using plain-text times on my daily notes, how do I easily convert those to time objects? Is there a way to easily input a date/time object from a prior day other than using the semantic keywords (today, tomorrow, yesterday, etc.)?

You can just type @date/01-01-23 for example

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+1. I've been using /now which gives me the time - on the day - but when I look back on past notes the time is just replaced with the date. So i'm also curious to understand other ways of working with time objects in better ways.

What would you expect, @Jason?I think it makes sense that the time is computed, so it will alway reference to the "now" back then.

Steffen

You can just type @date/01-01-23 for example

Does this also work with timestamps. I noticed that inserting the now timestamp also adds a hidden date and links to todays journal.

David

Is this already a sneek peak of the task management in the sidebar? @Steffen @Michael_v_H (edited)

Yes and no, tasks are not implemented yet but the mini timeline is definitely where we will visualize tasks of that day (and probably overdue tasks, etc.)

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Does this also work with timestamps. I noticed that inserting the now timestamp also adds a hidden date and links to todays journal.

Not yet, but a good idea. Links to the timeline are added for all time related operations now

(and was like this before as well)

Steffen

Not yet, but a good idea. Links to the timeline are added for all time related operations now

(and was like this before as well)

My problem is that I cannot add timestamps to a future or past time.

David

My problem is that I cannot add timestamps to a future or past time.

Ah, you can option + click on the date to edit it.

Steffen

Ah, you can option + click on the date to edit it.

That's useful to know. Alt + Click for all Windows users.

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nicolost

^curious to hear your thoughts on this @lerone - along the lines of what we were discussing earlier haha

hey @nicolost – just as short update from my 'studio' ... might be interesting to your case / question or not... for me it turned out in use that I now regularly check on every tag-creation, whether that tag would be better served by a type. one of the criteria for me is, I want that local graph to point me to / let me navigate internal connections, and then types (collections) are a good alternative to tags. with it comes all the benefits of defined content profiles, that I do not have to point out to you particularly... as 'pages' are 'just' one particular type, this means I am (presumably) testing very much the road you were hinting at... a combination / fusion of types and tags in building higher level categories in Capacities ... some 'payments' to be made (aka drawbacks) for this strategy, as they appear to me: • types get more 'fuzzy'; the blurring of lines between types and tags leads to some 'decision load' (block?) in use and management • ... you might get a lots of types (with my particular strategy at least), which is a little hazzle given there is no hierarchical structuring or other kind of 'inclusiveness' of types in Capacities (yet) (– this changes in case you use one type and loads of collections... but then you lose the individual property profiling to some extent, which I really like) • [ some more I will come up with, after coffee...] best! PS: of course this also would all be well filed in the original tags-thread (https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1065709047073996880); – but I thought responsiveness overrules...

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Steffen

What would you expect, @Jason?I think it makes sense that the time is computed, so it will alway reference to the "now" back then.

If i'm doing interstitial journalling i want to create something like

09:35 - thing a happened
10:12 - Reflection on the last meeting I had...

Where the time is created by typing /now it shows up as 09:35 but when I look back on the page on the day after - ALL times are replaced with Friday 29th January not the individual times i saw when I entered them. So i've (visually at least) lost all the timings. I guess some way of entering the time component only or else showing the time as well as the date would be ideal. (edited)

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Sweet ! thx for sharing

What community plugin for Obsidian fixes the database issue ? Curious as i also use Obsidian - as a Timeless note kind of thing. But Capacities has already had a huge impact on me. I will save what you just wrote to see if it makes sense for me to use it this way. Does it mean that if you create a "determinism" page and give that page a "determinism" tag at the top....will all "determinism" tags flow to that page then ? Because thats powerful

If you have any videos on Zettel, I would love to watch it btw

You are very welcome!

the community plugin is called "Database folder plugin". I was thinking about using it, but I don't want to rely on too many plugins.. Nicole van der Hoeven is talking about the cons of using too much community plugins in obsidian (although she is still using a lot :-D) in one of her you tube videos. To your other question: YES, you can embed a tag on a page and it will embed all content with that tag on that page! (!!!) it is powerful and suuuuuper useful! And a video on my Zettels? hmmm.. I thought about it for a long time and never did it. I'll think about it

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mangekyou sharingan

Sweet ! thx for sharing

What community plugin for Obsidian fixes the database issue ? Curious as i also use Obsidian - as a Timeless note kind of thing. But Capacities has already had a huge impact on me. I will save what you just wrote to see if it makes sense for me to use it this way. Does it mean that if you create a "determinism" page and give that page a "determinism" tag at the top....will all "determinism" tags flow to that page then ? Because thats powerful

If you have any videos on Zettel, I would love to watch it btw

and sorry for my late answer btw. I wasn't at my laptop this week (only work's)...

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Adelon

Or maybe as we already can view Daily notes as Database, it could be combined with the ability to add custom properties to Daily Note, so I don't need a separate object for this type of things (edited)

yesss, custum properties for daily notes...

that's the dream

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📝Anna

You are very welcome!

the community plugin is called "Database folder plugin". I was thinking about using it, but I don't want to rely on too many plugins.. Nicole van der Hoeven is talking about the cons of using too much community plugins in obsidian (although she is still using a lot :-D) in one of her you tube videos. To your other question: YES, you can embed a tag on a page and it will embed all content with that tag on that page! (!!!) it is powerful and suuuuuper useful! And a video on my Zettels? hmmm.. I thought about it for a long time and never did it. I'll think about it

Amazing AnnaN. Thanks for the reply

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📝Anna

yesss, custum properties for daily notes...

that's the dream

We don't want to give the daily note itself additional properties, because it would overall complicate the system a lot. But what we can well imagine is the option to set up your own content type that will take the place of the daily note and the way it is rendered in the calendar.

Michael_v_H

We don't want to give the daily note itself additional properties, because it would overall complicate the system a lot. But what we can well imagine is the option to set up your own content type that will take the place of the daily note and the way it is rendered in the calendar.

That's easier than adding properties to the daily notes

? Sounds complicated

but please don't get me wrong, I am as well happy the way it is. It just would be the cherry on the top

Just got access to Tana Inc yesterday, and have to say, I expected a whole lot more ... After looking around and playing a while with it, it just didn't click as Capacities did from the start -> The mental model of 'objects', the overall UI/UX, the daily note + calendar views, the Markdown editing experience and graph view are in my opinion clear winners in Capacities!

However, the really cool thing in Tana right now is definitely the 'super tag + live query' function, can't wait for it to land it Capacities, it will supercharge many workflows ( @Steffen @Michael_v_H, if you are looking for inspiration for the smart queries function, Tana did a really solid job on this imho). Nevertheless, i'm a Capacities Believer now, love to support the team in building one of the best PKM's

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boonikad9300

Just got access to Tana Inc yesterday, and have to say, I expected a whole lot more ... After looking around and playing a while with it, it just didn't click as Capacities did from the start -> The mental model of 'objects', the overall UI/UX, the daily note + calendar views, the Markdown editing experience and graph view are in my opinion clear winners in Capacities!

However, the really cool thing in Tana right now is definitely the 'super tag + live query' function, can't wait for it to land it Capacities, it will supercharge many workflows ( @Steffen @Michael_v_H, if you are looking for inspiration for the smart queries function, Tana did a really solid job on this imho). Nevertheless, i'm a Capacities Believer now, love to support the team in building one of the best PKM's

Thanks so much for the support, @boonikad9300! We are currently drafting the query feature, you can always participate in the #💻・features-forum. There are great ideas there already.

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Steffen

Yes and no, tasks are not implemented yet but the mini timeline is definitely where we will visualize tasks of that day (and probably overdue tasks, etc.)

When do you think tasks might be implemented?

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Dave

When do you think tasks might be implemented?

We don't have a release date yet, but here's the timeline: Parallel to the mobile app, we will launch: Templates -> Queries -> Task management. I hope that helps

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Steffen

We don't have a release date yet, but here's the timeline: Parallel to the mobile app, we will launch: Templates -> Queries -> Task management. I hope that helps

That's exciting. Any estimate for the templates as this is the first one in line? (edited)

readlly need chinese full-text searching

The new academy is amazing!

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David

That's exciting. Any estimate for the templates as this is the first one in line? (edited)

Not really but will work on it next week, so end of week/week after

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Steffen

We don't have a release date yet, but here's the timeline: Parallel to the mobile app, we will launch: Templates -> Queries -> Task management. I hope that helps

Thank you

Steffen

Not really but will work on it next week, so end of week/week after

Hopefully templates are working like in Coda.io. Only / and then the name of the template and I can use a template on any place on my pages.

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Is it possible to filter backlinks?

10:00 AM

Meaning if I have multiple meetings linking back to a person, when I go to that person's page and look at the backlinks, can I filter to only show the meetings?

GunnersaurusFlex

Meaning if I have multiple meetings linking back to a person, when I go to that person's page and look at the backlinks, can I filter to only show the meetings?

No, that's currently not possible. But it's something we might add in the future. There's a ticket for it already here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/backlink-views

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10:08 AM

Why are some arrows greyed out? I can't expand

The expanded section shows collections, you can only expand if you have collections in that database.

Got it, thx

I am having an issue with spell check using 3rd party checkers

2:40 PM

When a word in Capacities gets underlined, if I click on it to correct it, it ends up inserting the correctly spelled word in the middle of the incorrect spelling. Here is an example. If I attempt to spell the word details but incorrectly spell it as detials, it shows up as underlined. When I correct it, I end up with DetiaDetailsls. Can this be fixed?

2:45 PM

Also when using the desktop app, I do not get next word predictions like I do in most other places, can this be added?

GunnersaurusFlex

When a word in Capacities gets underlined, if I click on it to correct it, it ends up inserting the correctly spelled word in the middle of the incorrect spelling. Here is an example. If I attempt to spell the word details but incorrectly spell it as detials, it shows up as underlined. When I correct it, I end up with DetiaDetailsls. Can this be fixed?

Could you tell us which tools you are using for spell-checking and for next-word predictions? And your OS and browser would be helpful as well

at date still is not working, at least in the Daily Note. It is always a day behind.

I have this issue using the built in chrome spell checker

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Steffen

Could you tell us which tools you are using for spell-checking and for next-word predictions? And your OS and browser would be helpful as well

Chrome. Grammarly and Microsoft Editor. And the next word predictions are built into the Windows OS

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kitennis

at date still is not working, at least in the Daily Note. It is always a day behind.

The label on top? or also date operations like "@"?

Steffen

The label on top? or also date operations like "@"?

Date operations. Just tested from my daily note for @date → select 2023-02-06 → get "February 5, 2023" in my note. I'm in UTC-8 which I suspect is relevant.

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GunnersaurusFlex

Chrome. Grammarly and Microsoft Editor. And the next word predictions are built into the Windows OS

I really miss autocorrection when typing. I guess I didn't know how bad my typing accuracy was until I didn't have autocorrection. Is this something that could be turned on or added?

Re my problem with @date - Using Windows 10 & Chrome: I open Capacities first thing in the morning & go to Daily Note. It opens with yesterday's Daily Note. I hit Today & it changes to Today's date & the month calendar on the right also shows today's date. However, the strip at the top is on yesterday's date. When I use @ sign date and some text, I can pick the date I want & it is correctly shown on the calendar but when I hit "select" it does not show the correct date.

kitennis

Re my problem with @date - Using Windows 10 & Chrome: I open Capacities first thing in the morning & go to Daily Note. It opens with yesterday's Daily Note. I hit Today & it changes to Today's date & the month calendar on the right also shows today's date. However, the strip at the top is on yesterday's date. When I use @ sign date and some text, I can pick the date I want & it is correctly shown on the calendar but when I hit "select" it does not show the correct date.

I have this as well. It filling in the day before the date I picked. I was guessing it had something to do with time zones.

@random geek @Fred Markle @kitennis thanks for sharing, it's definitely a time zone problem. Will hopefully be fixed with the next update! (edited)

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akaman42

I really miss autocorrection when typing. I guess I didn't know how bad my typing accuracy was until I didn't have autocorrection. Is this something that could be turned on or added?

haha

Which auto-correction are you using? There will be big editor improvements with one of the next updates, it will hopefully be fixed then

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7:46 AM

it's why i love capacities

7:46 AM

they listen to their users

carab0uille

they listen to their users

I agree! Not like Cr…some others

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@cmjn craft

? (edited)

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cmjn

I agree! Not like Cr…some others

Or Roam...

Steffen

haha

Which auto-correction are you using? There will be big editor improvements with one of the next updates, it will hopefully be fixed then

The autocorrection depends on platform, of course. The built-in on iOS. This is augmented by some "replace text" functionality that is synced with macOS. There is Word's autocorrect system too. The biggest thing is that Capacities doesn't use native text fields (I understand why) so it doesn't have the platform's normal features. For instance, I get better spellcheck and autocorrect in a webform on Safari right now. Does this help clarify a bit?

akaman42

The autocorrection depends on platform, of course. The built-in on iOS. This is augmented by some "replace text" functionality that is synced with macOS. There is Word's autocorrect system too. The biggest thing is that Capacities doesn't use native text fields (I understand why) so it doesn't have the platform's normal features. For instance, I get better spellcheck and autocorrect in a webform on Safari right now. Does this help clarify a bit?

Yes, I know what you mean. We're currently working on some improvements on this front, they will probably go live with the next update.

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Hi Capacities team. I’m new here, having seen a mention in a Tana discussion. The app looks really nice, and I look forward to playing around. One initial question I have is this: on my today page, the date is correct within the page, but the page title and the tab show the wrong date of yesterday. Is this a known issue, or have I done something wrong?

grace charles

Hi Capacities team. I’m new here, having seen a mention in a Tana discussion. The app looks really nice, and I look forward to playing around. One initial question I have is this: on my today page, the date is correct within the page, but the page title and the tab show the wrong date of yesterday. Is this a known issue, or have I done something wrong?

Hi @grace charles, great to have you on board.

This bug is haunting us

(we recently did a rewrite of all date-handing in Capacities). We'll ship a fix with the next update.

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Wow, thank you for the incredibly fast response! And for the warm welcome. I’m happy to be here.

Great quote from the book "How to make Smart Notes" => "Good tools do not add features and more options to what we already have, but help to reduce distractions from the main work, which here is thinking" @Steffen @Michael_v_H

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grace charles

Hi Capacities team. I’m new here, having seen a mention in a Tana discussion. The app looks really nice, and I look forward to playing around. One initial question I have is this: on my today page, the date is correct within the page, but the page title and the tab show the wrong date of yesterday. Is this a known issue, or have I done something wrong?

Funny, I read the same mention and capacities seems to be more for me

thanks for allowing me to be involved.

I am very much appreciating what Capacities has to offer. There is much to like about the design and architecture. It’s quite impressive. I have run into a few items that I’m not sure are user error or just limitations of the app. Is there a counter anywhere showing how many times a custom object has been referenced? For instance, I have a Person object, and let’s say we have Person A referenced in a few dozen places. I don’t see where I can find a count of those references, other than going to the person page and manually counting the number of backlinks. But I suspect I’m missing something since block references work exactly as I would expect: a counter next to each referenced block showing how often it’s been referenced, and when clicking on the count, allowing the user to jump right to any of the references. Another benefit of the reference count is allowing the user, when viewing the all People (Persons) database, to sort the table based on reference count. But I'm not finding any such property. Am I doing something wrong or mis-understanding what can be done with objects? Thank you again.

grace charles

I am very much appreciating what Capacities has to offer. There is much to like about the design and architecture. It’s quite impressive. I have run into a few items that I’m not sure are user error or just limitations of the app. Is there a counter anywhere showing how many times a custom object has been referenced? For instance, I have a Person object, and let’s say we have Person A referenced in a few dozen places. I don’t see where I can find a count of those references, other than going to the person page and manually counting the number of backlinks. But I suspect I’m missing something since block references work exactly as I would expect: a counter next to each referenced block showing how often it’s been referenced, and when clicking on the count, allowing the user to jump right to any of the references. Another benefit of the reference count is allowing the user, when viewing the all People (Persons) database, to sort the table based on reference count. But I'm not finding any such property. Am I doing something wrong or mis-understanding what can be done with objects? Thank you again.

This reference counter functionality is not implemented yet. Thanks for pointing out this limitation, we did not really have this on our radar. We will definitely think about it, should be quite easy to implement, but can have some performance implications if not implemented the right way.

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@Michael_v_H Hello do you have news about it ? https://capacities.io/feedback/p/integrations-for-read-it-later-and-highlighting-workflows-readwise-pocket-kindle thanks :)

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By the way. I think Capacities is the best note taking app on the market today. It also continues to get better and better. The Devs are amazing, please keep up the amazing work.

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Fred Markle

By the way. I think Capacities is the best note taking app on the market today. It also continues to get better and better. The Devs are amazing, please keep up the amazing work.

Thank you, @Fred Markle

boonikad9300

Great quote from the book "How to make Smart Notes" => "Good tools do not add features and more options to what we already have, but help to reduce distractions from the main work, which here is thinking" @Steffen @Michael_v_H

I really like the book. A lot of it resonates with me. It definitely also influences quite some design decisions of Capacities.

carab0uille

@Michael_v_H Hello do you have news about it ? https://capacities.io/feedback/p/integrations-for-read-it-later-and-highlighting-workflows-readwise-pocket-kindle thanks :)

Definitely planned, but after queries and tasks

Steffen

Definitely planned, but after queries and tasks

Thank you ^^

Steffen

I really like the book. A lot of it resonates with me. It definitely also influences quite some design decisions of Capacities.

Agree, it is really well written and researched and directly applicable in you daily workflow! Great to hear it was a inspiration for capacities

Hi, the connection with twitter seems that is not working. Can you please have a look or I am doing something wrong? (edited)

Thank you everybody! This last update is awesome

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Little heads up With the newest update, we improved the cursor movement across blocks with the arrow keys. ⬆️⬇️ I just noticed that on the daily note the cursor movement is not working due to these changes . This will be fixed shortly!

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Capacities team never stops shipping!

11:49 AM

Congrats on the launch

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11:54 AM

I can see things getting increasingly more refined

Great job! Latest updates looks amazing

(edited)

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When will Capacities support bidirectional relational fields (e.g Book object has Author field, when I link to Author, the Author object's Book field auto-populates with the Book I just linked)? This is one of the main features I'm waiting on before Capacities actually becomes viable for me to use

nicolost

Congrats on the launch

Thanks, @nicolost !

Fred Markle

Great job! Latest updates looks amazing

(edited)

Thanks, @Fred Markle !

jackal

When will Capacities support bidirectional relational fields (e.g Book object has Author field, when I link to Author, the Author object's Book field auto-populates with the Book I just linked)? This is one of the main features I'm waiting on before Capacities actually becomes viable for me to use

Hi @jackal, I know what you mean. It depends very much how this is implemented. If it's just a (read only) computation on the author's side (-> smart backlink or property backlink), this is quite doable and we could ship this rather soon. Once you want to define and structure more complex relationships, it quickly becomes quite complicated. Thanks for the nudge, we'll think about it again!

(edited)

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Michael_v_H

Hi @jackal, I know what you mean. It depends very much how this is implemented. If it's just a (read only) computation on the author's side (-> smart backlink or property backlink), this is quite doable and we could ship this rather soon. Once you want to define and structure more complex relationships, it quickly becomes quite complicated. Thanks for the nudge, we'll think about it again!

(edited)

I envision it working like Notion’s Relation field works. Is that what you mean by read-only? Or are you saying that being able to edit from the Author side too would require a bit more complexity?

New article about Capacities is out -> https://open.substack.com/pub/productivus/p/capacities-introduction-to-the-block?r=21bahn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Capacities - Introduction to the Block-Based Editor

In this article, I want to focus on the editor of Capacities, a core component of any PKM tool. I will go through the main features and why I think it is one of the best editors on the market.

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Riccardo

New article about Capacities is out -> https://open.substack.com/pub/productivus/p/capacities-introduction-to-the-block?r=21bahn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Great read

Spreading the word about capacities! (edited)

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Hey, good morning. Two questions for the Capacities team:

Can we get an update on progress on the mobile (specifically for me, iOS) app?
With AI being a hot topic right now, what are the team's general thoughts on implementing AI in Capacities? I'm thinking specifically of MemX here, as I've been testing their AI linking. Thanks in advance!

DogSaysRollTide

Hey, good morning. Two questions for the Capacities team:

Can we get an update on progress on the mobile (specifically for me, iOS) app?
With AI being a hot topic right now, what are the team's general thoughts on implementing AI in Capacities? I'm thinking specifically of MemX here, as I've been testing their AI linking. Thanks in advance!

This is from the forum (6 days) ago: -

10:07 AM

Regarding AI, you can vote here / add your suggestions: https://capacities.canny.io/feedback/p/generative-ai-gpt3-integration

boonikad9300

This is from the forum (6 days) ago: -

Thank you for bringing that to my attention--I hadn't seen it yet. I am...cough cough...well versed in in Testflight and run a team that builds apps, if you're looking for an additional set of eyes.

DogSaysRollTide

Thank you for bringing that to my attention--I hadn't seen it yet. I am...cough cough...well versed in in Testflight and run a team that builds apps, if you're looking for an additional set of eyes.

I think if you are a believer (paid version) you get early access

boonikad9300

I think if you are a believer (paid version) you get early access

I am! Looking forward to it.

I'm going to offer one other thought before I turn to doing my actual work today. I'm gravitating back to Capacities after giving MemX a try for a few days, partially because Capacities is a joy to use. It's thought out the foundation is there, features are well implemented, etc. It's just a comfortable experience and while I look forward to more features in the future, the attention to making it all work together fluidly is more of a differentiator than I think a lot of dev teams realize.

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DogSaysRollTide

I'm going to offer one other thought before I turn to doing my actual work today. I'm gravitating back to Capacities after giving MemX a try for a few days, partially because Capacities is a joy to use. It's thought out the foundation is there, features are well implemented, etc. It's just a comfortable experience and while I look forward to more features in the future, the attention to making it all work together fluidly is more of a differentiator than I think a lot of dev teams realize.

Agree! I also tried a lot of apps before settling on Capacities: Notion, Obsidian, Reflect and Roam. I was a very early user of Notion, and they pioneered the block-based editors, but the interface became too clunky over time for my taste (a lot of clicking and a lot of settings ). I think they tried to please too many users; however, it's still the best tool for collaboration. (edited)

10:46 AM

Capacities just clicked on a 'mental model' kind of level and the three pillars/vision is something I can get behind 100%

10:47 AM

I feel the same joy using the product as in the early Notion days hehe

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boonikad9300

Agree! I also tried a lot of apps before settling on Capacities: Notion, Obsidian, Reflect and Roam. I was a very early user of Notion, and they pioneered the block-based editors, but the interface became too clunky over time for my taste (a lot of clicking and a lot of settings ). I think they tried to please too many users; however, it's still the best tool for collaboration. (edited)

Oh, you and me both, actually. And I was using Logseq for a long time, but Capacities' ability to customize (easily) really blows Logseq out of the water. I've always found it interesting how dev teams develop this mentality of "it's there, you can figure out how to use it." Like, no. A feature-limited tool that is beautiful and easy to use will always have higher engagement and commitment than one with crazy features that you have to try and think about every time you open it up.

DogSaysRollTide

Oh, you and me both, actually. And I was using Logseq for a long time, but Capacities' ability to customize (easily) really blows Logseq out of the water. I've always found it interesting how dev teams develop this mentality of "it's there, you can figure out how to use it." Like, no. A feature-limited tool that is beautiful and easy to use will always have higher engagement and commitment than one with crazy features that you have to try and think about every time you open it up.

That is especially true for something like a personal management tool / system, as WHY you want to use it, and HOW you are gonna implement it into your daily workflow is 100x more important than the features any tool provides: just as the fastest car will only help when you have the proper roads to drive it on! What I like about capacities is that they remove distractions where possible and let you focus on the main focus (writing, learning, etc).

11:01 AM

Like roam has a nice outliner, but you almost need a PHD to understand the rest of their application

lol

11:02 AM

Agreed, excellent analogy.

One thing I always think about, and I may be misunderstanding, is that MemX must be sending everything in my database to OpenAI - which seems a bit like unecessary risk, whereas with tools like NotionAI and Reflect it only sends the text you highlight to OpenAI (edited)

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nicolost

One thing I always think about, and I may be misunderstanding, is that MemX must be sending everything in my database to OpenAI - which seems a bit like unecessary risk, whereas with tools like NotionAI and Reflect it only sends the text you highlight to OpenAI (edited)

Great point, I hadn't really thought about it. There are certainly ways to "tune" OpenAI; I don't know if that creates a separate instance--or, frankly, if that way of thinking about it even applies. I'll be ramping up on it more over the next month though.

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Quick question about exporting: am I right in saying that images that are added via pasting in a URL do not get exported? That's been my experience with a couple of tests. Not a problem, just worth knowing, and perhaps worth flagging to the user.

oberonpink

Quick question about exporting: am I right in saying that images that are added via pasting in a URL do not get exported? That's been my experience with a couple of tests. Not a problem, just worth knowing, and perhaps worth flagging to the user.

which format(s) are you talking here? – with MD files that would seem like expected behavior to me; and there is always the option to print to pdf, or go via Typora in case of need...

lerone

which format(s) are you talking here? – with MD files that would seem like expected behavior to me; and there is always the option to print to pdf, or go via Typora in case of need...

Talking about exporting to MD files. When I add a cover image via URL, there is no sign of it in the export.

3:54 AM

To be clear I mean using the backup feature

oberonpink

To be clear I mean using the backup feature

ah, I see... as said, for 'normal' MD export I wouldn't see it as (to be) expected behavior, personally. – but in a back-up scenario it might make some sense...

well, at least I know I should just upload the images directly

can you delete a content type?

8:30 AM

ignore me, I figured it out

oberonpink

Talking about exporting to MD files. When I add a cover image via URL, there is no sign of it in the export.

Yes you're right, images via url will stay references to the web. But it could be an option to turn them into personal resources. Feel free to create a ticket here: https://capacities.io/feedback

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Steffen

Yes you're right, images via url will stay references to the web. But it could be an option to turn them into personal resources. Feel free to create a ticket here: https://capacities.io/feedback

Thanks Steffen! Very much appreciating this fantastic application, it's exactly what I've been dreaming off since I discovered PKMs!

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One more question for now: is it possible to have more than one content type attached to a property? For example 'Connections', which can take an image, or a page, or a meeting

oberonpink

One more question for now: is it possible to have more than one content type attached to a property? For example 'Connections', which can take an image, or a page, or a meeting

For that, it might be best to simply use a text property and use the linking feature to link to any content.

wow, what a splash of 'recent continuous improvements'! You guys are really modest here, on top of hard-working. to my eyes this could as well be labeled 'release 20''

lerone

wow, what a splash of 'recent continuous improvements'! You guys are really modest here, on top of hard-working. to my eyes this could as well be labeled 'release 20''

We were actually discussing that

will be a bit more an then we'll label it as Release 20

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Steffen

We were actually discussing that

will be a bit more an then we'll label it as Release 20

Man, are you guys even sleeping or just working extremely efficient haha

Agree with @lerone, could be a release candidate looking at all the improvements and features. Keep up the good work

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Hey, I have a question about objects and templates. I'm struggling a little bit to understand the relationship there, and use cases for each. I think templates are a part of objects. Is that accurate?

1:19 PM

For example, if I have clients and projects, I would make an object for the client and a template for the projects?

DogSaysRollTide

For example, if I have clients and projects, I would make an object for the client and a template for the projects?

I use templates for objects to populate the properties I created. Example: I have my entire video game collection across several systems as Video Game Objects. Creating a template for Playstation games saved me a few clicks.

1:50 PM

Example Steam game template. All the video game templates also have those things in the main text so I remember to put it later.

Ok, I think I follow, thank you. So in theory, you could have different templates inside your video games object for the different platforms--Steam, PS, Xbox?

2:00 PM

(Also, per muscle memory, I wrote "PS3" just automatically. Gives you an idea of how old I am...)

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DogSaysRollTide

Hey, I have a question about objects and templates. I'm struggling a little bit to understand the relationship there, and use cases for each. I think templates are a part of objects. Is that accurate?

Yes you can have multiple / different templates per object

2:03 PM

for example, i have a meeting object with Template A - Sprint Review, Template B - 1-on-1 and Template C - Weekly Meeting

2:04 PM

as all meetings have a slightly different structure

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Got it, ok, cool. That clarifies for me. Thank you @xang and @boonikad9300 !

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New keep productive YouTube has a small feature on capacities https://youtu.be/uI6-xR5Hcr8

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DBGrant

New keep productive YouTube has a small feature on capacities https://youtu.be/uI6-xR5Hcr8

Looks like he didn't understand the beauty of Capacities at all

He did the same thing when he reviewed Twos, kind of phoned it in.

Alright, I'm back. Something is not clicking with me re: templates. I have an object, "Sectors." I am trying to create two different templates within that object, "Conferences" and "Companies." Issues:

The two different templates seem to have the same fields? When I go to Manage Templates and add/delete fields for Company, for example, the same changes show up in Conferences.
If I have multiple Sectors, what's the easiest way to associate a new instance of a template with one of the sections? Just a text field that links to the appropriate sector? I'm sure this is on me and I'm just missing something. Thanks in advance for any help!

DogSaysRollTide

Alright, I'm back. Something is not clicking with me re: templates. I have an object, "Sectors." I am trying to create two different templates within that object, "Conferences" and "Companies." Issues:

The two different templates seem to have the same fields? When I go to Manage Templates and add/delete fields for Company, for example, the same changes show up in Conferences.
If I have multiple Sectors, what's the easiest way to associate a new instance of a template with one of the sections? Just a text field that links to the appropriate sector? I'm sure this is on me and I'm just missing something. Thanks in advance for any help!

Note, you are making a template for an OBJECT, so each template that you apply to that OBJECT logically has the same properties

If I'm interpreting your question correctly, you might need to create two OBJECTS instead of two templates, as you don't want to share properties between "conferences" and "companies."

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1:01 AM

Also, FYI, in the latest update of Capacities you can now hide properties!

1:03 AM

As for you second question, i don't get what you are trying to accomplish hehe

Maybe you can explain some more with some supporting screenshots?

How do you create a template?

bogant

How do you create a template?

Thank you!

When I create a new object, there is no field for adding text (like on a page). I can do a workaround by using a Book object and then changing the properties. I wonder if this is a bug?

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boonikad9300

Note, you are making a template for an OBJECT, so each template that you apply to that OBJECT logically has the same properties

If I'm interpreting your question correctly, you might need to create two OBJECTS instead of two templates, as you don't want to share properties between "conferences" and "companies."

Thanks again, @boonikad9300 . Let me see if I can clarify; I may be thinking too hierarchically about this. My parent object is, like, an industry. Let's say I have three, Aviation, Health and Finance. For each of those, I would like to use templates to track the People and Conferences (which are the children of that parent object) associated with those industries. I can see your point about templates automatically inheriting the fields of the object they're attached to; my challenge is that I created two templates associated with the same object and if I edited the fields in Template A, the same edits appeared in Template B. (Or, at least, I think they did, maybe I was just too tired.) So that threw me--what is the function of templates if they're going to have the same fields? Anyway, I'm not saying it's wrong, I just clearly am missing some piece of the puzzle here. Slight edit: is what changes between templates text and not fields, as I've been assuming? (edited)

DogSaysRollTide

Thanks again, @boonikad9300 . Let me see if I can clarify; I may be thinking too hierarchically about this. My parent object is, like, an industry. Let's say I have three, Aviation, Health and Finance. For each of those, I would like to use templates to track the People and Conferences (which are the children of that parent object) associated with those industries. I can see your point about templates automatically inheriting the fields of the object they're attached to; my challenge is that I created two templates associated with the same object and if I edited the fields in Template A, the same edits appeared in Template B. (Or, at least, I think they did, maybe I was just too tired.) So that threw me--what is the function of templates if they're going to have the same fields? Anyway, I'm not saying it's wrong, I just clearly am missing some piece of the puzzle here. Slight edit: is what changes between templates text and not fields, as I've been assuming? (edited)

If I understand correctly, what you want is Object Hierarchy, which is currently impossible (https://capacities.io/feedback/p/sub-databases-inheritance). You can't have objects and sub-objects with different fields, like in Tana. Templates are just for auto-filling fields inside objects (like adding different tags or date or headings in text), not for creating different fields.

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DogSaysRollTide

Thanks again, @boonikad9300 . Let me see if I can clarify; I may be thinking too hierarchically about this. My parent object is, like, an industry. Let's say I have three, Aviation, Health and Finance. For each of those, I would like to use templates to track the People and Conferences (which are the children of that parent object) associated with those industries. I can see your point about templates automatically inheriting the fields of the object they're attached to; my challenge is that I created two templates associated with the same object and if I edited the fields in Template A, the same edits appeared in Template B. (Or, at least, I think they did, maybe I was just too tired.) So that threw me--what is the function of templates if they're going to have the same fields? Anyway, I'm not saying it's wrong, I just clearly am missing some piece of the puzzle here. Slight edit: is what changes between templates text and not fields, as I've been assuming? (edited)

Your assumption after 'slight edit' is correct!

DogSaysRollTide

Thanks again, @boonikad9300 . Let me see if I can clarify; I may be thinking too hierarchically about this. My parent object is, like, an industry. Let's say I have three, Aviation, Health and Finance. For each of those, I would like to use templates to track the People and Conferences (which are the children of that parent object) associated with those industries. I can see your point about templates automatically inheriting the fields of the object they're attached to; my challenge is that I created two templates associated with the same object and if I edited the fields in Template A, the same edits appeared in Template B. (Or, at least, I think they did, maybe I was just too tired.) So that threw me--what is the function of templates if they're going to have the same fields? Anyway, I'm not saying it's wrong, I just clearly am missing some piece of the puzzle here. Slight edit: is what changes between templates text and not fields, as I've been assuming? (edited)

In your example, I would personally make aviation, health and finance tags as they are a sort of categorisation and 'people' and 'conferences' objects with a multi-select tag with label 'industry' and then maybe a pre-defined set of tags with all the industries you want to track

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I know it is difficult and some getting used to in the beginning, and most people still prefer a top-down approach separating what they have into smaller stacks, piles or folders with topics and sub-topics. But the beauty of Capacities is that you can order and connect things through a bottom-up approach, through tagging and linking (backlinks) and keeping your structure as 'flat' as possible

6:47 AM

@DogSaysRollTide You should think about Templates as nothing more than a 'pre-filled' Object serving a certain purpose (like my example of meeting templates) (edited)

Ok, noooowww I get it. Thank you @Adelon and @boonikad9300 . Coming together for me!

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DogSaysRollTide

Ok, noooowww I get it. Thank you @Adelon and @boonikad9300 . Coming together for me!

No problem, we all had the same struggles at some point in our journey

However, the number one book I would suggest as a must read is: "How to take smart notes from Sonke Ahrens" if you want to take a deeper dive into organising things and taking efficient notes -> https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction/dp/B09HSSFCPR/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3MCL4C2G3EZ1P&keywords=how+to+take+smart+notes&qid=1675761351&s=books&sprefix=how+to+take+smart+note%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C345&sr=1-2

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Is there a projected due date on the IOS mobile app?

XZone

Is there a projected due date on the IOS mobile app?

I asked the same question the other day: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1075085681270980649. Looks like it's close!

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boonikad9300

No problem, we all had the same struggles at some point in our journey

However, the number one book I would suggest as a must read is: "How to take smart notes from Sonke Ahrens" if you want to take a deeper dive into organising things and taking efficient notes -> https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction/dp/B09HSSFCPR/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3MCL4C2G3EZ1P&keywords=how+to+take+smart+notes&qid=1675761351&s=books&sprefix=how+to+take+smart+note%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C345&sr=1-2

Second time that book as been recommended to me--I'll grab it this weekend!

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Just became a BELIEVER!! LFG!!!

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6

Hey all, I just joined Capacities. Coming from Obsidian, I appreciate the fact that backlinks are rendered on the note itself!

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ashish

When I create a new object, there is no field for adding text (like on a page). I can do a workaround by using a Book object and then changing the properties. I wonder if this is a bug?

(edited)

You can add properties to new objects using „add properties“. If you want a notes block you need to add a „blocks“ property. Btw you can add multiple

Cybermind

Just became a BELIEVER!! LFG!!!

Thanks so much, really appreciate it

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Hello I just became a Believer today. Wondering if there's a video tutorial on Template creation. Having a hard time figuring out where the properties are to define the template. Thanks!

Hi, is there an ETA for the tasks integration? Even a database that has the possibility to have a checkbox would be a good start.

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RezN8

Hello I just became a Believer today. Wondering if there's a video tutorial on Template creation. Having a hard time figuring out where the properties are to define the template. Thanks!

https://docs.capacities.io/reference/templates

Capacities Docs

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RezN8

Hello I just became a Believer today. Wondering if there's a video tutorial on Template creation. Having a hard time figuring out where the properties are to define the template. Thanks!

You can access the templates in the object menu!

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Yes, thanks for pointing out the menu, I have already seen that however when trying to edit properties in Content Type Settings the only thing I see on the page is Daily Notes and Pages - nothing else. I don’t see any way of editing properties.

RezN8

Yes, thanks for pointing out the menu, I have already seen that however when trying to edit properties in Content Type Settings the only thing I see on the page is Daily Notes and Pages - nothing else. I don’t see any way of editing properties.

Have you set up further objects, pages and daily note is all you start with on a clean install?

DBGrant

Have you set up further objects, pages and daily note is all you start with on a clean install?

Thank you! I did not but see how it works now.

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Hey, anyone able to offer some insight? What am I doing wrong here--trying to use templates to get the date to show automagically here: https://capture.dropbox.com/J2AQaXeFKHnUiw9R.

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Hey, anyone able to offer some insight? What am I doing wrong here--trying to use templates to get the date to show automagically here: https://capture.dropbox.com/J2AQaXeFKHnUiw9R.

Is your field with label date/time field a date/time content type?

9:32 AM

If you do so, it already fills that field automagically when you create a new object (even without templates)

9:33 AM

If not, it could be an issue with formatting etc -> https://docs.capacities.io/reference/templates/date-formatting

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boonikad9300

If not, it could be an issue with formatting etc -> https://docs.capacities.io/reference/templates/date-formatting

Hm. So this is what the setup of that field looks like: https://capture.dropbox.com/JQtK2a5b1Li95Aua. Is that enough to get it to automagically appear? Again, I'm missing something just not sure what exactly.

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DogSaysRollTide

Hm. So this is what the setup of that field looks like: https://capture.dropbox.com/JQtK2a5b1Li95Aua. Is that enough to get it to automagically appear? Again, I'm missing something just not sure what exactly.

Yes, that should work!!

12:47 PM

my literature note

12:48 PM

creation date filled ^^

boonikad9300

Yes, that should work!!

Yeah, weird, that is definitely not working for me. Do you plug the format in anywhere, i.e., dddd, MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A ?

DogSaysRollTide

Yeah, weird, that is definitely not working for me. Do you plug the format in anywhere, i.e., dddd, MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A ?

Nope, nothing, just create a new object of type 'Literature note' and its filled for me (edited)

boonikad9300

Nope, nothing, just create a new object of type 'Literature note' and its filled for me (edited)

Odd. Maybe I'll just start over with a new content type and see if that works.

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DogSaysRollTide

Odd. Maybe I'll just start over with a new content type and see if that works.

The date formatting is currently only supported for the title

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Steffen

The date formatting is currently only supported for the title

Aah, that explains a lot!

Anybody know of a way to pull up a new note for an object with a keystroke? I doubt that is currently doable, but would be cool if so.

You can open this menu with Cmd-U (Ctrl-U on Windows) and create a new object if that's what you mean.

11:43 AM

With the upcoming release, we're also powering up the search bar and turn it into a fully-fledged command bar.

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Michael_v_H

You can open this menu with Cmd-U (Ctrl-U on Windows) and create a new object if that's what you mean.

Oh, heck yeah. I was thinking of a specific keystroke to fire up a specific object, but this is almost as fast. Regardless, that'll speed up my content entry a lot! Thank you (and sorry I missed that, I did in fact look at the shortcuts but I don't think I saw it).

11:52 AM

With the upcoming release, we're also powering up the search bar and turn it into a fully-fledged command bar.

Just saw this. Sweet!

11:53 AM

Really enjoying the app, excellent work.

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Since I took a shot in the dark awhile ago and it worked out, I'll do it again: there any integration anyone's figured out with Readwise Reader? That app has finally perfected the read-it-later app, as far as I'm concerned.

DogSaysRollTide

Since I took a shot in the dark awhile ago and it worked out, I'll do it again: there any integration anyone's figured out with Readwise Reader? That app has finally perfected the read-it-later app, as far as I'm concerned.

On the roadmap afaik!

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boonikad9300

On the roadmap afaik!

Excellent! Thanks, as always!

Hi. The link to join this Discord in https://nesslabs.com/capacities-featured-tool is out of date.

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The link to https://d.pr/i/z4yDPl under the testimonial section seems broken. (edited)

Sri

The link to https://d.pr/i/z4yDPl under the testimonial section seems broken. (edited)

Thanks, will be fixed

Request for comments on Proposal v1 for Queries in Capacities We just shared a proposal for queries in the forum. We'd love to get your thoughts.

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1066406350961262624/1079690890626482199

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Steffen

Request for comments on Proposal v1 for Queries in Capacities We just shared a proposal for queries in the forum. We'd love to get your thoughts.

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1066406350961262624/1079690890626482199

NICE! Will provide my feedback tonight

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Hey guys, I'm sorry if this question has already been asked (I searched and couldn't find it): is there a way to export templates? I'd love to be able to supply my students with my framework.

Afton

Hey guys, I'm sorry if this question has already been asked (I searched and couldn't find it): is there a way to export templates? I'd love to be able to supply my students with my framework.

Dont think its a feature yet!

boonikad9300

Dont think its a feature yet!

thanks @boonikad9300!

Afton

Hey guys, I'm sorry if this question has already been asked (I searched and couldn't find it): is there a way to export templates? I'd love to be able to supply my students with my framework.

Great data point, thanks for asking. We are discussing this at the moment

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nicolost started a thread. 2/27/2023 11:47 AM

hey, does capacities have web embeds within pages? in notion i can paste a link of todoist and itll actually integrate like a mini browser within the page, is that possible in capacities?

Hi everyone! I discovered Capacities about half a day ago and just started experimenting. I just downloaded the desktop app - https://capacities.io/download-app But I have a genuine question: /*/ Did you hide the download link on purpose on the website? I actually had to "leave" capacities.io and google "download capacities" to arrive on the landing page so I could download the desktop version. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not. Or maybe I'm just blind. In any case, I couldn't locate the "Download desktop app" page on the website directly without Googling it. (edited)

Not sure where to post this. But "You don’t have to think about the folders or databases you want to keep something." on https://docs.capacities.io/ should probably be "You don’t have to think about the folders or databases when you want to keep something."

Capacities Docs

Sri started a thread. 2/27/2023 11:51 PM

Sri

Not sure where to post this. But "You don’t have to think about the folders or databases you want to keep something." on https://docs.capacities.io/ should probably be "You don’t have to think about the folders or databases when you want to keep something."

Thanks for sharing!

It's best to post feedback and bugs to https://capacities.io/feedback.

nolan

hey, does capacities have web embeds within pages? in notion i can paste a link of todoist and itll actually integrate like a mini browser within the page, is that possible in capacities?

Yes, that's possible. Paste your link into a new paragraph and then change the view (three dots on the right) to embed.

Steffen

Thanks for sharing!

It's best to post feedback and bugs to https://capacities.io/feedback.

I actually sent an email with several others.

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I'm just going to throw this out there: I accidentallly just wrote [@]people/[name] and loved how Capacities automagically changed "people" to "person". It's this kind of detail that is why I really love this app.

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Just found out that you can link Capacities in the Microsoft Edge Sidebar and conveniently open it while browsing.

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New release is great, especially the command palette. The ability to add content via the command palette really knocks a number of items off my wishlist for the app!

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Is anyone else having issues right now with accessing and using Capacities on the Mac app and in safari Browser? I would post this on the website as a bug or such but I can't access that either

1:33 PM

Hi_I'm_Jonas

Is anyone else having issues right now with accessing and using Capacities on the Mac app and in safari Browser? I would post this on the website as a bug or such but I can't access that either

We're having a server issue, I'm looking into it right now.

Michael_v_H

We're having a server issue, I'm looking into it right now.

Ok! Glad to hear you're on it! Very awesome! thank you so much, I really appreciate it

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Hi_I'm_Jonas

Ok! Glad to hear you're on it! Very awesome! thank you so much, I really appreciate it

It's back again, but we'll continue to keep an eye on it. Thanks for letting us know!

Work for me now; and wasn't a few minutes ago. Thank you.

Michael_v_H

We're having a server issue, I'm looking into it right now.

It happened right as I was uploading a CSV file to my collection, so sorry if it was me

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new version ( @Steffen / @Michael_v_H ): insert links + files via command palette is great!

as is the beginning of deeplinking!

(of course all the other stuff rocks as well!) – thx, guys! rarely seen such a steady, meaningful and swift upgrade of an app ... in continuity. ... I hope you folks also drink a glass of water inbetween!

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lerone

new version ( @Steffen / @Michael_v_H ): insert links + files via command palette is great!

as is the beginning of deeplinking!

(of course all the other stuff rocks as well!) – thx, guys! rarely seen such a steady, meaningful and swift upgrade of an app ... in continuity. ... I hope you folks also drink a glass of water inbetween!

Haha, we do our best

Hey, does Capacities have inline LaTeX support?

Kyrillos

Hey, does Capacities have inline LaTeX support?

Yes, Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+M

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Yo, was the "export to PDF" feature considered at any time of development?

Haru

Yo, was the "export to PDF" feature considered at any time of development?

Yes, we‘re gonna tackle it soon.

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Michael_v_H

Yes, we‘re gonna tackle it soon.

Good to know, thanks. Would simplify lots of things for my use)

off topic: Just discovered the ark YouTube Channel. They give very nice insights in their product engineering decision making. Highly recommend it https://youtube.com/watch?v=bOMQiMxh5Bc&feature=shares

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videofile_: our biggest bet yet

phil

off topic: Just discovered the ark YouTube Channel. They give very nice insights in their product engineering decision making. Highly recommend it https://youtube.com/watch?v=bOMQiMxh5Bc&feature=shares

Arc browser is fire, recommend 10/10

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David

Just found out that you can link Capacities in the Microsoft Edge Sidebar and conveniently open it while browsing.

Unfortunately using capacities in the Edge sidebard is very, very limited. You can only write the text only but you cannot add any links, pages or even link them. (edited)

tatqoo

Unfortunately using capacities in the Edge sidebard is very, very limited. You can only write the text only but you cannot add any links, pages or even link them. (edited)

Yeah I noticed that too. Any alternative browsers which you can recommend on windows?

David

Yeah I noticed that too. Any alternative browsers which you can recommend on windows?

That is why there really needs to be clipping extension or bookmarklet. (https://capacities.io/feedback/p/chrome-extension-web-clipper)

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Hi all

Just started using Capacities. I’ve used many apps for knowledge management over the years and I just gotta say… I think you’ve got something really special here! Really excited to see what’s next!

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jacob

Hi all

Just started using Capacities. I’ve used many apps for knowledge management over the years and I just gotta say… I think you’ve got something really special here! Really excited to see what’s next!

Hi @jacob, great to have you onboard!

And thank you for the kind words, excited about your thoughts and ideas given your background. Feel free to share them here in the community.

Was there some sort of glitch/issue with Capacities? I have two days of notes that are missing.

Michael_v_H started a thread. 3/4/2023 5:36 AM

boonikad9300

Arc browser is fire, recommend 10/10

Anyway to get access to Arc browser?

Joseph

Anyway to get access to Arc browser?

i have 4 gift codes left, will dm you one

boonikad9300

i have 4 gift codes left, will dm you one

Heck yeah bro!

Joseph

Heck yeah bro!

Check your DM!

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boonikad9300

Arc browser is fire, recommend 10/10

Same ! I have invitations if someone is interested

Anna

Same ! I have invitations if someone is interested

I'd like to check it out, plz

DerekReinhard

I'd like to check it out, plz

This is my link, there is 5 invitation on it : hey, here’s an invite to Arc, the browser I was telling you about! https://arc.net/gift/3dfff6fd

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Please, where can I find documentation on how to recover a database or content that I have deleted by mistake?

jejaramilloa

Please, where can I find documentation on how to recover a database or content that I have deleted by mistake?

Deleted content is gone forever, unfortunately .. However, there is option to back-up your Capacitities Space -> Go to settings > general > backup and then make a manual backup (for the next time)

Thank you, I hope they improve this and in the future we can recover what was deleted (at least it is available to recover for a while)

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jejaramilloa

Thank you, I hope they improve this and in the future we can recover what was deleted (at least it is available to recover for a while)

Yeah it's on the roadmap if i'm correct!

1. If anyone needs an Arc or Cron invite, I have them as well.

9:00 AM

2. I was exploring the command more today--which is, again, fantastic and probably a bigger enhancement than many realize--and I found something interesting: https://capture.dropbox.com/PsLOx1nT0Aqxyzx8. This side panel thing is awesome. It again solves another workflow challenge for me, but I'm not really sure how to work with it. Like, can I only invoke from the command palette? How do I navigate within it? There a support doc for the side panel? I couldn't find one--any direction is appreciated!

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1. If anyone needs an Arc or Cron invite, I have them as well.

never heard of cron before, it looks interesting

DogSaysRollTide

2. I was exploring the command more today--which is, again, fantastic and probably a bigger enhancement than many realize--and I found something interesting: https://capture.dropbox.com/PsLOx1nT0Aqxyzx8. This side panel thing is awesome. It again solves another workflow challenge for me, but I'm not really sure how to work with it. Like, can I only invoke from the command palette? How do I navigate within it? There a support doc for the side panel? I couldn't find one--any direction is appreciated!

There is a bit more info about the side panel, when it was realized - https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-12. Basically, you can open and pin any link, object, collection or graph view in your side panel, by clicking on it with Shift. (edited)

2:15 PM

But I really wish it was resizable, I want to keep the graph view open all the time, but the side panel is too wide for my taste and distracts my focus from the main document (https://capacities.io/feedback/p/side-panel-improvements) (edited)

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Adelon

There is a bit more info about the side panel, when it was realized - https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-12. Basically, you can open and pin any link, object, collection or graph view in your side panel, by clicking on it with Shift. (edited)

This was what I needed, thank you! Combine Capacities with Arc's split view and you can get a lot done in one window.

Haasie

never heard of cron before, it looks interesting

Honestly, I wasn't that impressed with it. I live and die by my calendar and the only thing it really offered over Google Calendar for me was easier availability management, but only for me--not for my team. So I stopped using it, but if you'd like an invite, DM me your email and I'll send you one. (It's different than Arc and requires an email address.)

DogSaysRollTide

Honestly, I wasn't that impressed with it. I live and die by my calendar and the only thing it really offered over Google Calendar for me was easier availability management, but only for me--not for my team. So I stopped using it, but if you'd like an invite, DM me your email and I'll send you one. (It's different than Arc and requires an email address.)

Cron is now part of Notion btw

I'm using cal.com, it's open source and free (for personal use)

I'm looking at cal.com, thank you for the suggestion!

Adelon

But I really wish it was resizable, I want to keep the graph view open all the time, but the side panel is too wide for my taste and distracts my focus from the main document (https://capacities.io/feedback/p/side-panel-improvements) (edited)

You're right, adding this is overdue. We're gonna add this soon!

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DogSaysRollTide

Honestly, I wasn't that impressed with it. I live and die by my calendar and the only thing it really offered over Google Calendar for me was easier availability management, but only for me--not for my team. So I stopped using it, but if you'd like an invite, DM me your email and I'll send you one. (It's different than Arc and requires an email address.)

Thank you for sharing your experience. I try to use my calendar in a more structured way. i think for now apple calendar suite my needs.

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DogSaysRollTide

1. If anyone needs an Arc or Cron invite, I have them as well.

@DogSaysRollTide Wow can you send me an invite to Arc? trying to get it for a long timeee hehe (edited)

boonikad9300

Deleted content is gone forever, unfortunately .. However, there is option to back-up your Capacitities Space -> Go to settings > general > backup and then make a manual backup (for the next time)

@boonikad9300 Do you have any Arc invites left by any chance?

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Deleted User

@boonikad9300 Do you have any Arc invites left by any chance?

(edited)

Let me have a look!

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Deleted User

@boonikad9300 Do you have any Arc invites left by any chance?

(edited)

check dm!

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I love you! Thank youuu

Just saw this, @Deleted User , but hope you enjoy. Arc has been a real advancement for me.

DogSaysRollTide

1. If anyone needs an Arc or Cron invite, I have them as well.

Would love to try both if you have any left. Feel free to DM me.

DogSaysRollTide

Just saw this, @Deleted User , but hope you enjoy. Arc has been a real advancement for me.

Giving it a spin

thank you friend:)

xang

Would love to try both if you have any left. Feel free to DM me.

Done!

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11:55 AM

Are there any server issues, maybe due to the mobile app testflight release?!? getting Loading failed errors regularly (edited)

Botwin

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Same here just now

Is the testflight released?

sundar

Is the testflight released?

yes just got the email!

boonikad9300

yes just got the email!

I hope they release the android version soon.

Botwin

Are there any server issues, maybe due to the mobile app testflight release?!? getting Loading failed errors regularly (edited)

Yes, we've had a little issue earlier. It's been resolved.

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Quick update on the mobile app: we've started the very first phase of alpha testing with a small group of test users for iOS today (we'll follow up with Android soon!). I hope you understand that it does not make sense to do it all at the same time, but we want to roll it out to everyone as fast as possible. Capacities Believers will be the first to be included in the test phase, but again, we plan to move quickly so nobody has to wait much more than they already have.

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Has anyone else here played around with Tana.inc https://tana.inc/ I'm finding Capacities feels to me like the happy medium between Notion and Tana Too much database management for me in Notion and too much markup-type language for me in Tana (Plus, that homepage for tana is more poetic than practical--I think Capacities has that graph view sorted)

Tana – The Everything OS

Welcome to the future of work. Build anything. Use it for everything. Kill your SaaS subscriptions.

DerekReinhard

Has anyone else here played around with Tana.inc https://tana.inc/ I'm finding Capacities feels to me like the happy medium between Notion and Tana Too much database management for me in Notion and too much markup-type language for me in Tana (Plus, that homepage for tana is more poetic than practical--I think Capacities has that graph view sorted)

This is actually how I ended up on Capacities. I tried out Tana and it had some great ideas but the UX just felt too complex for me. I played around with Anytype.io as well which was a lot closer to Notion and Capacities (+local files) but I’m not a big fan of the UX there either, too playful. Capacities strikes the perfect balance across all those tools with a nice professional feeling that I like to use for work as well as personal stuff.

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Quick update on the mobile app: we've started the very first phase of alpha testing with a small group of test users for iOS today (we'll follow up with Android soon!). I hope you understand that it does not make sense to do it all at the same time, but we want to roll it out to everyone as fast as possible. Capacities Believers will be the first to be included in the test phase, but again, we plan to move quickly so nobody has to wait much more than they already have.

Do we need to do anything to be included in the alpha? Because if it’s automatic, how do you know to send the invite only to people with iOS devices?

StefanCosmin

Do we need to do anything to be included in the alpha? Because if it’s automatic, how do you know to send the invite only to people with iOS devices?

I’m keen to test the ios app too. (Also a believer!)

Me three! Going all in on capacities so keen to see how the app fits into my workflow

roquito

I’m keen to test the ios app too. (Also a believer!)

I'm so excited as well, I use apps on my phone much more than on my laptop so this would allow me to go all in on Capacities

DerekReinhard

Has anyone else here played around with Tana.inc https://tana.inc/ I'm finding Capacities feels to me like the happy medium between Notion and Tana Too much database management for me in Notion and too much markup-type language for me in Tana (Plus, that homepage for tana is more poetic than practical--I think Capacities has that graph view sorted)

Also tried Tana but just couldn't get used to it, feels like you need a master degree in data modelling to make good use of it

. For me, capacities hit the sweet spot between data flexibility, given the user some kind of structure and A+ UX

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CaptainBackfire

This is actually how I ended up on Capacities. I tried out Tana and it had some great ideas but the UX just felt too complex for me. I played around with Anytype.io as well which was a lot closer to Notion and Capacities (+local files) but I’m not a big fan of the UX there either, too playful. Capacities strikes the perfect balance across all those tools with a nice professional feeling that I like to use for work as well as personal stuff.

Woah, Anytype looks pretty interesting too. But Capacities seems like the perfect middle. I think I might be able to cancel my MyMind subscription. I am using Capacities for collecting all my links from the web now and I don't use MyMind as much.

StefanCosmin

Do we need to do anything to be included in the alpha? Because if it’s automatic, how do you know to send the invite only to people with iOS devices?

Hi @StefanCosmin, no as a believer you don't have to do anything. We'll just send you an invite code via email and if you're not an iOS user, you can simply delete it (I think that's easier than manually creating a list). But we want to follow up with Android very quickly. Once all believers have been invited, we'll switch to testing via a public link that we'll most likely send out via email to all users. By then we might be able to include links to both, iOS and Android, test versions. Hope that helps!

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Michael_v_H

Hi @StefanCosmin, no as a believer you don't have to do anything. We'll just send you an invite code via email and if you're not an iOS user, you can simply delete it (I think that's easier than manually creating a list). But we want to follow up with Android very quickly. Once all believers have been invited, we'll switch to testing via a public link that we'll most likely send out via email to all users. By then we might be able to include links to both, iOS and Android, test versions. Hope that helps!

Great, Michael, this Android-using believer is standing by!

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DogSaysRollTide

Just saw this, @Deleted User , but hope you enjoy. Arc has been a real advancement for me.

If you happen to have any Arc invites left, it would be hugely appreciated. But I also appreciate I'm a bit late to the game.

Contango

If you happen to have any Arc invites left, it would be hugely appreciated. But I also appreciate I'm a bit late to the game.

No problem, just sent you a DM!

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boonikad9300

Also tried Tana but just couldn't get used to it, feels like you need a master degree in data modelling to make good use of it

. For me, capacities hit the sweet spot between data flexibility, given the user some kind of structure and A+ UX

+1 I gave Tana a shot and it got me hooked on the idea of note entities as objects with properties, but as someone using PKM primarily to learn software development, the insane way it "handles" code blocks just couldn't work for me. Plus, Capacities' support for code blocks is really unbelievable. It's almost as good as a basic VS Code. I also really love how productive and engaged the developers seem to be in this community! It's really amazing how much progress has been made already and the fact that the iOS app is already so close to the horizon literally makes me giddy.

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CaptainBackfire

This is actually how I ended up on Capacities. I tried out Tana and it had some great ideas but the UX just felt too complex for me. I played around with Anytype.io as well which was a lot closer to Notion and Capacities (+local files) but I’m not a big fan of the UX there either, too playful. Capacities strikes the perfect balance across all those tools with a nice professional feeling that I like to use for work as well as personal stuff.

I've always wondered who the actual target users / personas are for Tana. I did my best to want to give into the hype but it just seems way too complex for someone who just wants to have an easy way to capture, organize, and retrieve notes and knowledge.

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@Michael_v_H This believer would love to be in Alpha

I'm using capacities, I just really hope it'll get real time collaboration at some point.

In-Game Name: PathWars.9746

I'm using capacities, I just really hope it'll get real time collaboration at some point.

Why? There are lots of other apps solely focused on real-time collab!

5:49 AM

what will be you specific use case

To collab on notes.

In-Game Name: PathWars.9746

To collab on notes.

as capacities is primarily focused on a PKM, i don't think it will come soon, tough!

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5:51 AM

if at all (maybe only the basics..)

5:51 AM

you would be better off with Notion e.g. !

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boonikad9300

as capacities is primarily focused on a PKM, i don't think it will come soon, tough!

PKM ?

boonikad9300

you would be better off with Notion e.g. !

I like the capacities UI more than notion. This app also seems to get more updates. Notion feels like it gets 0 updates since October besides Notion AI.

9:16 AM

Which I couldn't really care about.

In-Game Name: PathWars.9746

PKM ?

PKM = Personal Knowledge Management

DerekReinhard

PKM = Personal Knowledge Management

Ah neat, thanks.

In-Game Name: PathWars.9746

Ah neat, thanks.

It's what we do with Capacities

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Oh are you a dev?

In-Game Name: PathWars.9746

Oh are you a dev?

No, I'm a believer doing PKM I wrote a book about GTD with Evernote. Guess I need to write another one, "GTD with Capacities" (edited)

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DerekReinhard

No, I'm a believer doing PKM I wrote a book about GTD with Evernote. Guess I need to write another one, "GTD with Capacities" (edited)

GTD?

In-Game Name: PathWars.9746

GTD?

David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology https://gtd-with.com/GTDBook

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Is there an eta for an invite to the alpha of the mobile app for the rest of the believers?

GabiVJ

Is there an eta for an invite to the alpha of the mobile app for the rest of the believers?

Coming week!

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Yay, thanks. Looking forward to seeing it!

Michael_v_H

Coming week!

Are we talking Android?

David

Are we talking Android?

I don't think so

Still talking iOS

DerekReinhard

David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology https://gtd-with.com/GTDBook

Oooh neat.

David

Are we talking Android?

Maybe, we are testing at the moment.

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How is testing of the iOS app going? I'm really excited

QuesadaGrande

How is testing of the iOS app going? I'm really excited

We're very happy with the current state. I'm pretty sure you're going to like it.

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Steffen

We're very happy with the current state. I'm pretty sure you're going to like it.

This is so great to hear!!! Thank you, keep up the good work

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I am android, sad.

When I open my Pages database I can see which items lack a tag, but if I want to quickly add or change a tag I have to open the page to do so. It would be nice if I could just click the 3 dot menu & choose Tag from there, certainly much quicker.

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kitennis

When I open my Pages database I can see which items lack a tag, but if I want to quickly add or change a tag I have to open the page to do so. It would be nice if I could just click the 3 dot menu & choose Tag from there, certainly much quicker.

If you go into table view you can add tags via the Tags column. Is that what you’re looking to do?

roquito

If you go into table view you can add tags via the Tags column. Is that what you’re looking to do?

I'm not sure if that's what @kitennis was looking for, but it was very helpful for me

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Yes. That's what I wanted. Thanks

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Michael_v_H

Coming week!

Will you announce on here once believers get access to the iOS app testing?

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Will the iOS app be for iPhone and iPad or just iPhone?

danconaaa

Will you announce on here once believers get access to the iOS app testing?

Yes, we‘ll let you know.

PressureSupport

Will the iOS app be for iPhone and iPad or just iPhone?

iPhone only. We are considering a dedicated iPad version later on.

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I just wanna take a second to thank @Steffen and @Michael_v_H for what they are doing with Capacities. I've done a lot of bouncing between applications but Capacities really feels like home! Thanks a bunch

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I just wanna take a second to thank @Steffen and @Michael_v_H for what they are doing with Capacities. I've done a lot of bouncing between applications but Capacities really feels like home! Thanks a bunch

I'm going to echo this. I enjoyed Obsidian to an extent, but it always felt so clunky and disjointed. And I always feared some plugins would just die off and a workflow I've been using will be ruined. I finally have an app that I'm obsessed with in Capacities. It does exactly what I want a PKM app to do. Keep up the awesome work!

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Joseph

I'm going to echo this. I enjoyed Obsidian to an extent, but it always felt so clunky and disjointed. And I always feared some plugins would just die off and a workflow I've been using will be ruined. I finally have an app that I'm obsessed with in Capacities. It does exactly what I want a PKM app to do. Keep up the awesome work!

As a former Obsidian (and Notion) user, I also

agree with this. I've been enjoying my time with Capacities

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I just need a clean way to get everything out of obsidian and into Capacities and I can do the final uninstall

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Michael_v_H

iPhone only. We are considering a dedicated iPad version later on.

but will it be downloadable on ipad too?

CaptainBackfire

I just need a clean way to get everything out of obsidian and into Capacities and I can do the final uninstall

Final uninstall once I've got an iPhone application

Joseph

I'm going to echo this. I enjoyed Obsidian to an extent, but it always felt so clunky and disjointed. And I always feared some plugins would just die off and a workflow I've been using will be ruined. I finally have an app that I'm obsessed with in Capacities. It does exactly what I want a PKM app to do. Keep up the awesome work!

I've always made this point, using tools (software and computers in our case) that are enjoyable to use will dramatically increase the usage of said tools. Thoughtfully designed, well planned apps will have the longest life because they reduce the friction of using them.

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I love that Capacities is so great that we can be nitpicky about the most specific PKM features, such as hierarchical tags and the like. Not just that, @Steffen and @Michael_v_H actually listen to us. Thank you Capacities team, and never change!

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I am keeping an eye on Capacities as I really like the dev’s vibes to be honest. That being said, I gave it a shot and I am not exactly sure what sort of workflows it is accommodating for people -at the moment-. I am working in aerospace eng + HCI rnd and trying to make theoretical sciences cross over to the applied spectrum. I am also running a startup on the side. So my use cases vary. 1. There are no flashcards. Flashcards are not only for the student crowd. I manage a bunch of large projects with constant knowledge influx and I need to keep new things top of mind all the time. Flashcards are absolutely indispensable for that use case imo. 2. There are no web clipper/bookmark/annotation/highlight capabilities. Ditto for PDF or other docs. Thus getting knowledge into Capacities is the usual clickfest and alt-tab galore. 3. No tasks/reminders/calendar integration capabilities for (simple) personal project management. 4. No canvas for novel thinking and sensemaking. You might think that it’s just a luxury but I would urge you to examine the meteoric rise of Heptabase and Scrintal before Obsidian implemented this 1 thing. Whiteboards are not a luxury feature and treating them as an afterthought is what cost Obsidian tons of revenue. The closest thing I would equate Capacities at this stage, is the eagle.cool app. An organiser app for text. Maybe I am missing something but I am still not seeing the fuss over Notion or Obsidian (which I have come to loathe for its messiness). (edited)

This is not a thinly veiled feature request btw. My questions are about the general nature of workflows that Capacities currently allows, not the sort of workflows that “allow me to pin this other thing to the sidebar” enable. Again, really like the project’s vibes and would love to see it take off in the mainstream. Feel free to point where I am missing things as I want to integrate Capacities to my workflow and financially support the team.

@papados – I agree with some of the points, mostly 4. but looking at overall discussions, I think, you would receive a lot of different number-pickings here, depending on style and expectational horizon of user(s)... I think, your core question / gist is helpful. I also use to judge apps, by now and after some travel mileage, around their proposition / self-image as to where they enter / help / leverage / transform the work process (something like: collecting – browsing – archiving – notating – organising – associating – ideating – outlining – packaging / collating – writing – designing – delivering – collaborating ...). I know this knowledge processing arc / loop?!) can be conceptualized in many ways. but you got to be somewhere there

but I am also critical of any 'all ecompassing app' horizon by now. basically you are asking for (almost) everything related to knowledge / project management (before output / production) in one package / app. or so it seems. – nevertheless, as said, I think where you are coming from is helpful for asking / reflecting about focus and the 'unique profile' / role / 'architectural focus' of an app, in this case Capacities. (e.g. I myself am a little sceptical task management should be in there neccessarily, to begin with...

. (but that might be my personal PKM paradigm, obfuscating here) as a personal answer to your question (which basically seems directed at the team :-)): Capacities is a very well manageable, aesthetic, and practical repository for personal knowledge organisation. something like a very very clever / customizable knowledge Bento-box. ... that might just be me...

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There are tons of apps that do the flashcards-annotations-tasks-calendar-canvas thing. I love that Capacities tries to be something else.

314r

There are tons of apps that do the flashcards-annotations-tasks-calendar-canvas thing. I love that Capacities tries to be something else.

And this is precisely what I am asking. What is that "something else" ? How does Capacities in particular, enable you to work with the things that you put into your databses that is not possible in other market solutions? Because the knowledge repo organizer concept has been done to absolute death since the evernote days and I am probably missing something here.

you mentioned Eagle.cool yourself. I also find it similar to that. which is part of the answer, or pointing in the direction. – the way it allows to work with a 'flat' / coherent UI/UX, but allowing sorting and subsequently associating heterogenuous types (knowledge types as well as media types!) – all customizable! – with complex but manageable metadata structures – customizable – seems unique... on top of that it allows interweaving these very elegantly in a modular way (via things like tags, but also block references (transclusion), or the graph) without losing visual coherence. actually, it is combining all this with some kind of semi-flexible tight document display logics / aesthetics (like Craft; which is successful for a reason...) ... all very unlike Evernote in that (which was also successful for a reason). (edited)

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lerone

you mentioned Eagle.cool yourself. I also find it similar to that. which is part of the answer, or pointing in the direction. – the way it allows to work with a 'flat' / coherent UI/UX, but allowing sorting and subsequently associating heterogenuous types (knowledge types as well as media types!) – all customizable! – with complex but manageable metadata structures – customizable – seems unique... on top of that it allows interweaving these very elegantly in a modular way (via things like tags, but also block references (transclusion), or the graph) without losing visual coherence. actually, it is combining all this with some kind of semi-flexible tight document display logics / aesthetics (like Craft; which is successful for a reason...) ... all very unlike Evernote in that (which was also successful for a reason). (edited)

That’s a very eloquent answer. Thanks. While everything you mentioned can be done in Logseq, Obsidian and Remnote, it is not as intuitive or as fiddle-free as Capacities. This is also the reason I was drawn to it in the first place. But to me that’s just not enough to commit and build a system around a -new- pkm app these days. I was still hoping for something more in the functional aspect of knowledge work and especially meaningful outputs, hence my post here.

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papados

And this is precisely what I am asking. What is that "something else" ? How does Capacities in particular, enable you to work with the things that you put into your databses that is not possible in other market solutions? Because the knowledge repo organizer concept has been done to absolute death since the evernote days and I am probably missing something here.

I see. For some context, I'm a Roam then Obsidian defector. I also use Notion, but for business/productivity use cases. I'm slowly migrating to Capacities from Obsidian. My style of note making is influenced by "How to take smart notes" / zettlekasten and the Evergreens notes of Andy Matuschak. Capacities objects/types works great in this context. Compared to Evernote or even Notion you have :

types
a good backlinks support
a graph
speed
a visual style I love
stellar backup/exports, and it matters a lot for me

Obsidian also worked great in some respects, at the price of a very poor UI and a lot of friction in my writing. But I understand why some people love it. Also tried Tana. I hated the "everything is a node" paradigm, and I suspect resurfacing notes will be a nightmare in the long term. Hope it helps.

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papados

That’s a very eloquent answer. Thanks. While everything you mentioned can be done in Logseq, Obsidian and Remnote, it is not as intuitive or as fiddle-free as Capacities. This is also the reason I was drawn to it in the first place. But to me that’s just not enough to commit and build a system around a -new- pkm app these days. I was still hoping for something more in the functional aspect of knowledge work and especially meaningful outputs, hence my post here.

... in all my love, I am also hoping for some extension, especially on direction of a) freeform notation (you mentioned whiteboards; but also concept mapping, or graphic boards) and b) some good way for - pre-production / -packaging - collation...

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For me, what makes Capacities unique is that I can take notes on anything I paste into it. I added an image, I can open the image up in its own page and take notes. Same with all links. They all can be placed inline with my notes and with one click I open them up into their own page and take notes specifically on that item. The way it handles tweets and tweet threads is second to none. Their databases, tags, and collections are unique and work better than anything else I’ve tried. But it’s not for everyone. It just happens to work exactly how I like to work throughout the day.

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Can I have stock prices show ? I’m sending links to stocks from yahoo finance, but it’s just the link, there’s no emphasis on the prices

Joseph

For me, what makes Capacities unique is that I can take notes on anything I paste into it. I added an image, I can open the image up in its own page and take notes. Same with all links. They all can be placed inline with my notes and with one click I open them up into their own page and take notes specifically on that item. The way it handles tweets and tweet threads is second to none. Their databases, tags, and collections are unique and work better than anything else I’ve tried. But it’s not for everyone. It just happens to work exactly how I like to work throughout the day.

This is exactly what I love about Capcities too! I study A LOT from YouTube videos, and the fluid process of saving a link and then adding notes to it is fantastic!!

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Hello everyone, I look forward to the Spanish version!!

7:15 PM

Does anyone here speak spanish?

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Cybermind

This is exactly what I love about Capcities too! I study A LOT from YouTube videos, and the fluid process of saving a link and then adding notes to it is fantastic!!

same here. i send the link via telegram on my phone and then its already in the weblink category for me to open and take notes. i just wish that it could automatically embed the video, or have a separate automatic type for youtube/vimeo etc with the embed as a block. and i would really likei to be able play the videos inside the gallery view for example…

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funny, I start seeing 5 basic use cases from forum feedback: 1. classical but enriched database approach 2. heterogenuous knowledge repository 3. intelligent / annotated document filing / management 4. Wiki-kind of use (maybe subset of 2) 5. enriched media link collection & annotation... ... curious what else will surface

I am very new to capacities and there a bit too many options (a bit overwhelmed with the amount of options

), do you have any tips on how to start using this app, it seems really interesting and I want to give it a real shot

cadente

same here. i send the link via telegram on my phone and then its already in the weblink category for me to open and take notes. i just wish that it could automatically embed the video, or have a separate automatic type for youtube/vimeo etc with the embed as a block. and i would really likei to be able play the videos inside the gallery view for example…

Might be possible by creating a template?

How do you pin tags to the sidebar ( I am quite new so I am not sure if it is possible)?

Ashwath Singh

How do you pin tags to the sidebar ( I am quite new so I am not sure if it is possible)?

Hey

It is possible to pin a tag. All you need to do is go to a specific tag page (by pressing on the tab in the tabs database), and then you'll see in the upper right corner a pin icon > press it, done. (edited)

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@Ashwath Singh (edited)

Okay thanks!

Ashwath Singh

I am very new to capacities and there a bit too many options (a bit overwhelmed with the amount of options

), do you have any tips on how to start using this app, it seems really interesting and I want to give it a real shot

I’d start by giving it a really specific use case and then develop your workflows from there. For me I started by using Capacities for my permanent notes, using its features to synthesise the notes in a non-outliner format, using headings, colours, columns, different page layouts etc. Every time I wanted to link to something else, I’d create the relevant content type and then then your workspace grows organically. What sort of things do you take notes on?

Cybermind

Might be possible by creating a template?

i tried… but i need to put the link and the change it to embed. didn’t figure out a way to change it to embed automatically

test

7:27 PM

Capacities as a Program & Embeds I see users asking Capacities to be a great many different things. I hope Capacities doesn't try to be everything for everybody. I think it should stick with the "personal" in PKM. But I will make a suggestion: use embedding to extend the capabiliies of Capacities. For example I have seen users ask for a whiteboard to be added. If this is critical for you know & it doesn't exist yet in Capacities, find a whiteboard app & see if you can embed it. I currently have Walling embedded in my Capacities but there are others that can be embedded. I think one of the great strengths of Capacities is how many programs or program docs can be embedded in it. Sometimes it is just a single doc from the program like a Google doc which you can write to, but sometimes it is the entire application like Walling.

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Capacities as a Program & Embeds I see users asking Capacities to be a great many different things. I hope Capacities doesn't try to be everything for everybody. I think it should stick with the "personal" in PKM. But I will make a suggestion: use embedding to extend the capabiliies of Capacities. For example I have seen users ask for a whiteboard to be added. If this is critical for you know & it doesn't exist yet in Capacities, find a whiteboard app & see if you can embed it. I currently have Walling embedded in my Capacities but there are others that can be embedded. I think one of the great strengths of Capacities is how many programs or program docs can be embedded in it. Sometimes it is just a single doc from the program like a Google doc which you can write to, but sometimes it is the entire application like Walling.

I use Walling quite a lot... I'd love to know how do you combine capacities with Walling?

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pkmbeth

I’d start by giving it a really specific use case and then develop your workflows from there. For me I started by using Capacities for my permanent notes, using its features to synthesise the notes in a non-outliner format, using headings, colours, columns, different page layouts etc. Every time I wanted to link to something else, I’d create the relevant content type and then then your workspace grows organically. What sort of things do you take notes on?

Hey there! I take notes on Notion and have been using Notion for basically everything since 2020 end

kitennis

Capacities as a Program & Embeds I see users asking Capacities to be a great many different things. I hope Capacities doesn't try to be everything for everybody. I think it should stick with the "personal" in PKM. But I will make a suggestion: use embedding to extend the capabiliies of Capacities. For example I have seen users ask for a whiteboard to be added. If this is critical for you know & it doesn't exist yet in Capacities, find a whiteboard app & see if you can embed it. I currently have Walling embedded in my Capacities but there are others that can be embedded. I think one of the great strengths of Capacities is how many programs or program docs can be embedded in it. Sometimes it is just a single doc from the program like a Google doc which you can write to, but sometimes it is the entire application like Walling.

basically a good hint. but there are some drawbacks: – can't embed Capacities objects – content not part of search – friction nevertheless a good way to 'soft hack' Capacities. @Steffen & @Michael_v_H once hinted they are considering extending the graph in some more whiteboard related direction... in any way, I agree w/ some other post here that more freeform notation is kind of essential to the PKM paradigm by now (see success of Obsidian Canvas, Hepta, formerly Scrintal,...). so, at minimum, there needs to be a very very clever integration/embed (e.g. content searchable).

Is it possible to have tags for only certain types, like I make YouTube videos so I wanted to have a Youtube object and have the tags of Idea, Cogs Turning, Scripted and Uploaded as tags only available to pages in the YouTube object. Is that possible?

Ashwath Singh

Is it possible to have tags for only certain types, like I make YouTube videos so I wanted to have a Youtube object and have the tags of Idea, Cogs Turning, Scripted and Uploaded as tags only available to pages in the YouTube object. Is that possible?

auto-tagging of object types and collections has been requested...

Oh okay, I just started using it about a week back so I didn't know that, thanks for letting me know it has already been requested!

Ashwath Singh

Oh okay, I just started using it about a week back so I didn't know that, thanks for letting me know it has already been requested!

... but I noticed, while it was discussed here, there was no formal feature request yet on the Canny board. so I created it. ... so your post was helpful & indeed productive!

https://capacities.io/feedback/p/automatic-custom-tagging-for-types-collections (... of course you can now vote on it; or add comments, eg use-cases etc)

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Okay thanks!

Ashwath Singh

Hey there! I take notes on Notion and have been using Notion for basically everything since 2020 end

Nice! Do you use lots of databases? You could probably create a similar set up in Capacities as in Notion but the actual note taking function of capacities is far superior imo, especially with how you can embed content. If you like select properties in Notion, make tags for them and then they’re usable across multiple content types which is great for ratings or status properties etc.

pkmbeth

Nice! Do you use lots of databases? You could probably create a similar set up in Capacities as in Notion but the actual note taking function of capacities is far superior imo, especially with how you can embed content. If you like select properties in Notion, make tags for them and then they’re usable across multiple content types which is great for ratings or status properties etc.

Okay I will try that, but the one thing I can’t find which was there in Notion are those kind of inline tables as I used those to make a Kanban view of tasks and just slide tasks around like that. Do you know any way to replicate that here? (edited)

Also just one question I don't see an option to add this image as a cover, I added a new object of YouTube but in the pages for it there is no way to add the image as a cover

Ashwath Singh

Also just one question I don't see an option to add this image as a cover, I added a new object of YouTube but in the pages for it there is no way to add the image as a cover

Have you added the the cover image property?

Ashwath Singh

Okay I will try that, but the one thing I can’t find which was there in Notion are those kind of inline tables as I used those to make a Kanban view of tasks and just slide tasks around like that. Do you know any way to replicate that here? (edited)

I don’t think that’s possible rn! Does anyone else know how this could work ?

pkmbeth

I don’t think that’s possible rn! Does anyone else know how this could work ?

You can embed collections in pages or if you embed a tag you can see it in the different database views. But there’s no kanban feature to my knowledge

pkmbeth

Have you added the the cover image property?

I have tried that but it comes below the title

10:37 AM

Oh wait I just realised there is arrows for wide and it comes behind, thanks for the help

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Is it possible to reference objects, like make a reference to an object as a whole rather than a collection within it?

Ashwath Singh

Is it possible to reference objects, like make a reference to an object as a whole rather than a collection within it?

I tried but I think it's impossible at the moment...

Oh okay

Ashwath Singh

Is it possible to reference objects, like make a reference to an object as a whole rather than a collection within it?

You can reference an object everywhere in text by typing "@" and search for that object

When I try that it shows press search that type

Ashwath Singh

When I try that it shows press search that type

Now I get it. That's not possible atm.

lerone started a thread. 3/20/2023 4:16 AM

Why is this oddly motivating

, like I want to keep writing more to see how large it grows, anyone else with the same feeling?

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Ashwath Singh

Why is this oddly motivating

, like I want to keep writing more to see how large it grows, anyone else with the same feeling?

Same here! to be honest I haven't found any other for that

Ashwath Singh

Why is this oddly motivating

, like I want to keep writing more to see how large it grows, anyone else with the same feeling?

Haha, yes!

has anyone had an issue where the data in your page gets deleted on its own randomly?

Is there any way to add properties to the page content type, as I wanted to add a date to pages for my active recall process

tarkovsky88

has anyone had an issue where the data in your page gets deleted on its own randomly?

just the last few seconds of work or something else?

Ashwath Singh

Is there any way to add properties to the page content type, as I wanted to add a date to pages for my active recall process

No, you need to create your custom type for that

Steffen

No, you need to create your custom type for that

Oh okay

https://open.substack.com/pub/productivus/p/capacities-how-to-organize-your-knowledge?r=21bahn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web new article out about organizing your knowledge inside Capacities.

Capacities: How to Organize Your Knowledge with Links, Databases, C...

In this article, I am going to discuss organizational structures in PKM tools and how one can organize information within Capacities by using links, databases, collections, and tags.

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Why does it feel like I am looking over my empire when I see my notes as a wall (also didn't think this would look so aesthetic)

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Ashwath Singh

Why does it feel like I am looking over my empire when I see my notes as a wall (also didn't think this would look so aesthetic)

NICE!

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Ashwath Singh

Why does it feel like I am looking over my empire when I see my notes as a wall (also didn't think this would look so aesthetic)

The wall view is the best

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pkmbeth

The wall view is the best

True, never thought notes could be shown like this, and I think it is the coolest thing I have seen (meaning still exploring Capacities so don't quote me yet

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Ashwath Singh

True, never thought notes could be shown like this, and I think it is the coolest thing I have seen (meaning still exploring Capacities so don't quote me yet

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Agreed! Looks like you’re using it for studying too (?) which is what I mainly use it for and it’s completely changed the game.

pkmbeth

Agreed! Looks like you’re using it for studying too (?) which is what I mainly use it for and it’s completely changed the game.

Yep, trying it out to see compared to Notion because my workflow is Notion and Logseq and Capacities is like the combination of both of them so seemed like getting the best of both worlds

Ashwath Singh

Yep, trying it out to see compared to Notion because my workflow is Notion and Logseq and Capacities is like the combination of both of them so seemed like getting the best of both worlds

I use the exact same combo… i do literature/source notes in Logseq with the Zotero integration and then make permanent notes in Capacities. Works well for me

I use Zotero as well , I think we have the exact same workflow

9:16 AM

Except that I use Logseq more for tabling what I have done everyday and writing notes on articles that are more educational based, and using Notion for more entertainment based content

9:17 AM

But in Capacities using the collections I can do both in one so that is quite nice

I think it is safe to say I am addicted to linking content now, this is all just one huddle of information about machine learning

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Steffen

just the last few seconds of work or something else?

After like a day or so. Its possible that I accidentally deleted the contents of the page, but I don't see how I could do that. I would remember such a thing. And I can't say with 100% that I didn't delete the content, but i like 98% sure. For what its worth I really like capacities. (edited)

is there a place to check status?

11:07 PM

ah found the status page

Is the embed feature not writing the title of the video for anyone else, I added YouTube videos to Weblinks and it is no longer filling in the thumbnail and title

Hi all! I just joined this Discord, nice to meet you all! Suddenly my Capacities account isn't loading and I'm wondering if everything is down or it's just a problem on my side? I can see all my note counts but nothing loads, on my Desktop app or the web app.

productivemomlife

Hi all! I just joined this Discord, nice to meet you all! Suddenly my Capacities account isn't loading and I'm wondering if everything is down or it's just a problem on my side? I can see all my note counts but nothing loads, on my Desktop app or the web app.

I am having same issue

I think it is down

Ahhh, ok

https://status.capacities.io/

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Seems like this is a much more severe outage than anything in the past

Does this mean the servers are up again?

Yes, it's back for me!

I believe in Capacities, so today I officially became a believer

. Thank you very much guys for this outstanding software!!!

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QuesadaGrande

I believe in Capacities, so today I officially became a believer

. Thank you very much guys for this outstanding software!!!

Thanks so much!

really appreciate.

3:17 AM

Capacities was not reachable yesterday We are really sorry about the incident last night. Capacities was unavailable for 5 hours. The team was not at work. We can inform you that it was not a severe issue, just our main gateway service was unhealthy. It had no impact on data or any other service. We are currently working full steam on implementing measures so that outages are much less likely and are implementing automations that prevent long outages, even when nobody in our team is reachable. Thanks for your patience, we'll make the ship more robust!

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Is it possible to use a ‘select’ property focused on a collection rather than a whole database? My use case related to tags - I have several collections of tags based on usage (e.g. status, type of person, etc) and it would make single select much simpler to set up if I could just set a collection rather than all tags. Thank you!

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Is it possible to use a ‘select’ property focused on a collection rather than a whole database? My use case related to tags - I have several collections of tags based on usage (e.g. status, type of person, etc) and it would make single select much simpler to set up if I could just set a collection rather than all tags. Thank you!

I have requested this and it’s been updated to planned

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I don't mean to be "that guy," but this is def a reason to have an offline mode.

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Is there any spaced repetition / Anki plugin yet?

itsamemarkus

Is there any spaced repetition / Anki plugin yet?

Nope, but take a look at the feedback forum and cast your vote for that feature (i think it is already requested there)

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itsamemarkus

Is there any spaced repetition / Anki plugin yet?

https://capacities.io/feedback/p/flashcards-and-spaced-repetition-active-recall

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

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Ashwath Singh

Why does it feel like I am looking over my empire when I see my notes as a wall (also didn't think this would look so aesthetic)

Weirdly relatable

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Steffen

Capacities was not reachable yesterday We are really sorry about the incident last night. Capacities was unavailable for 5 hours. The team was not at work. We can inform you that it was not a severe issue, just our main gateway service was unhealthy. It had no impact on data or any other service. We are currently working full steam on implementing measures so that outages are much less likely and are implementing automations that prevent long outages, even when nobody in our team is reachable. Thanks for your patience, we'll make the ship more robust!

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This is one of the main reasons I believe that capacities needs a robust offline mode as soon as possible. I'm so dependent on my notes, that losing access to them (even for just a short period of time) quickly become a real problem.

Also just realised this little feature in the daily note; it is such a small but appreciated feature thank you so much! Makes figuring out everything I revised on a particular date so much easier!

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does anyone know why I can't drop down my objects?

tarkovsky88

does anyone know why I can't drop down my objects?

Yes sir! Only when you have a collection inside your object you can expand the object! (Filled chevron / arrow means you have at least one collection inside that database) (edited)

hmm, so i can't expand my object just to see the pages inside if I don't have some kind of collection inside the object? Why is that? (edited)

tarkovsky88

hmm, so i can't expand my object just to see the pages inside if I don't have some kind of collection inside the object? Why is that? (edited)

I think that has multiple reasons, but the most important one is that you can have A LOT 'pages' inside the object database, so UI/UX wise that would become very challenging (long titles, rendering, pagination??, etc..). (edited)

1:57 AM

A collection is an 'extra' organisation method / wrapper for organising your object database in 'subcategories'

yeah that does make sense actually now that I think about it

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tarkovsky88

yeah that does make sense actually now that I think about it

And did you know you can embed 'collections' inside pages? Maybe that's also something what you are looking for to quickly see whats inside an object?

I suppose embedding a collection could work. Thanks for the feedback!

tarkovsky88

I suppose embedding a collection could work. Thanks for the feedback!

Np! Feel free to ask, there a lot of knowledgeable members inside the community willing to help

now that i think about it, collections remind me of like sections in onenote, except you get a lot more variety due to the different objects/types and just overall customization (edited)

2:05 AM

do you know if you can move columns around in the table view?

2:07 AM

nvm! found it

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tarkovsky88

now that i think about it, collections remind me of like sections in onenote, except you get a lot more variety due to the different objects/types and just overall customization (edited)

Yeah they are quite powerful for providing structure and overview

most definitely

really digging capacities btw...it takes a little bit of time, but its like way more straightforward than most of the other apps out there. (edited)

tarkovsky88

really digging capacities btw...it takes a little bit of time, but its like way more straightforward than most of the other apps out there. (edited)

When it really clicks nothing comes close imho

However, PKM's are highly personal so it's a good thing there is a lot of competition between apps

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Just signed up on Capacaties yesterday and omg

I have tried and tested sooo many systems but not stuck any of them because they kept lacking something I really needed for my mind to flow. I have spent almost my whole weekend researching C. and I have yet to find something I lack

I am so looking forward to testing this out further! I’m a student (computer science) - any other students out there who will tell me there absolute must-have custom content types for studying? I know everybody’s different, but I would love some inspo

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Just signed up on Capacaties yesterday and omg

I have tried and tested sooo many systems but not stuck any of them because they kept lacking something I really needed for my mind to flow. I have spent almost my whole weekend researching C. and I have yet to find something I lack

I am so looking forward to testing this out further! I’m a student (computer science) - any other students out there who will tell me there absolute must-have custom content types for studying? I know everybody’s different, but I would love some inspo

I study UX-Design and Research and in my studies one content type that has been invaluable has been what I call "Concepts". I use it both in reading, in classes and while browsing the web. to capture and collect different ideas, theories and so forth. I hope this can help you.

9:32 AM

Screenshots as examples

9:33 AM

Honestly at times I think I make too many entries in "Concepts" but it has really helped me when I need to remember what I've worked with and what I've learned throughout the semester.

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Hi_I'm_Jonas

I study UX-Design and Research and in my studies one content type that has been invaluable has been what I call "Concepts". I use it both in reading, in classes and while browsing the web. to capture and collect different ideas, theories and so forth. I hope this can help you.

This looks so cool and aesthetic!

Ashwath Singh

This looks so cool and aesthetic!

Thanks! ❤️

Hi_I'm_Jonas

Honestly at times I think I make too many entries in "Concepts" but it has really helped me when I need to remember what I've worked with and what I've learned throughout the semester.

Aaarh very cool!! I also considered having something like concepts/definitions - very cool to see a real life example! Also cool to see a fellow dane - Halløj

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Myssenberg

Aaarh very cool!! I also considered having something like concepts/definitions - very cool to see a real life example! Also cool to see a fellow dane - Halløj

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Halløj, sgu da :)))... feel free to dm me if have further questions about my setup. I'll gladly help, especially another dane

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im very confused about something...i created a custom object called OSCP-Bootcamp. I want to add pages inside, but I can't. Does anyone know why? It allows me to create a new "OSCP-Bootcamp", but I can't add any content there. I also was able to somehow add content in there, but I don't see that content anymore. I think it keeps deleting automatically. So now I'm trying to understand the point of creating your own object if you can't create pages inside of it....like I really don't want to have to use notion (edited)

Like in my mind I should be able to create pages that belong to OSCP-Bootcamp, and then add collections for the different modules of my cohort. (edited)

tarkovsky88

Like in my mind I should be able to create pages that belong to OSCP-Bootcamp, and then add collections for the different modules of my cohort. (edited)

“New oscp bootcamp” would be the way you create pages for that object. If oscp is more of a tag, maybe you could consider using it as a tag instead. Do correct me if I misunderstand

I can tag it and that could be that, but would be nice to have a database for just oscp and then be able to create pages. What is a new “oscp-bootcamp” if you can’t put content inside of it like a page? What’s the point of creating the OSCP as a custom object if you can’t put anything inside of it? It’s quite possible I’m doing something wrong. (edited)

I can also create a collection of pages for OSCP and even the various modules therein, but i thought I could create my own object and add pages / collections there instead for better organization

tarkovsky88

I can tag it and that could be that, but would be nice to have a database for just oscp and then be able to create pages. What is a new “oscp-bootcamp” if you can’t put content inside of it like a page? What’s the point of creating the OSCP as a custom object if you can’t put anything inside of it? It’s quite possible I’m doing something wrong. (edited)

I think you are doing something wrong, tbh! If I understand you correctly on a high level, you want to track and take notes from the (online) courses you take. In this case, I would create a 'generic' course object instead of OSCP Bootcamp, which in my case, I would make that a collection and then add all courses related to OSCP Bootcamp to that collection. In this way, you standardise the 'Course' object and make it possible to add all courses in the same format!

tarkovsky88

I can tag it and that could be that, but would be nice to have a database for just oscp and then be able to create pages. What is a new “oscp-bootcamp” if you can’t put content inside of it like a page? What’s the point of creating the OSCP as a custom object if you can’t put anything inside of it? It’s quite possible I’m doing something wrong. (edited)

and some more context about Objects vs Tags -> You could think of objects as " the shipping containers" of your PKM -> Everything inside the object is standardised in the same format, through the same workflow, with predefined properties. So, in general, you create an 'object' when you need to collect things in a standardised format, for example, books, people, meeting notes, lesson notes, recipes, and so on... Creating an object type significantly reduces your cognitive load, as the predefined structure already tells you exactly how your object should look and which properties it has, and it gets organised like every other object of the same type in a database which you can filter and sort. By tagging - like putting a label on your shipping container - you organically organise knowledge according to the tags you put on, building clusters of objects around certain topics as you grow your knowledge base. Tagging also improves the search ability, discoverability and retrievability of information. The amount and which object types and tags you need are an output of your workflow and intended use cases.

1:11 AM

@Steffen @Michael_v_H A template database / store for objects would help starting Capacities users IMMENSELY imho

but OSCP bootcamp is a generic course object, isn't it? i dont understand the purpose of creating your own type. I created my own type called OSCP-Bootcamp and I can't add anything to it. When I add a new type called OSCP bootcamp, the page is blank and doesn't allow me to add anything to it (edited)

1:24 AM

Notice that I can only add tags and properties...is this by design? If so, why? The only reason I can think of is linking to tags and adding properties (edited)

1:26 AM

And if I were to create a generic "Course" object, isn't that a custom type like the oscp-bootcamp anyway? sounds like the same thing

1:27 AM

tarkovsky88

Notice that I can only add tags and properties...is this by design? If so, why? The only reason I can think of is linking to tags and adding properties (edited)

Once you’ve set up the content type name, you need to add properties which you can do from that page you’ve just created. If you want to write on the page you need to add a blocks property. Once you’ve set the properties up they will be applied to every new page

yeah i guess that will work, thank you! (edited)

boonikad9300

I think you are doing something wrong, tbh! If I understand you correctly on a high level, you want to track and take notes from the (online) courses you take. In this case, I would create a 'generic' course object instead of OSCP Bootcamp, which in my case, I would make that a collection and then add all courses related to OSCP Bootcamp to that collection. In this way, you standardise the 'Course' object and make it possible to add all courses in the same format!

This is also a good idea, but if I do it this way then how do I group together say videos in a module? Nested collections? (edited)

tarkovsky88

This is also a good idea, but if I do it this way then how do I group together say videos in a module? Nested collections? (edited)

Euhm do you really need to group video's together? The beauty of capacities is that it supports backlinks, just embed the video (as web resource?) inside the content block of an course object and it automatically has a relation to that course!

pkmbeth

Once you’ve set up the content type name, you need to add properties which you can do from that page you’ve just created. If you want to write on the page you need to add a blocks property. Once you’ve set the properties up they will be applied to every new page

This!

2:01 AM

@tarkovsky88 did you find the documentation? There is a lot of useful information here -> https://docs.capacities.io/reference/content-types

Capacities Docs

2:02 AM

or in the bottom left there is a small person with a hat

2:02 AM

there you can find a LOT of usefull examples, use cases and tutorials

yeah pretty useful

2:04 AM

thank you!

2:05 AM

so lets say you got Courses (object) > OSCP-Bootcamp (collection) with 30 videos. How can I further group them together other than tags? I guess tags is a sufficient way because when you click on the tag inside the collection it will open a new page with all the content with that tag (edited)

My first question would be: why would you want to group them further than that?

2:07 AM

Correct! When using capacities you'll need to adjust your mindset a bit tbh

i get it...you are saying its better to see everything in front of you and then filter from there instead of using a directory style approach

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yeah that makes sense

tarkovsky88

i get it...you are saying its better to see everything in front of you and then filter from there instead of using a directory style approach

Exactly, here is a passage from my unreleased blog post about knowledge management hehe: "On a strategic level, there are two main approaches to organise and structure the information you collect: by a top-down or bottom-up approach. Today, most people still use a top-down approach separating what they have into smaller stacks, piles or folders with topics and sub-topics. Moreover, most popular note-taking apps impose this hierarchical and linear structure on users by mimicking the file tree of computers, where notes live inside folders and can be nested indefinitely. On the surface, this looks less complex but quickly increases as the number of notes grows and you constantly tax your mind with where you need to put things. If you sort by topic, you are faced with the dilemma of either adding more and more notes to one topic, which makes them increasingly hard to find or adding more and more topics and subtopics to it, which only shifts the problem to another level. The top-down approach reduces the likelihood of building and finding surprising and valuable connections, which means you must trade between usability and usefulness. In a bottom-up approach, we start with a simple and flat structure that allows complexity to build up where we want it: on the content level. The organisation of knowledge is fluid and dynamic, and no strict rules tell us exactly where each item should go. In this approach, we shift the question from: "Under which topic do I store this?" to "In which context will I want to stumble upon it again? You create clusters of knowledge by linking other related notes and assigning overarching tags. One of the significant advantages of this strategy is that your system becomes more and more valuable as it grows instead of getting messy and confusing. "

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yeah that way its easier to see connections between objects (edited)

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and that way you can see correlations and similarities from one collection and another collection all from within the same object (courses) with tags of course

2:13 AM

like seeing vulnerability similarities between oscp-bootcamp courses and oscp-playgrounds courses

2:14 AM

now that i think about it, it makes sense, and its what made me avoid a platform like notion in the first place... (edited)

2:14 AM

im just so used to doing things the old way

tarkovsky88

now that i think about it, it makes sense, and its what made me avoid a platform like notion in the first place... (edited)

Yeah exactly, and that's the biggest step in moving towards a platform like capacities, it's not necessarily the tool you have the learn but also a shift in mindset about how to structure and organise things

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thank you friend

Np! We should all help turn people into believers, so the capacities team can develop better and more useful features

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I'm sorry, but is somebody experiencing the same problem??

QuesadaGrande

I'm sorry, but is somebody experiencing the same problem??

No, not for me

boonikad9300

No, not for me

It's working again. Thanks for your confirmation. Don't know what happened there, never had it before

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BREAKING

The MacGPT app 3.0 just dropped, which makes it possible to use ChatGPT commands inline!!!!!!

Check the video for an example

-> Download at: https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/menugpt (edited)

MacGPT

MacGPT is a simple native app for macOS that lets you quickly access chatGPT from your menu bar. With just a click, you can open chatGPT and start chatting with the powerful language model, Assistant. View all features on www.macgpt.comYou can download MacGPT for free (just put 0 in the price box) or you can help me pay for my Christmas tree (se...

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BREAKING

The MacGPT app 3.0 just dropped, which makes it possible to use ChatGPT commands inline!!!!!!

Check the video for an example

-> Download at: https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/menugpt (edited)

very similar to Elephas: https://elephas.app while – on first quick glance – Elephas seems to offer some more tailor-made interactions, MacGPT is certainly the more affordable offer

Elephas - Personal AI Writing Assistant for Mac

Save hours on tedious writing, tailored for busy professionals and marketers.

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very similar to Elephas: https://elephas.app while – on first quick glance – Elephas seems to offer some more tailor-made interactions, MacGPT is certainly the more affordable offer

Nice, under the hood they probably all use the OpenAI models..

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boonikad9300

Nice, under the hood they probably all use the OpenAI models..

I've used Elephas off and on and really like it, for what that is worth.

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Hello, from what I know @collections is supposed to be used to only get inline views of collections, but so far it has also worked for getting whole databases instead of only collections. Since today though, almost all the databases that I can choose in @collections are named "Untitled", which makes it hard to find the right one

Alexander

Hello, from what I know @collections is supposed to be used to only get inline views of collections, but so far it has also worked for getting whole databases instead of only collections. Since today though, almost all the databases that I can choose in @collections are named "Untitled", which makes it hard to find the right one

Okay I think the whole app is a bit glitchy right now, cursor is jumping while typing and words get deleted randomly.

Alexander

Okay I think the whole app is a bit glitchy right now, cursor is jumping while typing and words get deleted randomly.

Could you try to reload?

11:40 AM

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

Michael_v_H

Could you try to reload?

Yeah, glitchyness is gone now

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Michael_v_H

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

Perfect in my opinion! I think more would be too many, and I personally would miss the range if you reduced the number.

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Michael_v_H

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

I have to say I do like the color options of tana, since there's a wider range and more saturated colors. Maybe being able to pick how saturated the color is would be nice? Not that important though.

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Michael_v_H

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

Fine in my opinion but I wish they were a bit more saturated too. Regarding text styling I would like center / right / justify alignment if it can be done

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I’m not a fan of the saturation of other apps so Capacities is a nice change!

Michael_v_H

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

Maybe the colours could be a bit darker in light mode, because in light mode they look really dim

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I think they are fine, but if you were to change / tweak them take a look at this resource -> they put a lot of effort into an accessible color system ( i would say pretty important for a PKM) -> https://www.radix-ui.com/colors

Colors – Radix UI

An open-source color system for designing beautiful, accessible websites and apps.

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@Michael_v_H

Michael_v_H

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

When I first saw the selection I thought it was a little barebones, but as I’ve used capacities the last few months there have been pretty much no situations where I felt I was missing additional colours. So I’m a vote for: ‘being able to add custom colours would be cool, but I’m actually really happy with the current selection’

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Michael_v_H

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

+1 for happy with the current selection of colours

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Thanks for all the quick replies!

boonikad9300

I think they are fine, but if you were to change / tweak them take a look at this resource -> they put a lot of effort into an accessible color system ( i would say pretty important for a PKM) -> https://www.radix-ui.com/colors

That's a great resource, thanks for sharing.

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Anyone else using Capacities almost exclusively for saving links and tweets? I have not found a single app that does it better than Capacities. I save tons and tons of threads and links all the time and tag all of them.

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Joseph

Anyone else using Capacities almost exclusively for saving links and tweets? I have not found a single app that does it better than Capacities. I save tons and tons of threads and links all the time and tag all of them.

Use it exclusively for links, but for Tweets, Readwise is still my main go-to app. I hope it gets integrated in the near future.

Anyone wanna buy me a spot at believer so I can do the mobile app for android

Joseph

Anyone else using Capacities almost exclusively for saving links and tweets? I have not found a single app that does it better than Capacities. I save tons and tons of threads and links all the time and tag all of them.

I'd like to see what you do/how you save stuff

Hi does anyone know how I can download the mobile app

CrazyCat 😼

Hi does anyone know how I can download the mobile app

There's no mobile app yet but I think they're already testing the beta for iOS.

How do I get access to beta, would love to get access to beta

CrazyCat 😼

How do I get access to beta, would love to get access to beta

You have to be a paid believer for access.

Ar I see. Ok got it!

Dears, I am looking for clues to answer the question : should I use a new tag or create a new type ?

Robuste

Dears, I am looking for clues to answer the question : should I use a new tag or create a new type ?

Hi! Please can you give some context as to what you are wanting to create, as this might change the advice

pkmbeth

Hi! Please can you give some context as to what you are wanting to create, as this might change the advice

I have lots of example in mind, but let's start with one. I created a type "project" to track all my projects. I need a property status to follow the life cycle of projects. What kind of property should it be ? Single select of "tags", or single select of objects from a dedicated new type called "status" ? What are the tradeoffs to have in mind when making the decision ?

Robuste

I have lots of example in mind, but let's start with one. I created a type "project" to track all my projects. I need a property status to follow the life cycle of projects. What kind of property should it be ? Single select of "tags", or single select of objects from a dedicated new type called "status" ? What are the tradeoffs to have in mind when making the decision ?

Ah ok so for status I recommend tags, because I presume there will be many things in your space that can be United under that tag. I’d you have a done status as a tag, clicking on that will show you all done items. Same for todo or planned. Tags are also held in a database as they’re a content type so you have extra functionality (filter, sort, views) to if you had a type called status. This method would only give you a list of back links which have limited functionality for this use case in comparison to the tag database. As tags are the one content type that can bring content from many content types together, the main criteria becomes “do I want to see content from several content types under this heading (and be able to filter/use different views?)” Yes= tag. No= collection within the content type, acting as a subgroup of the content. That’s my rule of thumb anyway!

Michael_v_H

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

Too many. I do like that you get the color alt text on hover. This helps me standardize my styling more easilty.

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pkmbeth

I’m not a fan of the saturation of other apps so Capacities is a nice change!

I agree with Beth!! I love the colour range in Capacities. I think it's perfect, and would miss the way they are now if you change them - honestly the colours were a big selling point for me

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Michael_v_H

Quick question for everyone: What do you think about the amount of available color options? Too many? Too few? Not the right colors?

Not the right colors. I like a lot of options, but some of them look very similar. Ideally, id like to be able to put in a hex code and save favorites.

xang

Not the right colors. I like a lot of options, but some of them look very similar. Ideally, id like to be able to put in a hex code and save favorites.

What other colors would you like to see? Hex code is difficult because one "color" consists of many variations (background, text, border, light/dark mode... Basically ~12 different variations of that color), so just one hex value is not enough.

Michael_v_H

What other colors would you like to see? Hex code is difficult because one "color" consists of many variations (background, text, border, light/dark mode... Basically ~12 different variations of that color), so just one hex value is not enough.

The problem is that the colors look really similar: So if I want to create a page that uses one color theme, it's really hard to differentiate between the options. You can see that in this example with the greens. Ideally, there would be a few of each color that look different enough to use on the same page. The other nitpicky thing is that the backgrounds appear different in light and dark mode. Ideally, the colors should look the same for light and dark mode.

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10:24 AM

Ideally, I would like this sort of variation, in order to create a cohesive scheme.

I know this is a bit off-topic and not exactly related to OP. But the random color applied to tags is pretty neat...At first I was like this could get confusing, but considering separation of contexts throughout your objects, there seems to be plenty of variation regarding colors applied to tags.

what was the contact mail to get the mobile beta?

Kadas

what was the contact mail to get the mobile beta?

team@capacities.io

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thanks!

Steffen

team@capacities.io

Do you still need to be a Believer for access?

does mobile beta include an app for ipad? (assuming yes, but wanted to make sure) I also wanted to know if there is anyway to make a text property show in the gallery or wall view

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DocFiPS

Do you still need to be a Believer for access?

Yes, we'll share more about the roadmap soon.

tarkovsky88

does mobile beta include an app for ipad? (assuming yes, but wanted to make sure) I also wanted to know if there is anyway to make a text property show in the gallery or wall view

(edited)

No, iPad will follow later. And no, but we have this planned

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DocFiPS

I'd like to see what you do/how you save stuff

I basically have different toggle headings for different topics and save the links and tweets under each one and then tag them. I love playing around with MidJourney and ChatGPT so I typically have headings for that.

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Oh interesting. I like it.

Great podcast @Steffen and @Michael_v_H! Again, love the laser focus on the individual user and their needs !!

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-entrepreneurs/590/capacities/ (edited)

Capacities - The Entrepreneurs 590 - Radio

Meet the Berlin-based co-founders of the productivity app, Steffen Blehe and Michael von Hohnhorst.

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2:52 PM

fresh perspective in the sea of collab and apps with expensive team seats

Generally, but not always, when I look at an object or collection & call up the graph view I get a square in the middle but nothing else. Why is that? Windows 10, Chrome

boonikad9300

Great podcast @Steffen and @Michael_v_H! Again, love the laser focus on the individual user and their needs !!

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-entrepreneurs/590/capacities/ (edited)

... good thimgs are happening ... in Berlin ...

... wasn't aware the good is so close...

lerone

... good thimgs are happening ... in Berlin ...

... wasn't aware the good is so close...

We‘re not actually based in Berlin.

We just told them we‘re from Germany. They must have interpreted that a bit. We‘re letting them know to correct it.

Michael_v_H

We‘re not actually based in Berlin.

We just told them we‘re from Germany. They must have interpreted that a bit. We‘re letting them know to correct it.

... a case of paragonal pars pro toto...

I was surprised as it would be quite a commute... ... but I have seen things at Tannhäuser Tor

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you know what would be like really cool? if we're able to apply a shortcut to something just by hovering over it

Hey all, I have been doing a bunch of events and off sites the last week, which is context for:

Mobile app is working great. Thank you guys for your detail-oriented approach to developing it. As with the desktop tool, it is not only highly functional but also a joy to use. It immediately earned a place in my iphone dock.
I should know this, and I think the answer's no, but are you running any sort of OCR on uploaded photos?

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boonikad9300

Great podcast @Steffen and @Michael_v_H! Again, love the laser focus on the individual user and their needs !!

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-entrepreneurs/590/capacities/ (edited)

loved the focus on individual users as well! I understand that sometimes it's necessary to raise funding, but I love that this team has opted not to at this point and therefore has no pressure to pivot to B2B and leave individuals behind. That and their commitment to data portability give me long-term confidence in this product! (edited)

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DogSaysRollTide

Hey all, I have been doing a bunch of events and off sites the last week, which is context for:

Mobile app is working great. Thank you guys for your detail-oriented approach to developing it. As with the desktop tool, it is not only highly functional but also a joy to use. It immediately earned a place in my iphone dock.
I should know this, and I think the answer's no, but are you running any sort of OCR on uploaded photos?

@StefanCosmin#0334 thanks for the kind words

no ocr yet but will for sure follow!

does anyone know what just happened? I was in my courses object folder and accidentally draged something and the whole folder disappeared. I have no idea where it went and cant retrieve any of it. If i lost all of my notes, im going to be very, very disappointed. I am 100% sure I didnt delete anything. Some how the whole folder disappeared.. (edited)

1:48 AM

but if i search for stuff in the folder individually I find them...

1:52 AM

i can see my data on my phone...wondering if i should just restart the app on my desktop

tarkovsky88

but if i search for stuff in the folder individually I find them...

can you navigate back and forth

1:53 AM

between pages

1:53 AM

and else settings menu in your app > restart app as last resort!

i can search for pages but i dont know about navigating between them

1:54 AM

i can also see the data in the app on my mac

1:54 AM

probably safe to restart

1:54 AM

ok ctl-r did it lol...i freaked out for a second

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Yes most of the time when you do cmd+r or cntr+r it works

tarkovsky88

ok ctl-r did it lol...i freaked out for a second

ctl+r is save to do at any point. Will keep local data

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Thx you two for being so available, I really appreciate it. Going to become a believer, for sure. I love capacities. It really has helped me reinforce and retain things that I learn. (edited)

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it seems that pasting a @ link or [[link]] does not link the object it intends to. Am I doing it wrong? (edited)

3:51 AM

(damnit, sorry for the tag)

Kadas

it seems that pasting a @ link or [[link]] does not link the object it intends to. Am I doing it wrong? (edited)

Probably. What object do you want to link?

basically I use something else to handle my daily tasks/agenda, and I had the idea of just writing tasks with indications like @ object, hoping that when I paste at the end of the day, it'd automatically link said object

4:10 AM

or with [[]], either way both don't seem to work when I just paste a [[link]]

What exactly does Ctrl + r do?

firstdivision

What exactly does Ctrl + r do?

refresh the browser / current window

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9:03 AM

or reload

oh gotcha

is there any way to create a link to a local folder?

Life is good when you end up closing your tabs because you have so many options to view and relearn things in capacities...all while knowing you didn't really close your tabs, you stored them somewhere that will serve its purpose when that time comes. All within the right context. That's how it should be. (edited)

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tarkovsky88

Life is good when you end up closing your tabs because you have so many options to view and relearn things in capacities...all while knowing you didn't really close your tabs, you stored them somewhere that will serve its purpose when that time comes. All within the right context. That's how it should be. (edited)

Yes! I used to always have 50+ tabs open and I have drastically reduced that.

How do I update? On one computer it automatically notified me, on another, it dosnt show to “check for update”

JustCodeItAll

How do I update? On one computer it automatically notified me, on another, it dosnt show to “check for update”

It updates automatically on restart. I assume you're on the most recent version then

On the destkop app you can check it under "File/Capacities" -> "About". It should be 1.21.10.

Steffen

It updates automatically on restart. I assume you're on the most recent version then

On the destkop app you can check it under "File/Capacities" -> "About". It should be 1.21.10.

It only updated on one computer, it hasn’t on my other one

does capacities have tables?

D.

does capacities have tables?

Not yet

DerekReinhard

Not yet

got this thanks!

Any updates/ETA for AI GPT integration? Thanks!

does capacities support multi tabs yet? (edited)

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tarkovsky88

does capacities support multi tabs yet? (edited)

What do you mean with multiple tabs?

yes! how? lol

tarkovsky88

does capacities support multi tabs yet? (edited)

You can CMD+click

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1:23 AM

then it opens in a new tab

1:23 AM

or ctr+click on windows?

hmmmm

1:23 AM

that doesnt work for me

tarkovsky88

that doesnt work for me

you can find all the shortcuts over here btw!

oh you have to click an object

1:26 AM

makes sense

1:26 AM

thank you!

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JustCodeItAll

It only updated on one computer, it hasn’t on my other one

Could you try quitting and restarting? Else redownload and reinstall

Steffen

Could you try quitting and restarting? Else redownload and reinstall

thanks, it did update today

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Problem entering text. For several days when I am entering text characters will suddenly delete & the cursor will jump back to the beginning of the line. I notice too that the page rarely syncs or updates without me doing it manually, but I don't know if the 2 issues are related. I am on Win 10 & Chrome. Note this problem is only on the browser not the desktop. Hoping for a fix.

Steffen started a thread. 4/4/2023 12:28 AM

Is there any way to open todays note in a separate tab? It always seems to replace the tab I’m currently on. Asking before I raise a request

CaptainBackfire

Is there any way to open todays note in a separate tab? It always seems to replace the tab I’m currently on. Asking before I raise a request

I assume on the "Page" button next to it? Will be added

You can do this from the Daily notes database with cmd/ctrl + click but not in the calendar.

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CaptainBackfire

Is there any way to open todays note in a separate tab? It always seems to replace the tab I’m currently on. Asking before I raise a request

ctrl+left click on a page will open it in a separate tab

Steffen

I assume on the "Page" button next to it? Will be added

You can do this from the Daily notes database with cmd/ctrl + click but not in the calendar.

My natural inclination is to CMD+Click on the today button on the left sidebar. It’s mostly for jumping back to my daily note when I’m in a separate note.

Skoro

ctrl+left click on a page will open it in a separate tab

Yeah opening most pages in a new tab is fine, it’s the daily note specifically I want to open in a new tab.

CaptainBackfire

Yeah opening most pages in a new tab is fine, it’s the daily note specifically I want to open in a new tab.

ctrl+left click on "today" works here on Win

Skoro

ctrl+left click on "today" works here on Win

Ah true it seems it does…. How odd that I never noticed that before

. Thanks!

I'm on Win 10 and in Chrome or desktop none of the shortcuts do what they are supposed to do. In the pages database I can use the menu commands & they work perfectly. So no shortcuts for me. I see now: although I have not checked all the Capacities shortcuts I see now that many of them are the same as those used by the Chrome browser and Windows and they will take precedence over those of Capacities. I am surprised that the programmers would not have avoided those. (edited)

Howdy all!

Been thinking about reviving my Notion space (haven't used it since I finished my thesis, right at the start of the pandemic) but have been looking at alternatives and I gotta say Capacities looks like a real keeper...

10:46 AM

Using Workflowy atm (anyone else?) because it's simple enough for daily to-dos and quick-capture, and the app is pretty smooth, but it's getting really cluttered with increasing amounts of information.

10:47 AM

Any tips for starting points or coughtemplatescough are greatly appreciated

FnK

Howdy all!

Been thinking about reviving my Notion space (haven't used it since I finished my thesis, right at the start of the pandemic) but have been looking at alternatives and I gotta say Capacities looks like a real keeper...

Welcome! Good place to start is the Capacities Academy (which you can find on the bottom left of the app: the hat icon) and after that reading through the docs for some more detailed information about how all things work!

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Ashwath Singh

Why does it feel like I am looking over my empire when I see my notes as a wall (also didn't think this would look so aesthetic)

This is amazing, can I ask for an overview on how you set up your app (notes/tags/pages/objects)? i'm an economics student and absolutely love your notes setup

ames

This is amazing, can I ask for an overview on how you set up your app (notes/tags/pages/objects)? i'm an economics student and absolutely love your notes setup

Hi! So for me, I have created an object called IB as the first part of it. After this, I created collections for each of my subjects. After this I created a template for the IB object with date and image as properties. Image to make it aesthetic, and the date property so that I can see the last time I revised it. I also use this because, on the daily note, I can see everything which I have revised on a particular date (something really cool I discovered recently) which makes it easy to see everything I did and kind of reduces the friction to start revising as everything is so easily visible. Sorry for a bit of a ramble but that is basically my study setup for active recall

Ashwath Singh

Hi! So for me, I have created an object called IB as the first part of it. After this, I created collections for each of my subjects. After this I created a template for the IB object with date and image as properties. Image to make it aesthetic, and the date property so that I can see the last time I revised it. I also use this because, on the daily note, I can see everything which I have revised on a particular date (something really cool I discovered recently) which makes it easy to see everything I did and kind of reduces the friction to start revising as everything is so easily visible. Sorry for a bit of a ramble but that is basically my study setup for active recall

No thank you for the detailed reply! I think i can visualise your set up and how it works! the date feature sounds cool, especially when I need to study for exams.

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a quick one, where put feedbacks for the mobile app?

zRyu 🙂

a quick one, where put feedbacks for the mobile app?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ov719zlrJ52Rq05h61s9TAu1G9NDBYH35FE8WtIsb4k/edit#

Mobile App Beta – Capacities

Mobile App Beta Hi everyone!

Thank you for participating in the beta of the Capacities mobile app! This is an beta version! We can’t guarantee the app to be fully functional yet and there will still be bugs. This document serves as a place to dynamically keep track of issues and feedback i...

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Hello, I wonder if anyone has ever tried to build a family tree in Capacities? I feel like trying to build mine, maybe someone has experience and can advise a structure?

cmjn

Hello, I wonder if anyone has ever tried to build a family tree in Capacities? I feel like trying to build mine, maybe someone has experience and can advise a structure?

Yes, you can quite easily if you use the right properties i guess!

cmjn

Hello, I wonder if anyone has ever tried to build a family tree in Capacities? I feel like trying to build mine, maybe someone has experience and can advise a structure?

this is my 'person' object

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boonikad9300

Yes, you can quite easily if you use the right properties i guess!

You could also set up objects for births, deaths and marriages if you wanted them in a database. Or use tags to do the same.

I found this app randomly the other day and am very impressed with the UI/UX. Overall it checks almost every box that I have for functionality and could see this being the centerpiece of my productivity and knowledge management workflow. The lack of encryption and 2FA will prevent me from putting anything outside of test data into the platform though as these are fundamental requirements for any SaaS service.

rglov

I found this app randomly the other day and am very impressed with the UI/UX. Overall it checks almost every box that I have for functionality and could see this being the centerpiece of my productivity and knowledge management workflow. The lack of encryption and 2FA will prevent me from putting anything outside of test data into the platform though as these are fundamental requirements for any SaaS service.

Nice, welcome! Some context on the encryption part: https://docs.capacities.io/more/end-to-end-encryption

Capacities Docs

10:43 AM

and something about data protection and security: https://docs.capacities.io/more/data-protection-memo

Capacities Docs

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Hi dumb question but um how do I open a new tab

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Hi dumb question but um how do I open a new tab

cmd+click

thanks

Anyone here using Capacities to run or play in a D&D, Pathfinder, or other TTRPG? (edited)

Json Blob

Anyone here using Capacities to run or play in a D&D, Pathfinder, or other TTRPG? (edited)

Wow! I think it could have great potential. I would love to know as well

I started building up a template of it to feel it out

I can't re-find it. SOMEWHERE I read there was a conversation about converting .md files to Capacities - anyone know that conversation where it's at?

Json Blob

I can't re-find it. SOMEWHERE I read there was a conversation about converting .md files to Capacities - anyone know that conversation where it's at?

Converting? Do you mean importing?

I suppose that's the accurate term, yes

Json Blob

I suppose that's the accurate term, yes

You can find the import option in the menu of your 'object' page

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oh well heck looked right over that button

Does capacities have SSO integration? I want to use it at my workplace but I think the requirement is approval with SSO integration

tarkovsky88

Does capacities have SSO integration? I want to use it at my workplace but I think the requirement is approval with SSO integration

Don’t think so, and don’t think it will have high priority as it is a tool focused on the individual (and doesn’t have team plans / collaboration etc)

boonikad9300

Don’t think so, and don’t think it will have high priority as it is a tool focused on the individual (and doesn’t have team plans / collaboration etc)

yeah i figured...would love to use it for work...hopefully I can some other way. I think so long as I can enable MFA it should be ok

I’m a little confused between believer and pro. I know pro comes eventually but will the price of pro be higher so we are not seentiallu locking in the price now?

Cvlr

I’m a little confused between believer and pro. I know pro comes eventually but will the price of pro be higher so we are not seentiallu locking in the price now?

Believers will get access to the full set of Pro features for the current price. Pro will most likely be the same price as the believer price. All current subscribers will keep the current price but we might make changes to the believer pricing for new subscribers in the future to differentiate it from Pro. Hope that helps

Michael_v_H

Believers will get access to the full set of Pro features for the current price. Pro will most likely be the same price as the believer price. All current subscribers will keep the current price but we might make changes to the believer pricing for new subscribers in the future to differentiate it from Pro. Hope that helps

That does help! Thank you!

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@Michael_v_H just sent you a quick DM with a query!

There will be integration with Readwise?

I know android and ios apps or at least polishing the site is in the works. Is it basically advised to NOT use mobile right now even mobile web browser? I tried creating a simple note last night on my phone and had a humorous bug trying to type the title of a note (edited)

Json Blob

I know android and ios apps or at least polishing the site is in the works. Is it basically advised to NOT use mobile right now even mobile web browser? I tried creating a simple note last night on my phone and had a humorous bug trying to type the title of a note (edited)

it is advised to not use it on mobile (it works but its not optimised for that and buggy when editing things), but in a few weeks (may/june) everyone will have access to the app! (edited)

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edgarr

There will be integration with Readwise?

Eventually yes, its on the roadmap

boonikad9300

it is advised to not use it on mobile (it works but its not optimised for that and buggy when editing things), but in a few weeks (may/june) everyone will have access to the app! (edited)

Looking forward to it

I really want the gallery or wall view to come back to the "Created" section at the bottom of Daily Notes. I loved seeing all the links I collected during the day in that view.

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boonikad9300

and something about data protection and security: https://docs.capacities.io/more/data-protection-memo

This is some great information. How about MFA? Will that be coming soon?

isNullable

This is some great information. How about MFA? Will that be coming soon?

Would you mind adding a feature request, so we can see how important this is to how many people (https://capacities.io/feedback)

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

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Hi. I'm currently considering moving a knowledgebase I have to Capacities. But I'm ultra cautious when it comes to SaaS, I have two questions that are important to me:

Do you already have users with huge knowledge-bases? Like something in the range of 5-10k pages? How does Capacities perform? (Or are there other known limitations currently?)
For worst case scenarios I'm scared of losing the all functionality of my knowledge database. I wish you all the success and I'm willing to pay for good software, but if s**t hits the fan and Capacities isn't sustainable, would you consider open sourcing it? (I read the data-protection-memo and I really like what you're saying there)

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itsamemarkus

Hi. I'm currently considering moving a knowledgebase I have to Capacities. But I'm ultra cautious when it comes to SaaS, I have two questions that are important to me:

Do you already have users with huge knowledge-bases? Like something in the range of 5-10k pages? How does Capacities perform? (Or are there other known limitations currently?)
For worst case scenarios I'm scared of losing the all functionality of my knowledge database. I wish you all the success and I'm willing to pay for good software, but if s**t hits the fan and Capacities isn't sustainable, would you consider open sourcing it? (I read the data-protection-memo and I really like what you're saying there)

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@Steffen @Michael_v_H have you done any load testing to evaluate how the software behaves and performs when handling that many pages? Are there any bottlenecks or performance issues you've addressed or are planning to address?

@itsamemarkus @vulkov, sorry for my late response. Here are some thoughts: 1. There are users with that many pages and it's working well except of one known issue: If you load large databases it takes very long and it currently loads a lot of content into your memory, which can slow don't the app. But we are actively working on solving this problem. So in a few weeks this should be gone. Then I don't see any scaling issues anymore. We also have many ideas on further improving the performance and loading speed. So I'm optimistic and excited on that front. 2. About sustainability: You can always leave the ship by using the export to markdown, which can be used in apps like Obsidian instantly. I think it's a very very good export. We were discussing the idea of open-sourcing. This is actually a tricky question, because it really depends on the reason why Capacities would fail. So cannot give you a concrete answer here, but a high-level point: We are building Capacities because we believe we want to make your work/life easier and more meaningful. So there's even in case of a failure a big incentive for us to not just let all this work and progress disappear. In which form we can continue Capacities has to be decided then, but I'm pretty sure we'll look for a way. A technical note on why not saying directly yes to open-sourcing: Capacities is already now a multi-service distributed system, so spinning it up on your device and also making it accessible on other devices would be quite complicated. Hope that helps

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Steffen

@itsamemarkus @vulkov, sorry for my late response. Here are some thoughts: 1. There are users with that many pages and it's working well except of one known issue: If you load large databases it takes very long and it currently loads a lot of content into your memory, which can slow don't the app. But we are actively working on solving this problem. So in a few weeks this should be gone. Then I don't see any scaling issues anymore. We also have many ideas on further improving the performance and loading speed. So I'm optimistic and excited on that front. 2. About sustainability: You can always leave the ship by using the export to markdown, which can be used in apps like Obsidian instantly. I think it's a very very good export. We were discussing the idea of open-sourcing. This is actually a tricky question, because it really depends on the reason why Capacities would fail. So cannot give you a concrete answer here, but a high-level point: We are building Capacities because we believe we want to make your work/life easier and more meaningful. So there's even in case of a failure a big incentive for us to not just let all this work and progress disappear. In which form we can continue Capacities has to be decided then, but I'm pretty sure we'll look for a way. A technical note on why not saying directly yes to open-sourcing: Capacities is already now a multi-service distributed system, so spinning it up on your device and also making it accessible on other devices would be quite complicated. Hope that helps

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Yes, this helps! Thanks a lot for this detailed explanation.

When can we expect a new big update? I'm sooo excited about this project, and I am very eager to test out all the new stuff.

QuesadaGrande

When can we expect a new big update? I'm sooo excited about this project, and I am very eager to test out all the new stuff.

There's something big dropping this week

(hopefully!

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There's something big dropping this week

(hopefully!

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OMG

thanks for the info!!!

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Steffen

There's something big dropping this week

(hopefully!

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[Capacities Intensifies]

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There's something big dropping this week

(hopefully!

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Smart Queries plssss, i'm so ready

Hi all, I have a general question for those who are more knowledgeable on the subject of a PKM than I. How do you think Capacities explores the power of different methodologies, such as Zettelkasten or GTD, beyond what tools that are based entirely on Markdown, such as Obsidian, can? To some extent, the question is simple, but given the immense popularity of Obsidian-Zettelkasten, how does Capacities enter that competition and how would it win?

Limonada

Hi all, I have a general question for those who are more knowledgeable on the subject of a PKM than I. How do you think Capacities explores the power of different methodologies, such as Zettelkasten or GTD, beyond what tools that are based entirely on Markdown, such as Obsidian, can? To some extent, the question is simple, but given the immense popularity of Obsidian-Zettelkasten, how does Capacities enter that competition and how would it win?

I think one of the key differences, not that I'm an expert i'm still brand new to Capacities, is that Obsidian is a notepad that CAN work as a database whereas Capacities is a database that CAN work as a notepad. Both achieve a similar result but in different approaches to managing the dataset under the hood sorta. I could be WAY off on this though (edited)

Also, I’d say that Obsidian has a much higher barrier to entry than Capacities. You definitely need a technical mind to use many of their plugins. I am a developer, so I am ok with Obsidian but my friends and family aren’t. I could never recommend Obsidian to them, but I do recommend Capacities.

I second that, Obsidian is definitely a programmer's/tech-minded note taking tool. I dabble in tech stuff but not a programmer and i'm always on the fence of "too technical" and "Just technical enough" for my use-cases which is ultimately fairly simple but i've dabbled with creating buttons in obsidian and stuff. Where I found most success in Obsidian was tracking my character's knowledge in our D&D campaign. That said, after seeing the UX of Capacities, I'm leaning towards this more because it flows better and doesn't feel so "crunchy" as obsidian does when it feels like many use-cases are build-it-yourself. Which is cool, and exhausting

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Json Blob

I think one of the key differences, not that I'm an expert i'm still brand new to Capacities, is that Obsidian is a notepad that CAN work as a database whereas Capacities is a database that CAN work as a notepad. Both achieve a similar result but in different approaches to managing the dataset under the hood sorta. I could be WAY off on this though (edited)

Of course, it's no coincidence or surprise either, Capacities is going all out to compete with Notion, and we could say it's doing great. However, its inclination is towards bridging the two worlds between databases (Notion, Microsoft Loop) and universal markdown notes (Obsidian, Logseq), to help create a networked knowledge and thought manager (Roam Research). As for the first one, as I said, it's going very well. The second is the one I focus on. I recently read a Reddit discussion where there was some discussion about data, encryption, and so on. However, I think that if Capacities wants to (and I think it can) compete with Obsidian (not only as a tool, but as a concept of user provision) you have to understand both tools and what their potential is.

Limonada

Hi all, I have a general question for those who are more knowledgeable on the subject of a PKM than I. How do you think Capacities explores the power of different methodologies, such as Zettelkasten or GTD, beyond what tools that are based entirely on Markdown, such as Obsidian, can? To some extent, the question is simple, but given the immense popularity of Obsidian-Zettelkasten, how does Capacities enter that competition and how would it win?

I'm new to Capacities but tried a few markdown based tools like Logseq extensively before. If I wasn't using it wrong the main difference compared to Capacities is that if you want to represent types you have to do this in frontmatter for each entry. Out of the box it doesn't update automatically. So if you have a bunch of Person entries and you want to add a property Date of birth later you'd have to touch every markdown file. With Capacities you just add a property to a type and every entry then has it. Plus you can easily filter which entries don't have that new property yet etc. (edited)

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itsamemarkus

I'm new to Capacities but tried a few markdown based tools like Logseq extensively before. If I wasn't using it wrong the main difference compared to Capacities is that if you want to represent types you have to do this in frontmatter for each entry. Out of the box it doesn't update automatically. So if you have a bunch of Person entries and you want to add a property Date of birth later you'd have to touch every markdown file. With Capacities you just add a property to a type and every entry then has it. Plus you can easily filter which entries don't have that new property yet etc. (edited)

The file properties are easy to manipulate. But going into new territory, what happens with Capacities' own functions, such as the timeline of the daily notes? When exporting the daily notes, is the timeline preserved or is it a separate function?

3:48 PM

The timeline of daily notes is a great option regarding the replacement of the unique identifiers of the zettelkasten in obsidian.

itsamemarkus

I'm new to Capacities but tried a few markdown based tools like Logseq extensively before. If I wasn't using it wrong the main difference compared to Capacities is that if you want to represent types you have to do this in frontmatter for each entry. Out of the box it doesn't update automatically. So if you have a bunch of Person entries and you want to add a property Date of birth later you'd have to touch every markdown file. With Capacities you just add a property to a type and every entry then has it. Plus you can easily filter which entries don't have that new property yet etc. (edited)

Plus you can easily filter which entries don't have that new property yet etc.

How do you do this?

Json Blob

Plus you can easily filter which entries don't have that new property yet etc.

How do you do this?

if you filter for a type with where x is empty. I prefer table view for this

ooooh i was using the search field like a doofus

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4:00 PM

I can now go remove my many "TBD" items I had created for all my types and do this instead

is it possible to delete the default page bc for some reason it keeps showing up when i do

nolan

is it possible to delete the default page bc for some reason it keeps showing up when i do

where? what default page do you mean?

is there any use case for having multi-line names to objects or even categories? It seems this is supported and I'm not sure why. I want enter to just lock in what I have

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Json Blob

is there any use case for having multi-line names to objects or even categories? It seems this is supported and I'm not sure why. I want enter to just lock in what I have

Not intended, will be fixed

boonikad9300

Smart Queries plssss, i'm so ready

Not yet

Oh lol I thought I was confused

Hi all. Does anyone know if graph view only works as a believer?

tarkovsky88

Hi all. Does anyone know if graph view only works as a believer?

There's a button in the top right

Should work for everybody

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Ahhh I see some stuff there! I recall one of my other pages not showing anything, but yeah this other page I tried works now. I'm a bit confused, but glad it works now lol sorry

12:42 AM

i was trying it on types and collections is why

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Another question: is there anyway to add columns to the Table view of Tags? Is it limited to Title, Description, Icon, and Color?

tarkovsky88

Another question: is there anyway to add columns to the Table view of Tags? Is it limited to Title, Description, Icon, and Color?

I think so, I don’t think we can edit the basic content types

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I've hit that milestone sitting in Costco tire center waiting for my truck and thought, "wish i had a Capacities app..."

5:54 PM

And now the Pepsi machine is out of syrup. Curse this day! Plan B, root beer

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Release day today?

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boonikad9300

Release day today?

No, probably Monday or Tuesday next week.

Product-wise, everything is ready and tested, but we still have to do communication, update the docs, generate screenshots etc. Always takes more time than one might think.

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No, probably Monday or Tuesday next week.

Product-wise, everything is ready and tested, but we still have to do communication, update the docs, generate screenshots etc. Always takes more time than one might think.

haha, i know i know

Michael_v_H

No, probably Monday or Tuesday next week.

Product-wise, everything is ready and tested, but we still have to do communication, update the docs, generate screenshots etc. Always takes more time than one might think.

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Michael_v_H

No, probably Monday or Tuesday next week.

Product-wise, everything is ready and tested, but we still have to do communication, update the docs, generate screenshots etc. Always takes more time than one might think.

I am extremely excited for this, can't wait to see what new things will come out of this

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Michael_v_H

No, probably Monday or Tuesday next week.

Product-wise, everything is ready and tested, but we still have to do communication, update the docs, generate screenshots etc. Always takes more time than one might think.

I'm pretty stoked too. Just a few more key things needed for my whole personal workflow to be moved to Capacities! So each release is very exciting

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Super excited for the update. I just need solid task management and calendar integration, and I can go from using three apps to one. Almost there

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Michael_v_H

No, probably Monday or Tuesday next week.

Product-wise, everything is ready and tested, but we still have to do communication, update the docs, generate screenshots etc. Always takes more time than one might think.

Any teasers to hold us over through the weekend

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Hi guys, @Steffen @Michael_v_H . Are you planning on offering a trial of the pro features of capacities? I'm thinking about becoming a believer but it would be nice to be able to test the available features before committing.

ShunKoKin

Hi guys, @Steffen @Michael_v_H . Are you planning on offering a trial of the pro features of capacities? I'm thinking about becoming a believer but it would be nice to be able to test the available features before committing.

Hi, currently we don't but you can always subscribe and refund within the first 14 days

Steffen

Hi, currently we don't but you can always subscribe and refund within the first 14 days

well that's the same, kind of. thanks

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please tell me there is a way to set default font for headings and for bodies as well?

tarkovsky88

please tell me there is a way to set default font for headings and for bodies as well?

There is not currently

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Hi, I just wanted to say thank you for building Capacities.

I just recently discovered it, and although I'm super hesitant to use "online only" SaaS tools, the very good export function, privacy statements, etc. made a switch easy for me. I'm probably going to report a lot of whatever issues I encounter or ask for features I'd like to see; please don't take it as me always complaining. I just do this for tools I really like and use a lot.

I'm really excited for the future of Capacities.

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Posted my first video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSy2juVzdhY Super general intro to my student workflow for now, lots of plans for more

Thank you for the support!! (edited)

PKMBeth

How I Use Capacities as a Masters Student

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Great video, I put some comments on YouTube for you!

Locatino

Great video, I put some comments on YouTube for you!

Thank you so much!! Will aim to get another video out in line with your suggestions next week!

qq for the hive mind

, is there a way to copy custom objects from one Capacities Space to another? I have an @Action object that I use in my Work space that I'd like to copy to other spaces without having to set up each and every property for each additional space I have from scratch again. Thanks in advance!

Just experimenting still with Capacities but so far I’m loving it! It covers many features I was missing from other apps. Just wanted to say I’m excited to be here! thank you to the devs also for being engaged with community feedback and thoughts

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qq for the hive mind

, is there a way to copy custom objects from one Capacities Space to another? I have an @Action object that I use in my Work space that I'd like to copy to other spaces without having to set up each and every property for each additional space I have from scratch again. Thanks in advance!

... there is not. while Capacities allows for very smooth transitions and conversion within one space (e.g. converting types into other ones), there is a fundamental architecture in place that doesn´t allow to easily pass the wall from one space to another. – see a fundamental discussion on this here: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1067343781399101490/1067560222647914577 ... and a corresponding proposal in the feature-request space, which you can vote / comment on as well: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/ability-to-copy-transfer-entities-to-other-spaces

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

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ratto

Just experimenting still with Capacities but so far I’m loving it! It covers many features I was missing from other apps. Just wanted to say I’m excited to be here! thank you to the devs also for being engaged with community feedback and thoughts

Thanks for the kind words!

Is anyone else feverishly checking Discord to see if there is a new update announced

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vcbrewers

Is anyone else feverishly checking Discord to see if there is a new update announced

Not TODAY!

One thing I have noticed with some apps is trying to do too many things and eventually ending up with a lot of features, but with many that seem half-heartedly implemented - with a focus on adding more constantly instead of improving on existing ones and making those amazing. This isn't directed at how Capacities is at the moment since the app is in the early stages and I am really grateful when devs are communicative with users. I agree with much of the feedback and many of the requests as there are also features from other apps I'd love to see here. I'm just wondering how the team is feeling currently about the requests coming in, how it's impacting the vision of where Capacities is going, and if it's feeling overwhelming at all?

ratto

One thing I have noticed with some apps is trying to do too many things and eventually ending up with a lot of features, but with many that seem half-heartedly implemented - with a focus on adding more constantly instead of improving on existing ones and making those amazing. This isn't directed at how Capacities is at the moment since the app is in the early stages and I am really grateful when devs are communicative with users. I agree with much of the feedback and many of the requests as there are also features from other apps I'd love to see here. I'm just wondering how the team is feeling currently about the requests coming in, how it's impacting the vision of where Capacities is going, and if it's feeling overwhelming at all?

I share that feeling / question. to me the example of 'ultimate demand' for task management is a prime example of that tension; ... looking at a bunch of more basic things that still need to play 'catch up' – seehttps://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1050826695806033982/1087463422070902885 (and some other places) ... but one could also look at reader integration, demand for AI, the wait for the next big surprise... etc

. ... sometimes the powering forward of Michael & Steffen is so amazing & beyond normal scope, that sone part in me fears they must simply break down at some point...

... and leave me/us with this super-charged thing in our bare hands (god forbid!)

– but seriously, or more to the point: I'd also lile to understand how they balance all these things, strategically... as long as they do not have a board of magic witches brew somewhere... ... nd I lso think sometimes, it would only be healthy to dampen / slow down expectations of a very hungry community; as to the greater, and a more balanced good (which is Capacities)...

... but... then... who wouldn't want the 'everything app'... finally...?!

lerone

I share that feeling / question. to me the example of 'ultimate demand' for task management is a prime example of that tension; ... looking at a bunch of more basic things that still need to play 'catch up' – seehttps://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1050826695806033982/1087463422070902885 (and some other places) ... but one could also look at reader integration, demand for AI, the wait for the next big surprise... etc

. ... sometimes the powering forward of Michael & Steffen is so amazing & beyond normal scope, that sone part in me fears they must simply break down at some point...

... and leave me/us with this super-charged thing in our bare hands (god forbid!)

– but seriously, or more to the point: I'd also lile to understand how they balance all these things, strategically... as long as they do not have a board of magic witches brew somewhere... ... nd I lso think sometimes, it would only be healthy to dampen / slow down expectations of a very hungry community; as to the greater, and a more balanced good (which is Capacities)...

... but... then... who wouldn't want the 'everything app'... finally...?!

It is super exciting finding a new app and following along with all the updates. Some of the large requests are also ones I think would improve Capacities and having such a passionate community can push for a better product so I'm not shaming anyone for making requests. You put it into more straightforward words though haha I'm mainly worried about potential burnout from devs over trying to do too much/"everything"

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ratto

It is super exciting finding a new app and following along with all the updates. Some of the large requests are also ones I think would improve Capacities and having such a passionate community can push for a better product so I'm not shaming anyone for making requests. You put it into more straightforward words though haha I'm mainly worried about potential burnout from devs over trying to do too much/"everything"

... you are of course

correct about abstaining from any 'shaming' attitude! ... I hope I didn't touch that ground. for me its rather about developing a shared, collective expectation horizon & understanding of purpose. like a virtual MoU, even if that has to be dynamic, shifting, even containing shifting baselines (... let's just wait until Capacities opens that can of sharing / publishing / collaboration...

) ... I am in total understanding of the search & urge to have this 'favorite app'... & then measure / fill it up w/ all those things we know & are accustomed to by all those other apps we use / test / get in & out of... ... but vision & base solidity are always at risk once 'that bandwagon' starts rolling... there are 3 notions that really talk to me in stated DNA texts of Capacities (& I am happy to prefer a more conceptual angle over 'feature' – or even function – perspective here): 1) studio for ones' mind (transparent usability, combination of creative flow & treasure box, experiential categorization of content – ... open to more technical ruses, outcome oriented but also open knowledge repository,...) 2) personal PKM as explicit core function (... while PKM has still to be defined somewhere...

) 3) underrated: a place where things calm down, the digital Pandorra world is somehow tamed, dimmed and the mind can get to rest, creatively... ... of course this is what I take out of landing page texts & other declarations / promises / orientational props etc. it might not be what Steffen & Michael really see in Cap. but for me, some of the discussions / drifts / tendencies in our collective mindset here sometimes run counter some of these core ideas (again: I might project from my own expectation base; but I can also give quotes if needed

) again: you are right about not to get moralistic, or ideological about any of this. but to develop a shared understanding, horizon of expectations, line of sight is, IMO, helpful to everyone... & healthy ITLR

lerone

... you are of course

correct about abstaining from any 'shaming' attitude! ... I hope I didn't touch that ground. for me its rather about developing a shared, collective expectation horizon & understanding of purpose. like a virtual MoU, even if that has to be dynamic, shifting, even containing shifting baselines (... let's just wait until Capacities opens that can of sharing / publishing / collaboration...

) ... I am in total understanding of the search & urge to have this 'favorite app'... & then measure / fill it up w/ all those things we know & are accustomed to by all those other apps we use / test / get in & out of... ... but vision & base solidity are always at risk once 'that bandwagon' starts rolling... there are 3 notions that really talk to me in stated DNA texts of Capacities (& I am happy to prefer a more conceptual angle over 'feature' – or even function – perspective here): 1) studio for ones' mind (transparent usability, combination of creative flow & treasure box, experiential categorization of content – ... open to more technical ruses, outcome oriented but also open knowledge repository,...) 2) personal PKM as explicit core function (... while PKM has still to be defined somewhere...

) 3) underrated: a place where things calm down, the digital Pandorra world is somehow tamed, dimmed and the mind can get to rest, creatively... ... of course this is what I take out of landing page texts & other declarations / promises / orientational props etc. it might not be what Steffen & Michael really see in Cap. but for me, some of the discussions / drifts / tendencies in our collective mindset here sometimes run counter some of these core ideas (again: I might project from my own expectation base; but I can also give quotes if needed

) again: you are right about not to get moralistic, or ideological about any of this. but to develop a shared understanding, horizon of expectations, line of sight is, IMO, helpful to everyone... & healthy ITLR

I don't think you did! I was worried I was coming off that way which was why I was clarifying haha

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I have to agree that sometimes an active community can unintentionally or intentionally pressure the dev team which may get them off their track. I’ve seen this happen in other apps and communities. Where I see communities work best are when the devs ask questions and get directed feedback. In doing so, it gives users clues about what to expect and keeps us from going in all directions at once.

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lerone

I share that feeling / question. to me the example of 'ultimate demand' for task management is a prime example of that tension; ... looking at a bunch of more basic things that still need to play 'catch up' – seehttps://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1050826695806033982/1087463422070902885 (and some other places) ... but one could also look at reader integration, demand for AI, the wait for the next big surprise... etc

. ... sometimes the powering forward of Michael & Steffen is so amazing & beyond normal scope, that sone part in me fears they must simply break down at some point...

... and leave me/us with this super-charged thing in our bare hands (god forbid!)

– but seriously, or more to the point: I'd also lile to understand how they balance all these things, strategically... as long as they do not have a board of magic witches brew somewhere... ... nd I lso think sometimes, it would only be healthy to dampen / slow down expectations of a very hungry community; as to the greater, and a more balanced good (which is Capacities)...

... but... then... who wouldn't want the 'everything app'... finally...?!

I can't agree more! I'm also a very big proponent of getting the basics/foundation right before piling on more features. Also, as I'm discovering the strengths of capacities more and more and adapting my workflow to it, the less I seem to need 'traditional' task management, as information is much more fluid and dynamic.

12:21 AM

I guess 'balance' is the magic word here, but between which variables are still a bit unclear for me at this point in the development cycle of Capacities

I think @lerone really hits the spot when talking about shared, collective understanding of the north star of Capacities. As more (diverse) people onboard to capacities, I think it will become increasingly important for @Steffen and @Michael_v_H to define in which direction(s) Capacities is going to go and which directions it isn't.. As people will have certain expectations and needs, by being more intentional about the goals you pursue and the reasons why you won't do something, it can keep the discussion about where we want to go as a community more focused and productive working towards the same goals. For example, in my opinion, a really good example was the discussion about data safety and (full) offline capabilities of Capacities as the team clearly defined their vision on the topic, the trade-offs they made, and clearly set the expectations about what to expect, now and in the future. I'm a big fan of such documents as they provide a LOT of information about the why, how and what. Ideally, for each new BIG feature (like task management etc.. ) we start which such a document to define how that feature will contribute to the north star and three pillars of Capacities

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Hi, after years using Craft and Notion I'm hitting a wall with both while my dream app would be a mix of both: A block based note taking system with strong offline and database features. I really love the object paradigm, makes so much sense for my brain. I'm currently testing Capacities and Anytype, loving both but Anytype offline core feature is a really big plus IMHO (in addition of their commitment to privacy) I searched "offline" in this forum and the most common answer I found from team is " we constantly trying to make more functions available offline " but what does it means concretely ? Is it on the roadmap to make Capacities fully offline (like Bear or Craft) or is just a way to say they are trying to improve the overall experience of being offline with some partial cached files (like Notion) ?

vcbrewers

Is anyone else feverishly checking Discord to see if there is a new update announced

I’m doing so again today lol

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One thing I have noticed with some apps is trying to do too many things and eventually ending up with a lot of features, but with many that seem half-heartedly implemented - with a focus on adding more constantly instead of improving on existing ones and making those amazing. This isn't directed at how Capacities is at the moment since the app is in the early stages and I am really grateful when devs are communicative with users. I agree with much of the feedback and many of the requests as there are also features from other apps I'd love to see here. I'm just wondering how the team is feeling currently about the requests coming in, how it's impacting the vision of where Capacities is going, and if it's feeling overwhelming at all?

Of course we want an app that does absolutely everything for everybody all the time and everywhere, but we also want it to be simple, clean, straightforward, easy to learn, etc. I doubt we can have both.

I wonder if there really is evidence that having task management embedded in a note or PKM app is worth the effort? The is a very strong ecosystem of task management apps out there and as long as things like deeplinks and some communication between apps is possible, for many people who don't work in teams, that may be more than enough. Thoughts?

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Video by Francesco

https://youtu.be/wubTuwx6iuQ (edited)

More Productive

Capacities: Note-Taking Newbie | Review

I don't think a fully fledged out task system is necessary. It's really hard to compete with tools that do only that. Let's say for project management and so on. From a pkm-tool I expect to link dates (and maybe times) so that when I open my daily note I'm reminded of an item which has a date property. Maybe with an option to "remind me starting 3 days before" or something like that.

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As far as I am concerned I don't need any task management at all, I'll prefer much more Capacities keeping focus on PKM features only.

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I think what @pkmbeth demoed in her Loom video is sufficient for me, if I really needed it (which I don't at present)

10:28 AM

https://www.loom.com/share/040329be1ac440388e4782c8f1c3db11

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I personally rely on Trello for Task Management. It's free and does "enough" for simple tasks. If I needed complex stuff, I think I'd rather pay for their higher tier or look to something more professional-grade. I tinkers with Kanban plugin for Obsidian and though it's neat- it had a vibe of hacky and brute-forced and like most obisidian plugins do not work on mobile sooo obsidian kind of falls on its face there despite having a dedicated app it doesn't digest many plugins which make obsidian what it is (for me) and why Capacities is quickly becoming my top pick because i don't have to sift through libraries of plugins to do workflows (edited)

vcbrewers

Is anyone else feverishly checking Discord to see if there is a new update announced

Unfortunately, I was sick the last couple of days which further delayed the launch a little bit. :/ It will probably be one or two more days.

Michael_v_H

Unfortunately, I was sick the last couple of days which further delayed the launch a little bit. :/ It will probably be one or two more days.

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Michael_v_H

Unfortunately, I was sick the last couple of days which further delayed the launch a little bit. :/ It will probably be one or two more days.

No worries, and hope you are feeling better!

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Michael_v_H

Unfortunately, I was sick the last couple of days which further delayed the launch a little bit. :/ It will probably be one or two more days.

Hope you feel better soon!

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Discovered I can use an animated gif as a cover image on a page. I love this for me (edited)

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Michael_v_H

Unfortunately, I was sick the last couple of days which further delayed the launch a little bit. :/ It will probably be one or two more days.

Take care of yourself! Delays happen and health is important. I understand there is a balance since this is a product, but from what I’ve seen here, it’s providing a lot of value to our lives. I think most of us would be willing to wait a bit if it means you’re healthy and rested - and as a result able to do better work as well

Just being kept in the loop is appreciated! (edited)

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But it is funny to see that there are a lot of people refreshing Discord en TestFlight to see if the update is already there… glad I’m not the only one

and a good sign that Capacities is adding value for us.

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Json Blob

I personally rely on Trello for Task Management. It's free and does "enough" for simple tasks. If I needed complex stuff, I think I'd rather pay for their higher tier or look to something more professional-grade. I tinkers with Kanban plugin for Obsidian and though it's neat- it had a vibe of hacky and brute-forced and like most obisidian plugins do not work on mobile sooo obsidian kind of falls on its face there despite having a dedicated app it doesn't digest many plugins which make obsidian what it is (for me) and why Capacities is quickly becoming my top pick because i don't have to sift through libraries of plugins to do workflows (edited)

I generally use Apple Reminders for most of my to-dos. For work related things, just using a to-do on a daily note is enough, and can shift them around as needed. For a bigger work project I'd probably use Trello, too

I’ve used all the most popular task management apps, many of them are great. But having task management in the same PKM is a game changer-instant mental relief. Keeping the task in the same app keeps my mind from context switching. It also makes daily journaling easier especially since backlinks make it easier to reference previous tasks. Most importantly though, I’ve learned to NOT use checkboxes for tasks because I am limited. Instead, I handle tasks as objects and that allows full flexibility like any other object. Checkboxes are reserved for sub tasks of an existing task. (edited)

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I’ve used all the most popular task management apps, many of them are great. But having task management in the same PKM is a game changer-instant mental relief. Keeping the task in the same app keeps my mind from context switching. It also makes daily journaling easier especially since backlinks make it easier to reference previous tasks. Most importantly though, I’ve learned to NOT use checkboxes for tasks because I am limited. Instead, I handle tasks as objects and that allows full flexibility like any other object. Checkboxes are reserved for sub tasks of an existing task. (edited)

I agree on the point that having a daily log that contains everything that happened (tasks, meetings, notes, links, etc.) is incredibly useful. For people who are taking a "bullet journal method" approach to their day, it's very nice to have some task management features (even if not every power-user feature from popular task management apps).

I worry about the "what about feature x?" once a large category feature like task management gets introduced. I think it would be reasonable for the team to identify how far they are going to take task management up front so people don't expect Capacities to replace everything that a dedicated task manager does.

Before my coworker and I cause a nuclear melt down in the Capacities datacenter, if I sent a page that is a custom type to them and they're brand new to capacities and don't already have that type created, when they import the .md file will it create the type for them with all the parameters I have set up in mine (somehow)? Reading the .md it seems to have type: meeting defined and all that (edited)

Json Blob

Before my coworker and I cause a nuclear melt down in the Capacities datacenter, if I sent a page that is a custom type to them and they're brand new to capacities and don't already have that type created, when they import the .md file will it create the type for them with all the parameters I have set up in mine (somehow)? Reading the .md it seems to have type: meeting defined and all that (edited)

it unfortunately won't, it will create a page from it. But with the import system, we'll also think about a system to make this compatible. Unfortunately harder than it looks like (e.g. how to detect the type of a property from a string-base frontmatter? etc.).

There is the feature to change a type from one to another so if import goes to a page by default then one could just change the type and then move the data accordingly, yes?

2:01 PM

manual steps but would achieve the desired end result of important a whole object type

Json Blob

manual steps but would achieve the desired end result of important a whole object type

yes, would be a bit of work, but can achieve the desired results

Json Blob

There is the feature to change a type from one to another so if import goes to a page by default then one could just change the type and then move the data accordingly, yes?

Yes. Also just added some improvements to the import so it will add all frontmatter properties to the body. Then it will be simple copy paste after turn into. Will be shipped with the next update

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Steffen

Yes. Also just added some improvements to the import so it will add all frontmatter properties to the body. Then it will be simple copy paste after turn into. Will be shipped with the next update

Nice, you mean something like this?

boonikad9300

Nice, you mean something like this?

Yes

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Alright, we just completed all remaining launch preparations for the update – it's now ready to go out. We will deploy it tomorrow morning!

We're super excited!

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Michael_v_H

Alright, we just completed all remaining launch preparations for the update – it's now ready to go out. We will deploy it tomorrow morning!

We're super excited!

and so are we

Michael_v_H

Alright, we just completed all remaining launch preparations for the update – it's now ready to go out. We will deploy it tomorrow morning!

We're super excited!

Super excited

can't wait to test out new stuff

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2:14 AM

Me waiting on the new release today

I just got the update the redesign is amazing!!!

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Also thank you for the scrolling tabs, I have way too many tabs open and the scroll will help a ton!

4:27 AM

Also I love the rounding of the UI elements makes the app look so cool!

What a release! Congrats @Steffen and @Michael_v_H for getting it out and the renewed / intense focus on consistency and accessibility with the design system, huge improvements and great to have a (solid) foundation to build upon!

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boonikad9300

What a release! Congrats @Steffen and @Michael_v_H for getting it out and the renewed / intense focus on consistency and accessibility with the design system, huge improvements and great to have a (solid) foundation to build upon!

Thanks!

4:35 AM

Code block is broken in production. We're working on a fix right now.

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Closing tabs via shortcut: You can now close tabs via the Cmd+W (Mac) or Ctrl+W (Windows) shortcut.* Such a minor but appreciated feature! Thank you

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Closing tabs via shortcut: You can now close tabs via the Cmd+W (Mac) or Ctrl+W (Windows) shortcut.* Such a minor but appreciated feature! Thank you

I am so happy this shortcut is there, the amount of times before I would click cmd+w and end up being confused

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Great job team... Loving the sneak peak at potential features too... lol.

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Great job team... Loving the sneak peak at potential features too... lol.

To be honest, this is just sample content and was generated by ChatGPT.

It just saves so much time compared to creating content manually just for some nice screenshots. My actual notes are not that nicely formatted.

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Michael_v_H

Code block is broken in production. We're working on a fix right now.

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Looks like we could fix the code block, the update is being deployed right now so the fix should be online soon.

Michael_v_H

Looks like we could fix the code block, the update is being deployed right now so the fix should be online soon.

Looks good. Thanks for the quick fix

Congrats on

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Expecting capacities app for Android.. this is the most essential for me as of now

The visual timeline is back!!

I'm really really loving the new design. It's visually much cleaner than before.

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To be honest, this is just sample content and was generated by ChatGPT.

It just saves so much time compared to creating content manually just for some nice screenshots. My actual notes are not that nicely formatted.

Lol no worries. Auto Linking would be amazing though. Regardless, great job team.

I MAY have lost an iota of data in the update, I think I had a collection of pages which was empty and after update it said "Deleted content" but it was open as a tab at the top which had the name still "Games". I am pretty sure I had a collection of pages called this but I never actually assigned anything to it yet

11:09 AM

I also cannot find "Games" anywhere else in my space

oh no

To confirm, sharing is exclusively sharing read-only access, right? One cannot share read AND write permissions?

Json Blob

To confirm, sharing is exclusively sharing read-only access, right? One cannot share read AND write permissions?

yes

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If I connect to VPN for work, does Capacities handle that okay or does it require a restart or anything to resolve the connection to the cloud? (edited)

Being able to change font size is excellent news! When I'm able to use capacities on my Android phone, it will be amazing...

whoa, I skipped over that bit of info

Dave

Being able to change font size is excellent news! When I'm able to use capacities on my Android phone, it will be amazing...

Hm, that's unfortunately not correct. Did we write that somewhere?

whoops lol

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the only mention I see of font size

12:49 PM

Just make everything an H1, solved!

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Being able to change font size is excellent news! When I'm able to use capacities on my Android phone, it will be amazing...

While you can't technically change the font size, you can mimic it by using the zoom in / out option

Json Blob

the only mention I see of font size

Yep, that was it. Obviously I misunderstood

Huge update, thanks. Looks so good

I hope you devs pop a drink and eat a nice meal, take the day off. Nice update so far!

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Today's update is great, in lots of subtle ways! The announcement message made me realize there is a thing called the side panel that I haven't been using, so thanks for bringing that to my attention!

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awesome and handsome

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how to import notes from other applications

RemcoVC

how to import notes from other applications

Not possible in batch, but you can use the single file markdown import option on an empty page. To stay updated you can vote here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/bulk-import-from-md-and-other-apps

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Small update with fixes and improvements based on feedback from the release just went live.

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I set up a new Object to list something with dates, and got that working all fine. But now I've noticed that on my Today note there's a shortcut to add to that new Object. Is it possible to remove that? That new Object is never going to need adding to in that way.

Tom

I set up a new Object to list something with dates, and got that working all fine. But now I've noticed that on my Today note there's a shortcut to add to that new Object. Is it possible to remove that? That new Object is never going to need adding to in that way.

No, not with the current behavior. All object types with a date property are shown there.

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ah ok, that's a pain

3:47 PM

Would be great to get a toggle to turn this off for certain objects

Is it possible to delete the Basic Content Types: Daily Note & Page?

11:15 AM

So we can recreate them under Custom in a different capacity?

Defnd3r

Is it possible to delete the Basic Content Types: Daily Note & Page?

No, you cant delete basic types as there is some logic tied to them -> especially, in the case of daily notes! However, you can create your own custom types and not use the basic ones

Yeah, I was wanting to make a new Daily Note that I can customize with additional properties such as adding a cover page in my template and so forth. Or setting the default type to be a created type (Topic) instead of the basic Page type... appreciate the quick response

Defnd3r

Yeah, I was wanting to make a new Daily Note that I can customize with additional properties such as adding a cover page in my template and so forth. Or setting the default type to be a created type (Topic) instead of the basic Page type... appreciate the quick response

A cover to a daily note would be cool

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@Steffen - I’m no longer able to select multiple blocks on macOS by holding down trackpad + scrolling. Running most recent version of Capacities. Thanks!

vcbrewers

@Steffen - I’m no longer able to select multiple blocks on macOS by holding down trackpad + scrolling. Running most recent version of Capacities. Thanks!

Will look into it

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report spam everyone! (edited)

boonikad9300

report spam everyone! (edited)

Thanks

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Steffen

Will look into it

I have the same issue (this just happens to be my first day of using Capacities so I was very confused

, on OSX, tried in app and browser, using this version of app: Version 1.23.52 (1.23.52)

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Just want to say how impressed I am with the recent updates. The improvements are amazing and the experience has been fantastic. Thank you!

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Where's the picture object on the Profile Page layout?

Defnd3r

Where's the picture object on the Profile Page layout?

hover over the title. Then you can click on "add cover image" just above the title

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MalteKiesel

hover over the title. Then you can click on "add cover image" just above the title

Thank you! Didn't realize cover image was the picture.. Much appreciated

I just wanted to thank the developers for all their hard work on this app. I know in this group we're all making suggestions for features, talking about bugs etc, but it's because we care and want to see the app develop in a positive way. Thanks again Developers for all your hard work and listening to your community.

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I just wanted to thank the developers for all their hard work on this app. I know in this group we're all making suggestions for features, talking about bugs etc, but it's because we care and want to see the app develop in a positive way. Thanks again Developers for all your hard work and listening to your community.

Second this. It’s incredible to see in real time the time and care going into an application from developers based on feedback from its users.

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Agreed! Honestly just waiting for some regional pricing to support them!

I really love the iOS app, any ETA for the the iPad app?

Thank you @Steffen !

rcvd_io

I really love the iOS app, any ETA for the the iPad app?

No, we haven't decided on the timeline and the conceptual positioning of a dedicated iPad app yet. A full adjustment for iPad and tablets will require a lot of work and we have to balance it well with all the other items on the roadmap.

Is it possible to put collections on a page atm @Michael_v_H ? I'm currently trying to find an app that can fit my workflow needs

GayNooblet

Is it possible to put collections on a page atm @Michael_v_H ? I'm currently trying to find an app that can fit my workflow needs

Yes, type @ followed by the name of the collection. It should show up in the dropdown.

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Sweet!

Is there anyway to have contextual keyboard shortcuts that could allow me to dynamically add content to a specific collection on a page?

7:21 PM

I'm currently using Fibery but looking for alternatives. In Fibery I can have nested tables. Could I mimic that here?

7:23 PM

For instance

7:23 PM

I work on a bunch of projects and I have a specific workflow and I want all my data to be associated naturally

7:23 PM

7:24 PM

I start of with an Epic then Task then Approach (Design Document)

7:24 PM

Then I sometimes have roadblocks

7:24 PM

and I can put them all here

7:25 PM

and then when I click on that it takes me to the roadblock page that's already linked

7:25 PM

I like this nested database thing but the UI is clunky and search is primitive. Could I replicate this in Capacities @Michael_v_H ?

@Steffen When I use the down arrow, it moves off the page and disappears without scrolling the page. Do you experience the same issue?

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@Steffen Curious on the search function. I Ctrl + p to search the word "identity", and I can see at least 9 different blocks with the word identity, however, the search results only shows me 2. This occurs with any search I do.. results seem to be limited to 2 or 3 options every time. Is this a big or by design?

GayNooblet

I like this nested database thing but the UI is clunky and search is primitive. Could I replicate this in Capacities @Michael_v_H ?

At first sight, looking at your workflow, it seems like you would be better of with a native task/project manager application like Linear etc

CaninePRO®

@Steffen When I use the down arrow, it moves off the page and disappears without scrolling the page. Do you experience the same issue?

Yes, added to our list

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Steffen started a thread. 5/2/2023 1:18 AM

boonikad9300

At first sight, looking at your workflow, it seems like you would be better of with a native task/project manager application like Linear etc

Linear does not have good knowledge organization features. I am not looking for a single project manager application. I have tried ClickUp, Linear, Notion, AirTable, Roam,Obsidian, TiddlyWiki, ClickUp, RemNote,Jira/Confluence,Coda, OneNote, Monday,BookStack, Wrike,Typora,Dendron,Retool,Walling,LearnOrbit, and may others and none of them really seem to fit my use case

9:32 AM

I am specifically looking for an app that can efficiently organize my information by providing contextual workflows which places data in appropriate types for easy querying

9:32 AM

Fibery is actually the closeset to what i'm looking for

9:34 AM

It seems like Capacities could possibly be even better but i'm not sure of all the features

9:36 AM

i'm looking for 3D tables

9:36 AM

Where an enty of Table Red, can have multiple entries of Table Blue, and a single entry of table blue can have multiple entries of table Green

9:37 AM

And where if I query for an entry of Table Green I can filter it based off its Parent, Select * Green Where Green.Parent = Blue1

9:38 AM

Or select * Green where Green.Parent in ("Blue1","blue2","blue3")

9:40 AM

The use case of something like this is numerous. For one Let's say I have different types of objects like I do in Capacity but let's say for Software Engineering where we have Modules, Methods, Test Cases, Design Documents, Tasks, Bugs, Roadblocks, and Sequence Diagrams

9:42 AM

With 3D tables I could enable natural workflows like this: Epic -> Task -> Design Document -> Module -> Method -> Test Cases. If I'm new to the team and wanted to learn about some Module A, a 3D table could allow me to simply go to the module and I'll have collections of all the related Methods, design documents, the related task and epic ( which includes its business use case ) all the test cases and also the related bugs all from 1 starting point (edited)

9:43 AM

And because 3D tables with fixed sub collections naturally enables certain workflows its quick to not only follow the workflow but also to create links to the content

9:46 AM

Another usecase is to create actionable information

9:47 AM

Let's say I have a type called Algorithms and another subtype called Use Cases that is a generic type used by everything (edited)

9:48 AM

This is what 3D tables can allow for

9:49 AM

I can do reverse searches for the relevant algorithm I need for the problem by having a collection of use cases

9:49 AM

so without even having tags or other fields which are also present I can also query by use cases and find interesting connections between data that has beeen defined in separate contexes

9:53 AM

I was wondering if I could do something like this with the collections where there are sub-collections that are intrinsically linked to an instance of a current type

Hello - Does anyone else have issues with selecting dates in Capacities? Such a small issue but so frustrating as it's stopping me from creating a simple tracker since it can't correctly log dates. Most Sunday dates can not be selected. March 12 will force the app to go do 13 or 11, I cannot select 12, 19, 26 etc.

pctweakz

Hello - Does anyone else have issues with selecting dates in Capacities? Such a small issue but so frustrating as it's stopping me from creating a simple tracker since it can't correctly log dates. Most Sunday dates can not be selected. March 12 will force the app to go do 13 or 11, I cannot select 12, 19, 26 etc.

Working on it

Steffen started a thread. 5/3/2023 5:15 AM

When an issue is filed, should we as users provide the version we're on or is that somehow automatically captured in mysterious black magic ways? Does that info typically even matter for your bug reports? (edited)

Json Blob

When an issue is filed, should we as users provide the version we're on or is that somehow automatically captured in mysterious black magic ways? Does that info typically even matter for your bug reports? (edited)

Seems logical that as a user you should first check if you have the latest version installed! As a bug you might encounter can already be fixed in the latest release (if you are running a version that is still older) (edited)

2:29 PM

FYI: On the site https://capacities.io/whats-new there is a accordion with contineous improvements where you find whats fixed in the latest release

What's new?

New features, releases, and current improvements

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@Steffen earns the trophy for fastest bug fix probably in the history of mankind. I think that was <10 minutes from my report to you closing it as fixed

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Michael_v_H

No, we haven't decided on the timeline and the conceptual positioning of a dedicated iPad app yet. A full adjustment for iPad and tablets will require a lot of work and we have to balance it well with all the other items on the roadmap.

Any chance you would consider allowing the iPhone app to run on the iPad while we wait for an official iPad app? It would be better than nothing as I find using Capacities in a browser when working on my iPad to be a clunky experience.

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Hi all. Is there a shortcut to navigate left and right to different pages? Cant seem to figure it out. Also how do you search through an entire page instead of like a code block or a small section of code?

sagitman

Any chance you would consider allowing the iPhone app to run on the iPad while we wait for an official iPad app? It would be better than nothing as I find using Capacities in a browser when working on my iPad to be a clunky experience.

+1, same here

Maybe I'm missing this, is there a global capture shortcut? Like a keyboard shortcut to drop notes into Capacities from anywhere?

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Rich

Maybe I'm missing this, is there a global capture shortcut? Like a keyboard shortcut to drop notes into Capacities from anywhere?

Have you considered using the email integration? You can send an email to save@capacities.io from the email address you signed with up at Capacities.io. You can use this to approach to get notes, files, images, emails and other documents into Capacities. The documents are added to your Daily Note. You can find more info here: https://docs.capacities.io/reference/integrations/email (edited)

Capacities Docs

big test for me today, going to use Capacities to record notes for the first time while interviewing a candidate for my company

but I have no worries, it'll go fine lol

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Successfully had the thought, "Why wasn't I using this earlier in my life." so there's that feedback for you all

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I just discovered that on calendar view there is quick-create buttons for objects with date properties and I never knew I wanted this feature and now it's everything my entire life wanted all along. It made calendar view 1000% more useful noticing this small thing

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Just wanna put it out there that I am fascinated by the speed at which both @Steffen and @Michael_v_H work on feedbacks and suchlike. Appreciate everything you've done a lot!

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ok, I want to put a motion to the community present: can we agree, that everytime the notion of 'killer-feature' is mentioned in any of the two forums henceforth, the causative agent will pay 5€ into the trans-regional Believer-support fund?! (– attachment: I am against outright bans or censure, here... but something has to be done!

) I could write a lengthy preamble / rationale here – ... on expectation management and sustainable forum culture; on the health of anti-eschatological disposition; on non-violent / non-manipulative language; etc.) – ... but I hope this proposition is otherwise rather self-explanatory

lerone

ok, I want to put a motion to the community present: can we agree, that everytime the notion of 'killer-feature' is mentioned in any of the two forums henceforth, the causative agent will pay 5€ into the trans-regional Believer-support fund?! (– attachment: I am against outright bans or censure, here... but something has to be done!

) I could write a lengthy preamble / rationale here – ... on expectation management and sustainable forum culture; on the health of anti-eschatological disposition; on non-violent / non-manipulative language; etc.) – ... but I hope this proposition is otherwise rather self-explanatory

5:37 AM

lets use this one

boonikad9300

lets use this one

agreed, ...after I looked it up in the Urban Dictionary: • Goat: Majestic creatures that bring death and goodluck – Look a Goat :1 year of good luck bestowed upon you • Goat: A person who takes the blame for a faulty outcome. In sports, "the goat" is a label given to the player whose failure cost his team the game, usually at a pivotal point. • Goat acronym for: Gamer OnA Tractor – I've had it with these mothafuckin' gamers, on this mothafuckin' tractor! • Goat: describing less than favourable behaviours in social settings – gary was acting like an absolute goat after too many beers last night, the muppet ended up getting himself locked up. ... etc. so, this seems like a killer acronym to me!

Hi, I am just wondering, can Capacities search contents of articles saved as web links and contents of pdfs as well?

Paule 👩🏻🎨

Hi, I am just wondering, can Capacities search contents of articles saved as web links and contents of pdfs as well?

not, yet... ... but it will be wonderful, eventually, as to PDFs (afaik it is generally planned) otherwise, if you check the Canny-feedback page, there are some requests on integrating a full-fledged web-clipper (which seems what you are asking for). you can add your voice there

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@lerone thank you Lerone. I cannot wait

pkmbeth

Ah ok so for status I recommend tags, because I presume there will be many things in your space that can be United under that tag. I’d you have a done status as a tag, clicking on that will show you all done items. Same for todo or planned. Tags are also held in a database as they’re a content type so you have extra functionality (filter, sort, views) to if you had a type called status. This method would only give you a list of back links which have limited functionality for this use case in comparison to the tag database. As tags are the one content type that can bring content from many content types together, the main criteria becomes “do I want to see content from several content types under this heading (and be able to filter/use different views?)” Yes= tag. No= collection within the content type, acting as a subgroup of the content. That’s my rule of thumb anyway!

Thank you, once again, for your help. This answer finally helps me understand when to use Collections.

code_ai

Thank you, once again, for your help. This answer finally helps me understand when to use Collections.

Glad to hear it!

Hello all, is anybody having issues while using the app via the browser (Safari)? I try to access the app but every time I get the “something went wrong error”

Is Capacities hiring? Asking for a friend.

pkmbeth

Glad to hear it!

What was the original message here. I am having trouble understanding collections myself.

mindsparks

What was the original message here. I am having trouble understanding collections myself.

hi Ben! I’ll paste the message below. Ah ok so for status I recommend tags, because I presume there will be many things in your space that can be United under that tag. I’d you have a done status as a tag, clicking on that will show you all done items. Same for todo or planned. Tags are also held in a database as they’re a content type so you have extra functionality (filter, sort, views) to if you had a type called status. This method would only give you a list of back links which have limited functionality for this use case in comparison to the tag database. As tags are the one content type that can bring content from many content types together, the main criteria becomes “do I want to see content from several content types under this heading (and be able to filter/use different views?)” Yes= tag. No= collection within the content type, acting as a subgroup of the content. That’s my rule of thumb anyway!

tarkovsky88

Hi all. Is there a shortcut to navigate left and right to different pages? Cant seem to figure it out. Also how do you search through an entire page instead of like a code block or a small section of code?

Hi @tarkovsky88, its Command-Left or Command-Right on Mac and same with Ctrl on Windows. In the web version, searching the whole page via Command-F should work (if you're not currently editing inside a code block). On the desktop app it's not supported yet.

Rich

Maybe I'm missing this, is there a global capture shortcut? Like a keyboard shortcut to drop notes into Capacities from anywhere?

Hi @Rich, no, not yet!

pkmbeth

hi Ben! I’ll paste the message below. Ah ok so for status I recommend tags, because I presume there will be many things in your space that can be United under that tag. I’d you have a done status as a tag, clicking on that will show you all done items. Same for todo or planned. Tags are also held in a database as they’re a content type so you have extra functionality (filter, sort, views) to if you had a type called status. This method would only give you a list of back links which have limited functionality for this use case in comparison to the tag database. As tags are the one content type that can bring content from many content types together, the main criteria becomes “do I want to see content from several content types under this heading (and be able to filter/use different views?)” Yes= tag. No= collection within the content type, acting as a subgroup of the content. That’s my rule of thumb anyway!

I see, thanks for reposting the content of the message. I still make custom status tags as a separate object so that the "Tags" object doesn't get muddled up with other tags that aren't status tags. But I like your thinking around collections vs. tags use cases.

mindsparks

I see, thanks for reposting the content of the message. I still make custom status tags as a separate object so that the "Tags" object doesn't get muddled up with other tags that aren't status tags. But I like your thinking around collections vs. tags use cases.

Fair enough! The number of tags can indeed grow quickly

pkmbeth

Fair enough! The number of tags can indeed grow quickly

Another consideration would be to use collections within the tags (e.g. a "status" collection within tags)

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mcgibbaa

Another consideration would be to use collections within the tags (e.g. a "status" collection within tags)

Indeed! I tend to set up a status and rating collecting in every space as I use them in as many places as it makes sense to

woo hookmark is nice

Kadas

woo hookmark is nice

Yes, and there is a related iPad app on the way.

really? interesting

11:01 AM

I just used it once or twice so far, not so much, but it's useful

Hookmark does look like a good app but it is MAC only.

Is there a search function anywhere for the documentation? I'm trying to find where tasks are but i can't search for tasks

Sketchy_AF

Is there a search function anywhere for the documentation? I'm trying to find where tasks are but i can't search for tasks

Not yet, but will be added. Task management is on the road map, you can vote here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/integrated-task-management

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Steffen

Not yet, but will be added. Task management is on the road map, you can vote here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/integrated-task-management

a thing I wondered about generally: does it make sense to vote for (in contrast to: comment on) items marked as 'planned'?

lerone

a thing I wondered about generally: does it make sense to vote for (in contrast to: comment on) items marked as 'planned'?

Always!

Planned does not mean it will be next. Votes have an influence on priority.

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Steffen

Always!

Planned does not mean it will be next. Votes have an influence on priority.

thx, Steffen! very helpful feedback! (.... then I am not worried about that – number of votes / priority – in relation to the all-killing task-manager function at all

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No matter where I activate Hookmark in Capacities, I get the message "No linkable item found in Capacities". Is it me?

Have you updated Hookmark too? You need to update both apps.

Gilbey

No matter where I activate Hookmark in Capacities, I get the message "No linkable item found in Capacities". Is it me?

Have you updated Hookmark too? You need to update both apps. I got the same message until I updated Hookmark.

‍♂️ I used the SetApp version Version 5.0.2. I downloaded the latest, and it's working now. Thank you!

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Capacities - questions of scoping and travelling together (I) I am just – once again – (re-) thinking my use of tools and apps, in the light of what different tools offer, and in light of what Capacities (already) does for me. For now, I am certain Capacities will remain my central tool in terms of PKM (if it doesn't turn into a task manager

); and I am trying to define what that means, and at which places I need other tools. and which. – so questions appear like: what to bet on? and how to strategically shape my (current) use of C?! what is the ecosystem I can build with / around C?! The main 'blanks' that I see and areas where C might not suffice in its current form (– for my interpretation of PKM –) are: • vision boards / visualizing • iterative ideation and structuring of 'mental spaces' / temporary 'contextual spaces' • creative collation & 'augmented' write up (... there is 'other stuff', like bulk importing, bulk editing, clipping, automated exporting, better sidenotes, even better search, original / native annotation ... that I'd want at some time. but it's on the horizon, and this is less about 'conceptional' PKM parts missing, but more about functional stuff coming, or bases still (to be) extended. I am not too concerned about that.) – as can be seen this all relates to issues after capturing and basic organizing. let´s say: the middle ground of playing, iteration, ideation; stuff before final output production. so, maybe that is the core of my question.

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‍ Maintenance info We're running some updates over the weekend. They are required for queries and better search. Capacities might be a bit slower than usual but everything will stay operational. We'll keep you updated here.

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I'm just starting with Capacities and have a beginner question about managing ToDo's. Coming from another note-taking and outliner application (Workflowy), I spend most of my time in two sections: Diary / Journal and Projects. If I add ToDo's in daily entries to my Journal and into notes I add to the different projects I'm working on, can Capacities "gather" these into a single view? For example, I may add ToDo's to many days in my Journal and to many different Projects. I'd like to see them all gathered into a single view. Is there a way to do that in Capacities?

You can label them with a #todo tag and then when you click into the tag you will be able to see all of them in a single view

I know this sounds weird, but does anyone else ever feel like 'I'm falling in love with an app'? I mean after trying so many previous apps (Roam, Craft, Logseq, Obsidian) I find myself repeatedly having thoughts throughout the day like, "How will I document this real life experience in Capacities?". I think I am falling in love with an app. Maybe it's just me, I dunno.

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I'm just starting with Capacities and have a beginner question about managing ToDo's. Coming from another note-taking and outliner application (Workflowy), I spend most of my time in two sections: Diary / Journal and Projects. If I add ToDo's in daily entries to my Journal and into notes I add to the different projects I'm working on, can Capacities "gather" these into a single view? For example, I may add ToDo's to many days in my Journal and to many different Projects. I'd like to see them all gathered into a single view. Is there a way to do that in Capacities?

If you have a very 'light' todo workflow, the checkboxes will suffice. For me, I prefer to use todo checkboxes only as 'subtasks within an existing Task object'. This means I enjoy more flexibility by creating a new object (which I call 'Tasks'), so that I can enjoy the full benefit which Objects allow, rather than the limitations of a todo checkbox.

How do I create flashcards and implement srs like RemNote

bruce6666.

How do I create flashcards and implement srs like RemNote

this is not yet within the scope of Capacities. so, there is no direct answer to this. ... but maybe comes up with a hack, as some already expressed interest in this. ... probably chances for such a 'soft hack' rise once tasks (reminders?) are in some way integrated...

scottc6213

I'm just starting with Capacities and have a beginner question about managing ToDo's. Coming from another note-taking and outliner application (Workflowy), I spend most of my time in two sections: Diary / Journal and Projects. If I add ToDo's in daily entries to my Journal and into notes I add to the different projects I'm working on, can Capacities "gather" these into a single view? For example, I may add ToDo's to many days in my Journal and to many different Projects. I'd like to see them all gathered into a single view. Is there a way to do that in Capacities?

Currently I'm testing this workflow:

I created a Project Object,

in each Project I make a to-list nested under a toggle and add the tag #task to the toggle title, so that I don't have to tag each individual task,

I pinned the task tag to the space so it's quick to view the aggregated lists,

I inline dated some of the tasks (the ones I already know when I need to work on) so they will appear in the References of the relative Daily Note.

I have yet to try how to work with a daily braindump (tasks added in the Daily Note), but I think I would copy or move them to the relative Project and toggle list.

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Hello everyone, Just had a quick question can someone please help provide me with a CSS code to change capacities font, thanks.

zahed

Hello everyone, Just had a quick question can someone please help provide me with a CSS code to change capacities font, thanks.

not possible. yet. there is a whole discussion on custom themes, and that includes some requests on custom css too. you can look this up here in the forums and under the Canny-feature-discussions. of course, this is also where you can leave your thoughts and wishes too; as some form of custom themes is on the horizon (as you will see there)

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not possible. yet. there is a whole discussion on custom themes, and that includes some requests on custom css too. you can look this up here in the forums and under the Canny-feature-discussions. of course, this is also where you can leave your thoughts and wishes too; as some form of custom themes is on the horizon (as you will see there)

Ahaaa perfect, thanks for the response

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lerone

this is not yet within the scope of Capacities. so, there is no direct answer to this. ... but maybe comes up with a hack, as some already expressed interest in this. ... probably chances for such a 'soft hack' rise once tasks (reminders?) are in some way integrated...

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply

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Is there tables functionality in Capacity? Can't find it. (edited)

No, not yet, but planned. You can vote on it on the feedback board.

Giada C

Currently I'm testing this workflow:

I created a Project Object,

in each Project I make a to-list nested under a toggle and add the tag #task to the toggle title, so that I don't have to tag each individual task,

I pinned the task tag to the space so it's quick to view the aggregated lists,

I inline dated some of the tasks (the ones I already know when I need to work on) so they will appear in the References of the relative Daily Note.

I have yet to try how to work with a daily braindump (tasks added in the Daily Note), but I think I would copy or move them to the relative Project and toggle list.

I like the presentation. But, do you ever need to reference the tasks while writing your daily notes? If so, do you copy the ink not the block? Also, I what happens of you don’t complete some of the tasks on the date you wanted? Do you then just go and change the date on all those missed tasks to the next day? Lastly, what if you need meta data to complete a task (phone number, website, etc), how do you easily get that info?

code_ai

I like the presentation. But, do you ever need to reference the tasks while writing your daily notes? If so, do you copy the ink not the block? Also, I what happens of you don’t complete some of the tasks on the date you wanted? Do you then just go and change the date on all those missed tasks to the next day? Lastly, what if you need meta data to complete a task (phone number, website, etc), how do you easily get that info?

Q1) I don’t usually reference tasks in my daily notes, I think I’d reference the block but I’m not (yet) a Believer Q2) I’ve just started testing this workflow so it’s too soon to tell you, I guess I should change the date manually Q3) For a task that needs a website, I use an inline link; for a task that needs a description with several links, I use a toggle putting it right before the to-do markdown (check the screenshot)

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Ok. I use Tasks objects for managing tasks, and tags to group all the projects together. I then reference the task in daily note if needed, such as when there are setbacks which prevented me from completing the task-to help myself think through more. Also I have a ‘Due’ property in the Task object so that I don’t have to keep changing the date of missed tasks-the Filter is set to show all tasks due before tomorrow or empty. Websites or meta data are added within the task, so that that info isn’t on-screen until I open just that task. (edited)

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Tasks are easily created with / or +

code_ai

Ok. I use Tasks objects for managing tasks, and tags to group all the projects together. I then reference the task in daily note if needed, such as when there are setbacks which prevented me from completing the task-to help myself think through more. Also I have a ‘Due’ property in the Task object so that I don’t have to keep changing the date of missed tasks-the Filter is set to show all tasks due before tomorrow or empty. Websites or meta data are added within the task, so that that info isn’t on-screen until I open just that task. (edited)

Sounds great. I’ll keep it in mind for later use if my current experiment should fail. Thank you for sharing!

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is 1.23.55 the latest version? for some reason I thought it had reached 24

No, that's the latest.

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game changers, and killer features everywhere...

... where can I run to...?!

–didn't Capacities promise some calm space in a world of digital storm bombartment to get me hooked?!

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Any chance there is a good quality Capacities.io branding logo I could copy/paste into a little presentation I'm doing for coworkers on PKM's? I'm presenting capacities as one of the options

Json Blob

Any chance there is a good quality Capacities.io branding logo I could copy/paste into a little presentation I'm doing for coworkers on PKM's? I'm presenting capacities as one of the options

Have you seen the media kit? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l3JDKGpWzqQIWl2x3lPEw3W3rs5Ox2Hk?usp=sharing

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I have not, that should do what I need. thank you

pkmbeth

Have you seen the media kit? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l3JDKGpWzqQIWl2x3lPEw3W3rs5Ox2Hk?usp=sharing

Yes, that's the best resource. Thanks Beth!

Json Blob

Any chance there is a good quality Capacities.io branding logo I could copy/paste into a little presentation I'm doing for coworkers on PKM's? I'm presenting capacities as one of the options

Thanks for doing this!

Hey folks, where's the best place to drop some UI feedback on the iOS app?

frau.rauni

Hey folks, where's the best place to drop some UI feedback on the iOS app?

It's fine to put it in #💅・ui-ux-polishing-ideas , thanks!

How can I have an access to the iOS App?

Fenil

How can I have an access to the iOS App?

You get access after signing up for the believer tier

@Steffen @Michael_v_H Really appreciate the Android update. The app is way more usable now.

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@Steffen @Michael_v_H Really appreciate the Android update. The app is way more usable now.

Cool, glad to hear that!

I've seen people do ratings for books or movies in Capacities but I don't see that as a property. Are they using Tags with just stars for characters or is there some trick to this?

I saw Beth use tags for her ratings and you can set it as fixed selections when you set it up

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Ok cool that's what I thought but wanted to check

Json Blob

I've seen people do ratings for books or movies in Capacities but I don't see that as a property. Are they using Tags with just stars for characters or is there some trick to this?

there is also a number property which you can use, but the star tags are more visually appealing;)

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This'll do

That looks great!

Can we get the regional pricing going soon? I'd love to support and use the mobile apps. It's works in capacities favour only. You'd be getting funding that you currently are not!

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This'll do

Great idea, will steal that

sadly the star fonts do not align since there's not a filled and unfilled star of the same size/shape so just had to pick similar and they're not 100% lined up

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I saw Beth use tags for her ratings and you can set it as fixed selections when you set it up

Need to work out fixed selections, clearly!

Json Blob

sadly the star fonts do not align since there's not a filled and unfilled star of the same size/shape so just had to pick similar and they're not 100% lined up

I was looking at that too, might need to do filled and unfilled star symbols instead of the emoji

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★★★★★ ★★★★☆ ★★★☆☆ ★★☆☆☆ ★☆☆☆☆

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or no unfilled stars if you really want the emoji

Just downloaded the new Android app update and I'm finally able to type and backspace! Previously it was unusable for me and it only worked sortve if I was using Swiftkey keyboard. Now it's working with all keyboards! Loving it!

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Need to work out fixed selections, clearly!

Do you want me to do a mini video on how I set up fixed sets?

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Do you want me to do a mini video on how I set up fixed sets?

pls do, I've been having to select them one at a time but not sure if that's the best way

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★★★★★ ★★★★☆ ★★★☆☆ ★★☆☆☆ ★☆☆☆☆

hey that's pretty clean! I do like the colored stars but this is a VERY close next best!

pkmbeth

Do you want me to do a mini video on how I set up fixed sets?

Oh wow, yes please!

3:30 PM

I’m falling in love with this app

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Hey

New believer here

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I can't change colors for twitter type or images or audio...etc! Mmm interesting

Abdullah

I can't change colors for twitter type or images or audio...etc! Mmm interesting

Thank you!! Basic types are not customizable (yet)

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Thank you!! Basic types are not customizable (yet)

I just started using capacities yesterday, and today I feel like I can't live without it, you built something simple but very powerful, all the support to you guys

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I just started using capacities yesterday, and today I feel like I can't live without it, you built something simple but very powerful, all the support to you guys

Thanks so much for the kind words

Abdullah

I just started using capacities yesterday, and today I feel like I can't live without it, you built something simple but very powerful, all the support to you guys

@Abdullah I agree! Similar experience here.

Cvlr

Can we get the regional pricing going soon? I'd love to support and use the mobile apps. It's works in capacities favour only. You'd be getting funding that you currently are not!

Anything on this @Michael_v_H ?

Cvlr

Anything on this @Michael_v_H ?

Talked about this today. It's definitely on our radar and we want to make it happen soon. But can't give a timeline yet.

ben118

@Abdullah I agree! Similar experience here.

I haven't fully migrated my system and things yet, but definitely excited to get a core setup and start using it daily. :>

ben118

@Abdullah I agree! Similar experience here.

I just downloaded it 2 days ago and am totally obsessed!! Scouring the internet for tutorials, tips, etc. I've used Bear, Craft, Logseq, Obsidian (interestingly not Notion) and everything has rubbed me wrong in one way or another. I really think Capacities might be the answer to my PKM woes.

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pls do, I've been having to select them one at a time but not sure if that's the best way

sorry for the delay, had a lot of technical issues filming so had to write it up with links to loom videos instead :/ hope this helps though! https://www.pkmbeth.com/all-content/fixed-sets

Fixed Sets in Capacities

How to use fixed sets in Capacities

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@Steffen in the recent announcement there is a 20% discount link which I still have open on my desktop for the moment I have a spare fricken second to even fart, stupid work is so busy... does this discount code have an expiration date? (edited)

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you'll see it get applied before payment (edited)

6:11 PM

but I assume it's still going on since it's the first day

Is this something you can do in capacities or this for marketing?

This reminds me of the canvas feature from Obsidian. I’m still new to this app and I’m trying to figure things out. It would be great to have a canvas feature for brainstorming if it’s not available yet.

GayNooblet

Is this something you can do in capacities or this for marketing?

this is a symbolic images illustrating / depicting the different aspects of Capacities; not a direct representation of any function within. Capacities....

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This reminds me of the canvas feature from Obsidian. I’m still new to this app and I’m trying to figure things out. It would be great to have a canvas feature for brainstorming if it’s not available yet.

actually, this is under discussion here. just search 'whiteboard' here in the forums

– this is somethimg some people are after for Capacities, too. you can also vote / comment on this in the feature request / Canny platform https://capacities.io/feedback/p/whiteboard

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

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Loving the new keyboard block selection options in the latest release!!

️ So powerful when you know the shortcuts working with a lot of content.

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Cvlr

Completely sold on capacities. I love it so much.

Thanks for the kind words

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GayNooblet

Is this something you can do in capacities or this for marketing?

like many of us, I think we're waiting for whiteboards https://capacities.io/feedback/p/whiteboard

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

You probably wouldn't believe it, but there're also people who don't need a whiteboard

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You probably wouldn't believe it, but there're also people who don't need a whiteboard

There are people that want a whiteboard, and people that don't know they want a whiteboard

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QuesadaGrande

You probably wouldn't believe it, but there're also people who don't need a whiteboard

I agree with that, developing the whiteboard feature will take a couple of months, and probably not worth it at the current stage. This time could be spent better, there are plenty of other things to do, like improving overall performance and stability, and bringing a more native-like feeling to app. Maybe some integration with Excalidraw or Miro would be better for now as a quick fix.

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https://tenor.com/view/kermit-kermit-the-frog-nervous-nail-biting-anxious-gif-17874247

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I just got here a few days ago and am totally infatuated with the app!

My biggest fear is that they're small and will not be able to continue development at some point due to lack of funding. Does anyone know what their long term plan for funding is???3

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I personally hope that Capacities save their focus on becoming the most powerful PKM app, not another all-in-one-swiss-knife tool

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I just got here a few days ago and am totally infatuated with the app!

My biggest fear is that they're small and will not be able to continue development at some point due to lack of funding. Does anyone know what their long term plan for funding is???3

I have the same fear!!! Imagine building a complete system and then all your effort goes away in an instant, but I predict that the app has a great future! Let us support them all, let each of us be the investor and believer in capacities ❤️

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I personally hope that Capacities save their focus on becoming the most powerful PKM app, not another all-in-one-swiss-knife tool

Can’t agree more

Json Blob

like many of us, I think we're waiting for whiteboards https://capacities.io/feedback/p/whiteboard

Oh I see, might take months for that to come out though

What is Capacities plan to compete with Tana?

We'll share a more detailed roadmap with some big-picture thoughts from our side soon!

The list of upcoming topics is super exciting!

While a whiteboard is a great feature, we think there are many other apps with a strong focus on whiteboarding that already offer a great experience. I definitely don't want to completely rule out whiteboards and more features for visual thinking processes in the future, but in the short- to mid-term, there are many more important topics we want to handle first. (edited)

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Well that may be true to some extent but the problem is that those apps have weak knowledge organization features

3:51 PM

Even something like MuseApp (which I have used and purchased) doesn't have proper linking

3:51 PM

I think the reason peopel are looking for swiss-knives is because we end of with silos of information

3:51 PM

that is hard to extract and reason with

GayNooblet

What is Capacities plan to compete with Tana?

I think Tana is targeting a somewhat different user group of people who want to build and fine-tune every single aspect of their workflows and have a techier approach to things. Capacities tries to offer a system that works more out of the box with sensible design decisions and defaults that make it faster to get to a working system.

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Well I feel as though both Tana and Capacities have a steep learning curve

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Like when I first used both it took me a minute

3:56 PM

I believe they are both different than say a Notion or Google Docs

GayNooblet

I think the reason peopel are looking for swiss-knives is because we end of with silos of information

I think we wouldn't feel the need for Swiss knives if it was easier to integrate with other apps that specialize in those functions that another app may not be the best at. Which is why enterprise ecosystems like Google and Microsoft have such an advantage because they can easier make their apps talk to each other and it feels like it's all in one place.

yes plugins are key

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I think the #1 feature I need are plugins and good APIS

3:58 PM

I can integrate codeblocks/whiteboards myself

3:58 PM

and this will create an ecosystem too of plugin users

3:58 PM

it's why obsidian thriving

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like this is something I made for tana

API will definitely come. Probably sometime later this year.

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I think in it's current state, the onboarding has room for improvement for sure. Especially when making a new space after your first one.

It feels very much like there is a mindset shift when starting to work with capacities, like we need to see someone's workflow for a day.

yes I agree that not a problem though

4:01 PM

same with Tana too

4:01 PM

I just found that tana has a lot more features so I was just curious what direction capacities was gonna take

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cause I was actually working on my own knowledge organization app similar to tana few years back

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but I stopped when I found these apps

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like Tana literally has almost everything I am looking for, they have UX issues but I can fix that with CSS/Js

Tana is still behind an invite only wall. So it could be a matter of who can gain the biggest community the fastest and the most active

no it's open now

4:03 PM

I got in a few days ago

4:03 PM

you just need to join a slack

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and say hi

what if I don't want to use slack?

I mean that's kinda off topic though. Cause like I Don't think most people would think too much about creating a burner slack for an invite

is it a slack vs discord

4:04 PM

I guess

i'm wondering about how capacities will compete

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with Tana

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because they seem very similar

4:04 PM

but tana is much further along

strictly on a feature basis?

any basis

well their choice of communication platform will affect it too

That's like not a blocker though

slack is definitely more business oriented

I'm not gonna avoid using an app

I'm not saying it's a blocker

cause they use slack

‍♀️ There's still a different vibe though. So unless we're not including vibe checks... it's mostly technical features and business proposition?

I can tell you now you can change the "vibe" of an app in a week

4:11 PM

hobbyists can just slap on some sass styling and its a pretty new app

it's not the app vibe I'm referring to (edited)

I'm confused

4:12 PM

can you explain a bit more?

4:12 PM

Are you saying the audience is different?

Yeah, at least right now

Well not for me

there may be overlap and with more features it may have more

Capacities is what I was looking for just like Tana is

4:13 PM

im not sure how the audience is different

4:14 PM

I feel like both are niche

4:14 PM

for power users who work with a lot of data

sure, but right now capacities is very individual worker based, vs tana which seems to be team workflows first?

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4:16 PM

Sorry am just a bit confusedb ecause

4:16 PM

That doesn't seem to be the main focus on Tana?

4:17 PM

I think they have plans to add collaboration but from using it it is not the selling point right now

4:17 PM

Have you happen to try out Tana by any chance?

their marketing says otherwise, and I'm trying but like I said I didn't want to go into slack right away to say hi for a link.. and didn't even get an email after their "you're added to the list" survey

Well I was able to get an invite instantly

4:19 PM

I'm not sure what their marketing was

4:19 PM

But if you try it you'll see what i mean by how similar capacities is

the main page of tana is literally how to work with your team so that's a bit confusing if you're saying it's individually focused

I didn't pay any attention to the ads

4:21 PM

but from using the app

4:21 PM

it is definitelly something you can use as a PKM

4:21 PM

idk how having team capabilities affects that

4:21 PM

Notion has team capacities

4:21 PM

but you can also use it alone?

FWIW, I wouldn't consider Tana because of the no markdown. I'm "moved house" a few times in the past couple of years and I definitely don't want to be trapped in a system w/o an easy way to move. And I think part of the strength of Capacities is that you can use it as a "non-tech" enduser, like Notion. Notion is huge because it's pretty and I've seen very non-tech people adopt it in mass. Same for Craft. I think Capacities really rides that edge well. I do agree that the onboarding needs to be better. And I think that the explanation of Objects needs better analogies...or a clearer layman's model. Of course, this is coming from a non-tech person who manages to struggle through when I need to.

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I think any managed app that stores your data in an unique way traps you in. THis is where obsidian/logseq shines and has its unique userbase

4:32 PM

that's their niche

4:32 PM

But. think Capacities and Tana actually fall in the same niche

4:32 PM

I don't think Capacities can be grouped with Notion because of the learning curve and how its non-traditional

4:32 PM

but it is easier than Tana I agree with that

Finally got into Tana. I think the everything is a node concept may be harder to swallow for users just stepping into PKM and are non-techy. I don't fancy it myself as a "tech" person.

4:43 PM

That said they've been having issues about "sign ups" since last year so.. it kind of feels exclusive to those who don't know about the slack trick.

4:43 PM

** based on YouTube comments showcasing the app

4:45 PM

and it feels super busy because of those nodes, as someone with ADHD.. it's too distracting

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4:46 PM

Capacities just feels sleeker with the option to add as much complexity as you want

Interesting...just from watching reviews, I don't think Capacities looks nearly as intimidating as Tana. And I'm not sure how niche Capacities actually is (or has to be anyway). Their overlying structure is different from traditional notetaking apps because of Objects, but really, it's a noun vs. adjective difference in a lot of ways (Objects are nouns, tags are adjectives). Sure, there is a lot of flexibility in how you organize, but that would be one of the simplest ways to do it. And I think that concept can be explained well... but I just haven't seen anyone do it really well yet (simply, but elegantly).

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That said they've been having issues about "sign ups" since last year so.. it kind of feels exclusive to those who don't know about the slack trick.

I don't have ADHD and seeing the previews make my head spin. Maybe I'll try to get in, just to see what it looks like.

I feel like coming from Notion and being elbows deep using databases.. it's pretty familiar

4:48 PM

that and software background for objects so...

4:52 PM

idk, it just doesn't make me feel like coming "into work" like capacities does

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I think we wouldn't feel the need for Swiss knives if it was easier to integrate with other apps that specialize in those functions that another app may not be the best at. Which is why enterprise ecosystems like Google and Microsoft have such an advantage because they can easier make their apps talk to each other and it feels like it's all in one place.

Lacking those integrations is why I embed other programs in Capacities. That isn't the same as having the feature an actual part of Capacities but it does put the feature within Capacities

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It's not technically in Capacities.. but it's "in" Capacities

I have ADHD myself

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I navigate Tana beautifully because of their live queries

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You literally spent 10 or so minutes looking at Tana

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from a biased perspective which is frankly not fair

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it took me an hour to understand capacities

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and how to put it in my workflow

You think everyone will spend as much time when evaluating whether to use an app?

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But if it pleases you I will use it for a week and get back to you.

Well how long did you spend on capacities?

Before I wanted to keep using it?

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10 mins

5:04 PM

I'm currently on a product hunt to move from Notion

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so I don't give apps much time if it doesn't feel right

I've used pretty much every app out there

5:07 PM

I def understand not liking outliners

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So I guess you wouldn't like Roam either

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But there are organizational limits of flat structures which is why some apps take that model

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But all they have to do is add some CSS and you dont notice the nodes

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Like I could add it in right now in 15 minutes to hide the bullets and add in headers

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display: none

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What i'm trying to say is styllistic choices like these for either apps aren't permanent or hard to change (edited)

5:10 PM

but the core architecture, data models, and advanced feature sets are hard to change

I'll probably have to do that

capacities has better UX

the lack of markdown will be the worst

but I can legit add my own css plugin add it to chrome extensions

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not really

5:12 PM

you can add in markdown exporter

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I could hack one up in about a week or 2

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but it can be hard with outliners actually since there can be tons of nesting

5:15 PM

I do think capacities has potential but I think tana's strengths should be taken into consideration when adding more features because just cause tana has meh UX now doesn't mean it will later

well if it's a battle of who will get the most users the fastest the one with better UX starting out will probably win

well it's more complex than that

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and UX is not hard to change

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Like their codeblocks were super bad

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and I added in live syntax highlighting, padding

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and additional goodies in a few days

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and once tana adds in full API/Plugin support

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you can only image what users will do

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Think about how rich the obisidan ecosystem is

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all the themes it has/plugins even a freaking database somehow

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all from users

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I stll use obsidian for work

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like if capacities gets plugin/api support with rich featureset behind it

So it might be Obsidian > Tana, and Notion > Capacities?

5:20 PM

just for the familiarity of it

what does that mean?

Like those who use Obsidian or Roam will prefer Tana and those who prefer Notion or something more docs like, but want the backlinking may prefer Capacities?

5:21 PM

As a generalization*

i used Notion when it first came out years ago

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loved it until i found its shortcomings

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I have this huge spreadsheet of all the apps I had used

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I think everyone wants a better way to organize their data

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but they also want good UX behind it

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different apps have pros/cons

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I liked the UX of notion and coda but its knowledge organization was weak

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tana's UX is meh but its knowledge organization is the best out there right now

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ClickUp good for managing projects but is too busy with too many features and their features are incomplete and rushed

Well since you've used both, how is the knowledge organization in comparison?

which apps?

Well not ClickUp

I also used Fibery.io btw

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tiddlywiki

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just a bunch

I meant the original topics of discussion

like notion?

Tana and Capacities, since you said they were similar, but Tana is the best?

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for Knowledge organization**

yes right now

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but capacities could catch up

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it depends on how fast their devs iterate features

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you can literally use chat-gpt to organize your notes that;s how strong it is right now

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you have deep layers of relationships that I needed

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nested templates and live searches with dynamic relations

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meaning that the searches automatically update based on the instance of the parent

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you have nested reference searching which I can;t' even explain well because no other app has it

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You have commands that you can make yourself and set them to a keyboard shortcut

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and you can specify dynamic commands for instances

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like it's powerful and made me stopped working on my own PKM

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like I was gonna make what they did but they did it better than me 10x

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tbf back when I was working on it chatgpt wasn't a rave so i didn't have ai in mind

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Here are Tana's flaws

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1. They dont have the best UX team (edited)

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2. Their quality control isn't the highest either (edited)

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3. their architectural choices are bound to cripple them at some point of they don't make changes (edited)

Just adding:not every user is willing and capable to “quickly change the css” and stuff like the marketing does matter for everyone with a lower mental investment than a pkm app enthusiast

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I agree with that but with plugins people can just download the themes they want

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it just depends on the support the platform gives for integrations and plugins

GayNooblet

I agree with that but with plugins people can just download the themes they want

Another thing the average internet user does not do

Well Obsidian literally has all the plugins in a marketplace on their app

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I found it so easily and installed in a few clicks

5:42 PM

RemNote also has this

frau.rauni

Just adding:not every user is willing and capable to “quickly change the css” and stuff like the marketing does matter for everyone with a lower mental investment than a pkm app enthusiast

Still matters at the first contact with the app. If it looks nice and suitable I will then check for integrations with other apps I use

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I think Capacities has great potential outside of a pkm bubble.

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I agree that the initial UX is important

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And I want every knowledge app to succeed in their own ways since it gives me more options to choose from

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But the point I was trying to make is that improving the UX is easier to do as a company than change directions in some way or add in a huge feature

5:49 PM

Tana has a lot of QOL issues

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It seems like every app does something well that another app doesn't but that other app doe something well that the first one doesn't

5:50 PM

It would be nice to see a more hands off approach to big ticket features like whiteboards etc and more focus on the core problem of data organization and QoL

5:50 PM

and then add in powerful APIs and Plugin support for your users to add those in (edited)

GayNooblet

It would be nice to see a more hands off approach to big ticket features like whiteboards etc and more focus on the core problem of data organization and QoL

You can cast your vote for features and give feedback on the board

Yeah well idk if my vote will change anything

Well, that’s how voting works

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I know I would like a whiteboard, but I also see how little votes there are

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So I deal with that

we dont need distractions tbh

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like whiteboards are nice but we should have integrations so I can integrate one in

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Like there needs to be strong API support with DOM node integrations

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so people can insert their own libraries

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share them as plugins like obsidian

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takes load off the dev team and brings enthusiasts who can add features while you sleep

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but there needs to be a strong core organizational product

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the reason I dont want to use obsidian is because the core organizational product is not strong

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but the plugins are good

Michael_v_H

We'll share a more detailed roadmap with some big-picture thoughts from our side soon!

The list of upcoming topics is super exciting!

While a whiteboard is a great feature, we think there are many other apps with a strong focus on whiteboarding that already offer a great experience. I definitely don't want to completely rule out whiteboards and more features for visual thinking processes in the future, but in the short- to mid-term, there are many more important topics we want to handle first. (edited)

I am very keen on reading that strategical / conceptual orientation ('big picture'), AYK.

of course already informative to get a salted drift in these comments

but, I do not - yet - fully follow the argumentation. there are a lot of other apps out there that offer task-management. so, in that line of reasoning, this wouldn't have needed to be implemented neither...

... but linking up to other 'exploding' discussion(s) here: I am convinced the discussion about features / dimensions / modules, while not irrelevant, is in a way secondary. all apps can add any of this 'in a minute' (or a month), anyways. what seems more relevant + the motivational reason for people 'clicking' w/ Capacities (or other apps) is rather, how the overall composition of the UI/UX works for a given (if dynamic) demographic - the 'architecture' (#1). and (#2), how it actually lands within a real conceptual & practical model of PKM (or whatever domain of application). which means, you first need to have a model of PKM (+ the processes / tasks / techniques relevant to it). [so, I am always sceptical / 'hm' if anyone says, 'this a PKM app!' ... so, what? does that? mean?] then, these things (PKM dimensions / 'features' / UI ways) need to be integrated in some coherent way... and you're back to #1... loop. so, take e.g. 'integrating 'AI'' / LLM (fill in: freeform, 'tasks', whatever...). it can mean so many things + be done in sooo many ways (as all the GPT-integrations around demonstrate!), effectively responding to / feeding totally different versions / models of PKM (or: X). or:... just 'stumble along', adding / piling functions... (which we also see a LOT!) – in the end it's all about architecture + conceptual (high-level) model ('philosophy'). so, I am looking forward reading the 'big picture' thoughts, and what the say (directly, or indirectly / implicitly). ... like: really looking forward to that!

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I don't believe I mentioned adding task-management as a key point. organizational product refers to a feature set which allows users to elegantly organize their data which I think capacities does well, but Tana does more so at the moment. When it comes down to it, the core design of how an apps organizes data defines its limitations in terms of how it can present that data. Mastering UX is an art in of itself which Capacities does very well and that draws people in and I hope they can continue to improve not only on their UX but what their data models can handle in terms of relationships because this is what is currently limiting me from using the app. When it comes to Plugins, there are many elegant ways to allow users to extend your application including providing a set of classes which defines the themes your site uses (edited)

PS: I am all for openess. and I see the point about 'importing development (& intelligence). totally. but there are different paradigms behind say Obsidian & Capacities, IMU, as to this. like: different paradigms because w Capacities it's stated purpose to provide a 'packaged' experience (if open to different use formations etc.) that seems simply another world from the, "we provide the chassis, you 'tinker' together the rest". different user demo, different idea of system purpose, different philosophy of PKM, different [a lot more] (edited)

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Well there's a reason people are moving off Notion

6:15 PM

And I dont want capacities to fall into the same trap

6:17 PM

Remember Notion used to be the innovator

GayNooblet

I don't believe I mentioned adding task-management as a key point. organizational product refers to a feature set which allows users to elegantly organize their data which I think capacities does well, but Tana does more so at the moment. When it comes down to it, the core design of how an apps organizes data defines its limitations in terms of how it can present that data. Mastering UX is an art in of itself which Capacities does very well and that draws people in and I hope they can continue to improve not only on their UX but what their data models can handle in terms of relationships because this is what is currently limiting me from using the app. When it comes to Plugins, there are many elegant ways to allow users to extend your application including providing a set of classes which defines the themes your site uses (edited)

that was a reply to @Michael, resp his – stated

– reasoning to exclude ('for now') whiteboards. which, as such, could simply be transferred to TM. – so, was not about you, here. ... or maybe I am misreading why you mention 'not mentioning task managemant'? (if so: sorry) (edited)

I was also confused

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Since your points blended with what I said but you also replied to Michael

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GayNooblet

Since your points blended with what I said but you also replied to Michael

yeah.... second part was (also; inter alia) referring to the latter discussion you are part of. that's right. ... always a measure of weighing, whether to keep these contributions here 1-on-1 (for communicative clarity), or write synthetical (for conceptual / programatic clarity) ... so, yeah. I totally see there is an invite to mix-up in that one

(edited)

So I would consider myself nearly a complete package enduser (except that I suppose I'm not because my last PKM was Obsidian) and what @pkmbeth posted somewhere really got me. I can use Obsidian, and I can figure out Dataview after watching a million tutorials, but the thing is, I don't want to. I don't want to remember all the syntax (since I will likely forget it all in 3 months and then have to relearn if I want to do another query), I don't want to have to look over my script because I forgot a space somewhere. And yes, there's a lot of plugin's, but then you're at the mercy of those devs, and you have to actually research how popular those plugins are, how stable they are, whether they're still being maintained, etc. And guess what, all of that takes time away from the actual building of the PKM. That is what feels so revolutionary to me about Capacities. It already has the majority of the foundational capabilities I want, and the UX is just gorgeous. I wanted something that has the flexibility and linking capabilities of Obsidian, the database building of Notion and the gorgeous text editing of Craft. So... that would be...Capacities?

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So I would consider myself nearly a complete package enduser (except that I suppose I'm not because my last PKM was Obsidian) and what @pkmbeth posted somewhere really got me. I can use Obsidian, and I can figure out Dataview after watching a million tutorials, but the thing is, I don't want to. I don't want to remember all the syntax (since I will likely forget it all in 3 months and then have to relearn if I want to do another query), I don't want to have to look over my script because I forgot a space somewhere. And yes, there's a lot of plugin's, but then you're at the mercy of those devs, and you have to actually research how popular those plugins are, how stable they are, whether they're still being maintained, etc. And guess what, all of that takes time away from the actual building of the PKM. That is what feels so revolutionary to me about Capacities. It already has the majority of the foundational capabilities I want, and the UX is just gorgeous. I wanted something that has the flexibility and linking capabilities of Obsidian, the database building of Notion and the gorgeous text editing of Craft. So... that would be...Capacities?

I feel the lineup of Obsidian – Notion - Craft really spells out the magic triangle in which Capacities exist as a character! [though, I personally would add that Obsidian nowadays really needs to be seen as 'Obsidian with Canvas'... also, going by the sentiment of the O-community itself] (edited)

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I definitely feel. It gets tedious having to make your own solution for important things or rely on a poorly made one. It's why I want to get off Obsidian but that's mostly because it doesn't have the core features I needed already built in

Hey gang! I have a question please, i try to forward an email to a specific type that I created called "Emails", I try [[Email]], [[Emails]] in email description but doesn't appear in my database!

I thought if you want a specific type you send [[type/name]] or if you're creating @type/name (edited)

GayNooblet

I definitely feel. It gets tedious having to make your own solution for important things or rely on a poorly made one. It's why I want to get off Obsidian but that's mostly because it doesn't have the core features I needed already built in

For me, the collection stage is the most important, followed by the organizing stage, and finally the search for information and finding it easily at the time of need! and capacities does all of that perfectly, especially the collection stage, if I have an idea while I'm in the car, I just open Telegram and record the audio, this is a game changer for me

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That sweet you found an app that does everything you need! For me, since I'm constantly programming and learning new things I need something that can handle my workflow since my brain is very disorganized @Abdullah

9:23 PM

I need something that can cover different forms of relationships

Currently believers is a bit expensive for me (from India). But I'm guessing parity pricing will launch soon anyways and going ahead with the current pricing plan. If I do take a 1 year subscription and if parity gets launched in midway through the subscription, Will my subscription pricing gets updated or will I get any refund for that additional amount I'm paying?

10:59 PM

@Michael_v_H sorry for the tag -- Currently on the checkout page

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KP

@Michael_v_H sorry for the tag -- Currently on the checkout page

^

Just do it!

boonikad9300

Just do it!

Did it already. Worth it

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In light of yesterdays discussion on capacities, I just stumbled upon this snippet of a discussion between Matt Klein (ZINE) and Josh Chapdelain (Digital Void)

7:28 AM

When you say, “The audience doesn’t know what they want” — can you unpack that for me? MK: This is going back to Henry Ford, and I’ll explain the quote. It goes:“If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘a faster horse.’”They wouldn’t say, “a car” because the car didn’t actually exist yet.Audiences don’t know what’s possible.So when I say an audience doesn’t know what they want, yes, they have their own preferences, and attitudes, and styles — and that informs culture and that’s incredibly important...But we also have to recognize that creators and artist have power. They have power to create net-new pieces of work. That’s all of us. We’re all creative in nature. We all have that opportunity. What I specifically mean is, we should have the microphone in the hands of the creator, and let them hold onto that longer, rather than passing it off to the audience, because the audience themselves — yes, may have opinions — but they don’t know what the creator is capable of.The last thing we want is for the audience to stifle, control, or capture the creator.“

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Thank everybody for this exciting discussion, really appreciate it.

We'll be sharing your thoughts soon.

Hey there, saw the update re: Hookmark, and I’m thinking I should go that route for now to link in my tasks from OmniFocus into my Meeting and Daily Notes, rather than trying to bake my own task management solution within Capacities (since it’s on the roadmap). QQ about Hookmark: does it work in iOS? In the OmniFocus example, I create a Hookmark from Desktop Capacities <-> Desktop OmniFocus, will that Hookmark alsoo work when I’m using the iPhone Capacities <-> iPhone OmniFocus? Edit: I installed the free trial, and found out my answer; it's a Mac Desktop feature only Source: I'm a believer and have access to the iOS capacities app, and that's what it told me when I clicked on the link (edited)

@lerone I can't wait to experience that I got what I asked for feeling that I'm sure you had after discovering a functional right sidebar today. I'm still too new, so I actually thought it was supposed to be there this whole time (edited)

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@lerone I can't wait to experience that I got what I asked for feeling that I'm sure you had after discovering a functional right sidebar today. I'm still too new, so I actually thought it was supposed to be there this whole time (edited)

yeah, actually S&M give the regular pleasure of these mini-satisfactions. and the fact that they – undocumented as they sometimes pass – feel so 'personal' even increases one´s intimacy / attachment to this most personal of apps. I think, once they introduce custom themes, I will make Capacities a proposition...

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its even tab specific and pinnable

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6:28 PM

Maybe every release we have feature callouts on which ones we like the best.. :X

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

Maybe every release we have feature callouts on which ones we like the best.. :X

... or we write short poems, like 'The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Right Sidebar'

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can they be AI written or human brains only

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𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

can they be AI written or human brains only

– I´d say WeWW (whatever works works)

That was just the first prompt.. maybe I should have given it a character limit

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

That was just the first prompt.. maybe I should have given it a character limit

nah! good as it goes...!

– surely we will soon need a new subthread / channel in here ( @Steffen / @Michael_v_H )

fanart channel

6:42 PM

or the equivalent

6:42 PM

for PKM

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That was just the first prompt.. maybe I should have given it a character limit

Capacities induced poetry (CIP) ... or, alternatively, they take it directly into the documentation / landing page

... or a new merch-section

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pkmbeth

sorry for the delay, had a lot of technical issues filming so had to write it up with links to loom videos instead :/ hope this helps though! https://www.pkmbeth.com/all-content/fixed-sets

working with fixed sets was updated!

@Karen Tucker @Json Blob

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7:58 PM

this is filtered for collection

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

working with fixed sets was updated!

@Karen Tucker @Json Blob

Whoop whoop! But how did you get here? To this screen, I mean. (edited)

make a fixed selection property, then when you're selecting an object you can go to the content picker from the popup.

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hello everyone, I just discovered capacities after notion a few weeks ago. what about capacities with the spaces? are these self-contained units between which things cannot be linked? do you use multiple spaces? What is the main benefit and what consequences do I have to consider? I haven't seen anything about this so far, maybe I'm just blind?

Katti

hello everyone, I just discovered capacities after notion a few weeks ago. what about capacities with the spaces? are these self-contained units between which things cannot be linked? do you use multiple spaces? What is the main benefit and what consequences do I have to consider? I haven't seen anything about this so far, maybe I'm just blind?

Hi! I wrote an article with my personal thoughts here but the summary is yes they’re completely self contained so no links, I use multiple because essentially I’m in different mindsets for each (work, home, studies) and I am easily distracted. If you wouldn’t benefit from the “out of sight out of mind” approach then one space might be better

More here: https://medium.com/@pkmbeth/how-many-capacities-spaces-37b027edf507

How many Capacities Spaces?

Capacities Spaces are isolated from each other. This makes deciding on the number of Spaces very important. Here’s some advice!

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Katti

hello everyone, I just discovered capacities after notion a few weeks ago. what about capacities with the spaces? are these self-contained units between which things cannot be linked? do you use multiple spaces? What is the main benefit and what consequences do I have to consider? I haven't seen anything about this so far, maybe I'm just blind?

... there have been / are discussions. for sure

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001363266414592122/1067343781399101490 & https://capacities.io/feedback/p/networked-notetaking-and-the-transparency-of-my-brains-capacities-sections (edited)

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

make a fixed selection property, then when you're selecting an object you can go to the content picker from the popup.

Awesome! Thank you.

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lerone

... there have been / are discussions. for sure

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001363266414592122/1067343781399101490 & https://capacities.io/feedback/p/networked-notetaking-and-the-transparency-of-my-brains-capacities-sections (edited)

wow, thank you, that discussion there is super interesting! after reading this, I also hope for global search etc. I am totally impressed by the depth with which those involved deal with it. confirms that believer was the right decision

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11:19 AM

hype

11:24 AM

I think it's already out actually. PSA: Restart your app if you don't see the updates.

pkmbeth

Hi! I wrote an article with my personal thoughts here but the summary is yes they’re completely self contained so no links, I use multiple because essentially I’m in different mindsets for each (work, home, studies) and I am easily distracted. If you wouldn’t benefit from the “out of sight out of mind” approach then one space might be better

More here: https://medium.com/@pkmbeth/how-many-capacities-spaces-37b027edf507

thanks a lot! these are very helpful hints! already read some of your articles

great work! I have so much to learn & try

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

I think it's already out actually. PSA: Restart your app if you don't see the updates.

Wait- again? What's changed?

Karen Tucker

Wait- again? What's changed?

https://capacities.io/whats-new

What's new?

New features, releases, and current improvements

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Support for creating new objects using X-Callback-URLs. You can read more here: X-Callback-URL Documentation Markdown shortcuts for inline code and code block: You can create inline code by wrapping text in backticks (`), and create code blocks starting a new block with three backticks and a space. Improved: Code blocks will be focused when created. Fixed: Linking using the text bar now works as expected.

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12:41 PM

just continuous updates

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

make a fixed selection property, then when you're selecting an object you can go to the content picker from the popup.

Is this still working for you? I got it to work this morning, but since the update, it hasn't been working for me anymore. I'm trying to figure out if it's user error (my fault) or if something changed. (edited)

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I can't see it anymore either even after restarting... maybe they had to rollback

For non techies what is the use of X-callbacks?

Allows automations between apps, I think it's mainly Mac tho?

6:18 PM

Or the apple ecosystem*

Locatino

For non techies what is the use of X-callbacks?

I want to know this too! I tried to look at the documentation but as soon as the code boxes starting showing up I was like...

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. Lol.

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

I can't see it anymore either even after restarting... maybe they had to rollback

Good to know that I'm not going crazy. Bummer... hopefully it will come back on with the next update. I was totally planning on using it for my setup.

same, not sure if it was already in adding things to collections, but that's working at least

But who creates these automations? Each user? Is this something just for programmers?

Regular users can make them

Locatino

But who creates these automations? Each user? Is this something just for programmers?

https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/actions/editing-actions

Configuring Actions

Documentation for Drafts app, a quick-capture note taking app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.

6:24 PM

based on recent inquiries, Drafts is a popular app where automations are set up with (edited)

Thanks! Probably not really aimed at me, but I'm glad M&S are listening to all sorts of users

Yeah the development seems quite user-driven while trying to maintain the core PKM foundations.

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https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/actions/editing-actions

I'm a Drafts user, but I just use the actions that users write (haha). Are you saying that the X-callbacks will allow users to make automations for things like Draft? Cause that would be awesome, if someone would write one, post it in the Drafts community and then I can just benefit.

Yeah you'll be able to make an object in capacities from a draft with the new one they released

6:52 PM

Or rather, someone will be able to make one

6:52 PM

"someone"

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Yeah you'll be able to make an object in capacities from a draft with the new one they released

Yes, I do hope "someone" will do it. That's awesome though. I'm really only waiting for a few integrations and this is one them...although I just started playing with the mobile app and it's actually pretty good already. Not quite as snappy as Drafts, but totally good. Other than that, I just need a Readwise integration.

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Katti

hello everyone, I just discovered capacities after notion a few weeks ago. what about capacities with the spaces? are these self-contained units between which things cannot be linked? do you use multiple spaces? What is the main benefit and what consequences do I have to consider? I haven't seen anything about this so far, maybe I'm just blind?

Maybe the new Hookmark integration can span spaces

Karen Tucker

Good to know that I'm not going crazy. Bummer... hopefully it will come back on with the next update. I was totally planning on using it for my setup.

looks like it only works with Multi-select Fixed.. so you could make something multi, then revert it to single after setting it up?

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For non techies what is the use of X-callbacks?

I think the first and easier to grasp layer for lay users is its function to provide 'deep-links'; i.e. 'links' into specific parts & peptjs of an app, to be used / leveraged by other apps... ... thinks line using it gor automatic generation of content, and other manipulations is probably only something for the tinkerimg 2-5% (or the world of plugins etc)

Hello! Just want to say that using Capacities for the past couple months has removed so much friction from my day to day life and in turn has added so much joy. I was in a meeting earlier, and being able to seamlessly reference notes from last week, embed any important documents/ notes and refer to ongoing projects all in one place by clicking a couple buttons was such a satisfying and easy experience!! So thank you again to @Michael_v_H and @Steffen for developing this wonderful tool

(I'm also using Capacities for my writing projects and I'm having so much fun creating essentially a massive Wikipedia database of my world and story - it's just such a joy -- and also now an invaluable part of my writing process)

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Hello! Just want to say that using Capacities for the past couple months has removed so much friction from my day to day life and in turn has added so much joy. I was in a meeting earlier, and being able to seamlessly reference notes from last week, embed any important documents/ notes and refer to ongoing projects all in one place by clicking a couple buttons was such a satisfying and easy experience!! So thank you again to @Michael_v_H and @Steffen for developing this wonderful tool

(I'm also using Capacities for my writing projects and I'm having so much fun creating essentially a massive Wikipedia database of my world and story - it's just such a joy -- and also now an invaluable part of my writing process)

Thank you so much for the kind words

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keyboard driven block interaction JATBL! (just are to be loved!) ⌨️

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– a prime example of how working on the baseline really can make a splash for Capacities!

... and drive the joy of daily, frictionless use & flow

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For you power users, have you found any slowdown once you've got a lot of data in Capacities? I'm < a week onboard and am finding myself putting massive amount of stuff in (links, notes, images, etc.) because it's so easy and I LOVE it. And... I'm wondering if I should be throttling my use?

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Karen Tucker

For you power users, have you found any slowdown once you've got a lot of data in Capacities? I'm < a week onboard and am finding myself putting massive amount of stuff in (links, notes, images, etc.) because it's so easy and I LOVE it. And... I'm wondering if I should be throttling my use?

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No issues after 6 months of heavy use!

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For you power users, have you found any slowdown once you've got a lot of data in Capacities? I'm < a week onboard and am finding myself putting massive amount of stuff in (links, notes, images, etc.) because it's so easy and I LOVE it. And... I'm wondering if I should be throttling my use?

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Also currently working on some performance improvements for large databases

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Is there a wait to share web content links (websites, articles, websites, yt videos, github repos, reddit posts...) through a browser web clipper or something to Capacities? (edited)

Sawt

Is there a wait to share web content links (websites, articles, websites, yt videos, github repos, reddit posts...) through a browser web clipper or something to Capacities? (edited)

Not yet, its a planned feature though.

9:55 AM

https://capacities.io/roadmap

Roadmap

We ship new features and improvements nearly every day. Heres an overview on what will come next.

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

Not yet, its a planned feature though.

nice to know

right now it's not too hard to just paste a link into your daily notes and it'll create a weblink object

9:56 AM

from there you can move it to some other object type for further customization -- but it won't copy the content into the object body

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

right now it's not too hard to just paste a link into your daily notes and it'll create a weblink object

will it add tags automatically or do I need to do it manually?

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nvm I just tried.

10:03 AM

So far I am quite pleased with the app. I wanted a smart bookmark manager I can search later. But Capacities can do more than that (when I'd be able to share directly form the browser or social apps on mobile) so I can process info later and make something out of it. This is promissing!

You can paste it and just put the tag beside it, but it's still pretty manual Edit: I lied this doesn't make a weblink u.u (edited)

10:03 AM

not sure how you'd want the tags to be automatically populated though

there are some apps that suggest tags based on the content share and the tags already present in your PKM

10:06 AM

but they don't give you tools to "work" with your collection besides viewing, searching, storing and viewing them. And that's where Capacities can shine.

interesting, they already pull description data so certainly there's a way for smart tagging in the future

yes. and usually smart/auto tagging is a paid feature though.

it can be process and resource intensive so... I can see why

Plus more privacy concerns since the data is processed by a third-party company...

10:11 AM

But yeah, it's cool to be able to have more insights and weird connections between all the data you gathered.

10:12 AM

you get to know who you are

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Sawt

you get to know who you are

... yeah totally! once places (GPS / map infos) would be implemented you´d might even find out, where you came / come from, or where you should / could go to...

lerone

... yeah totally! once places (GPS / map infos) would be implemented you´d might even find out, where you came / come from, or where you should / could go to...

Oh no no no no. You'd be giving too much data. that'd be scary.

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Sawt

Oh no no no no. You'd be giving too much data. that'd be scary.

yeah. I see the case. in all the cases here discussed.

Sawt

Oh no no no no. You'd be giving too much data. that'd be scary.

it actually gets really scary once people start(ed) talking, taking notes on where other people are, and what they say (it's inconspicuously called 'meeting notes' here)...

... so... we are already much deeper into all that...

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This note app is truly amazing the more I use it! I've tried OneNote, Obsidian, Tana, RemNote, and so on, but there was no note app that could naturally build my note-taking workflow like this. Expecting many advancements in the future, I've increased the subscription fee for Believer. The more I use it, the more I love it, and I look forward to its future more and more. Thank you for creating such a great app!

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This note app is truly amazing the more I use it! I've tried OneNote, Obsidian, Tana, RemNote, and so on, but there was no note app that could naturally build my note-taking workflow like this. Expecting many advancements in the future, I've increased the subscription fee for Believer. The more I use it, the more I love it, and I look forward to its future more and more. Thank you for creating such a great app!

Yes! So this! The more I use it, the more I realize that I can eliminate other apps. It combines DayOne, Craft, Obsidian, and Raindrop for me (so far).

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Karen Tucker

Yes! So this! The more I use it, the more I realize that I can eliminate other apps. It combines DayOne, Craft, Obsidian, and Raindrop for me (so far).

+ EagleApp, and Pinterest...

... and Raindrop... and Mediawiki...!

... and Bear, btw, too...

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pinterest is still useful for exploration though

12:54 PM

maybe won't be clipping in it though

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12:54 PM

except for marketing purposes

lerone

+ EagleApp, and Pinterest...

... and Raindrop... and Mediawiki...!

... and Bear, btw, too...

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Oh interesting! You could kind of make boards with the small card/large cards and arranging them. I'll have to think about that!

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lerone

+ EagleApp, and Pinterest...

... and Raindrop... and Mediawiki...!

... and Bear, btw, too...

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Yes to this! Currently building my “Pinterest but better” space and loving every minute. Being able to write and link to other content underneath the image is perfect for this use case.

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𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

maybe won't be clipping in it though

yeah... finding content 'out there' is a whole different issue / world / concern, for sure!

pkmbeth

Yes to this! Currently building my “Pinterest but better” space and loving every minute. Being able to write and link to other content underneath the image is perfect for this use case.

If you want to share a screenshot or short video showing how you have that set up, it would be awesome! (or maybe a bonus module in your course?)

Karen Tucker

If you want to share a screenshot or short video showing how you have that set up, it would be awesome! (or maybe a bonus module in your course?)

Sure thing! Still building it out but will definitely share when it’s a bit further on along with some lessons learned

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is there a way to make aliases of nodes/notes? (usecases: nicknames of a person, abbreviations, personal titles for things etc) (edited)

clyde.bot

is there a way to make aliases of nodes/notes? (usecases: nicknames of a person, abbreviations, personal titles for things etc) (edited)

Not at this moment but you can use many workarounds: 1. Using many names as the name of your object (for instance: John Smith (my father), or John Smith / the grandpa), 2. You can write your text for example: “when my father was young”, later you can select the text “my father”, press @ and search for the name of your father (John Smith in the example), it doesn’t change your original text but it is linked to the object John Smith.

clyde.bot

is there a way to make aliases of nodes/notes? (usecases: nicknames of a person, abbreviations, personal titles for things etc) (edited)

... wondering about this one: maybe hijacking plural names field works as soft hack...? https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001362840092946562/1110708519092629618

Nested tags would probably be your solution too if the plural field can't do it

Continuing on my message here: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1110993500184510546 I find the journaling / note taking experience in capacities to be so much more satisfying. It's probably what I would have imagined a digital bullet journaling experience should be.

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Continuing on my message here: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1110993500184510546 I find the journaling / note taking experience in capacities to be so much more satisfying. It's probably what I would have imagined a digital bullet journaling experience should be.

Can you say more about this? Like...how is it different? What's your workflow like? I'm still developing my system in Capacities and I have the sense that it could be great, but I haven't quite gotten the flow of it down.

I'm also still figuring it out. I could say I was trying very hard to follow other people's systems where everything was being tracked. Not sure if I'd be of any help as I'd say I'm still on the ground floor of building my system in Capacities. So far, I've transfered my daily logs which is still similar that I'm recording my sleep, a couple key habits. The biggest difference is I'm using the Daily Note as my dailies checklist which links to my Oura dash - which then prompts me to load it on my phone xD Then it also has checklist items which links to my Day and Dog logs because I'm training our puppy. And these links may duplicate if I'm doing a morning log or an evening log? I never really felt as comfortable linking things in Notion but it could just be a mindset shift. I'm sure it could also have worked in Notion, but linking things to dates was always such a hassle.

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I'm also still figuring it out. I could say I was trying very hard to follow other people's systems where everything was being tracked. Not sure if I'd be of any help as I'd say I'm still on the ground floor of building my system in Capacities. So far, I've transfered my daily logs which is still similar that I'm recording my sleep, a couple key habits. The biggest difference is I'm using the Daily Note as my dailies checklist which links to my Oura dash - which then prompts me to load it on my phone xD Then it also has checklist items which links to my Day and Dog logs because I'm training our puppy. And these links may duplicate if I'm doing a morning log or an evening log? I never really felt as comfortable linking things in Notion but it could just be a mindset shift. I'm sure it could also have worked in Notion, but linking things to dates was always such a hassle.

Interesting.... I've so far just being using my Daily Note as a scratchpad - and as a place to see what I've done. I have a separate Daily Log that tracks a morning routine that I do. But they're not overtly linked...it's in the timeline, I suppose. Maybe I could think of my Daily Note as a hub, instead of just a scratch pad. My task manager is a whole other thing and I don't think I will integrate, even once there are integrations. (edited)

wow.. I've only been using Capacities for less than a week but I'm already loving it more than Obsidian! There's so little friction when using Capacities, and it's providing me with a unified workflow system right out of the box.

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I totally support the dev's vision of enabling as many people as possible to use it easily and without paying, especially ordinary folks.

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The free membership is already so good that it makes me want to support them long-term, because I think if more average people can use tools like this effortlessly, it enables them to be more productive and live their best lives.

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That said, I'll still be using Obsidian mainly for its Canvas feature and Excalidraw plugin.

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the more accessible it is to use the app, the more feedback (aka free testers on a variety of platforms). so I get it from the business/dev standpoint. That said, I totally buy into the vision of the app and try to help as much as I can, monetarily and community-wise. If I wasn't FT employed maybe even apply to work there but alas...

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Totally agree with less friction for notetaking workflows though. Being able to turn blocks into basically anything else.

codemagic

Hey there, saw the update re: Hookmark, and I’m thinking I should go that route for now to link in my tasks from OmniFocus into my Meeting and Daily Notes, rather than trying to bake my own task management solution within Capacities (since it’s on the roadmap). QQ about Hookmark: does it work in iOS? In the OmniFocus example, I create a Hookmark from Desktop Capacities <-> Desktop OmniFocus, will that Hookmark alsoo work when I’m using the iPhone Capacities <-> iPhone OmniFocus? Edit: I installed the free trial, and found out my answer; it's a Mac Desktop feature only Source: I'm a believer and have access to the iOS capacities app, and that's what it told me when I clicked on the link (edited)

the iOS version is in TestFlight: https://hookproductivity.com/iphone-ipad/

Hookmark Mobile (for iPhone and iPad)

Hookmark is coming to iPhone and iPad. In December 2021, we started the Hookmark for iPad and iPhone public beta, which of course uses Apple's TestFlight software. While the testing and refinements of our mobile product have been taking place, our Mac software evolved considerably; and we rebranded

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Hey there, saw the update re: Hookmark, and I’m thinking I should go that route for now to link in my tasks from OmniFocus into my Meeting and Daily Notes, rather than trying to bake my own task management solution within Capacities (since it’s on the roadmap). QQ about Hookmark: does it work in iOS? In the OmniFocus example, I create a Hookmark from Desktop Capacities <-> Desktop OmniFocus, will that Hookmark alsoo work when I’m using the iPhone Capacities <-> iPhone OmniFocus? Edit: I installed the free trial, and found out my answer; it's a Mac Desktop feature only Source: I'm a believer and have access to the iOS capacities app, and that's what it told me when I clicked on the link (edited)

Re " I create a Hookmark from Desktop Capacities <-> Desktop OmniFocus, will that Hookmark alsoo work when I’m using the iPhone Capacities <-> iPhone OmniFocus?" yes. All of the bookmarks will sync via iCloud (if enabled). Some of the hook:// URLs will not transpose, particularly hook://file/ ones due to sandboxing (hopefully that will change).

codemagic

Hey there, saw the update re: Hookmark, and I’m thinking I should go that route for now to link in my tasks from OmniFocus into my Meeting and Daily Notes, rather than trying to bake my own task management solution within Capacities (since it’s on the roadmap). QQ about Hookmark: does it work in iOS? In the OmniFocus example, I create a Hookmark from Desktop Capacities <-> Desktop OmniFocus, will that Hookmark alsoo work when I’m using the iPhone Capacities <-> iPhone OmniFocus? Edit: I installed the free trial, and found out my answer; it's a Mac Desktop feature only Source: I'm a believer and have access to the iOS capacities app, and that's what it told me when I clicked on the link (edited)

I'm a Discord relative newbie. Hopefully you can see my responses in context. i can't

Luc

Re " I create a Hookmark from Desktop Capacities <-> Desktop OmniFocus, will that Hookmark alsoo work when I’m using the iPhone Capacities <-> iPhone OmniFocus?" yes. All of the bookmarks will sync via iCloud (if enabled). Some of the hook:// URLs will not transpose, particularly hook://file/ ones due to sandboxing (hopefully that will change).

That is good news - hadn’t spotted that!

is there a way to set the export path someplace that I'm missing?

Curious if others think it would be neat and useful to embed a small calendar view into an object with like /calendar or something. Not sure exactly what use-case I would use this for but it could be interesting for some reason. While typing this maybe I take notes on a sprint planning meeting, at the top I could insert an embedded calendar view with date range selected for our 2 week sprint so I can visualize the date range this page of notes applies to. Thoughts? (edited)

6:30 PM

with multiple notes doing that you might be able to visualize notes in some kind of gantt chart type thing potentially

Json Blob

Curious if others think it would be neat and useful to embed a small calendar view into an object with like /calendar or something. Not sure exactly what use-case I would use this for but it could be interesting for some reason. While typing this maybe I take notes on a sprint planning meeting, at the top I could insert an embedded calendar view with date range selected for our 2 week sprint so I can visualize the date range this page of notes applies to. Thoughts? (edited)

I'd love for the current date selection to be able to let us select a range. Then this property could have options to 'view as' so it could be a week or month view even

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

I'd love for the current date selection to be able to let us select a range. Then this property could have options to 'view as' so it could be a week or month view even

I second a date range!! It would be really useful

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

I'd love for the current date selection to be able to let us select a range. Then this property could have options to 'view as' so it could be a week or month view even

Right now i'm mostly using a startDate and endDate property in my project object! Personally, can't really think of a use case for date ranges yet, as most of my projects don't have a exact end date yet. For which use cases / object would you use or prefer the date range field over two date field props? (edited)

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Or do you mean a date range field as filter? Then I would totally get it why it might be useful

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Or do you mean a date range field as filter? Then I would totally get it why it might be useful

That already exists: Date AFTER x AND Date BEFORE y

Date ranges are planned

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Right now i'm mostly using a startDate and endDate property in my project object! Personally, can't really think of a use case for date ranges yet, as most of my projects don't have a exact end date yet. For which use cases / object would you use or prefer the date range field over two date field props? (edited)

well as a date range you would be able to see the start and end dates on one calendar.. in notions implementation it's optional in the date field to set an end but it could just be the start. I like to set an estimated range and then set actuals for some projects. But ranges would be useful for documenting things like trips, the life of a historical person, or certain events. (edited)

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any tricks for full object screenshots? I found exporting to PDF doesn't keep the same appearance that i would like for sharing smething with a coworker

8:07 PM

I created a dashboard object and was hoping to get a screen capture but it's too long to fit vertically on screen

Json Blob

I created a dashboard object and was hoping to get a screen capture but it's too long to fit vertically on screen

With Cleanshot X you can do a scrolling capture. Would that work?

I'll look into that. Likely yes

roquito

With Cleanshot X you can do a scrolling capture. Would that work?

Shottr is a free alternative

pkmbeth

Shottr is a free alternative

unfortunately Mac only

but maybe Mac people reading would be interested

roquito

With Cleanshot X you can do a scrolling capture. Would that work?

also Mac only

Json Blob

also Mac only

Chrome - GoFullPage Edge - AwesomeScreenshot (I use this one) Windows App - ShareX

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Chrome - GoFullPage Edge - AwesomeScreenshot (I use this one) Windows App - ShareX

Cool thanks I'll try those out

Is it me or is the ctrl-Z, copy/paste function completely scuffed right now? I am losing text I had clipboarded, and cannot reverse my actions...

This happened to me recently too, I thought it was because I was using my iPad

Stekeblind

Is it me or is the ctrl-Z, copy/paste function completely scuffed right now? I am losing text I had clipboarded, and cannot reverse my actions...

We'll be looking into it

I made it into the AnyType closed test and it feels like Capacities, but harder to use in almost every way

They have some unique features and workflows but i'll be damned if ease of use wasn't what immediately caught my attention with Capacities without even skimming many, if any, tutorials on it

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so far Capacities somehow automagically explains itself and every other PKM i've tried just, doesn't

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I made it into the AnyType closed test and it feels like Capacities, but harder to use in almost every way

They have some unique features and workflows but i'll be damned if ease of use wasn't what immediately caught my attention with Capacities without even skimming many, if any, tutorials on it

appreciate you sharing this. I haven't had an opportunity to try AnyType but from a high level it looked similar to capacities. But your insight confirmed what I suspected would be the case, just a clunkier version that would ultimately have me sticking with capacities. Out of curiosity, did AnyType have any "game changer" features or workflows (as you mentioned above)? Perhaps some things that are already on the capacities road map?

There are some ways of linking things which seem pretty interesting. I've only been in the app itself for all of maybe 2 hours so hard to say really but I was trying to simply recreate 1-2 object types I have in Capacities and already found myself scratching my head trying to just click the right button to do the thing... I would say the thing that struck me as actually useful and easy to understand was that AnyType allows for some Dashboard like views that may already be on the roadmap, like the default "Task Tracker" comes with tabs that can be switched to change the view. I'm still digging in to how "Relations" work which basically builds out the graph view. I find it much less intuitive to set up new object types (called Sets in AnyType). I think I'm still too green to give you an accurate assessment though as i'm trying to just get even the basic flow figured out

there's some neat block formatting options that are not in Capacities but could be eventually I suspect

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I suppose this is actually better for #📖・off-topic so I will stop discussing here in general

is embedding of a Google Maps link supposed to display anything?

9:12 PM

Is anyone else having real struggles with embedding ANYthing recently? I've submitted a bug report, but whether it's a block reference or just linking to another note it just crashed the app and makes the entire note impossible to interact with any more so I have to delete it completely. Starting to wonder if it's something I'm doing!

It seems that recently the app is really slow. Just now trying to open an Object it did~20secs to load the content

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Hey guys!! I’m new here, downloaded the app a couple days ago and it is indeed beautiful and it has the potential to be incredible. I’ll be asking mote things later but there is one thing that scares me: In any “objects” table (in any view) there seems to be no way to select more than one page which means I simply CANNOT choose multiple pages and perform an action on them at the same time. I can’t delete more than one page, can’t tag more than one page, change the collections I put them in etc. just today I wanted to choose about ten pages to change where they went to and I had to do one by one. Am I missing something? Is there a way to do this? Also something scary is that in the mobile app the Inbox of the Objects doesn’t show up so unless I have the page I want to see in a collection or I just edited them I simply can’t find them and I’m using the phone for many things but certainly one of the most important things is to add new ideas to Capacities and which ideas I don’t always know where to put them at the time of adding to the app. Sorry if this was too long. Beautiful app though, really want to just start using it and forget about trying any other app, very tired of this app window shopping thing

I am pretty sure multi-select and multi-operation is on the roadmap someplace

Ah thank god

Been trying to find it but not sure what it is named, devs might have to find it if they know what it is

Tito

Ah thank god

Bulk operations are planned

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cieronore

Is anyone else having real struggles with embedding ANYthing recently? I've submitted a bug report, but whether it's a block reference or just linking to another note it just crashed the app and makes the entire note impossible to interact with any more so I have to delete it completely. Starting to wonder if it's something I'm doing!

We are aware of the issue but could not reproduce it yet

if you can share as many details as possible this would for sure help: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/copying-block-references-causes-freezecrash

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Steffen

Bulk operations are planned

Yeeey thanks!!

Steffen

Bulk operations are planned

That is the exact two words I did NOT search for

https://capacities.io/feedback/p/bulk-database-operations-bulk-edit-delete-move

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

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Not gonna lie, I have NO clue what this icon is in the shortcuts of a hyperlink

Json Blob

Not gonna lie, I have NO clue what this icon is in the shortcuts of a hyperlink

That's Mac's option key which is Alt in Windows iirc

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That's Mac's option key which is Alt in Windows iirc

ooooh gotcha

Slow, very slow, mmmmm not good,

Hey guys, How have you been using collections in general? Do you know if collections could be used as filters? The way I wanted to use collections was as a more easily accessible “tag”. For example the Object being “ideas” and the collections being “health”, “technology”, “fitness” etc like different topics. And then they would be easily searchable in their own tables but I’d need to be able to know where each page is in the overall Idea (the Obejct) view,”. Right now you can’t see which ideas are in which collections in the object view. Do you think this will be possible? Not sure I explained myself well enough. Another big reason to do this is that the only way for the pages to leave the Inbox of the object is if you assign it a collection, so it seems to be like a pretty important “tag” and seeing which collection the page belongs to in the general Object table would be very beneficial. Thankss

Tito

Hey guys, How have you been using collections in general? Do you know if collections could be used as filters? The way I wanted to use collections was as a more easily accessible “tag”. For example the Object being “ideas” and the collections being “health”, “technology”, “fitness” etc like different topics. And then they would be easily searchable in their own tables but I’d need to be able to know where each page is in the overall Idea (the Obejct) view,”. Right now you can’t see which ideas are in which collections in the object view. Do you think this will be possible? Not sure I explained myself well enough. Another big reason to do this is that the only way for the pages to leave the Inbox of the object is if you assign it a collection, so it seems to be like a pretty important “tag” and seeing which collection the page belongs to in the general Object table would be very beneficial. Thankss

Yes, if i understand you correctly, you can use collections as filters! You can expand the object with collections in the sidebar, and click on one collection: then you get a view of all entries you 'wrapped' inside the collection! (edited)

12:03 AM

and on the individual page of an object you can see which collection it belongs to / add it to one

boonikad9300

Yes, if i understand you correctly, you can use collections as filters! You can expand the object with collections in the sidebar, and click on one collection: then you get a view of all entries you 'wrapped' inside the collection! (edited)

Thanks! I do know that and it’s already a great thing, I just wondered if inside the, in this case, literature notes, in the “view all” table I would be able to get a “collections” column where I’d be able to filter every page in the Literature Notes but still know which ones were in which collection. Does that make sense? In your case if you were making a query inside literature notes you’d not be able to know which pages were books and which were courses because there is no “collections” column (edited)

Tito

Thanks! I do know that and it’s already a great thing, I just wondered if inside the, in this case, literature notes, in the “view all” table I would be able to get a “collections” column where I’d be able to filter every page in the Literature Notes but still know which ones were in which collection. Does that make sense? In your case if you were making a query inside literature notes you’d not be able to know which pages were books and which were courses because there is no “collections” column (edited)

Ah I get it, in the 'all' view you want to filter on collection / see in which collection each entry belongs too?? Makes sense indeed! @Steffen are collections part of the smart queries feature? (edited)

boonikad9300

Ah I get it, in the 'all' view you want to filter on collection / see in which collection each entry belongs too?? Makes sense indeed! @Steffen are collections part of the smart queries feature? (edited)

Yeah I think that’s it!!! Thaanks

Tito

Yeah I think that’s it!!! Thaanks

That's not possible right now indeed (as far as I know of) but might come soon with the smart queries feature possibly

12:10 AM

@Tito you can add your use case / whishes to this specific channel around the smart queries functionality -> https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1066406350961262624

boonikad9300

That's not possible right now indeed (as far as I know of) but might come soon with the smart queries feature possibly

Thanks! Yeah I was wondering that because I wasn’t sure if I’d want to use topic tags or use the collections as topics. My main use for capacity would be for writing and organizing ideas for my YouTube channel. Would you say tags are just easier to organize? It looked nice having those collections because of how they are already filtered in a nice way though

12:13 AM

Let’s see what @Steffen says

Tito

Thanks! Yeah I was wondering that because I wasn’t sure if I’d want to use topic tags or use the collections as topics. My main use for capacity would be for writing and organizing ideas for my YouTube channel. Would you say tags are just easier to organize? It looked nice having those collections because of how they are already filtered in a nice way though

If that’s your use case than collections would be sufficiënt, I mainly use tags for broad topics or domain specific things. But you could use status tags for your writings and then use to that as filter / organisation

boonikad9300

If that’s your use case than collections would be sufficiënt, I mainly use tags for broad topics or domain specific things. But you could use status tags for your writings and then use to that as filter / organisation

Yeah that’s what I was thinking too, hopefully collections will become more visible in the main object table in the future, that would solve any other needs

. Thanks!!

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@Tito @boonikad9300, collections will be part of queries yes. Collection in table view is another topic, but I think there's a ticket somewhere.

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Feedback on our "What's new" paper https://capacities.io/roadmap/whats-next Feel free to share your thoughts, feelings, and concerns in this thread

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Steffen

@Tito @boonikad9300, collections will be part of queries yes. Collection in table view is another topic, but I think there's a ticket somewhere.

Thanks!

Steffen

@Tito @boonikad9300, collections will be part of queries yes. Collection in table view is another topic, but I think there's a ticket somewhere.

Do you think collections in the table view will be available in the future? I saw the ticket, you put it under review I think. As for my idea of having an Object called Ideas and then either use collections or tags to separate by topics, do you have an opinion on which one you would choose if it were you? Would be interesting to see your point of view. Thanks!!

Tito

Do you think collections in the table view will be available in the future? I saw the ticket, you put it under review I think. As for my idea of having an Object called Ideas and then either use collections or tags to separate by topics, do you have an opinion on which one you would choose if it were you? Would be interesting to see your point of view. Thanks!!

Will be added at some point

I'd probably go with tags. They are more flexible. You might have other types that match those topics and then collections would be constraining.

Hope that helps

Steffen

Will be added at some point

I'd probably go with tags. They are more flexible. You might have other types that match those topics and then collections would be constraining.

Hope that helps

It does Steffen, thanks

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Is there a way to sort a Selection Set alphabetically? (edited)

Is there a section where people post any articles / YouTube videos / other resources on Capacities? I've found a couple by @pkmbeth and @Ashwath Singh (which are excellent!) but it would be great if there was one place to find resources 'in the wild.'

I think there is a page in the capacities website which shows all articles and videos, https://capacities.io/tutorials like this one and a similar for videos. Is this what you were looking for?

Tutorials

Read and follow our simple guides on specific features and concepts of Capacities

Steffen

That already exists: Date AFTER x AND Date BEFORE y

Date ranges are planned

Hi Steffen.... A date Range Property or Function would be super use-full so a Project always shows up in my DailyNote "References (all day)" section... Great work with your App

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Json Blob

I made it into the AnyType closed test and it feels like Capacities, but harder to use in almost every way

They have some unique features and workflows but i'll be damned if ease of use wasn't what immediately caught my attention with Capacities without even skimming many, if any, tutorials on it

I also got to try AnyType and it's sooo clunky! I feel like they were promising too much but very slow on delivering. I also can't figure out how to setup my system there so I just left.

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momo

I also got to try AnyType and it's sooo clunky! I feel like they were promising too much but very slow on delivering. I also can't figure out how to setup my system there so I just left.

Don't know AnyType, what is their unique selling point compared to capacities?

boonikad9300

Don't know AnyType, what is their unique selling point compared to capacities?

all files local. community driven decisions ('town halls'

)... ... among others

lerone

all files local. community driven decisions ('town halls'

)... ... among others

... while having a very similar data logic / architecture / UI... ... just a little more clunky... yet / still / ...

lerone

all files local. community driven decisions ('town halls'

)... ... among others

Thanks! Cool to see different approaches

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Yeah I was tinkering with it the first day i got in and haven't opened it again since mostly because i don't have the energy to figure it out more so I'm likely "over it" as well

After making one or more attempts at using TiddlyWiki, Obsidian, Emacs org-mode, and Tinderbox, I realized that I do not want to fuss with apps that require me to install plug-ins or write code to enable functionality that should be core. Workflows get much too brittle, and maintenance gets much too expensive. AnyType looks like it falls into that category.

10:51 AM

People will differ in what functionality they consider to be core, of course.

Ashwath Singh

I think there is a page in the capacities website which shows all articles and videos, https://capacities.io/tutorials like this one and a similar for videos. Is this what you were looking for?

Thanks! Sorry, I don't think I explained myself very well. I meant community-created resources, walkthroughs etc as not much is coming up when I Google or do a search of YouTube, so I was wondering if there was somewhere on this Discord where people can post what they've created.

Are tables coming to capacities anytime soon? Like the ability to make a table inside a page

tarkovsky88

Are tables coming to capacities anytime soon? Like the ability to make a table inside a page

It’s planned for the pro version

12:09 AM

So I expect it in the coming months (edited)

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I've been experimenting with Capacities for about four days and just became a Believer today

The clincher was the realisation that Capacities gives me the ability to browse my notes, which isn't something I've been able to do in Obsidian, Notion or Tana. I'm quite a visual person so the Gallery & Wall views are exactly what I need to be able to look across my notes. I've never felt like I've been able to 'zoom out' in this way before. It's the perfect mix of structure and creativity. Love it and can't way to play with it more!

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Can I create inline filtered databases on a page? I’ve been trying to figure it out

Crispy

Can I create inline filtered databases on a page? I’ve been trying to figure it out

If you have a collection in your database, you can type @collections/{your_collection_name} on another page and embed it as inline database. ATM you can't embed whole databases (yet?)

(edited)

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boonikad9300

If you have a collection in your database, you can type @collections/{your_collection_name} on another page and embed it as inline database. ATM you can't embed whole databases (yet?)

(edited)

Thanks so much!!

Ok….I’m intrigued by capacities after initially dismissing the hype. Am I correct in thinking if I become a believer there is a mobile app access?

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AFAIK, yes, for a beta version

Where can I find footage of the capacities app on the internet? I'm considering subscribing and would like to chek the app before hiting buy

7:59 PM

The mobile app I mean

Anything specific? I can try to screen record a little clip from mine. But I am mostly a PC user

boonikad9300

Don't know AnyType, what is their unique selling point compared to capacities?

They're kinda like Capacities too with the objects concept. Just like what Lerone said, all files are saved locally, so that's actually a good thing for me. But I can't figure out how to set it up, or I just don't want to invest time and effort to fiddle around a new app because I know I won't be getting things done that way. So yeah, I can't really say much about AnyType since I only tried it shortly. It has potential but I feel like they are slow in making progress.

hi everyone, has anyone else experienced an issue like this where the content in the custom object I created got wiped or is it just me?, already sent this in as a bug but if there's a quick fix, i'd highly appreciate the input, thank you.

Emanuel

Where can I find footage of the capacities app on the internet? I'm considering subscribing and would like to chek the app before hiting buy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rww31js6vbU&ab_channel=melocreating This video also shows the mobile app

melocreating

My Life in ONE App (spoiler: it’s not Notion)

Steffen started a thread. 6/5/2023 1:50 AM

Am I the only one with current problems in capacities? No connection message, the loading of the backlinks does not work all the time. And also in the client app (windows) the message "synchronization failed". But connection can not be the problem, because I'm writing this on discord... (edited)

murratore

Am I the only one with current problems in capacities? No connection message, the loading of the backlinks does not work all the time. And also in the client app (windows) the message "synchronization failed". But connection can not be the problem, because I'm writing this on discord... (edited)

@Steffen / @Michael_v_H - I’ve updated the desktop app to the latest release and am no longer able to connect, but the status page says all services are online. Thanks!

Same here!

5:09 AM

Can't connect to my account even though all servers are apparently online

vcbrewers

@Steffen / @Michael_v_H - I’ve updated the desktop app to the latest release and am no longer able to connect, but the status page says all services are online. Thanks!

Same here!

I was working to a project I need to close today and am pretty scared (Luckily I exported an md file before relaunching the app).

meg

Can't connect to my account even though all servers are apparently online

Server status is apparently updated to "some services are down" now. (edited)

Thanks for letting us know! We're looking into it right now, will be fixed soon!! Sorry!

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After Update no access to data ... same here

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Michael_v_H

Thanks for letting us know! We're looking into it right now, will be fixed soon!! Sorry!

The link on the website to download capacities for M1/M2 Macbook is down also.

Giada C

I was working to a project I need to close today and am pretty scared (Luckily I exported an md file before relaunching the app).

All data is safe, the server should be back soon.

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Michael_v_H

All data is safe, the server should be back soon.

Thank you!

Looks like the status is now showing that the server is currently down. So just need to wait. Super excited about the updates though. I think this event does show that we really need offline support if we are to use the app for mission critical things.

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5:36 AM

well the most recent status* not current

5:38 AM

btw, @pkmbeth do you think the back links update makes needing to create a project tag unnecessary?

vcbrewers

@Steffen / @Michael_v_H - I’ve updated the desktop app to the latest release and am no longer able to connect, but the status page says all services are online. Thanks!

Sorry for the dumb question, but how do you update the app? Do you need to re-download it from the Capacities website?

5:47 AM

(Also the connection is now working for me ✨)

5:50 AM

Oh I have answered my own question, I just got the pop up to prompt me to update the app. It is looking great! Love the new 'Created Today' views.

Space Settings > Restart

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5:52 AM

if anything isn't working as expected

Hi @everyone, our server was down for a while after the newest update. Everything is up and running again now (you might have to reload or restart the app)! The new sections in the object dashboard involve some more complex computations on our servers and caused an overload when the update went online. We had to deactivate these sections for now. The dashboard sections will show "Loading failed". Until we find a solution, it will stay that way, so don't be surprised if you see these error states. Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope you still like the update!

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Is the #📣・releases channel private? Im sure I was able to see it before (including it's history)

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

btw, @pkmbeth do you think the back links update makes needing to create a project tag unnecessary?

I think so! Let me do some more thinking and come back to you.

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Ok now is all right

Michael_v_H

Hi @everyone, our server was down for a while after the newest update. Everything is up and running again now (you might have to reload or restart the app)! The new sections in the object dashboard involve some more complex computations on our servers and caused an overload when the update went online. We had to deactivate these sections for now. The dashboard sections will show "Loading failed". Until we find a solution, it will stay that way, so don't be surprised if you see these error states. Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope you still like the update!

Hey! My capacities was working for a while but it got disconnected again.

Seems like it's gone again for me as well :/

6:39 AM

A good test for the queries

i think everybodies graph is indexing completely and the server does not want it. Shall we all log off, and pick a number, once your number is called you may login.

6:39 AM

p.s. good luck @Michael_v_H

hi! so after the last update inline links work correctly great! but seems like there is no way to convert inline links to blocks or embedded?

Anyone else having issues with Version 1.25.1?

MorpheusBrainCramp668

Anyone else having issues with Version 1.25.1?

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1115234488050536499

bioparox

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1115234488050536499

It seems to go a bit beyond that right now - all object overviews ("All"-views) seem to be failing to load (at least for me) right now, not just the dashboards. That said, @MorpheusBrainCramp668 - they're working on it by the looks of it. (edited)

MorpheusBrainCramp668

Anyone else having issues with Version 1.25.1?

same here

Same

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Same here... app is down and I can't access my data. I understand there's some temporary setbacks with the recent update, I hope it gets resolved soon.

Michael_v_H

Hi @everyone, our server was down for a while after the newest update. Everything is up and running again now (you might have to reload or restart the app)! The new sections in the object dashboard involve some more complex computations on our servers and caused an overload when the update went online. We had to deactivate these sections for now. The dashboard sections will show "Loading failed". Until we find a solution, it will stay that way, so don't be surprised if you see these error states. Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope you still like the update!

Ok, the update was still causing issues so we just shipped another update to revert back to the previous version! We'll then launch the update again once we've fixed all issues. Sorry for the inconveniences!

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thanks Michael

Michael_v_H started a thread. 6/5/2023 7:43 AM

i was working on my notes and got a bit worried hahaha

GijsEp

p.s. good luck @Michael_v_H

Thanks!

Michael_v_H

Ok, the update was still causing issues so we just shipped another update to revert back to the previous version! We'll then launch the update again once we've fixed all issues. Sorry for the inconveniences!

All is well now, thank you!

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to confirm, we're back to the previous version w/o the customizable dashboard first right?

Crispy

to confirm, we're back to the previous version w/o the customizable dashboard first right?

Yes!

Crispy

to confirm, we're back to the previous version w/o the customizable dashboard first right?

Yes, we reversed the update and went back to the previous version!

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Nice to see a preview and confident you and Steffen will be able to work out the bugs.

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𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

Nice to see a preview and confident you and Steffen will be able to work out the bugs.

Thanks!

It was an exciting set of changes (the ones it allowed me to see before you rolled back). Hopefully the fix(es) aren't too terrible. Wrangle that cloudwatch....

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Thanks everybody for the support, we really appreciate it ❤️ It's nothing big, just too much load on our servers at once.

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unplanned load testing

Steffen

Thanks everybody for the support, we really appreciate it ❤️ It's nothing big, just too much load on our servers at once.

Just wondering, maybe it's possible to move part of these calculations to the client side? To reduce server load, it could also optimize loading speeds. Or is it too complicated for the client? (edited)

2 questions. 1) I am still having issues with spell check. When using the web app, neither Grammarly or Microsoft Editor works. It duplicates the word. In the Desktop app, I use Grammarly. The issue I have is that unless I click in the actual line of text, Grammarly doesn’t pick up the typos. So I have to click on each line just to see where the typos are. Can that be fixed? 2) When will the IOS app be released to non believers? Really want to test but can’t fit it into the budget. Thank you!

Love the new Dashboard feature for objects! It would be great if, on the dashboard screen, we could drag items from the inbox to a specific collection. This functionality would speed up the process of organizing things into the right collection.

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Base

Love the new Dashboard feature for objects! It would be great if, on the dashboard screen, we could drag items from the inbox to a specific collection. This functionality would speed up the process of organizing things into the right collection.

https://capacities.io/feedback/p/drag-and-drop-items-into-collections-in-dashboard-view

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GunnersaurusFlex

2 questions. 1) I am still having issues with spell check. When using the web app, neither Grammarly or Microsoft Editor works. It duplicates the word. In the Desktop app, I use Grammarly. The issue I have is that unless I click in the actual line of text, Grammarly doesn’t pick up the typos. So I have to click on each line just to see where the typos are. Can that be fixed? 2) When will the IOS app be released to non believers? Really want to test but can’t fit it into the budget. Thank you!

https://capacities.io/feedback/p/issue-with-grammarly

GunnersaurusFlex

2 questions. 1) I am still having issues with spell check. When using the web app, neither Grammarly or Microsoft Editor works. It duplicates the word. In the Desktop app, I use Grammarly. The issue I have is that unless I click in the actual line of text, Grammarly doesn’t pick up the typos. So I have to click on each line just to see where the typos are. Can that be fixed? 2) When will the IOS app be released to non believers? Really want to test but can’t fit it into the budget. Thank you!

Re: Mobile release, https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1113763695516991509/1113770698444374097

9:27 AM

Generally, the app tries to sync the current views when using the browser and the app simultaneously, so for optimum performance I'd suggest not having multiple instances active at a time (per space) and use the in-app tab and sidebar functions

I am not getting the update. I tried restarting but still don't have it

GunnersaurusFlex

I am not getting the update. I tried restarting but still don't have it

It's been reversed while they address server load issues

Oh ok thanks

Steffen

Thanks everybody for the support, we really appreciate it ❤️ It's nothing big, just too much load on our servers at once.

Time for a canary release strategy. Nice job on the roll-back.

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Get those servers some redbull, stat!

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Too much user interests is definitely not a bad problem to have

awesome updates btw!

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Hello, if I have an embedded page in another page. How can I make the embedded page standalone?

RobbK

Hello, if I have an embedded page in another page. How can I make the embedded page standalone?

should be an option to view the page from the embed "Open as page" or as preview

3:38 PM

it's the 3 dots at the top right

bioparox

hi! so after the last update inline links work correctly great! but seems like there is no way to convert inline links to blocks or embedded?

If you hold the 'Option' key (on Mac) while clicking on the inline link it gives you the option to convert to block (edited)

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frenchroll5

If you hold the 'Option' key (on Mac) while clicking on the inline link it gives you the option to convert to block (edited)

Thank you all.

Was yesterday's update pushed out again or is it still in the works? I am on 1.25.20 but don't see the object dashboard.

Article is still saying on hold, so I assume that's the case.

GunnersaurusFlex

Was yesterday's update pushed out again or is it still in the works? I am on 1.25.20 but don't see the object dashboard.

Yes, it's still on hold. We're working full steam on making the dashboard computations more performant so our servers won't overload again.

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I am really struggling with spell check in Capacities. My preference would be to use the Capacities web app with microsoft editor chrome extension for spell check but when I use it and correct it word, it duplicates the word. My second choice would be the Grammarly Chrome extension but the same issue occurs. Third choice is the Grammarly desktop app and it works but isn't ideal. Is it possible to have grammarly read the whole page rather than block by block? I mostly write in bullet points and with the Grammarly desktop app, it only will show red underlines for the current bullet point my cursor is on rather than the whole page. Can this be fixed? Thanks!

Also is it possible to have the little predict word window pop up on the app for Windows? I am referring to the little window that shows 3 guesses at the word you're currently typing so you don't have to type out the whole word. Thanks!

Those of you that use Capacities for meeting notes and have those notes linked to People objects using an "Attendees" property.... Do you prefer to use a "multi-select" property linked to the People database? Or do you use a "text" property and type "@" to link to attendees in your people database? My understanding is that the text option allows flexibility of adding attendees that you may not want to add to your people database, but I'm wondering if this ends up being more chaotic or troublesome the more meeting notes I add to my system. Curious how veteran users have chosen to set this up...

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Pappagiorgio

Those of you that use Capacities for meeting notes and have those notes linked to People objects using an "Attendees" property.... Do you prefer to use a "multi-select" property linked to the People database? Or do you use a "text" property and type "@" to link to attendees in your people database? My understanding is that the text option allows flexibility of adding attendees that you may not want to add to your people database, but I'm wondering if this ends up being more chaotic or troublesome the more meeting notes I add to my system. Curious how veteran users have chosen to set this up...

I think the solution really depends on how many 'people' you encounter in meetings you don't want to add to your database, for example, if you are a manager or an employee with a lot of contacts outside your organisation you might not want to add all those people to your "people" database. Personally, I would always use the multi-select property because of the ease of use, and only if you need it, add another property to your meeting notes. I would create another object database with the name "externalPeople" or something like that and then link that in the multi-select property to the meeting note! Then you keep both separated and can review all the entries in the "externalPeople" database once in a while. As time goes by, you either delete entries or convert them to the people object if you encounter them repeatedly in multiple meetings

Another solution might be to add a section inside your meeting note template with the title "External Attendees" and just add the names there without making them an object! Hope that answers your question a bit? (edited)

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boonikad9300

I think the solution really depends on how many 'people' you encounter in meetings you don't want to add to your database, for example, if you are a manager or an employee with a lot of contacts outside your organisation you might not want to add all those people to your "people" database. Personally, I would always use the multi-select property because of the ease of use, and only if you need it, add another property to your meeting notes. I would create another object database with the name "externalPeople" or something like that and then link that in the multi-select property to the meeting note! Then you keep both separated and can review all the entries in the "externalPeople" database once in a while. As time goes by, you either delete entries or convert them to the people object if you encounter them repeatedly in multiple meetings

Another solution might be to add a section inside your meeting note template with the title "External Attendees" and just add the names there without making them an object! Hope that answers your question a bit? (edited)

yes this makes total sense. I had a similar idea where I would have a "primary attendees" section that is directly linked to my "people" database, and then have a "hidden when empty" property for "other attendees" when I want to keep track of people in a meeting but don't necessarily want to maintain them as an entry in my people database. But I can't decide if I like this approach or if it's simpler to just have a single attendee property and use "@" to reference people that I'm tracking in my database. One nuance I've noticed is that when using "@", when you go to a Person's page, the backlinks shows the full attendee list as part of a meeting note's backlink. Whereas doing a linked property only shows the title of the meeting note in the backlink with attendee info hidden. The latter seems a bit less cluttered and has me leaning towards doing the linked property approach.

Pappagiorgio

Those of you that use Capacities for meeting notes and have those notes linked to People objects using an "Attendees" property.... Do you prefer to use a "multi-select" property linked to the People database? Or do you use a "text" property and type "@" to link to attendees in your people database? My understanding is that the text option allows flexibility of adding attendees that you may not want to add to your people database, but I'm wondering if this ends up being more chaotic or troublesome the more meeting notes I add to my system. Curious how veteran users have chosen to set this up...

I started off with the text field with the @ for the right person but I switched to the multi select because it’s much easier to create new people, if the entry doesn’t exist in that object it creates a new entry in that object type by default

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does anyone write content in capacities? like content to be published on the net? if so, do you have a proper content type for it or do you just use the Page object type? I'm still trying to figure out my workflow

Crispy

does anyone write content in capacities? like content to be published on the net? if so, do you have a proper content type for it or do you just use the Page object type? I'm still trying to figure out my workflow

Each block content is basically markdown based, but you could also export to the following formats.

CaptainBackfire

I started off with the text field with the @ for the right person but I switched to the multi select because it’s much easier to create new people, if the entry doesn’t exist in that object it creates a new entry in that object type by default

This is a great example of why using multi-select may be less friction (edited)

boonikad9300

Each block content is basically markdown based, but you could also export to the following formats.

thanks! apologies i wasn't clear, i'm thinking more workflow wise if I should actually create a separate object type. but i think that's something quite personal.

8:44 AM

i am just wary of creating too many object types hahahah

Crispy

thanks! apologies i wasn't clear, i'm thinking more workflow wise if I should actually create a separate object type. but i think that's something quite personal.

Aah, personally I have a dedicated object for blog post and case studies

boonikad9300

Aah, personally I have a dedicated object for blog post and case studies

ahhh got it

8:44 AM

thank you

but you could also create one generic Post object and use collections

so it will have special properties that differentiate it from pages

8:45 AM

like posted or not

8:45 AM

ok thanks for the sharing boonikad

I think I asked once and I can't remember, is there a feature planned to auto link content that I have already an object for? If I have an object for [[automation]] and I type a sentence, "I need to use automation to solve this problem." I would love for it to auto suggest converting the word automation to a link [[automation]]. Does that make sense? I can't find where I asked this before

12:54 AM

Obsidian has this behavior and I love it for all the links I fail to make when slapping down notes fast

Json Blob

I think I asked once and I can't remember, is there a feature planned to auto link content that I have already an object for? If I have an object for [[automation]] and I type a sentence, "I need to use automation to solve this problem." I would love for it to auto suggest converting the word automation to a link [[automation]]. Does that make sense? I can't find where I asked this before

there is a request -> https://capacities.canny.io/feedback/p/smart-link-suggestions-unlinked-mentions

Smart link suggestions | Unlinked Mentions | Feedback | capacities

capacities supporting you in creating links, including: unlinked references (suggesting in-text links if title matches your text, also for tags) suggestions of

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proposition for https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/940599731439153192: 6. before posting a question or request, do at least one search in the existing (deep) content here about pre-existing threads, communications, answers

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lerone

proposition for https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/940599731439153192: 6. before posting a question or request, do at least one search in the existing (deep) content here about pre-existing threads, communications, answers

Agree: the 'let me google that for you' flow

now how do we get people to actually read it and follow it

9:26 AM

because there's already a tip to look through the feedback board before making suggestions or asking about bugs

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boonikad9300

there is a request -> https://capacities.canny.io/feedback/p/smart-link-suggestions-unlinked-mentions

that's it, thank you @boonikad9300

10:27 AM

I don't feel like this community is TOO bad with it, but in general yes I can't disagree with that. I couldn't find mine again cause I forgot the word "Smart" lol

Hey guys I was reading the new update notice (the one they’re working on right now), and it said that you could rearrange your dashboard, And one of the ways to do it is seeing the Objects that don’t have a TOP LEVEL tag. Do you know what that means? Can I create a tag type and deem it top level? How does that work? Thankss

8:06 PM

Tito

Hey guys I was reading the new update notice (the one they’re working on right now), and it said that you could rearrange your dashboard, And one of the ways to do it is seeing the Objects that don’t have a TOP LEVEL tag. Do you know what that means? Can I create a tag type and deem it top level? How does that work? Thankss

A quick notice: The update is not live yet. A top-level tag only means that your object is tagged right below the title and not in the text.

Steffen

A quick notice: The update is not live yet. A top-level tag only means that your object is tagged right below the title and not in the text.

Hmm I see, but that’s strange because whenever I include any property that is a tag in a page it does not leave the inbox of an Object database. It only leaves the inbox if I tag it with the already created property called “tag” which is in itself an object which already comes with Capacities automatically. But what if I don’t have any general tag to tag it with? I’m not sure what that general tag would be used for because it would have to be something that is part of every object I guess. Does this make sense? Hope you can understand what I’m saying hahaha. And this is happening now, so I’m not sure if that changes with the new updated. It’s just that what it seems is that there is only one “top level” tag, and that the properties for an object don’t count as top level tags

1:10 AM

So in this screenshot you can see that general property called “tag” on top circled in purple and then on the bottom you see a property of the object which is also a tag. If I tag the page with the general tag it leaves the inbox but if I tag it only with the topic property tag it doesn’t leave the inbox. I’m not sure why it would think I need to tag it with that general tag. Do you use that general tag? What kind of tags do you create for it?

1:10 AM

How can I all default text to grey from white?

Lumanish

How can I all default text to grey from white?

style the text to Grey with the style palette

9:09 AM

it looks like a paint palette icon in the formatting menu

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

style the text to Grey with the style palette

Formatting menu?

Tito

So in this screenshot you can see that general property called “tag” on top circled in purple and then on the bottom you see a property of the object which is also a tag. If I tag the page with the general tag it leaves the inbox but if I tag it only with the topic property tag it doesn’t leave the inbox. I’m not sure why it would think I need to tag it with that general tag. Do you use that general tag? What kind of tags do you create for it?

I use it for things like a status indicator, such as in-progress, complete, read, read later.

xang

I use it for things like a status indicator, such as in-progress, complete, read, read later.

Makes sense, it’s just that it doesn’t seem to leave the Inbox of the object database unless I choose one of those top level tags and I didn’t really feel the need to do that I’d prefer creating a “status” tag, you know? So that things don’t get confused. And to me the “topic” tag is more “top level” than status because I’d like the first thing I see in a page to be what it is about, I guess I should just use those tags as topics then

. But thaaanks

(edited)

Lumanish

Formatting menu?

9:43 AM

So you could do a block level styling or a "highlight" style

9:43 AM

block will essentially make the whole block's "default" color whatever you set then you can highlight to have individual colors for text

9:46 AM

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

So you could do a block level styling or a "highlight" style

it has to be in a block

9:57 AM

there isn't full page default text formatting right now

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

it has to be in a block

I cannot make gray the default color for all text?

nope

that is disappiointing

if you really need it.. you can use blocks/groups until they implement some sort of in-app styling defaults customization (edited)

10:00 AM

like in your earlier example it looked like you were already inside a toggle, so if you set the toggle's text color to grey it would affect all the text within it

10:02 AM

alternatively, you can go into dev tools (app), or if you're in the browser use an extension like Stylish to customize the CSS

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

if you really need it.. you can use blocks/groups until they implement some sort of in-app styling defaults customization (edited)

its disappointing that something as simple as text color is sp complicated. I need a tool for working, not for playing with.

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You can make a feature request to have styles persist when creating new blocks, I guess?

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

You can make a feature request to have styles persist when creating new blocks, I guess?

default color choices would be nice.

When something as simple as color unnecessarily complicated, how unnecessarily complicated are other features?

I don't find it particularly complicated, but I'm coming from Notion. I guess it'll seem complicated if you're expecting it to act like other Rich Text editors like Google Docs. I can't tell you how 'unnecessarily complicated' other features are as I seem to be having a different experience from you with the app, so I can only suggest to try it out and give the devs feedback if you still like other aspects of the app. It's still in what I would describe as Beta, meaning it's not really in it's final form and expect some things to need to be tweaked and other features added. While I have it as my daily driver for personal things, I don't currently feel comfortable enough to have time-sensitive work resources in it. Or the type of work which may not easily translate into a flow within the app. So, a little bit of playing with the app would be needed to see if it suits your workflow. Otherwise, you aren't required to use it if it's not currently helpful.

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10:26 AM

I also can't think of off the top of my head how many PKM apps offer default color themes right off the bat. But there is an open ticket for theming: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/choose-from-various-handcrafted-color-themes-for-the-ui-1

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Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Hi, I've tried looking but I can't find an answer. What are the numbers next to an object type? I thought it would be the number of objects but mine don't tally. For example, in this screenshot, the number shows "1" but I have 3 objects.

Crispy

Hi, I've tried looking but I can't find an answer. What are the numbers next to an object type? I thought it would be the number of objects but mine don't tally. For example, in this screenshot, the number shows "1" but I have 3 objects.

It should be the total number of objects, I think there's a bug right now where it's not calculating accurately all the time though.

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

It should be the total number of objects, I think there's a bug right now where it's not calculating accurately all the time though.

got it, thanks Mocha-chan!! so helpful

You can try restarting the app to see if it'll fix itself

10:45 AM

They use React, which I also use at work... and uhh caching from APIs can be a bit annoying.

10:45 AM

hahahahaha i've restarted!! and i thought clicking into each collection would reload

10:46 AM

but the numbers in each collction is correct after clicking

10:46 AM

but the header number just never updates

10:47 AM

you're right i saw a bug reported on this in the feedback board! i'll just upvote

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Reload on the macOS app usually does the trick for me.

11:17 AM

No need to quit and restart.

Yeah, most things usually resolve with a restart (and closing other instances) for me.

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Is it possible to show properties on cards? This event has a date and time for example

I can't register at the website. After clicking the register button nothing happens, what could be the problem?

Lumanish

When something as simple as color unnecessarily complicated, how unnecessarily complicated are other features?

Yeah I think that compared to the more popular options (Notion and Obsidian) it is actually very very simple and much easier to use, that is one of the biggest reasons for me being here

. But I do agree - and I have said this somewhere in this channel - that we need some general settings that can be applied to the whole UI. And I’m pretty sure I literally mentioned not being able to change the colors for a whole page for example. And the other thing I had mentioned is having a choice of font and a choice of font size (this one being so important to me and I’m sure other people using apple things with higher definition). But don’t lose hope, I think in terms of ease of use, community support and important and practical (and right now, UNIQUE) features this is the best app to use. At least for me. And I believe it is probably not that complicated for them to update the UI general settings to give us a little more flexibility. I belieeeve. I’m sure they’re… Capable (ha!)

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Tito

Yeah I think that compared to the more popular options (Notion and Obsidian) it is actually very very simple and much easier to use, that is one of the biggest reasons for me being here

. But I do agree - and I have said this somewhere in this channel - that we need some general settings that can be applied to the whole UI. And I’m pretty sure I literally mentioned not being able to change the colors for a whole page for example. And the other thing I had mentioned is having a choice of font and a choice of font size (this one being so important to me and I’m sure other people using apple things with higher definition). But don’t lose hope, I think in terms of ease of use, community support and important and practical (and right now, UNIQUE) features this is the best app to use. At least for me. And I believe it is probably not that complicated for them to update the UI general settings to give us a little more flexibility. I belieeeve. I’m sure they’re… Capable (ha!)

re: applying styling to the whole page, is this different from just selecting all the blocks and styling them when you're done? Might not be the best way, but I think there's the design problem of how exactly do we want the UX of setting themes. There's whole app level, object type level, object/page level, block level, individual text level. In any case additional customization would certainly be appreciated. And I think capacities still feels better than Notion considering they both use block/nodes for content. (edited)

1:48 PM

we could also maybe add a post to the features forum all about theming and styling customization ideas.

Can I embed all objects of a specific type into a page? Like how notion creates a database view?

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

re: applying styling to the whole page, is this different from just selecting all the blocks and styling them when you're done? Might not be the best way, but I think there's the design problem of how exactly do we want the UX of setting themes. There's whole app level, object type level, object/page level, block level, individual text level. In any case additional customization would certainly be appreciated. And I think capacities still feels better than Notion considering they both use block/nodes for content. (edited)

Yeah feels muuuch better for sure, and Notion also doesn’t have any general UI customizations

Lumanish

Can I embed all objects of a specific type into a page? Like how notion creates a database view?

What about table view ?

the embeds right now are a bit wonky, you need to reference the collection before being able to filter

3:03 PM

at least for a "database" Type embed

frau.rauni

What about table view ?

simple tables are in the works and see above comment

No I mean

I personally really like how objects can be embedded and fully functional

3:04 PM

within another object

When they want to see a specific object -> there is the table view

3:04 PM

With all properties neatly listed

ahh like a list of objects, yeah

3:04 PM

but you need to reference the collection of that object to see it

3:05 PM

in another obj*

I quite appreciate that view for quick referencing, I’m my case e.g. client job codes

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but each object type has views

3:06 PM

like when you create an "object" definition it creates a database of those objects... so

3:07 PM

I'm not at my desk rn so I can't screenshot what I mean.. :<

Crispy

got it, thanks Mocha-chan!! so helpful

Has this bug been reported in Canny?

vcbrewers

Has this bug been reported in Canny?

i'm not sure what canny is but I see it with only 4 upvotes in the feedback board on the capacities website

𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

the embeds right now are a bit wonky, you need to reference the collection before being able to filter

I want to see all task and a filtered view of those tasks. Is that possible?

Lumanish

I want to see all task and a filtered view of those tasks. Is that possible?

if you use a tag to denote your tasks yeah. you can check out #🧰・methods–workflows–tools or ask in #❓・help-and-questions for more detail since general is usually for more general discussion

Crispy

i'm not sure what canny is but I see it with only 4 upvotes in the feedback board on the capacities website

the feedback board is canny

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9:42 AM

Canny is the app they use to manage their tickets basically.

Hey guys, I can’t access anything I had written in the app right now. I’ve restarted the app, went through the website, the phone etc. nothing I wrote is there and also I can’t click inside a page to write anything so I’m guessing it’s a bug. Anyone experiencing this?. All the pages and page titles are there but there’s nothing in the body of any page

Speaking of that is there or will there be a way to backup automatically to a google drive, iCloud etc? It’s a little scary to not see anything you wrote out of the blue

Steffen started a thread. 6/12/2023 12:36 AM

Steffen started a thread. 6/12/2023 3:28 AM

@Steffen any update on regional pricing? I've been desperately waiting to become. believer

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any hints to when Capacities Pro will be available and how the AI integration will work?

Cvlr

@Steffen any update on regional pricing? I've been desperately waiting to become. believer

I am also looking forward to the regional plans

to become a believer

Me too

maybe @Michael_v_H can let us know the expected timeline

Is there a use-case for the right click menu and "Select All" on it? It highlights even the sidebars' content and i'm not sure that's useful to anyone and if it can just be disabled/removed?

Can a property be another object?

Lumanish

Can a property be another object?

Yes

Aliad

Yes

how do I do that?

Just use @ or / and u can link another object

Thanks I find that capcities can be a bit slow sometimes when referencing other objects, maybe that is why I was confused?

You can not only link but also set up in object settings for your custom object types

3:02 PM

I for example have an object „clients“ and one „projects“

3:02 PM

In projects i set it up to be a default field with single select for the object client

Lumanish

Can a property be another object?

Does capacities has a chrome extension?

steve_2321

Does capacities has a chrome extension?

No, not yet

Nightly version for the new release Hi everyone, we added a lot of improvements to our query infrastructure and would like to introduce it gradually. For all Mac Users: You can test the latest version now. You can download a nightly version of Capacities here (in case the folder is empty, we paused access to it): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13JNG8g0XpL5llEXC4gAX3LqiLBVp2ZTc?usp=sharing If you downloaded it, please react to this message with a ✅, so we have an idea about how many people are using it. You can read about the latest updates here: https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-25. We'd love to get your feedback. Please report any issues you encounter in the thread below. The version is quite stable and will most likely not cause any issues. You don't have to worry about breaking anything. Thanks for your help. If everything goes well, we'll release it to everyone at the beginning of next week

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Steffen

Nightly version for the new release Hi everyone, we added a lot of improvements to our query infrastructure and would like to introduce it gradually. For all Mac Users: You can test the latest version now. You can download a nightly version of Capacities here (in case the folder is empty, we paused access to it): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13JNG8g0XpL5llEXC4gAX3LqiLBVp2ZTc?usp=sharing If you downloaded it, please react to this message with a ✅, so we have an idea about how many people are using it. You can read about the latest updates here: https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-25. We'd love to get your feedback. Please report any issues you encounter in the thread below. The version is quite stable and will most likely not cause any issues. You don't have to worry about breaking anything. Thanks for your help. If everything goes well, we'll release it to everyone at the beginning of next week

My mac app was already version 1.25.20. I downloaded anyway and on install choose to replace, now the app cant be opened anymore? I dont use the mac app anyway, I use the web version so I can use tools like Harpa to have AI within Capacities. Do these updates also go live on the web app?

Mike

My mac app was already version 1.25.20. I downloaded anyway and on install choose to replace, now the app cant be opened anymore? I dont use the mac app anyway, I use the web version so I can use tools like Harpa to have AI within Capacities. Do these updates also go live on the web app?

On mac you have to go to privacy and security and there you have an option to click 'open anyway'! (edited)

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boonikad9300

On mac you have to go to privacy and security and there you have an option to click 'open anyway'! (edited)

Ah perfect thank you all working now

Mike

My mac app was already version 1.25.20. I downloaded anyway and on install choose to replace, now the app cant be opened anymore? I dont use the mac app anyway, I use the web version so I can use tools like Harpa to have AI within Capacities. Do these updates also go live on the web app?

The web app will go live once everything is stable, probably early next week.

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wouldn’t it be cool asf if u could make flashcards really easily with capacities

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Solomi

wouldn’t it be cool asf if u could make flashcards really easily with capacities

There's a ticket here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/flashcards-and-spaced-repetition-active-recall

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Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Like many people, I've tried a lot of PKM products ... at least a dozen. I'm currently using Workflowy (10+ years with the pro version) mostly because it's simple and very intuitive but I'm very interested in Capacities because I'd like to see what it does better than the other products I've tried -- including Workflowy. In that regard, as a potential new subscriber, I'd like to know who Capacities is designed for and especially who its not. This applies to all PKM products of course. When evaluating other PKM products I'm often left with the impression that this is "another" way but not necessarily a "better" way. I think your Roadmap post is primarily targeted to current subscribers to Capacities but it triggered these thoughts that I hope will be received in the spirit they're intended. The field of choices for PKM products is so large that it's hard in my opinion to figure out why one is better than another without investing a lot of time learning a new model and vocabulary. This affects people interested in their first PKM or people like me willing to switch if there's a compelling reason. It's not difficult to say that your own product is not for everyone but it is difficult to be specific about it. And, I think that would help people evaluating your product make a decision and possibly help your internal development resources if it's not already clear.

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@Steffen @Michael_v_H thanks for the update! Any info about the pricing?

I accidentally deleted the Property, in the "Content type settings" setting, I deleted all the contents of the notes, how can they be returned? (edited)

Is the new version available for Windows users to test yet?

ildar291120

I accidentally deleted the Property, in the "Content type settings" setting, I deleted all the contents of the notes, how can they be returned? (edited)

Oef.. then you might have lost the content unfortunately. At the moment, there is only a manual back-up procedure. Automatic back-ups and a place to restore deleted content are planned

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boonikad9300

Oef.. then you might have lost the content unfortunately. At the moment, there is only a manual back-up procedure. Automatic back-ups and a place to restore deleted content are planned

This should indeed be addressed high priority, nothing should be immediately deleted permanently

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is it possible to transfer objects between spaces?

12:44 PM

i keep forgetting to switch spaces and thinking i just need to combine them

jabba7238

is it possible to transfer objects between spaces?

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1099758130377789490

It is possible to shut down the spelling check? (Windows app) I'm reading French...the spelling check bothers me.

1:29 AM

It bothers me

hi all, i've been trying to find this in the documentation -- how do I delete a collection?

1:38 AM

i've created too many i need to clean things up lol

Crispy

hi all, i've been trying to find this in the documentation -- how do I delete a collection?

In the dashboard view of the object the collections all have the 3 dot menu, click that and delete collection?

1:45 AM

somehow it doesn't show for me ):

1:46 AM

it was what i intuitively tried too

I just had the same issue. It still doesn't show for me in Dashboard view, but if you go into the Collection itself and click the three dot menu at the top right, it will hopefully appear there as an option

1:51 AM

(I also did a restart of the app)

Crispy

somehow it doesn't show for me ):

Same actually, I had use the sidebar to find the option now:

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ok thank you so much

1:52 AM

that's super helpful ❤️

frenchroll5

I just had the same issue. It still doesn't show for me in Dashboard view, but if you go into the Collection itself and click the three dot menu at the top right, it will hopefully appear there as an option

thanks! this didn't work for me yet but Mike's solution works 100%

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Hello, I've recently founded Capacities, so I'm ignorant about it. How can I link an existing page to another page?

Drajack

Hello, I've recently founded Capacities, so I'm ignorant about it. How can I link an existing page to another page?

One way: Use anywhere on the page either @ or [[ and search in the popup for the page (or any other object). There is more to it but for the start it is enough - experiment;-) I know I did.

Jan O. Dvořák

One way: Use anywhere on the page either @ or [[ and search in the popup for the page (or any other object). There is more to it but for the start it is enough - experiment;-) I know I did.

Thanks! Appreciate it

A

It is possible to shut down the spelling check? (Windows app) I'm reading French...the spelling check bothers me.

Hi @A, a setting for this will be added soon!

Michael_v_H

Hi @A, a setting for this will be added soon!

In addition, tools like Obsidian have a list of corrected words. A sort of personal dictionary, could that be a future feature?

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Is there a way to rotate images in Capacities?

Json Blob

Is there a way to rotate images in Capacities?

Basic editing allowing rotating, cropping, text overlay etc would be a great feature.

i'll get a request written

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Json Blob

Is there a way to rotate images in Capacities?

I make custom banners each month, doing that inside of capacities would be great.

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https://capacities.io/feedback/p/feature-request-very-basic-image-editing-in-capacities Bingo bango.

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Congrats on the recognition @Steffen & @Michael_v_H ! https://elizabethbutlermd.com/new-note-taking-apps-2023/

Elizabeth Butler

The 12 best new note taking apps in 2023: watch these newcomers - E...

Discover the best new note taking apps in 2023. Which of these new note taking apps will be the next Notion or Obsidian? Curated by Elizabeth Butler, MD, PhD.

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hi! how does anyone uses Capacities to create citations for an essay, for example?

A

It is possible to shut down the spelling check? (Windows app) I'm reading French...the spelling check bothers me.

Working on this option right now. Any other editor-related settings anyone would like to see?

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Michael_v_H

Working on this option right now. Any other editor-related settings anyone would like to see?

Can we add support for standard keybindings, eg Ctrl+E to end of line and Ctrl+A to start of line etc?

Michael_v_H

Working on this option right now. Any other editor-related settings anyone would like to see?

Also would be wonderful if $ triggered math mode.

3:59 PM

(Oops, just realised: maybe these aren’t settings per se… sorry!)

Michael_v_H

Working on this option right now. Any other editor-related settings anyone would like to see?

default wide layout?

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A

default wide layout?

That’s a setting you can set for each object

boonikad9300

That’s a setting you can set for each object

Except for default object types and certain custom layout option's.

I thought this group might be interested in investigating the Anytype app. It has just come out of alpha, is in pre-beta with beta to be released in a few days. It seems quite like Capacities - objects, properties, sets, graphs, relations, etc. But it is different in these respects: Local-first

E2E encrypted

No-code ✈️ Offline-first

‍♀️ P2P-synced …and our public beta is coming in just a few weeks!

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kitennis

I thought this group might be interested in investigating the Anytype app. It has just come out of alpha, is in pre-beta with beta to be released in a few days. It seems quite like Capacities - objects, properties, sets, graphs, relations, etc. But it is different in these respects: Local-first

E2E encrypted

No-code ✈️ Offline-first

‍♀️ P2P-synced …and our public beta is coming in just a few weeks!

Well yes, it shares some features with Capacities, but it can't be compared on design level and usability. The pre-beta of Anytype introduce some improvements, but it's still years behind. Moreover, local-first (with unreadable data files, export a part) and E2E, also means so far 1. no web version, 2. issues in sync multi devices. I think that those who prefer offline first, still find a better alternative in Obsidian or Logseq. For all others, Capacities is currently a more innovative and reliable product

I agree. I just thought users might be interested in seeing another implementation of an object-oriented application.

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kitennis

I agree. I just thought users might be interested in seeing another implementation of an object-oriented application.

... always good to learn from each other; even if not on exactly the same road.

that's the whole point of having different and alternative apps.

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kitennis

I thought this group might be interested in investigating the Anytype app. It has just come out of alpha, is in pre-beta with beta to be released in a few days. It seems quite like Capacities - objects, properties, sets, graphs, relations, etc. But it is different in these respects: Local-first

E2E encrypted

No-code ✈️ Offline-first

‍♀️ P2P-synced …and our public beta is coming in just a few weeks!

Are you affiliated with anytype?

I tried Anytype yesterday. Local-first is cool, I liked the global graph a lot (one of my top requests for Capacities), and I was very impressed with the performance (feels very snappy and native-like app, Capacities in comparison felt very slow for me

), but overall UX is still a bit complex to get and figure out. I couldn't figure out how to view the backlinks or unlinked mentions, local graph, can I set aliases, link to block, etc, these kinds of things that I'm looking for in the PKM app. Maybe I'll give it another shot sometime later because I like app performance and local-first, and it'll be interesting to see how it evolves, but for now, I gonna stick with Capacities as an app that allow me to focus on creating notes, not creating complex systems. (edited)

3:25 PM

Speaking of app performance, there is a line from the last update notes which intrigues me

In the next weeks, we have many improvements planned, which should speed up the application, especially if you have a lot of content in Capacities.

Maybe we can get a sneak peek from the team about what is planned in this regard if it's not a big secret of course? Just curious

frau.rauni

Are you affiliated with anytype?

No. I just like apps that use the object approach.

kitennis

No. I just like apps that use the object approach.

Ah okay. The way your message was worded was a little misguiding there

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frau.rauni

Ah okay. The way your message was worded was a little misguiding there

I guessed the last line was a quote from an announcement, continuing from the feature list

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Hi there, just curious is there any way to have pages go automatically into collections based on the tag? For example for my YouTube object, I have tags for ideas, cogs turning, scripted etc., and collections based around that. Due to this, I was wondering whether there is any way to automatically sort them into those collections based on the tags associated with them.

Ashwath Singh

Hi there, just curious is there any way to have pages go automatically into collections based on the tag? For example for my YouTube object, I have tags for ideas, cogs turning, scripted etc., and collections based around that. Due to this, I was wondering whether there is any way to automatically sort them into those collections based on the tags associated with them.

No that's not possible as far as I know, but could be an interesting feature. A bit comparable to so called 'smart mailboxes' in e-mail applications imho where you can define the place of a mail based on pre-defined properties!

boonikad9300

No that's not possible as far as I know, but could be an interesting feature. A bit comparable to so called 'smart mailboxes' in e-mail applications imho where you can define the place of a mail based on pre-defined properties!

Yep, it would be interesting it would make organisation almost automatic and allow you to just focus on writing notes

1:54 AM

Maybe queries could support that whenever it comes out

Ashwath Singh

Maybe queries could support that whenever it comes out

Queries + Bulk Edit + AI dream team ❤️

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boonikad9300

Queries + Bulk Edit + AI dream team ❤️

Automation on steroids

Ashwath Singh

Hi there, just curious is there any way to have pages go automatically into collections based on the tag? For example for my YouTube object, I have tags for ideas, cogs turning, scripted etc., and collections based around that. Due to this, I was wondering whether there is any way to automatically sort them into those collections based on the tags associated with them.

good idea! you can vote for it here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/automatic-custom-tagging-for-types-collections some later day discussion here: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001365576314261555/1110562905851699230

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

I very much like the new ways and views to customize the backlink views. it´s these kind of intelligent, interwoven and customizable work- and viewspace that makes Capacities really great! ... then, on my end, it seems something has broken the ability to open search results directly from the result list... – maybe a case for @Steffen / @Michael_v_H . I will also file it as bug on Canny.... (edited)

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11:19 AM

Is Release 25 live?

neeldhara

Is Release 25 live?

Yes, but not announced yet

Testing a lot at the moment

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Oh yay, can’t wait! No pressure ofc

neeldhara

Oh yay, can’t wait! No pressure ofc

It's all live, you can test it

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I did the update, but it failed to load the pages. I also restarted it and tried the web version. I think this happened a long while back before but it came back after some time. Wondering if other people run into it or just me? (edited)

Huski

I did the update, but it failed to load the pages. I also restarted it and tried the web version. I think this happened a long while back before but it came back after some time. Wondering if other people run into it or just me? (edited)

Same here!! No Loading

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Josem Co

Same here!! No Loading

Should be working now

Steffen

Should be working now

yes

hi.. i keep getting these 'new version available' notifications in capacities tho i'm already on v25. are there notes for what changes are in these smaller updates/

jabba7238

hi.. i keep getting these 'new version available' notifications in capacities tho i'm already on v25. are there notes for what changes are in these smaller updates/

Normally yes, but were mainly bugs that we fixed. We'll continue posting it at https://capacities.io/whats-new

What's new?

New features, releases, and current improvements

Michael_v_H

Working on this option right now. Any other editor-related settings anyone would like to see?

Maybe adjust text size? A couple of larger options would be very helpful in some situations.

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Why is there an insistence on pagination on object pages? This also changes based on the size I set the app. Can you not just let me scroll? I want to see all of my objects on one screen. It also paginates way too early - theres loads of real estate to fit in more objects, but instead it paginates and leaves loads of white space (edited)

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Oli

Why is there an insistence on pagination on object pages? This also changes based on the size I set the app. Can you not just let me scroll? I want to see all of my objects on one screen. It also paginates way too early - theres loads of real estate to fit in more objects, but instead it paginates and leaves loads of white space (edited)

Good point! Thanks for sharing

We are currently experimenting with this. Since you brought it up. Would you prefer to have infinite scroll everywhere?

Steffen

Good point! Thanks for sharing

We are currently experimenting with this. Since you brought it up. Would you prefer to have infinite scroll everywhere?

I would love to have the infinite scroll, or the option to choose more results on the page, like 50 or 100

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I like the nature of improvements of the newest (iterative) release! it is deepening in a meaningful / Capacities-kind-of way what is already 'in the books'. and makes things more intuitive, self-reinforcing, pleasantly 'dense'!

– but one thing / question / detail, where I have a '?': while I see / agree with the move to allow for a user choice as to the processing of URLs directly or not, it seems to me that there is some heavy 'pricetag' / trade-off involved: it used to be that I can copy paste article content, including linked images – and it would be flawlessly taken over to Capacities. in the absence of a webclipper, this was my main reliable way to import (longer) content from the web. now, it seems the images are no longer auto-linked (imported?). I think this part should be reconsidered...

Steffen

Good point! Thanks for sharing

We are currently experimenting with this. Since you brought it up. Would you prefer to have infinite scroll everywhere?

Personally I would prefer infinite scroll everywhere. Maybe people have an argument for pagination - but the pagination as it stands does it way too early and leaves too much empty space

Steffen

Good point! Thanks for sharing

We are currently experimenting with this. Since you brought it up. Would you prefer to have infinite scroll everywhere?

I would definitely prefer infinite scrolling

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lerone

I like the nature of improvements of the newest (iterative) release! it is deepening in a meaningful / Capacities-kind-of way what is already 'in the books'. and makes things more intuitive, self-reinforcing, pleasantly 'dense'!

– but one thing / question / detail, where I have a '?': while I see / agree with the move to allow for a user choice as to the processing of URLs directly or not, it seems to me that there is some heavy 'pricetag' / trade-off involved: it used to be that I can copy paste article content, including linked images – and it would be flawlessly taken over to Capacities. in the absence of a webclipper, this was my main reliable way to import (longer) content from the web. now, it seems the images are no longer auto-linked (imported?). I think this part should be reconsidered...

Yes, I agree. For images we'll bring back the original behavior.

cc @Steffen

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hi guys. i see you have block templates on the list of feature requests but no prioritization. is this something that is anywhere near the cut off line for a near term release? really would love the ability to create a set of checklists that i can easily embed into an object without having to create another object and embed it

jabba7238

hi guys. i see you have block templates on the list of feature requests but no prioritization. is this something that is anywhere near the cut off line for a near term release? really would love the ability to create a set of checklists that i can easily embed into an object without having to create another object and embed it

You can insert many times the same template on the same object. This could be helpful for you.

yes but each template is an object.... so it carries all the parent properties

2:41 PM

its a bit messy

jabba7238

hi guys. i see you have block templates on the list of feature requests but no prioritization. is this something that is anywhere near the cut off line for a near term release? really would love the ability to create a set of checklists that i can easily embed into an object without having to create another object and embed it

Thanks for sharing. We didn't have it planned in the very near future but we'll talk about it

amvillamorjr

hi! how does anyone uses Capacities to create citations for an essay, for example?

the spellcheck issue has been solved, thanks for fixing!

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Another thing is: the function "multiple selection" seems to often be ignored. Whether it's selecting multiple objects to put into a collection, adding tags, batch deleting, or batch uploading multiple files, these operations are very basic and crucial. I've noticed these functions have been included in the follow-up planning, but they don't seem to have a high priority. Hope that functions like "multiple selection" and "batch upload" can be given more priority. The same problem will hopefully not appear in future Simple table. The fatal problem of Notion's Simple table is that it can't select multiple rows or columns, so users cannot do such as "select three rows and drag them to other rows" or "select three rows and then delete them in one go" and so on. This is a very, very serious flaw. Hope the “plurality” can be valued. (edited)

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Sorry to hear about the Twitter update!

Does it affect search? Right now I think I can search for XYZ and if a tweet has that text it shows up, without my having to do anything for it.

neeldhara

Sorry to hear about the Twitter update!

Does it affect search? Right now I think I can search for XYZ and if a tweet has that text it shows up, without my having to do anything for it.

You will keep all your tweets, but tweets that you add from now on will not be searchable anymore.

A

Another thing is: the function "multiple selection" seems to often be ignored. Whether it's selecting multiple objects to put into a collection, adding tags, batch deleting, or batch uploading multiple files, these operations are very basic and crucial. I've noticed these functions have been included in the follow-up planning, but they don't seem to have a high priority. Hope that functions like "multiple selection" and "batch upload" can be given more priority. The same problem will hopefully not appear in future Simple table. The fatal problem of Notion's Simple table is that it can't select multiple rows or columns, so users cannot do such as "select three rows and drag them to other rows" or "select three rows and then delete them in one go" and so on. This is a very, very serious flaw. Hope the “plurality” can be valued. (edited)

We're currently working on batch operations

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Steffen

You will keep all your tweets, but tweets that you add from now on will not be searchable anymore.

Oh sigh. I see. Will they get auto-tagged as Tweets though?

in my very humble opinion, I'd ignore twitter and their crazy fees, caving in is just silly and there is absolutely nothing to gain in setting these fees as a standard (reddit is following up on that trend and it's not a happy sight).

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neeldhara

Oh sigh. I see. Will they get auto-tagged as Tweets though?

Yes

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Steffen

Yes

Great, thanks!

Re: Twitter. Sad to hear, as it was a nice to have function imho! However, a prime example of 'platform risk' in action .. If it's not sustainable then that's it, hope it will eventually can make a comback but for now there are a lot of exiting features that will add a lot more value than the twitter integration! Thanks for the transparency though and telling how it is

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Really shitty news about twitter. But as I've said before great communication from the team. Could it be possible to integrate a twitter thread saver? Even if the team can't do this as a feature, it's worth while making the community aware that there are websites that export threads and can be downloaded as different formats. I've just checked and I'm still able to download threads as PDF's and upload and embed in capacities. I've never made use of the twitter integration and always just share the link to my telegram bot. So with one extra step I can do this with the pdf's

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Scrap that both bots I use are down. Looks like I'll be using screen shots for the foreseeable

Esotoic

Scrap that both bots I use are down. Looks like I'll be using screen shots for the foreseeable

You still get embeds though. It's just... not as nice as before because of the lack of previews and titles.

I would guess that twitter like most services have a personal api plan with x number of calls. Why not give us the ability to use our own api key?

Lumanish

I would guess that twitter like most services have a personal api plan with x number of calls. Why not give us the ability to use our own api key?

After looking at the pricing docs of Twitter, it seems like you need the basic service to do 10.000 read calls a month, but that one is already 100$

3:56 PM

the free service only allows POST it seems

3:57 PM

damm that's hella expensive..

boonikad9300

damm that's hella expensive..

Based on what is happening with Reddit also it is the current trend. Who knows if it is sustainable for those companies.

Hey Team, was a believer (monthly) from a couple of months. Loved the recent updates and all the changes the team is working on. The process of taking feedback, iterating on the product and doing these releases, you are doing one hell of a job. Glad to support. Moved to annual subscription. Just here to show my gratitude. I'm loving it. Thank you.

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hi all, i just got the latest update and i can't seem to open my collections any longer. it shows a new dialog that's completely empty. (edited)

5:55 AM

not sure if it's just me

Crispy

not sure if it's just me

I can open them, but the styling on the list and table view seems a little broken!

thank you

6:01 AM

let me post this in "bugs and issues" then

6:01 AM

or on the feedback board

Crispy

hi all, i just got the latest update and i can't seem to open my collections any longer. it shows a new dialog that's completely empty. (edited)

I have the same issue

frenchroll5

I have the same issue

I posted the issue here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/collections-dont-open-for-me-any-longer

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

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Crispy

hi all, i just got the latest update and i can't seem to open my collections any longer. it shows a new dialog that's completely empty. (edited)

Thanks for reporting, will be fixed in next update!

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@Michael_v_H any update on regional pricing?

Cvlr

@Michael_v_H any update on regional pricing?

We aim to launch it in late summer together with Capacities Pro (probably August or September).

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Michael_v_H

We aim to launch it in late summer together with Capacities Pro (probably August or September).

Will that include any student discount? I love your product, and I'd love to be able to participate at a subscriber level but I'm a full time student...

1:51 PM

I think the design and layout of this product is outstanding in a very very crowded market and even though I'm an off-line first end user, I see that this product has staying power.

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Desiderata

Will that include any student discount? I love your product, and I'd love to be able to participate at a subscriber level but I'm a full time student...

Yes, we want to do this, although some details still need to be solved.

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Michael_v_H

Yes, we want to do this, although some details still need to be solved.

Thank you so much! I've already filled out the survey, so my name is in the bucket. In the meantime, I'm going to keep learning about your product and how to use it. @pkmbeth has some great content on Medium and her own blog and her essays really won me over. (edited)

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Desiderata

Thank you so much! I've already filled out the survey, so my name is in the bucket. In the meantime, I'm going to keep learning about your product and how to use it. @pkmbeth has some great content on Medium and her own blog and her essays really won me over. (edited)

Thank you!!

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Would it be possible to fix the spell check issues with the web app when using Grammarly or Microsoft Editor? When you click to correct a word, it puts the entire word in the middle of the mispelled word.

GunnersaurusFlex

Would it be possible to fix the spell check issues with the web app when using Grammarly or Microsoft Editor? When you click to correct a word, it puts the entire word in the middle of the mispelled word.

Been there for a long time, I just removed everything, including the spellcheck

Anyone else struggle to see the visual difference in header levels? I feel like they're all very same'y, makes it hard to differentiate header levels and tabbing them over with indent levels mucks with the table of contents which is unfortuante

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Json Blob

Anyone else struggle to see the visual difference in header levels? I feel like they're all very same'y, makes it hard to differentiate header levels and tabbing them over with indent levels mucks with the table of contents which is unfortuante

Felt the same with Notion. Would be great if they could put e.g. an "h2" in gray on the left of the block.

for quick reference:

3:15 PM

I guess I could manually go in and recolor them but i'd have to do that line-by-line and it's not at all tied to the actual header flag

Json Blob

for quick reference:

what about using toggle as a header then the would be under the one header

Jessica 🩷🛼

what about using toggle as a header then the would be under the one header

as much as I do like toggles, I don't want to overuse them especially in a multi-column document with headers all over

4:49 PM

but maybe

I’ve been using toggles with headers a lot. That and the table of contents in the side panel help. But, I’m not using multiple columns much. (edited)

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the fact that table of contents reflects manual tab insertions is a little maddening

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looool

5:15 PM

reallly ughh

Json Blob

the fact that table of contents reflects manual tab insertions is a little maddening

Yeah, that was disconcerting when I discovered that.

Hello everyone. I am starting with capacities and I have a couple of questions: 1. What is the "group" function meant to do? And how do you use it?; 2. Is there a possibility to see the outgoing link? At the bottom of the page I can see the backlinks but not the outgoing ones. Thanks!

the outgoing links should be on the object itself?

7:47 AM

if i'm understanding you correctly

7:48 AM

they are all also gathered in the right side panel

7:48 AM

if you open it

7:48 AM

under a "Objects" section I think

yes, I just think a list of the outgoing linls, like in Obsidian, would be usegul

7:49 AM

ah, ok, thanks!

7:49 AM

ya great question i didnt even know about this

7:49 AM

i'm also new to capacities but been using it for about a week

For seome reasons I had never noted this. Very useful

rpm77

Hello everyone. I am starting with capacities and I have a couple of questions: 1. What is the "group" function meant to do? And how do you use it?; 2. Is there a possibility to see the outgoing link? At the bottom of the page I can see the backlinks but not the outgoing ones. Thanks!

A group is useful when, for example, trying to keep an image and a caption block together as one so they don't get accidentally split up

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9:52 AM

see my example:

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9:52 AM

the image there and "(page 75)" are grouped so those never get broken up on accident

Question to the devs on giving feedback. If I have a feature request, I've been logging a bug and putting "Feature Request: " in the title. Is that appropriate, is there a better way?

Json Blob

Question to the devs on giving feedback. If I have a feature request, I've been logging a bug and putting "Feature Request: " in the title. Is that appropriate, is there a better way?

Not sure what you mean. Are you talking about our feedback board? (https://capacities.io/feedback)

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Michael_v_H

Not sure what you mean. Are you talking about our feedback board? (https://capacities.io/feedback)

yeah I just usually go to #⚡・bugs-and-issues and click the link then put "Feature Request" at the front of the title. Example https://capacities.io/feedback/p/feature-request-insert-prefabs (edited)

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

10:40 AM

but it's not a bug or issue, it's a feature request

Json Blob

yeah I just usually go to #⚡・bugs-and-issues and click the link then put "Feature Request" at the front of the title. Example https://capacities.io/feedback/p/feature-request-insert-prefabs (edited)

Oh, I see. No, that's totally fine! The feedback board is for both bugs/issues and feature requests.

(edited)

10:42 AM

Adding "Feature request:" (or "Bug:" respectively) helps a lot, thanks!

(edited)

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perfect, thanks! As long as it's helpful

rpm77

Hello everyone. I am starting with capacities and I have a couple of questions: 1. What is the "group" function meant to do? And how do you use it?; 2. Is there a possibility to see the outgoing link? At the bottom of the page I can see the backlinks but not the outgoing ones. Thanks!

Groups can be handy for transcluding multiple related blocks.

Michael_v_H

Oh, I see. No, that's totally fine! The feedback board is for both bugs/issues and feature requests.

(edited)

One more question, is it appropriate or frowned upon to link feedback requests into public channels to gather upvotes for ones that are particularly painful for us? It may seems small but control + delete not working right is killing me inside

because I keep forgetting it's broken and I keep having to retype and undo deletions (edited)

Where is the “update now” button?

Json Blob

One more question, is it appropriate or frowned upon to link feedback requests into public channels to gather upvotes for ones that are particularly painful for us? It may seems small but control + delete not working right is killing me inside

because I keep forgetting it's broken and I keep having to retype and undo deletions (edited)

IMO it’s better to give a link to canny. Less double tickets, double discussions,… ? But that’s just my opinion. I don’t need the same argument on features every few weeks

JustCodeItAll

Where is the “update now” button?

for windows desktop app it's top right corner when an update is there

frau.rauni

IMO it’s better to give a link to canny. Less double tickets, double discussions,… ? But that’s just my opinion. I don’t need the same argument on features every few weeks

ya dupe tickets do suck (I work in software quality, tis my job to crush dupes!)

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Json Blob

for windows desktop app it's top right corner when an update is there

How about for Mac?

JustCodeItAll

How about for Mac?

no idea, i'm a windows user so unfortunately no clue where the button is but I would be confused if it was in any different of a space

JustCodeItAll

How about for Mac?

I think I always get a fullscreen lightbox? but… i'm not sure..

Hello, so I am new to capacities I am coming from another Note app (which i still love but the design and user interface is better in capacities) so I am moving away from the other one I think IF its as customizable as the one i currently use so I am going to get the paid account in order to get the most from the app and to see if the switch will be permanent - however as i mention app I am unable to find how to download the APP on my MacBook pro 2023 - can anyone provide some guidance please?

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Jessica 🩷🛼

Hello, so I am new to capacities I am coming from another Note app (which i still love but the design and user interface is better in capacities) so I am moving away from the other one I think IF its as customizable as the one i currently use so I am going to get the paid account in order to get the most from the app and to see if the switch will be permanent - however as i mention app I am unable to find how to download the APP on my MacBook pro 2023 - can anyone provide some guidance please?

When you sign up as a believer, you get a mail with instructions.

5:30 PM

oh sorry, that was for the mobile app

5:31 PM

the mac app download is here : https://capacities.io/download-app

Download the app

Capacities is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows and as a web app for all other devices. A mobile app is under development and available for Capacities Believer as early access.

oohhhhh sorry! - I havent signed up yet but ima about to !!! thank you so much - I should have added that I havent had time to view, review or go through any content in capacities yet! really appreciate your response!

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Jessica 🩷🛼

oohhhhh sorry! - I havent signed up yet but ima about to !!! thank you so much - I should have added that I havent had time to view, review or go through any content in capacities yet! really appreciate your response!

I’m still finding my way around all the functionalities but already learned useful stuff from the community here. ✌

there is a lot of content to find in the search

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6:20 PM

And if you’re the type for video content, @pkmbeth has a great channel and a video course

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frau.rauni

And if you’re the type for video content, @pkmbeth has a great channel and a video course

perfect, videos are great for sure definitely a mix of the both type of content is great!

JustCodeItAll

How about for Mac?

It’s the same. Top right corner of the app window. It takes a little while to show up sometimes.

Jessica 🩷🛼

Hello, so I am new to capacities I am coming from another Note app (which i still love but the design and user interface is better in capacities) so I am moving away from the other one I think IF its as customizable as the one i currently use so I am going to get the paid account in order to get the most from the app and to see if the switch will be permanent - however as i mention app I am unable to find how to download the APP on my MacBook pro 2023 - can anyone provide some guidance please?

Hi @Jessica 🩷🛼, you can download the desktop app here: https://capacities.io/download-app Then click on the "Download for Apple Silicon" option below:

Download the app

Capacities is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows and as a web app for all other devices. A mobile app is under development and available for Capacities Believer as early access.

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Michael_v_H

Hi @Jessica 🩷🛼, you can download the desktop app here: https://capacities.io/download-app Then click on the "Download for Apple Silicon" option below:

thank you! Got it downloaded and upgraded already! appreciate your response!

Hi all is there a mobile app? (iOS)

chiccoach

Hi all is there a mobile app? (iOS)

There is a beta for believers

frau.rauni

When you sign up as a believer, you get a mail with instructions.

@chiccoach

frau.rauni

There is a beta for believers

Thanks. How’s it? By the way could you suggest some video tutorial for the app?

frau.rauni

And if you’re the type for video content, @pkmbeth has a great channel and a video course

@chiccoach just a few chats before..

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chiccoach

Thanks. How’s it? By the way could you suggest some video tutorial for the app?

it is an indeed stellar compromise between depth / scope of desktop-/web-app and tailor-made mobile app (with all the mobile-use logics taken into consideration).. a little rough at some edges still. but Heptabase, Napkin, Scrintal and some others could only dream of something line this (at the moment)...

(edited)

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Thanks. I saw in the roadmap smart queries do we have an idea of the timeline?

... as to the general discussion and reflection on Capacities and writing-up: this might be worth a look / assessment https://protolyst.org – either as an alternative endpoint (alongside Capacities; and replacing things like Scrivener, Mellel & Co); or as an inspiration how such a write-up environment could look within the UI/UX logics of Capacities ( @Steffen & @Michael_v_H ) ( I´ll certainly try it out...

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Protolyst - Keep Knowledge for your Projects in one Place

The collaborative workspace to unlock and connect your knowledge; keep important details at your fingertips to supercharge strategic decisions and fuel projects

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chiccoach

Thanks. I saw in the roadmap smart queries do we have an idea of the timeline?

Please use the discord search

frau.rauni

Please use the discord search

... plus ( @chiccoach ) : https://capacities.io/roadmap

Roadmap

We ship new features and improvements nearly every day. Heres an overview on what will come next.

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c00llin started a thread. 6/28/2023 11:43 AM

thx at @Steffen & @Michael_v_H for the fixes in the incremental update. very valuable, helpful & appreciated indeed!

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Hi all. I am a believer and I am still bit new at capacities. How to use the task management feature? It is not clear to me. Thanks

Hi! Is there an updated ETA for the mobile app to be free? Thanks!

chiccoach

Hi all. I am a believer and I am still bit new at capacities. How to use the task management feature? It is not clear to me. Thanks

Proper task management is still under development as far as I know. There are some workflows to make it work but it's a little light in that area right now. Most people use objects with a property housing a Status tag to track things for now

chiccoach

Thanks. I saw in the roadmap smart queries do we have an idea of the timeline?

Smart queries are already being tested internally, so the development is quite far already. The main remaining things are some UI/UX flows as well as performance and scaling considerations.

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lerone

... as to the general discussion and reflection on Capacities and writing-up: this might be worth a look / assessment https://protolyst.org – either as an alternative endpoint (alongside Capacities; and replacing things like Scrivener, Mellel & Co); or as an inspiration how such a write-up environment could look within the UI/UX logics of Capacities ( @Steffen & @Michael_v_H ) ( I´ll certainly try it out...

) (edited)

Thanks, will check it out!

GunnersaurusFlex

Hi! Is there an updated ETA for the mobile app to be free? Thanks!

Soon. There are some major believer features coming up in the next month and mobile will move to general access. So most likely within the next 1-2 months.

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Json Blob

Proper task management is still under development as far as I know. There are some workflows to make it work but it's a little light in that area right now. Most people use objects with a property housing a Status tag to track things for now

Thanks. So currently is not possible to have recurring dates properties right?

Michael_v_H

Smart queries are already being tested internally, so the development is quite far already. The main remaining things are some UI/UX flows as well as performance and scaling considerations.

Thanks for the update

chiccoach

Thanks. So currently is not possible to have recurring dates properties right?

That's correct.

Quick question: Is the mobile app soon to be released?

JustCodeItAll

How about for Mac?

top right corner

frau.rauni

top right corner

Ok, its not showing for me

That means you’re on the latest version, or offline.

JustCodeItAll

Ok, its not showing for me

to be sure, you're online and in the latest version, you can also restart the app. click settings button, then restart app. solves 90% of problems for me most of the time

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frau.rauni

to be sure, you're online and in the latest version, you can also restart the app. click settings button, then restart app. solves 90% of problems for me most of the time

Yes, it’s not showing still. What version # is it?

Pretty sure Stephen is probably gonna block me soon for all the feature request bugs I file

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JustCodeItAll

Yes, it’s not showing still. What version # is it?

Version 1.25.32

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frau.rauni

Version 1.25.32

I have 1.24.1, There’s no update showing

JustCodeItAll

I have 1.24.1, There’s no update showing

I’d uninstall and reinstall the app.

frau.rauni

Version 1.25.32

I have 1.25.20 now on one computer … the update showed on the other one finally

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maybe just needs a little time?

Where is the version number?

Josem Co

Where is the version number?

Click File > About Capacities

lerone

... as to the general discussion and reflection on Capacities and writing-up: this might be worth a look / assessment https://protolyst.org – either as an alternative endpoint (alongside Capacities; and replacing things like Scrivener, Mellel & Co); or as an inspiration how such a write-up environment could look within the UI/UX logics of Capacities ( @Steffen & @Michael_v_H ) ( I´ll certainly try it out...

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I like the Atoms idea of the Protolyst. I hope Capacities can adopt some of the idea so Capacities could be a more powerful tool for research note taking.

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amvillamorjr

I like the Atoms idea of the Protolyst. I hope Capacities can adopt some of the idea so Capacities could be a more powerful tool for research note taking.

yes. reflecting a little on what really contributes to the lure of Protolyst with a view to the writing-up process, I also arrived at the impression, this is one of the things that brings some helpful leverage / magic to this context / potential use case... (edited)

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amvillamorjr

I like the Atoms idea of the Protolyst. I hope Capacities can adopt some of the idea so Capacities could be a more powerful tool for research note taking.

... there are some other elements; and I will try to share further insights later... maybe others also have take-aways; or other 'sparks of insight' comparing the two...I feel the way they - visually? - tie together original documents, tagging, and excerpts (atoms) also has some very productive potentials opening up, again, with view to writing-up / getting sorted processes (edited)

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lerone

... there are some other elements; and I will try to share further insights later... maybe others also have take-aways; or other 'sparks of insight' comparing the two...I feel the way they - visually? - tie together original documents, tagging, and excerpts (atoms) also has some very productive potentials opening up, again, with view to writing-up / getting sorted processes (edited)

Thanks for your continuous input in this regard. We are thinking a lot about ways to integrate annotations/true highlighting/footnotes etc. in an elegant way without introducing too many new concepts. We might have had a conceptual breakthrough yesterday... But first, we have several other topics to get through this summer, but looking forward to deep-dive into it this fall!!

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lerone

... there are some other elements; and I will try to share further insights later... maybe others also have take-aways; or other 'sparks of insight' comparing the two...I feel the way they - visually? - tie together original documents, tagging, and excerpts (atoms) also has some very productive potentials opening up, again, with view to writing-up / getting sorted processes (edited)

Sounds intriguing, do you have a visual example of this concept?

lerone

... there are some other elements; and I will try to share further insights later... maybe others also have take-aways; or other 'sparks of insight' comparing the two...I feel the way they - visually? - tie together original documents, tagging, and excerpts (atoms) also has some very productive potentials opening up, again, with view to writing-up / getting sorted processes (edited)

Linking and backlinkings are great. However, one of my key question is to how you make new knowledge out out it with less administrative drags/friction especially in reassembling and reformulating new thoughts. I look forward to your insights. (edited)

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boonikad9300

Sounds intriguing, do you have a visual example of this concept?

... will try to follow-up and also further elucidate/ elaborate... just now my hands are tied by work. also, I still only had a superficial contact with it. but I think a quick look at Protolyst should also help / illustrste. In any way, I think some collective ruminations on what is really going on there, and what can be taken / elaborated / adapted / improved w/ view to original Capacities-architecture could be productive / helpful... (edited)

lerone

... will try to follow-up and also further elucidate/ elaborate... just now my hands are tied by work. also, I still only had a superficial contact with it. but I think a quick look at Protolyst should also help / illustrste. In any way, I think some collective ruminations on what is really going on there, and what can be taken / elaborated / adapted / improved w/ view to original Capacities-architecture could be productive / helpful... (edited)

Thanks will take a look at that one

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4:33 AM

Ooh this is great actually, can imagine it will be a big power-up for writing use cases, documents in a fluid / research / brain dumping phase

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amvillamorjr

Linking and backlinkings are great. However, one of my key question is to how you make new knowledge out out it with less administrative drags/friction especially in reassembling and reformulating new thoughts. I look forward to your insights. (edited)

yeah! I pretty much feel that some of what is going on (instantiated) here, is the leap from extensive analytical / collecting / elemental architecture to some more synthetic streamlining for practical production situations (that nevertheless rely on cognitive augmentation / leveraging)... ... one question to be – critically –. asked is whether these two different modes / phases of processing can meaningfully be integrated in one architecture... ... I would hope so

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boonikad9300

Sounds intriguing, do you have a visual example of this concept?

It's not necessarily visual. The core idea is that each object consists of a main layer/dimension (the actual content) and a meta layer/meta dimension (annotations, footnotes, highlights, and comments, which are technically the same, one could argue). Currently, everything in Capacities happens in the main layer. In the future, any kind of references (to blocks or text passages of a normal object, areas on an image, timestamps in a video or audio, page/section/text passage in a PDF) can be created on the meta layer. They will share a common interface with all existing blocks in Capacities, to ensure compatibility with the existing block system in Capacities. Similarly, elements from the meta layer can be embedded/referenced in the main layer, including from outside (that is, from other objects). That way, snippets, highlights, annotations, from, say, a PDF can be rearranged and used in other contexts. You can think of it as a special built-in blocks property that every object type supports with some constraints and special rules. That way, we do not need any really new concepts/data structures and can support annotations, footnotes, comments, and highlights of both normal and media content in one system. Of course, this meta layer needs some special treatment in terms of layout and design and interactions with it... So far, just a concept though, it's not set in stone yet. (edited)

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It's not necessarily visual. The core idea is that each object consists of a main layer/dimension (the actual content) and a meta layer/meta dimension (annotations, footnotes, highlights, and comments, which are technically the same, one could argue). Currently, everything in Capacities happens in the main layer. In the future, any kind of references (to blocks or text passages of a normal object, areas on an image, timestamps in a video or audio, page/section/text passage in a PDF) can be created on the meta layer. They will share a common interface with all existing blocks in Capacities, to ensure compatibility with the existing block system in Capacities. Similarly, elements from the meta layer can be embedded/referenced in the main layer, including from outside (that is, from other objects). That way, snippets, highlights, annotations, from, say, a PDF can be rearranged and used in other contexts. You can think of it as a special built-in blocks property that every object type supports with some constraints and special rules. That way, we do not need any really new concepts/data structures and can support annotations, footnotes, comments, and highlights of both normal and media content in one system. Of course, this meta layer needs some special treatment in terms of layout and design and interactions with it... So far, just a concept though, it's not set in stone yet. (edited)

Nice, this explanation is really helpful

See where this is going...

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boonikad9300

Nice, this explanation is really helpful

See where this is going...

yes, helpful, nice indeedd, as @boonikad9300 says; also good to have this in mind as it helps funnel further feedback to possibly more productive takes and versions, having this 'meta-architecture' in the back of the mind, and befor ones 'mental eye'

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boonikad9300

Nice, this explanation is really helpful

See where this is going...

This is a nobel prize idea, and it would set Capacities thousand of miles ahead of other pkm on the market. I really hope it will be implemented (edited)

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Michael_v_H

It's not necessarily visual. The core idea is that each object consists of a main layer/dimension (the actual content) and a meta layer/meta dimension (annotations, footnotes, highlights, and comments, which are technically the same, one could argue). Currently, everything in Capacities happens in the main layer. In the future, any kind of references (to blocks or text passages of a normal object, areas on an image, timestamps in a video or audio, page/section/text passage in a PDF) can be created on the meta layer. They will share a common interface with all existing blocks in Capacities, to ensure compatibility with the existing block system in Capacities. Similarly, elements from the meta layer can be embedded/referenced in the main layer, including from outside (that is, from other objects). That way, snippets, highlights, annotations, from, say, a PDF can be rearranged and used in other contexts. You can think of it as a special built-in blocks property that every object type supports with some constraints and special rules. That way, we do not need any really new concepts/data structures and can support annotations, footnotes, comments, and highlights of both normal and media content in one system. Of course, this meta layer needs some special treatment in terms of layout and design and interactions with it... So far, just a concept though, it's not set in stone yet. (edited)

shut up and take my money. Oh, wait, already a believer!

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lerone started a thread. 6/30/2023 12:28 PM

Hello! I want to move my obsidian Base(Vault) to Capasities. Is it possible? (edited)

My bad. I thought this was already a thing. ~~If you mean the Markdown files from your vault then you should be able to import them.~~ (edited)

Desiderata

My bad. I thought this was already a thing. ~~If you mean the Markdown files from your vault then you should be able to import them.~~ (edited)

Oh)) 2 000 files, it will be the big work..

3:01 PM

Capacities have the more features, then I want to move. Obsidian is very tight for me

3:03 PM

I have been writing days for 8 months and would like to know a quick way to transfer all files to Capacities

MishkoPro

I have been writing days for 8 months and would like to know a quick way to transfer all files to Capacities

Notes import is still in progress https://capacities.io/roadmap

Roadmap

We ship new features and improvements nearly every day. Heres an overview on what will come next.

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Oh, Yeah! Thank you! It's give me a hope! I always wanted to find something between Notion and Obsidian. I just can't use 2 apps, just one.

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Hello, any info on the Android app release date /timeline? I mostly use my notes app on the go to jot down, wondering

And iOS

Capacities is a godsend.

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Now Capacities desktop is spiking my CPU Usage from 5% to 55%. All fans are at maximum speed...

Josem Co

Now Capacities desktop is spiking my CPU Usage from 5% to 55%. All fans are at maximum speed...

For me it's consuming way more energy now. Constantly in the "using significant energy" section!

Capacities 1.25.34 using between 30 to 60 % CPU (it is in the background), just "laying" there in the background

mkoechli

Capacities 1.25.34 using between 30 to 60 % CPU (it is in the background), just "laying" there in the background

stranger things... here: 5 ~ 12%...

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lerone

stranger things... here: 5 ~ 12%...

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nothing below 30% ... and it is restarted

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Yes, that last release didn't do much good to the CPU I'm afraid. Huge CPU hog.

2-5% on my side... is it constantly above 30% or does it peak when you do something specific?

It is going up to 55 / 60 % and doing something does nothing special ... from time to time i have to restart, because the app stops responding at all .. a bit, well diffcult because i try to use it for my daily work

4:17 AM

Hm ... sorry to write again .. maybe i found the problem. I had a virtual computer running in the back (Hyper - V). After closing CPU goes down to even less than 5%

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4:24 AM

... and me again. After some additional testing ... the virtual computer wasn't the reason. Capacities is at 55 to 65 % CPU, virtual computer stopped ... I'm afraid, we will have to wait for some new release

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We're looking into it right now! Will send out an update to fix it soon.

Michael_v_H

We're looking into it right now! Will send out an update to fix it soon.

Thanks!

c00llin

Thanks!

Found it! Fix is going out soon.

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Congrats @pkmbeth on the collab! Well deserved!!

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boonikad9300

Congrats @pkmbeth on the collab! Well deserved!!

Thank you!! So excited

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Congrats @pkmbeth on the collab and being able to work with the probably the best note-taking app around!

Ashwath Singh

Congrats @pkmbeth on the collab and being able to work with the probably the best note-taking app around!

Thank you! It really is the best

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Hello @Michael_v_H and @Steffen , have been using Capacities since fast few damn great product ! Kinda liking the option of complete creating objects and linking them together , whats the roadmap of the product? Super interested on native support of task management of Capacities

pavanbachu

Hello @Michael_v_H and @Steffen , have been using Capacities since fast few damn great product ! Kinda liking the option of complete creating objects and linking them together , whats the roadmap of the product? Super interested on native support of task management of Capacities

https://capacities.io/roadmap/whats-next and https://capacities.io/roadmap (edited)

What's next?

A sneak peek into what we are working on right now.

Roadmap

We ship new features and improvements nearly every day. Heres an overview on what will come next.

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I am sure that I am doing something wrong, but I have a number of pages all with tags, some tags are showing up in the list of tags when I click on the object "tags" and soem are not listed there. It did pick up a new tag that I created today but the ones I created on Friday are just not there. Does anybody have any ideas of what I might be doing wrong? Thanks

9:54 AM

Fixed. I had refreshed a few time but that didn't work, I have now logged out and back in again and all of the tags have updated.

Hi, am I the only one who has a problem to upload files? It doesn't matter whether I drag and drop to upload or click the button "+New". It seems to be uploaded but when I close the popup window, the file is not there anymore. I restarted the desktop app many times, logged out and in many times. Still doesn't work

@pkmbeth Congratulations!

Thanks for all that ALL of you do!

ShellyMiddleton

@pkmbeth Congratulations!

Thanks for all that ALL of you do!

Thank you!!

Congrats @pkmbeth - massive news!

@pkmbeth Congrats on the Capacities Collab!

Thank you all!

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Although I could find another tools for storing my knowledge (or reference materials or whatever), one thing that Capacities do extremely well is how fluent they are. Taking a meeting note, creating an object for organization mentioned during that meeting, getting back to the note, embeding another person's record into the note....it is so easy, so natural!

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Adding my congratulations to @pkmbeth!! Great news for all of us!

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randAlThor

Adding my congratulations to @pkmbeth!! Great news for all of us!

Thank you so much

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Congrats @Steffen and @Michael_v_H for being featured in Keep Productive's latest blog post. Capacities is #1 on the list (not sure that they're ranked, but it's always great to be mentioned first!

https://toolfinder.co/lists/new-note-taking-apps-2023

5 New Note-Taking Apps Making Waves in 2023

Here's five really cool new note taking apps. Perfect for writing and organising thoughts and ideas. Here’s our recommended best picks.

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Hi there! When is the iPhone app gonna be released for everyone?

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liorix

Hi there! When is the iPhone app gonna be released for everyone?

probably somewhere in the next two months

found capacities from @pkmbeth video on keep productive channel

Darkshrimp

found capacities from @pkmbeth video on keep productive channel

Yay! Welcome to the community

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hey, ... if there is *one persisting action w/ huge lag* here in my experience + across updates, then it is creating a new collection. ... it basically alway stalls everything for 10-20 secs. and I assume this is no complicated operation at base(?!). – I wonder, whether I am the only one, and whether this is on anyones radar? (... before creating an entry in Canny...)

Hi, does anybody else has a problem to upload files to the Capacities? It doesn't matter whether I drag and drop to upload or click the button "+New". It seems to be uploaded but when I close the popup window, the file is not there anymore. I restarted the desktop app many times, logged out and in many times. Still doesn't work.

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I have experienced this bug on more than one occasion as well. I’m actually using DevonThink for all file storage and using Hookmark sync between the apps.

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AnulaI

Hi, does anybody else has a problem to upload files to the Capacities? It doesn't matter whether I drag and drop to upload or click the button "+New". It seems to be uploaded but when I close the popup window, the file is not there anymore. I restarted the desktop app many times, logged out and in many times. Still doesn't work.

Ok, thanks for letting us know. We'll look into it.

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vcbrewers

I have experienced this bug on more than one occasion as well. I’m actually using DevonThink for all file storage and using Hookmark sync between the apps.

I have been considering DevonThink. Can you use it for files stored in cloud services like Dropbox and iCloud or does it have to be local storage only? I am considering downgrading some of my cloud, so I don't mind, but I can't tell from the website.

Desiderata

I have been considering DevonThink. Can you use it for files stored in cloud services like Dropbox and iCloud or does it have to be local storage only? I am considering downgrading some of my cloud, so I don't mind, but I can't tell from the website.

It’s cloud-based, but files can be synced locally.

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Desiderata

I have been considering DevonThink. Can you use it for files stored in cloud services like Dropbox and iCloud or does it have to be local storage only? I am considering downgrading some of my cloud, so I don't mind, but I can't tell from the website.

it's local first. then it has its own sync system, on top, which allows enlisting other sync infrastructures. (very good btw!) but 1) you can use other sync mechanisms too ( iCloud / Dropbox). it even allows to integrate WebDAV. and a quasi-local Mac Bonjour mode. but I am not sure about a hybrid model... (...you might have meant that w/ your global 'cloud-based', @vcbrewers ?) 2) as both DB + iCloud are deep integrated in file system there is an easy way to auto-sync those folders (alongside others) w/ any DT-database. works like a charm (DT lets you combine data/folder import with folder sync, very versatile... otherwise DT forum has almost all details, finegrain use-cases elaboratively discussed. worth checking (well searchable!) (edited)

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Threads API anyone? Since Twitter is being a PITA, it seems like Threads would be the natural move. Thoughts?

It looks like they have quite far reaching permissions requirements and won’t be released in EU bc of that. I feel like Mastodon and Lemmy are better options to Twitter and Reddit alternatives.

12:06 PM

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/

Natasha Lomas

Meta's Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won't launch in EU yet

Meta's planned Twitter killer, Threads, isn't yet publicly available but it already looks like a privacy nightmare...

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Hey all! So, my fellow notes app nerds have probably heard that Bending Spoons laid off their Evernote staff. The CEO of Obsidian tweeted this: https://twitter.com/kepano/status/1676992399770550274 Curious to know the funding model that Capacities is leaning towards. I’m a former Craft user who, in my opinion, became too much of everything and does not excel at much (minus its prettiness and nesting docs.) I’d hate to invest time and money into Capacities for the long term only to find out it’s pivoting on the whim of its VC team.

kepano (@kepano)

I'm not against VC in general, but I do think that its incentives are misaligned with giving people long term ownership over their data in pursuit of hyper-growth, Evernote subsidized pricing and hired aggressively — but eventually they had to become profitable, and lock-in is…

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chrismatallana

Hey all! So, my fellow notes app nerds have probably heard that Bending Spoons laid off their Evernote staff. The CEO of Obsidian tweeted this: https://twitter.com/kepano/status/1676992399770550274 Curious to know the funding model that Capacities is leaning towards. I’m a former Craft user who, in my opinion, became too much of everything and does not excel at much (minus its prettiness and nesting docs.) I’d hate to invest time and money into Capacities for the long term only to find out it’s pivoting on the whim of its VC team.

I too am a former Craft user and was very actively engaged with the staff and other early users via the forums …. until the 2.0 announcement, after which they pivoted away from individuals in favor of the enterprise in order to meet venture capital demands. I have a lot more faith in the Capacities team being able to eventually capture the beauty/ ease of use of Craft than I do of Craft implementing any new features.

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chrismatallana

Hey all! So, my fellow notes app nerds have probably heard that Bending Spoons laid off their Evernote staff. The CEO of Obsidian tweeted this: https://twitter.com/kepano/status/1676992399770550274 Curious to know the funding model that Capacities is leaning towards. I’m a former Craft user who, in my opinion, became too much of everything and does not excel at much (minus its prettiness and nesting docs.) I’d hate to invest time and money into Capacities for the long term only to find out it’s pivoting on the whim of its VC team.

This is a great question. I believe PMK software users to be equal to the company and should have control of their data. Users have mental ownership of their data and their systems. Evernote and Notion failed to see and understand this concept. Obsidian seem to prioritize the users. I think they give as much space to the user as their investors. I think Capacities are similar, seeing the developers pop in almost each day with updates is vital to the community, I their their approach as a business is similar. Especially in this age where VC funding is drying up.

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vcbrewers

I too am a former Craft user and was very actively engaged with the staff and other early users via the forums …. until the 2.0 announcement, after which they pivoted away from individuals in favor of the enterprise in order to meet venture capital demands. I have a lot more faith in the Capacities team being able to eventually capture the beauty/ ease of use of Craft than I do of Craft implementing any new features.

Completely agree. I mean, I still can’t believe Craft doesn’t have tags. But, neither does Notion (which makes up for it with their table connections that can simulate tags.) I am really impressed with Capacities so far, especially for being a relatively young app. The user supported model makes so much more sense to me. I think of an app like Readwise who has gone this route and how it’s enabled them to grow and create the product their users want quickly.

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I may be wrong, but Capacities seem to have a “bootstrapped” financial model, whereby there’s no VC money and everything is funded by paying users? The product focus very deliberately seems to be individuals too, rather than a platform for teams or enterprises. Readwise have a similar model, which is why I’ve been very happy to pay for their product(s)

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On a different topic, whenever I read about PKM, it nearly always seems to be in service of academic or work-related objectives, or to assist with creating written outputs of some kind. Which makes me wonder if I’m unusual in that my interest in PKM is solely for capturing and distilling any information I find interesting on any topic, with no particular goal or output in mind? (other than being able to quickly look something up later if it happens to come up in day-to-day life somehow). I guess I’m just curious about the world and I know that my memory is not good enough on its own to retain all that interesting information

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andcam

On a different topic, whenever I read about PKM, it nearly always seems to be in service of academic or work-related objectives, or to assist with creating written outputs of some kind. Which makes me wonder if I’m unusual in that my interest in PKM is solely for capturing and distilling any information I find interesting on any topic, with no particular goal or output in mind? (other than being able to quickly look something up later if it happens to come up in day-to-day life somehow). I guess I’m just curious about the world and I know that my memory is not good enough on its own to retain all that interesting information

I'm sure you have goals, they are just less defined. One of my goals is a specific type of musician I want to emulate, I track bits and pieces across the internet simply because I find it interesting. It serves little value to anyone other than me.

andcam

On a different topic, whenever I read about PKM, it nearly always seems to be in service of academic or work-related objectives, or to assist with creating written outputs of some kind. Which makes me wonder if I’m unusual in that my interest in PKM is solely for capturing and distilling any information I find interesting on any topic, with no particular goal or output in mind? (other than being able to quickly look something up later if it happens to come up in day-to-day life somehow). I guess I’m just curious about the world and I know that my memory is not good enough on its own to retain all that interesting information

That's how I use PKM too. I consider it like my own personal archive of information. I like learning just for the sake of it.

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On a different topic, whenever I read about PKM, it nearly always seems to be in service of academic or work-related objectives, or to assist with creating written outputs of some kind. Which makes me wonder if I’m unusual in that my interest in PKM is solely for capturing and distilling any information I find interesting on any topic, with no particular goal or output in mind? (other than being able to quickly look something up later if it happens to come up in day-to-day life somehow). I guess I’m just curious about the world and I know that my memory is not good enough on its own to retain all that interesting information

PKMS is for everyone. Everyone has important things they need to keep track of.

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On a different topic, whenever I read about PKM, it nearly always seems to be in service of academic or work-related objectives, or to assist with creating written outputs of some kind. Which makes me wonder if I’m unusual in that my interest in PKM is solely for capturing and distilling any information I find interesting on any topic, with no particular goal or output in mind? (other than being able to quickly look something up later if it happens to come up in day-to-day life somehow). I guess I’m just curious about the world and I know that my memory is not good enough on its own to retain all that interesting information

I relate to this 100%. I had to do academic work for a while but curiosity is always the driver and output is not always the goal.

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@chrismatallana @vcbrewers @Lumanish @andcam Yes, we are 100% bootstrapped and funded by paying users and we want to keep it that way! To be honest, we were initially undecided regarding VC and we thought a lot about this question along the way. But we observed a pattern of companies in the productivity space taking VC money and then losing touch with the user base. Of course it doesn't have to be that way, but the incentives change with external funding and your focus shifts from "how can we make the product better for our existing users" to "what growth rate do we need to become profitable (or raise the next round) by date x". To us, the alignment of values and goals with the people who use our product is super important. And thanks to all the believers who support us already, we're very confident that we've chosen the right path for Capacities.

And yes, focus on individuals is another pillar of Capacities!

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@chrismatallana @vcbrewers @Lumanish @andcam Yes, we are 100% bootstrapped and funded by paying users and we want to keep it that way! To be honest, we were initially undecided regarding VC and we thought a lot about this question along the way. But we observed a pattern of companies in the productivity space taking VC money and then losing touch with the user base. Of course it doesn't have to be that way, but the incentives change with external funding and your focus shifts from "how can we make the product better for our existing users" to "what growth rate do we need to become profitable (or raise the next round) by date x". To us, the alignment of values and goals with the people who use our product is super important. And thanks to all the believers who support us already, we're very confident that we've chosen the right path for Capacities.

And yes, focus on individuals is another pillar of Capacities!

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Such a refreshing take in a world where slide decks with AI buzzwords without an actual product are funded with millions of dollars, and one of the (main) reasons why I chose to use and support Capacities early on. As a user actively participating in this forum, you can really exert some influence and directly help shape the direction and user experience of Capacities!

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@chrismatallana @vcbrewers @Lumanish @andcam Yes, we are 100% bootstrapped and funded by paying users and we want to keep it that way! To be honest, we were initially undecided regarding VC and we thought a lot about this question along the way. But we observed a pattern of companies in the productivity space taking VC money and then losing touch with the user base. Of course it doesn't have to be that way, but the incentives change with external funding and your focus shifts from "how can we make the product better for our existing users" to "what growth rate do we need to become profitable (or raise the next round) by date x". To us, the alignment of values and goals with the people who use our product is super important. And thanks to all the believers who support us already, we're very confident that we've chosen the right path for Capacities.

And yes, focus on individuals is another pillar of Capacities!

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If that's the case, I guess it's about time to become a believer.

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I love CAP, initially I didn't know my full intentions with it, I was testing it out and now I find my self using it the most. I will likely convert to 100% CAP life looks like ima believer hands down! I am so happy to see so many people wanting to pay CAP for their hard earned work, maintenance and on-going efforts. Really urks me when people complain that apps should be free, but why or how would any company want to give their users the best if they have little to no funds that would just push them to an investor I guess but to be honest I don't own an app so i wont pretend to knowo what I am talking about in that lol Happy saturday !

I will second the thoughts of others above as a former/transitioning Craft user. I was really sad to see the direction in the last year and ultimately decided to move my PKM to Capacities. I am still learning how to reduce my friction with capacities while taking advantage of the benefits of the structure of the app. I am going to support @pkmbeth by taking her course! I am happy being a Believer and will continue to do so to support the single-user focus that the team has committed to.

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@chrismatallana @vcbrewers @Lumanish @andcam Yes, we are 100% bootstrapped and funded by paying users and we want to keep it that way! To be honest, we were initially undecided regarding VC and we thought a lot about this question along the way. But we observed a pattern of companies in the productivity space taking VC money and then losing touch with the user base. Of course it doesn't have to be that way, but the incentives change with external funding and your focus shifts from "how can we make the product better for our existing users" to "what growth rate do we need to become profitable (or raise the next round) by date x". To us, the alignment of values and goals with the people who use our product is super important. And thanks to all the believers who support us already, we're very confident that we've chosen the right path for Capacities.

And yes, focus on individuals is another pillar of Capacities!

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Thank you so much for confirming! I bought a month's access a few days ago, and after reading this, I just went to the full year. I'm so excited to see what the future holds. I'm sure others have had a similar experience, but it's like you've concocted an app taking the parts of other notes apps that I've loved, but the overall experience was either too clunky (Notion/Obsidian) or too lacking in even mid-tier features (Craft). The whole philosophy of object-based note-taking is brilliant. I've been able to figure out a way to keep my journals, Second Brain-y type work, and writing all in one place, because they all tend to flow in and out together. Here's to the future!

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Hello, is simple tables implemented

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Michael_v_H

@chrismatallana @vcbrewers @Lumanish @andcam Yes, we are 100% bootstrapped and funded by paying users and we want to keep it that way! To be honest, we were initially undecided regarding VC and we thought a lot about this question along the way. But we observed a pattern of companies in the productivity space taking VC money and then losing touch with the user base. Of course it doesn't have to be that way, but the incentives change with external funding and your focus shifts from "how can we make the product better for our existing users" to "what growth rate do we need to become profitable (or raise the next round) by date x". To us, the alignment of values and goals with the people who use our product is super important. And thanks to all the believers who support us already, we're very confident that we've chosen the right path for Capacities.

And yes, focus on individuals is another pillar of Capacities!

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Thanks for this Michael. I was actually a Dynalist supporter (the same two person team behind Obsidian) for several years, and would have continued support, but they had moved on to Obsidian and the rest is history. I just could not get my mind around obsidian - it was a product fit issue more than anything. But now I'm a supporter of Capacities.io. It feels like the early days of Dynalist all over again. I'm honestly on a wait and see attitude (although I've already moved some of my major information boxes into it and I'm now a supporter) because of the aforementioned previous experience. There is something magical about developers not taking vc money.

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I will second the thoughts of others above as a former/transitioning Craft user. I was really sad to see the direction in the last year and ultimately decided to move my PKM to Capacities. I am still learning how to reduce my friction with capacities while taking advantage of the benefits of the structure of the app. I am going to support @pkmbeth by taking her course! I am happy being a Believer and will continue to do so to support the single-user focus that the team has committed to.

I think @pkmbeth calls it being a PKM Tourist, and I am, but at the same time, I have identified some great uses for Capacities and I find myself using it more and more. I still have other software for its own purposes, but as I use this more and more, I enjoy it more and more. It also helps me to understand other software better.

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I think capacities have a lot of potential, but i'm in the camp of wait and see

10:22 PM

having a play at the moment, but obsidian is still my go to

Darkshrimp

having a play at the moment, but obsidian is still my go to

I do not disagree with you, but It doesn't have to be all or nothing. I use a wide variety of tools and learning one tool has helped me learn about the others.

Desiderata

I think @pkmbeth calls it being a PKM Tourist, and I am, but at the same time, I have identified some great uses for Capacities and I find myself using it more and more. I still have other software for its own purposes, but as I use this more and more, I enjoy it more and more. It also helps me to understand other software better.

I agree, and I am the same. I currently pay 3 PKM apps. one is more for coding and poetry and is rather inexpensive but doesnt have everything I need CAP and the other I use both have uses I love and are different enough that I want to keep them both for their own specific uses and I also agree that now I find I understand software so much quicker and better (I dont really want to name names out of respoct for CAP on the other 2 I use but as for Obsidian I tried and it was a hard pass for me its very cool to see how each of us are different thats one thing I love about people haha

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Desiderata

I think @pkmbeth calls it being a PKM Tourist, and I am, but at the same time, I have identified some great uses for Capacities and I find myself using it more and more. I still have other software for its own purposes, but as I use this more and more, I enjoy it more and more. It also helps me to understand other software better.

Haha I saw bberger on Twitter say she’s into “productivity tool tourism” and it just stuck with me. It took me a lot of tourism to work out what my needs were and what apps best fit it, but I’m a massive proponent of avoiding the “one app for all” mindset. A toolkit of apps with integrations would be perfect for me but I know there’s lots of people who would really would prefer one app!

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Haha I saw bberger on Twitter say she’s into “productivity tool tourism” and it just stuck with me. It took me a lot of tourism to work out what my needs were and what apps best fit it, but I’m a massive proponent of avoiding the “one app for all” mindset. A toolkit of apps with integrations would be perfect for me but I know there’s lots of people who would really would prefer one app!

Nice one! Finding the right approach that works for you is always a (long) journey.... the experienced people are like tech-savvy travellers who have been on numerous trips and developed a deep understanding of their own needs and preferences. They have explored various destinations (productivity tools) over a long period of time and have discovered the best apps that suit their unique requirements. They are often proponents of a flexible approach, akin to using a toolkit of apps with seamless integrations. In contrast, inexperienced tourists are novice travellers who are still exploring and figuring out where to go, what to see and what they need in a destination (productivity tools). That's why they may initially be drawn towards a "one app for all" mindset because it seems simpler, but along the way, as they gain more experience and knowledge and develop their unique workflow, they may realise the benefits of using a diverse range of specialised apps that can cater tor their specific requirements and needs. @pkmbeth With your content creation, you are uniquely positioned to guide inexperienced travellers and provide them with the perspective of more seasoned explorers.

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hi, im just coming to this app, is there any way for importing md files?

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md files from obsidian

erfan

hi, im just coming to this app, is there any way for importing md files?

you can import but only 1 file at a time currently, the bulk import feature is coming in the future

Can I ask for a health check on the servers? I'm working on an object and it feels unreasonably slow for what content is on there. It's just a bunch of text and 10 small images

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Been this way since yesterday I figured it was just a bad server day but it's same behavior today, typing updates in large chunks and deleting words has a noticeable delay

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I did some work to hide a bunch of content under toggles then minimize them and I'd say it's made an improvement, but still a little choppy. I could submit the full .md file if devs want to review the performance on this file to see if anything can be done. Perhaps I am miles outside the intended use case of a single object but this wasn't very hard to reach either

boonikad9300

Nice one! Finding the right approach that works for you is always a (long) journey.... the experienced people are like tech-savvy travellers who have been on numerous trips and developed a deep understanding of their own needs and preferences. They have explored various destinations (productivity tools) over a long period of time and have discovered the best apps that suit their unique requirements. They are often proponents of a flexible approach, akin to using a toolkit of apps with seamless integrations. In contrast, inexperienced tourists are novice travellers who are still exploring and figuring out where to go, what to see and what they need in a destination (productivity tools). That's why they may initially be drawn towards a "one app for all" mindset because it seems simpler, but along the way, as they gain more experience and knowledge and develop their unique workflow, they may realise the benefits of using a diverse range of specialised apps that can cater tor their specific requirements and needs. @pkmbeth With your content creation, you are uniquely positioned to guide inexperienced travellers and provide them with the perspective of more seasoned explorers.

Wow thank you! That sums up what I’m trying to do!!

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Been this way since yesterday I figured it was just a bad server day but it's same behavior today, typing updates in large chunks and deleting words has a noticeable delay

mine is doing this too plus white screen all the time and does not fix it self but i left bug fix msg (edited)

I just realized I have multiple subscriptions too.

hahahaha yep 3 for me opppps lol

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Guys, awesome job on being so proactive and listening to your customers by using that bug site #impressed

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Jessica 🩷🛼

hahahaha yep 3 for me opppps lol

The funny thing is they are not in any way competitive with Capacities. There is really no comparison. One I use to manage my GTD inbox and ToDos and the other one I purchased to have a shared workspace with my colleagues as I didn't feel comfortable sharing a workspace on my main GTD one.

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I am still doing alot of my major notetaking in Capacities for certain projects. I guess I really enjoy using Capacities.

Steffen started a thread. 7/11/2023 12:50 AM

Michael_v_H

@chrismatallana @vcbrewers @Lumanish @andcam Yes, we are 100% bootstrapped and funded by paying users and we want to keep it that way! To be honest, we were initially undecided regarding VC and we thought a lot about this question along the way. But we observed a pattern of companies in the productivity space taking VC money and then losing touch with the user base. Of course it doesn't have to be that way, but the incentives change with external funding and your focus shifts from "how can we make the product better for our existing users" to "what growth rate do we need to become profitable (or raise the next round) by date x". To us, the alignment of values and goals with the people who use our product is super important. And thanks to all the believers who support us already, we're very confident that we've chosen the right path for Capacities.

And yes, focus on individuals is another pillar of Capacities!

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I was shocked to see the rate of free users to paid users Evernote had. When I think of how important my notes and my writing space is to me, I cannot understand how I could not pay for it.

Good luck with the Product Hunt launch today @Steffen @Michael_v_H

Let's all show our support and make it trending

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boonikad9300

Good luck with the Product Hunt launch today @Steffen @Michael_v_H

Let's all show our support and make it trending

Thanks!

Starting in 40 minutes

We'll keep you posted here

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@everyone Thanks for all the support on our Product Hunt launch so far!!

❤️ We're currently on #2 as Product-of-the-day by a thin margin.

Would be awesome to get to #1!

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/capacities-2

Capacities - A studio for your mind | Product Hunt

Like an artist's studio, Capacities is a place for all your information. It’s your own studio to collect, connect and reflect – a place to make sense of the world and to create amazing things. It's a thinking environment for modern knowledge work.

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how does their algo work hehe, in votes it's #1 already!

boonikad9300

how does their algo work hehe, in votes it's #1 already!

Long-time hunters get a higher weight on their votes. Also, comments and engagements below play a big role.

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@everyone Thanks for all the support on our Product Hunt launch so far!!

❤️ We're currently on #2 as Product-of-the-day by a thin margin.

Would be awesome to get to #1!

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/capacities-2

Maybe also create an announcement on Hacker News?

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We're doing it guys

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Yes, thanks to all of you!

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Long-time hunters get a higher weight on their votes. Also, comments and engagements below play a big role.

ok; initially I thought leaving a real in-depth review is the most straightforward and righteous thing to do there. but I see, sometimes 'you do have to feed the algorithm' (as long as its not the one of financialization or VC). – so, left a resampled version as comment. you guys would of course deserve the first (day-)spot there, doing a first class thing in almost every respect! Go, Bears... ahem, I mean CAPs!

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ok; initially I thought leaving a real in-depth review is the most straightforward and righteous thing to do there. but I see, sometimes 'you do have to feed the algorithm' (as long as its not the one of financialization or VC). – so, left a resampled version as comment. you guys would of course deserve the first (day-)spot there, doing a first class thing in almost every respect! Go, Bears... ahem, I mean CAPs!

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Smart & easy! I just recycled my review into a comment as well

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Smart & easy! I just recycled my review into a comment as well

M2!

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The funny thing is they are not in any way competitive with Capacities. There is really no comparison. One I use to manage my GTD inbox and ToDos and the other one I purchased to have a shared workspace with my colleagues as I didn't feel comfortable sharing a workspace on my main GTD one.

I hear ya! Only one is somewhat similar but nottt really and the other is for a completely different use its like CAP but not as intuitive as cap and is more for running my businesses out of.

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Yes already left a nice review for yall on product hunt! (edited)

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I hear ya! Only one is somewhat similar but nottt really and the other is for a completely different use its like CAP but not as intuitive as cap and is more for running my businesses out of.

Capacities is so great to use. It's like all the features you didn't know you wanted or needed built in.

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Capacities is so great to use. It's like all the features you didn't know you wanted or needed built in.

Yes! sooo true! For example lol I never thought I could get down with the whole graph chart - so i avoided apps with it lol until CAP and now I love ittttt!

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Gratulations for reaching Number 1 on Product Hunt, on the first Day!!!!

That's amazing.

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Yes! sooo true! For example lol I never thought I could get down with the whole graph chart - so i avoided apps with it lol until CAP and now I love ittttt!

I even signed up for hookmark because of the Capacities integration

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I even signed up for hookmark because of the Capacities integration

Awesome I thought about looking into it and i even saved them in my capacities to have a look later lol see what they are about .... but currently looking at the Mastodon Pkm social...not going to lie though I think I have more subscription payments then bills LOL also i said this before but i seriously must have been deep under a rock because ive never known about half the stuff i know now or maybe its because i always only went on the computer which belongs to the companies i work at home (branching away from them tho) ...and then i bought a an entire office including a bunch of electronics and set up of basically everything haha so its been a tad overwhelming these last 8 months but same time thrilling because i love to learn its my favourite `downtime' and now have the perfect spot for alll the ten courses im in lol

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Awesome I thought about looking into it and i even saved them in my capacities to have a look later lol see what they are about .... but currently looking at the Mastodon Pkm social...not going to lie though I think I have more subscription payments then bills LOL also i said this before but i seriously must have been deep under a rock because ive never known about half the stuff i know now or maybe its because i always only went on the computer which belongs to the companies i work at home (branching away from them tho) ...and then i bought a an entire office including a bunch of electronics and set up of basically everything haha so its been a tad overwhelming these last 8 months but same time thrilling because i love to learn its my favourite `downtime' and now have the perfect spot for alll the ten courses im in lol

The pkm social is OK and there is a free tier of hookmark that works really well. One less payment.

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Is there a way to type a link inline with a new string as the link text? I THINK in Obsidian it was [[Page|Page1ofNotes]] where the link would actually show up as "Page" instead of the full name "Page1ofNotes"?

Json Blob

Is there a way to type a link inline with a new string as the link text? I THINK in Obsidian it was [[Page|Page1ofNotes]] where the link would actually show up as "Page" instead of the full name "Page1ofNotes"?

Yes Json. Alt + click (windows) or Option + click (macOS) on the link and fill in the Title field

oh sorry I guess I meant while typing. I know I can modify it after it's linked already

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wasn't clear on that, my bad

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Abinandhan B

Very much waiting for Android version

Same!!!

Same

3:18 PM

No release date atm?

Been messing with capacities a little and I am really liking it for my personal things. While I don't think it is the app for me when it comes to my career and school based notes, I have been loving it for just the general research regarding things I am randomly interested in and want to look into more.

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Been messing with capacities a little and I am really liking it for my personal things. While I don't think it is the app for me when it comes to my career and school based notes, I have been loving it for just the general research regarding things I am randomly interested in and want to look into more.

... after all it's explicit focus is Personal Knowledge Management... ... so, sounds like you are very much in alignment with the core of Capacities vision

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Been messing with capacities a little and I am really liking it for my personal things. While I don't think it is the app for me when it comes to my career and school based notes, I have been loving it for just the general research regarding things I am randomly interested in and want to look into more.

I love it for course based notes

to each their own i guess

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I gave it a try, but it just didn't match how my brain likes to hold the information aha

I am using it almost exclusively for work based information. I can see personal use cases for me, but it really shines in tracking all kinds of things I need for work.

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I am using it almost exclusively for work based information. I can see personal use cases for me, but it really shines in tracking all kinds of things I need for work.

I use for a mix of things, book tracking, to do lists, course notes, notes from my drawing books from which i am learning, writing, draft work, creating journals, guides, and workbooks lol I love the graph lol its cool to see everything scattered out like that haha #nerdlife

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Michael_v_H

We don't want to give the daily note itself additional properties, because it would overall complicate the system a lot. But what we can well imagine is the option to set up your own content type that will take the place of the daily note and the way it is rendered in the calendar.

is the a way to use a custom object instead of default Daily Note? The way I would use it is to have for example object "My Daily Note" with a few properties which will be hidden when empty. This would create for me a nice structure and wouldn't clutter the page with empty headers. Headers I use are:

Tasks
Log
Watching
Links
Notes

They would be nice as proportie as I almost never use all.

chrisindublin

is the a way to use a custom object instead of default Daily Note? The way I would use it is to have for example object "My Daily Note" with a few properties which will be hidden when empty. This would create for me a nice structure and wouldn't clutter the page with empty headers. Headers I use are:

Tasks
Log
Watching
Links
Notes

They would be nice as proportie as I almost never use all.

in case the only reason is hiding the empty headers, you could also hide them in templates, and call them up as you need them. works in any kind of pattern, as templates can be applied / called up cumulatively (one by one) to any note... another special trick pound of Capacities, that gives some interesting leverage and case by case options

Jessica 🩷🛼

I use for a mix of things, book tracking, to do lists, course notes, notes from my drawing books from which i am learning, writing, draft work, creating journals, guides, and workbooks lol I love the graph lol its cool to see everything scattered out like that haha #nerdlife

Do you have a template or format you are using for book tracking? I just realized I can export my books into CSV and I would love to have them listed in capacities

New video from Francesco at Keep Productive highlighting Capacities https://youtu.be/PiEmghn-vCw

Keep Productive

5 New Note Taking Apps Making Waves

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Desiderata

Do you have a template or format you are using for book tracking? I just realized I can export my books into CSV and I would love to have them listed in capacities

ohhh really! thats soo good I love realizing things like that!!!! (CSV exporting your books) but no, not really lol at the moment i am using there book set up and I think I added a property or two which i am now realizing that they are fairly useless AHAHA and thinking I might change some of the properties i added because they are useless, I think /i added them ... heres a screen shot for you to get a laugh cause im thinking what the heck. I read from alot of the same authors so really the only beneficiall part is the collections I use one for the author specifically and then another for the category or type I like to use many tags just incase i forget what tag I put something in AHAHAHA shhhhhhh (edited)

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Desiderata started a thread. 7/14/2023 9:59 PM

chrisindublin

is the a way to use a custom object instead of default Daily Note? The way I would use it is to have for example object "My Daily Note" with a few properties which will be hidden when empty. This would create for me a nice structure and wouldn't clutter the page with empty headers. Headers I use are:

Tasks
Log
Watching
Links
Notes

They would be nice as proportie as I almost never use all.

What you might consider doing is creating a Daily Note template that links to different Objects or collections with objects. Something like this.

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What you might consider doing is creating a Daily Note template that links to different Objects or collections with objects. Something like this.

You would just create objects (and collections where appropriate) for the things you listed that you want to track on the daily note.

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Indeed, collections are per object type.

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... can be done. but indirectly ... – via embed. the two-step-around-the-corner-solution...

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... can be done. but indirectly ... – via embed. the two-step-around-the-corner-solution...

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Like copy and paste object reference maybe?

... like a '+' > file / pdf > upload > embed you end up with a file in the pages > can keep that as single page (e.g. with filename), and in case of PDF have another object entry for it (double); in case of file it´s just a download-entry so to say...

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Thank you @lerone

lerone

in case the only reason is hiding the empty headers, you could also hide them in templates, and call them up as you need them. works in any kind of pattern, as templates can be applied / called up cumulatively (one by one) to any note... another special trick pound of Capacities, that gives some interesting leverage and case by case options

Thx, will give it a try

Hi, I was wondering, do you need to be a premium member for you to send emails to your capacity home?

badbuddha

Hi, I was wondering, do you need to be a premium member for you to send emails to your capacity home?

Don't think so! EDIT: @Steffen @Michael_v_H Was searching for this information on the website and saw under the product page a few old designs of capacities + the twitter integration still promoted as a feature: maybe a good idea to remove it there since the integration has stopped? And maybe an idea to update the short feature video's with the new design?

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@boonikad9300 thanks for the reply, just seems when I try and send emails there, nothing comes through

badbuddha

@boonikad9300 thanks for the reply, just seems when I try and send emails there, nothing comes through

Are you sending it from the registered e-mail? If it is another one, you have to enable this e-mail in the integration's setting page. Just checking for the obvious here.

no it’s ok, it’s a perfectly valid question. I can confirm I’m sending it from the registered email, I checked the settings and it says that the email was integrated.

badbuddha

no it’s ok, it’s a perfectly valid question. I can confirm I’m sending it from the registered email, I checked the settings and it says that the email was integrated.

It should work then (https://capacities.io/pricing), integrations should be on free plan. Cannot test, I am afraid, as I believe:-) Also are you looking on your calendar on the right date and in right space? (edited)

When I went into the integration, where I wanted to send the emails, it wouldn’t allow me to specify a space, just had “notes” selected. I might delete and reinstall the app. I will def check the date. Thank you

boonikad9300

Don't think so! EDIT: @Steffen @Michael_v_H Was searching for this information on the website and saw under the product page a few old designs of capacities + the twitter integration still promoted as a feature: maybe a good idea to remove it there since the integration has stopped? And maybe an idea to update the short feature video's with the new design?

(edited)

Good point, is noted

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Michael_v_H

No, but it has something to do with the database driver taking too much memory over time until it comes to an out-of-memory situation (which is blocking incoming queries from being served). It was running very smoothly for months but starting two days ago, the above situation started to occur several times during the day (even with little traffic).

I am currently getting the "You are offline" message, on iOS and Windows. Is Capacities currently down?

It’s up for me

Just came back for me

Thanks... I just tried logging into the web version from my PC, and the error went away. I'm not sure if I closed the app first or not before loading the website, but I know I closed the app and reopened before noticing. For some reason, some of the website documentation seemed to be down. I haven't been having any connection issues with other sites/apps. edit: to clarify, the issue went away on the Windows app, iOS app, and I never noticed it on Web. Once loading the website, it seemed to fix it. (edited)

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is there anyway when you send an email to capacities that you can send it to a specific area instead of creating a link to that area? Thank you.

DSGN.DVLP

I am currently getting the "You are offline" message, on iOS and Windows. Is Capacities currently down?

I haven't had disconnections but the app has felt a bit sluggish in the last couple of days, might be all that sweet traffic from Product Hunt

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gm

badbuddha

is there anyway when you send an email to capacities that you can send it to a specific area instead of creating a link to that area? Thank you.

According to this support article, yes. https://docs.capacities.io/reference/integrations/email

Capacities Docs

DuRand B

According to this support article, yes. https://docs.capacities.io/reference/integrations/email

"Linking and creating content You can create new objects and link existing content from your email. Use the following syntax inside the body of your email (not supported in the subject line): [[page/Wendelstein reactor]] to link to a page with the title "Wendelstein reactor". If this page exits in your space it will create a link to it, otherwise, a new page will be created. This works for all content types in your space. If you have a content type Person you can link or create it by using [[person/Steve Jobs]]." (edited)

DuRand B

"Linking and creating content You can create new objects and link existing content from your email. Use the following syntax inside the body of your email (not supported in the subject line): [[page/Wendelstein reactor]] to link to a page with the title "Wendelstein reactor". If this page exits in your space it will create a link to it, otherwise, a new page will be created. This works for all content types in your space. If you have a content type Person you can link or create it by using [[person/Steve Jobs]]." (edited)

I am not sure, I have not tried - but will that really send the body of the email into the newly created object? It seems it will still create a daily note and link it to existing/newly created object, which I don't think is what @badbuddha is looking for. I may be wrong though.

Jan O. Dvořák

I am not sure, I have not tried - but will that really send the body of the email into the newly created object? It seems it will still create a daily note and link it to existing/newly created object, which I don't think is what @badbuddha is looking for. I may be wrong though.

You may be entirely right. I haven’t tested it either

Should be interesting to see what happens if/when someone does.

Any chance the AI integration is this week? Thanks!

DuRand B

You may be entirely right. I haven’t tested it either

Should be interesting to see what happens if/when someone does.

To be clear - I am using the e-mail integration without the linking and other features, just sending an email to be stored. And it ends in my daily note, from where I convert these e-mails later as needed to pages or other object types. Works very well. I just don't know if the linking works other ways then creating a link to a new/existing object.

When iOS app release for everyone?

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Is there notion like table functionality?

butts

Is there notion like table functionality?

simple tables aren't in yet but coming

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I really need to use the simple table function for my case, hopefully it will be available soon

I need simple tables for studying please

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EastLing

I really need to use the simple table function for my case, hopefully it will be available soon

& @Shibuya-Otoko & @butts ... as to 'tables', which seem to be a spreading concern / interst recently – and which are btw already marked as 'planned': I'd propose to rather make a collected 'discussion' out of this. best, IMO, is simply document / comment on the (further / additional / continuous) need / request in Canny – as it seems really a seconding / emphasizing of the already standing request: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/simple-table ... or otherwise put it in a dedicated thread here, somewhere... just a proposal to keep the forum a little focussed.

️ (edited)

Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

lerone

& @Shibuya-Otoko & @butts ... as to 'tables', which seem to be a spreading concern / interst recently – and which are btw already marked as 'planned': I'd propose to rather make a collected 'discussion' out of this. best, IMO, is simply document / comment on the (further / additional / continuous) need / request in Canny – as it seems really a seconding / emphasizing of the already standing request: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/simple-table ... or otherwise put it in a dedicated thread here, somewhere... just a proposal to keep the forum a little focussed.

️ (edited)

Yes, I understand. However, this feedback has been in a planned state for over a year now, and I really hope that its priority can be raised

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EastLing

Yes, I understand. However, this feedback has been in a planned state for over a year now, and I really hope that its priority can be raised

I understand. Especially, if you phrase it like this, I think it is a genuine contribution to such a Forum as this one. (While I also, generally, think there is a little fever-pitch of very high – and stoked – expectations (esp w/ view to 2-person coding 'team'), these matters are of course to be discussed, voiced, ventilated.) I just wanted to remark, it probably doesn't help anyone, if on any given FR people keep raising their fingers consecutively, shouting, 'me too!, 'when...?' etc – especially when it's not the dedicated FR-board but the general forum... ... but, yeah, I see, a lot of people really need and want tables. no arguing that...!!

(edited)

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5

I just want to say that using Capacities whilst learning how to use it makes it even that much better. The documentation and @pkmbeth 's Medium content, YouTube videos and course are all very worthwhile and very well put together.

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11:23 PM

Also the Hookmark integration is EVERYTHING!

Desiderata

I just want to say that using Capacities whilst learning how to use it makes it even that much better. The documentation and @pkmbeth 's Medium content, YouTube videos and course are all very worthwhile and very well put together.

thank you!!

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Is there a way to merge two seperate spaces ? (edited)

Desiderata

I just want to say that using Capacities whilst learning how to use it makes it even that much better. The documentation and @pkmbeth 's Medium content, YouTube videos and course are all very worthwhile and very well put together.

Brilliant ! How are you using hookmark on the Mac with capacities - would love to know your workflow?

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How can I set filter on collections? If I have a database of objects of type, say 'Project'. Within that I want to have different collections that has filters setup to contain different projects that has other attributes.

sundar

How can I set filter on collections? If I have a database of objects of type, say 'Project'. Within that I want to have different collections that has filters setup to contain different projects that has other attributes.

You will have to wait for Smart queries - collections are manual only.

Pascal

Is there a way to merge two seperate spaces ? (edited)

Spaces are completely independent, no way to merge. AFAIK, you probably could create and download a backup and import data to the other space - but you still would to create the object types manually.

Jan O. Dvořák

Spaces are completely independent, no way to merge. AFAIK, you probably could create and download a backup and import data to the other space - but you still would to create the object types manually.

Thanks!

hey @Steffen & @Michael_v_H – I didn´t know where to put this best, so I put it here

I just noticed: I wonder about how to anticipate the hierarchical tags set-up?! it´s great that it is coming! and, it is great to be briefed in advance that using #xx/yy... will prepare one for the goodie! ... but now the question in my kind of preparatory work flow arises: what happens to recurring tag-labels, which are 'behind' any more top-level tag. the practical implication(s) of that might be obvious, ... or not. but for sure, given any object can only be 'filed' in one DB (object type / 'folder') I´d have a tag structure, where recurring tag-patterns would be imminent. – let´s just take 'current' as an example. so when I put up a tag '#XX/current', and another one 'YY/current' will there be one or two (many) '#current' tags in the end? I guess it´s obvious that there are implications on how to handle / manage / use tags, depending on which scenario to expect. ... I am also aware, that a proper response / advice will be to look out for the smart queries, maybe reconsider the use of tags (vs. using other – boolen etc. – properties). but I am quite sure I will / want to use a tag-structure with such recurring patterns, though it will have to be seen to what extent. but I simply always would tend towards using the core organizational structures (types / collections / tags) as much as possible, before bringing in layer 4 and 5 of a metadata system... so, hierarchical tags will / should carry a lot of that general structuring, in my case. so, in any case; I think an idea about this will help anyone who is actively engaging in preparing / setting up for the 'hierarchical-tags-to-come' ...

(edited)

lerone

hey @Steffen & @Michael_v_H – I didn´t know where to put this best, so I put it here

I just noticed: I wonder about how to anticipate the hierarchical tags set-up?! it´s great that it is coming! and, it is great to be briefed in advance that using #xx/yy... will prepare one for the goodie! ... but now the question in my kind of preparatory work flow arises: what happens to recurring tag-labels, which are 'behind' any more top-level tag. the practical implication(s) of that might be obvious, ... or not. but for sure, given any object can only be 'filed' in one DB (object type / 'folder') I´d have a tag structure, where recurring tag-patterns would be imminent. – let´s just take 'current' as an example. so when I put up a tag '#XX/current', and another one 'YY/current' will there be one or two (many) '#current' tags in the end? I guess it´s obvious that there are implications on how to handle / manage / use tags, depending on which scenario to expect. ... I am also aware, that a proper response / advice will be to look out for the smart queries, maybe reconsider the use of tags (vs. using other – boolen etc. – properties). but I am quite sure I will / want to use a tag-structure with such recurring patterns, though it will have to be seen to what extent. but I simply always would tend towards using the core organizational structures (types / collections / tags) as much as possible, before bringing in layer 4 and 5 of a metadata system... so, hierarchical tags will / should carry a lot of that general structuring, in my case. so, in any case; I think an idea about this will help anyone who is actively engaging in preparing / setting up for the 'hierarchical-tags-to-come' ...

(edited)

I'm quite interested in that myself!

I'm currently using the #category/tag structure for some of my tags, as this is what I was used to in Obsidian, even if it's not functional, it serves the purpose that I know these tags belong together. (Only discovered I could do collections for tags today) (edited)

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Queenie

I'm quite interested in that myself!

I'm currently using the #category/tag structure for some of my tags, as this is what I was used to in Obsidian, even if it's not functional, it serves the purpose that I know these tags belong together. (Only discovered I could do collections for tags today) (edited)

... yeah, collections for tags is superduper!

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not sure whether I should raise this trivial issue in web forum, but I noticed the link in the newly-added step of "Get started" (the one about 3 main pillars) has unnecessary queryParams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH2A8wAhzDU&t=316s&ab_channel=Capacities which redirects the video to a specific timestamp. I think it's more proper to change it to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH2A8wAhzDU

cp9

not sure whether I should raise this trivial issue in web forum, but I noticed the link in the newly-added step of "Get started" (the one about 3 main pillars) has unnecessary queryParams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH2A8wAhzDU&t=316s&ab_channel=Capacities which redirects the video to a specific timestamp. I think it's more proper to change it to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH2A8wAhzDU

Will be improved, thank you

@Steffen and @Michael_v_H, congratulations for the recent release, it’s a great improvement. You continue doing a great job!

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@Steffen or @Michael_v_H does AI autofill work with the tags property?

lindon

@Steffen or @Michael_v_H does AI autofill work with the tags property?

Only with text properties at the moment but will be extended to other properties over time

Thanks everyone but I did leave capacities. I do love the objects and I think that the concept is is really powerful, but it kept getting slower and slower for me. Im moving on to local first tools which give me the responsiveness my work and thinking demands.

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Steffen

Only with text properties at the moment but will be extended to other properties over time

What is the timeline on the what's next section?

Lumanish

Thanks everyone but I did leave capacities. I do love the objects and I think that the concept is is really powerful, but it kept getting slower and slower for me. Im moving on to local first tools which give me the responsiveness my work and thinking demands.

I think someone suggested this before, but it probably garnered more users from the product hunt launch hence the slower responses. I think they mentioned they have performance improvements planned, but I tend to agree that performance is huge.

lerone

hey @Steffen & @Michael_v_H – I didn´t know where to put this best, so I put it here

I just noticed: I wonder about how to anticipate the hierarchical tags set-up?! it´s great that it is coming! and, it is great to be briefed in advance that using #xx/yy... will prepare one for the goodie! ... but now the question in my kind of preparatory work flow arises: what happens to recurring tag-labels, which are 'behind' any more top-level tag. the practical implication(s) of that might be obvious, ... or not. but for sure, given any object can only be 'filed' in one DB (object type / 'folder') I´d have a tag structure, where recurring tag-patterns would be imminent. – let´s just take 'current' as an example. so when I put up a tag '#XX/current', and another one 'YY/current' will there be one or two (many) '#current' tags in the end? I guess it´s obvious that there are implications on how to handle / manage / use tags, depending on which scenario to expect. ... I am also aware, that a proper response / advice will be to look out for the smart queries, maybe reconsider the use of tags (vs. using other – boolen etc. – properties). but I am quite sure I will / want to use a tag-structure with such recurring patterns, though it will have to be seen to what extent. but I simply always would tend towards using the core organizational structures (types / collections / tags) as much as possible, before bringing in layer 4 and 5 of a metadata system... so, hierarchical tags will / should carry a lot of that general structuring, in my case. so, in any case; I think an idea about this will help anyone who is actively engaging in preparing / setting up for the 'hierarchical-tags-to-come' ...

(edited)

I feel like this might be a little like namespacing. I wonder if @pkmbeth thinks it's reminiscent of namespacing?

Lumanish

Thanks everyone but I did leave capacities. I do love the objects and I think that the concept is is really powerful, but it kept getting slower and slower for me. Im moving on to local first tools which give me the responsiveness my work and thinking demands.

Can I ask what you went to? Just curious.

Karen Tucker

Can I ask what you went to? Just curious.

Logseq is local first, uses blocks in a similar way. It doesnt have the same feature set, but I can flex on that, I am not flexible when it comes to speed.

Lumanish

Logseq is local first, uses blocks in a similar way. It doesnt have the same feature set, but I can flex on that, I am not flexible when it comes to speed.

Ah, got ya. I used Logseq for a hot minute but the bullet points were making me crazy. I flow with paragraphs. And yes, speed makes a big difference.

Karen Tucker

Ah, got ya. I used Logseq for a hot minute but the bullet points were making me crazy. I flow with paragraphs. And yes, speed makes a big difference.

I was not sure about the outliner thing. but it forced me to think differently about my work and remove unneeded words. Im a project manager not a writer. and if I really need long form writing, Logseq is .md compatible so I just create my content in Obsidian.

Call me an idiot, but on https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-26 it lists "Improvements and small fixes" after "What’s next", does that mean they're planned in the next update or was that list included in 26 and the "What's next" is for 27?

Lumanish

I was not sure about the outliner thing. but it forced me to think differently about my work and remove unneeded words. Im a project manager not a writer. and if I really need long form writing, Logseq is .md compatible so I just create my content in Obsidian.

That makes sense. If you then pop to Obsidian for writing, why not just use Obsidian? Do you see an advantage of Logseq over Obsidian?

I was in the middle of migrating my Notion to Capacities. I'm so excited that I can merge almost all my use cases from 2 apps (Notion and Mem) into 1, which is Capacities! I have done migrating from Mem (a PKM tool I use because Notion is not good for bi-directional linking). But while migrating from Notion, I realized something trivial. I can't watch embedded Youtube videos full-screen in Capacities. It pops up this link: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72689?visit_id=638255546341572262-3248817827&rd=1 I'm already used to doing it in Notion. My use case is: I put several workout routine videos in a page. So I just need to open that page when I want to do some workouts. I sometimes rearrange them depending on which I watch more often from time to time. I like using the full-screen so I don't need to open a new browser tab. I know this is minor, so I won't raise a request ticket. But I just wanna make sure. Is it technically impossible to make full-screen become usable? Or there is still hope in the future it will be available? If it's impossible, I guess I will leave a few things to stay in Notion. But my main setup is still Capacities. If it's somehow available in the future, I will be able to completely migrate from Notion. Regardless, I consider Capacities the most perfect second-brain app I have ever found!! (edited)

Watch in full screen mode - Android - YouTube Help

Full screen mode allows you to watch videos that take up your entire screen. Use ful

Json Blob

Call me an idiot, but on https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-26 it lists "Improvements and small fixes" after "What’s next", does that mean they're planned in the next update or was that list included in 26 and the "What's next" is for 27?

What’s next refers to the ai stuff

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Deleted User

What is the timeline on the what's next section?

No explicit timeline yet

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Hey so I know this question has been asked a few thousand times but is there a shot that capacities can go local storage?

Steffen

What’s next refers to the ai stuff

If we use the AI does that give it access to our entire space or is it per document or object?

Desiderata

If we use the AI does that give it access to our entire space or is it per document or object?

Only what you select as context. See more here: https://docs.capacities.io/reference/ai-assistant

Capacities Docs

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Lumanish

Thanks everyone but I did leave capacities. I do love the objects and I think that the concept is is really powerful, but it kept getting slower and slower for me. Im moving on to local first tools which give me the responsiveness my work and thinking demands.

What scale are we talking about here? I am sure many would appreciate your perspective on the 10,000 ft view of your capacities. How many objects, object types, general work done in Capacities? If you can spare a moment. All tools hit some barriers to performance in different areas.

Calhistorian

What scale are we talking about here? I am sure many would appreciate your perspective on the 10,000 ft view of your capacities. How many objects, object types, general work done in Capacities? If you can spare a moment. All tools hit some barriers to performance in different areas.

Logseq, RemNote, Obsidian, Roam, Notion, etc, etc all have their pinch points. I speak from personal experience.

Desiderata

I feel like this might be a little like namespacing. I wonder if @pkmbeth thinks it's reminiscent of namespacing?

Yeah this does make me think of namespaces! I’ve started using them myself.

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cp9

I was in the middle of migrating my Notion to Capacities. I'm so excited that I can merge almost all my use cases from 2 apps (Notion and Mem) into 1, which is Capacities! I have done migrating from Mem (a PKM tool I use because Notion is not good for bi-directional linking). But while migrating from Notion, I realized something trivial. I can't watch embedded Youtube videos full-screen in Capacities. It pops up this link: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72689?visit_id=638255546341572262-3248817827&rd=1 I'm already used to doing it in Notion. My use case is: I put several workout routine videos in a page. So I just need to open that page when I want to do some workouts. I sometimes rearrange them depending on which I watch more often from time to time. I like using the full-screen so I don't need to open a new browser tab. I know this is minor, so I won't raise a request ticket. But I just wanna make sure. Is it technically impossible to make full-screen become usable? Or there is still hope in the future it will be available? If it's impossible, I guess I will leave a few things to stay in Notion. But my main setup is still Capacities. If it's somehow available in the future, I will be able to completely migrate from Notion. Regardless, I consider Capacities the most perfect second-brain app I have ever found!! (edited)

I have accepted the fact that one app won’t do everything the way I want. I still use a Kanban board in Notion that I designed over five years ago even though I have, in the meantime, used Roam, Craft, Mem and now Capacities. I still have a use case or two for Craft that I use on their free plan but won’t be renewing on Pro. I know people talk about context switching and losing flow etc. but you can’t fight reality. My philosophy has been to use the app that works for my needs right now, not for its promise in the future. Craft is a perfect example of what happens when you pin hopes on a certain development path and the app goes in a different direction. I saw this while participating on their Slack group. First there is the hope, then some frustration, then outright anger and negativity. Eventually people give up and either reconcile themselves to reality or find a different tool. It’s sad for a great app like Craft, because I see new users join their Slack and ask the same questions that have been asked for years about things like the lack of tags or task functions. Craft is great at what it is great at, and for me that is just making beautiful and engaging documents for sharing. Capacities is strong due to the object metaphor without bogging people down in the complexity of other apps like Notion. Anyway, get concerned because I am already seeing people being frustrated that certain features in the pipeline have not materialized yet. Until they are there, all users can do is vote up on Canny and continue to use their current workflow for those issues.

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I'm totally addicted to Capacities. Loving all possibilities and the vision of the developers and always excited for new updates. But for me personal, the latest update was very disappointing. I don't like AI and I don't want to use AI. Hopefully in future updates the developers will prioritize the features asked by the community and don't put all their energy and effort in developing more and more AI integration.

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Locatino

I have accepted the fact that one app won’t do everything the way I want. I still use a Kanban board in Notion that I designed over five years ago even though I have, in the meantime, used Roam, Craft, Mem and now Capacities. I still have a use case or two for Craft that I use on their free plan but won’t be renewing on Pro. I know people talk about context switching and losing flow etc. but you can’t fight reality. My philosophy has been to use the app that works for my needs right now, not for its promise in the future. Craft is a perfect example of what happens when you pin hopes on a certain development path and the app goes in a different direction. I saw this while participating on their Slack group. First there is the hope, then some frustration, then outright anger and negativity. Eventually people give up and either reconcile themselves to reality or find a different tool. It’s sad for a great app like Craft, because I see new users join their Slack and ask the same questions that have been asked for years about things like the lack of tags or task functions. Craft is great at what it is great at, and for me that is just making beautiful and engaging documents for sharing. Capacities is strong due to the object metaphor without bogging people down in the complexity of other apps like Notion. Anyway, get concerned because I am already seeing people being frustrated that certain features in the pipeline have not materialized yet. Until they are there, all users can do is vote up on Canny and continue to use their current workflow for those issues.

This was my experience with Craft also. It's so pretty, but the workaround for tags was not at all workable.

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QuesadaGrande

I'm totally addicted to Capacities. Loving all possibilities and the vision of the developers and always excited for new updates. But for me personal, the latest update was very disappointing. I don't like AI and I don't want to use AI. Hopefully in future updates the developers will prioritize the features asked by the community and don't put all their energy and effort in developing more and more AI integration.

At least Capacities allow you to hide the AI UI completely, so we can totally forget about it - not something you can find in the other tools! Also, AI has also been quite a requested feature, so it's not that the devs neglect community, it's just that people like you and me don't represent the majority. I am not worried about this.

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Michael_v_H

We don't want to give the daily note itself additional properties, because it would overall complicate the system a lot. But what we can well imagine is the option to set up your own content type that will take the place of the daily note and the way it is rendered in the calendar.

Has this option been implemented. I know how to create my own content type, but is there an option to render it on the calander at this point? I too would love to add custom properties to my Daily Notes.

QuesadaGrande

I'm totally addicted to Capacities. Loving all possibilities and the vision of the developers and always excited for new updates. But for me personal, the latest update was very disappointing. I don't like AI and I don't want to use AI. Hopefully in future updates the developers will prioritize the features asked by the community and don't put all their energy and effort in developing more and more AI integration.

„The community“ has many wishes. Just because it doesn’t matter to you, doesn’t mean the devs don’t hear community feedback. (edited)

cp9

I was in the middle of migrating my Notion to Capacities. I'm so excited that I can merge almost all my use cases from 2 apps (Notion and Mem) into 1, which is Capacities! I have done migrating from Mem (a PKM tool I use because Notion is not good for bi-directional linking). But while migrating from Notion, I realized something trivial. I can't watch embedded Youtube videos full-screen in Capacities. It pops up this link: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72689?visit_id=638255546341572262-3248817827&rd=1 I'm already used to doing it in Notion. My use case is: I put several workout routine videos in a page. So I just need to open that page when I want to do some workouts. I sometimes rearrange them depending on which I watch more often from time to time. I like using the full-screen so I don't need to open a new browser tab. I know this is minor, so I won't raise a request ticket. But I just wanna make sure. Is it technically impossible to make full-screen become usable? Or there is still hope in the future it will be available? If it's impossible, I guess I will leave a few things to stay in Notion. But my main setup is still Capacities. If it's somehow available in the future, I will be able to completely migrate from Notion. Regardless, I consider Capacities the most perfect second-brain app I have ever found!! (edited)

I would actually love this feature. You should absolutely request it. I’d much rather watch my saved videos in app

So any impressions of the AI implementation for us plebs? How does it stack up against other offerings/ how are you using it?

itbeats

So any impressions of the AI implementation for us plebs? How does it stack up against other offerings/ how are you using it?

I plan to try some things out this weekend but it's important to not grade it too harshly as it's the first release of known grander plans for it

12:21 PM

i want to try to use the AI integration for some Pathfinder 2e content generation

QuesadaGrande

I'm totally addicted to Capacities. Loving all possibilities and the vision of the developers and always excited for new updates. But for me personal, the latest update was very disappointing. I don't like AI and I don't want to use AI. Hopefully in future updates the developers will prioritize the features asked by the community and don't put all their energy and effort in developing more and more AI integration.

AI feature is opt-in so if you don't want it then it doesn't affect you whatsoever and a gathering of people have been waiting for the AI feature in the shadow of higher priority other stuff. It's a constant balance in software development to give what's most important to the people and sometimes you gotta throw a bone to a group because that's how they begin the feedback process on that feature while they return to developing things that are on your hot topics list. I think it was nicely timed and as a business they need to get features out that people will pay for but again, it's totally optional and opt-in, it's not even on by default

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you can import your GPT pro API Key into Capacities. Bingo bango

12:28 PM

I was tempted to resub to GPT pro to use in capacities because I wasn't using it at all on the actual ChatGPT website itself

third party upselling their service more than the service itself

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that's fair! Using it as a debugging assistant is definitely a good use case i've done myself (work at a 3d graphics engine company) whereas Capacities is more content generation approach

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well, my first use case of AI just now while I have a minute probably saved me 2 hours of finding and reading book content and manually processing notes to record. I basically just entered in all the basic info I'd need to present a deity in Pathfinder 2e's universe to my players in the time they'd finish exploring a room and now I could just read top to bottom what the AI spits out and start recoridng it in a Capacities object that was before starting this, blank! Got a quick bio of who the god is, what their rough alignment is (good vs evil) and what their reactions might be if someone were to worship or disrespected them (the god). Once objects can automatically identify and link to other objects mentioned (via name or something) this is going to flesh out a Space real fast Smooth!

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When will the iOS app be released for everyone? Can’t wait

liorix

When will the iOS app be released for everyone? Can’t wait

On the feature side, we'll do Queries, Capacities Pro, Mobile release

No timeline yet

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Whenever I add a tweet I get this A local version of this tweet could not be generated

Cvlr

Whenever I add a tweet I get this A local version of this tweet could not be generated

Twitter API got shut down, more here: https://docs.capacities.io/reference/integrations/twitter#using-the-twitter-integration

Capacities Docs

ah got it thanks

Steffen

Twitter API got shut down, more here: https://docs.capacities.io/reference/integrations/twitter#using-the-twitter-integration

any update on regional pricing for believer?

5:17 AM

if its going to be a while

5:17 AM

I am just going to sign up with current pricing

Cvlr

any update on regional pricing for believer?

Will be introduced with Capacities Pro

Steffen

Will be introduced with Capacities Pro

just curious - people who sign up for believer now - will they continue paying the current price for believer in the future?

5:19 AM

I am assuming believer will have slightly more perks than pro

Cvlr

just curious - people who sign up for believer now - will they continue paying the current price for believer in the future?

Not 100% sure about everything but current believers will definitely get rewarded/keep their believer status with the pro price/or something similar.

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After the latest update...

Gilbey

After the latest update...

Should work again

@Steffen After latest update this morning, I log on successfully and then keep getting kicked out.... anyone else having this issue?

RangerBen

@Steffen After latest update this morning, I log on successfully and then keep getting kicked out.... anyone else having this issue?

yes, but only on MacOS (both web and desktop app) - on PC and mobile I wasn't kicked out

Yes... on Mac OS only. iOS seems to be working (edited)

Question: When will there be an iOS/iPadOS App? Kind thanks.

MacWizard#1

Question: When will there be an iOS/iPadOS App? Kind thanks.

There is a beta iOS version (via TestFlight) however I think it is only available to users on Believer plan...

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RangerBen

@Steffen After latest update this morning, I log on successfully and then keep getting kicked out.... anyone else having this issue?

I am able to log in on MAC OS but, it keeps logging of out on IOS

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aaaaaidette

I am able to log in on MAC OS but, it keeps logging of out on IOS

‍♀️

Same!!! I just tried getting in both via the Desktop app and via the web app and keep getting kicked out. Help!

the MacOS app loads but as soon as I try to change to a new page, I get kicked out. Ive tried logging it to MacOS app the iOS app running simultaneously and without iOS running.... same result

11:59 AM

My iOS app seems to be running fine...

I got kicked off iOS twice, but when I tried a third time, it stayed long enough for me to jot down the note I was attempting.

I seem to be able to access via web app and iOS. Just Mac OS version kicking me off…

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@RangerBen @nicolas67🥨⛵🛠🎵 @aaaaaidette @Karen Tucker, sorry for these issues. Could you try again? It should be working now?

Steffen

@RangerBen @nicolas67🥨⛵🛠🎵 @aaaaaidette @Karen Tucker, sorry for these issues. Could you try again? It should be working now?

My desktop app is still kicking me off. The web app (from Arc) is working but really slow to load.

Karen Tucker

My desktop app is still kicking me off. The web app (from Arc) is working but really slow to load.

Now?

Steffen

Now?

YAS! I just put in a few random things but seems to be working fine on the desktop app.

Karen Tucker

YAS! I just put in a few random things but seems to be working fine on the desktop app.

thank you!!

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Steffen

@RangerBen @nicolas67🥨⛵🛠🎵 @aaaaaidette @Karen Tucker, sorry for these issues. Could you try again? It should be working now?

it works on web for Mac now

All Good! Thank you!

Now that I'm on the believer plan how do I get the ios beta?

Hi all....I am new to Cap and evaluating it at a tumultuous time for me as I am really wanting a Brain Vault for docs as well as notes and looking at lots of options and nothing does this from what I can see. I would like a tool that blends Capacities with a docs chatbot so that I can converse with a 'Brains Trust' of my uploaded docs, ebooks, journal articles as well as my notes, to research and write full articles. I was looking to build this Brains Trust with Langchain and Flowise but then it occurred to me if I could bring all my docs into a space like Cap I could also access and utilize my notes as well as part of the vault. So I wanted to ask others what they think - is this a crazy idea? - before I submit it for the Requests roadmap in case in my innocence it's a silly idea. I also checked the AI roadmap https://docs.capacities.io/reference/ai-assistant and a chatbot for Cap content does not seem to be there so I was interested to find out if that might be an option.

pkmbeth

Yeah this does make me think of namespaces! I’ve started using them myself.

hey @Desiderata & @pkmbeth : thanks so much for pointing the the namespacing-concept! ... I felt, I approached this question myself in my history of 'making up' a personal information architecture...

... then, I still wonder (maybe along w/ @Queenie ) what all this means in terms of preparing one for the already announced hierarchical tags, and how to prepare for it in cases where redundancy / confusion looms (see https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1131939808491618415) I really appreciate the pre-announcement by @Steffen of this! and he actually already dropped the knowledge / tip that using slashes is a good preparation for this coming feature-extension... ... so, I really feel this is like a practical follow-up question to the team on that....

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Hey any idea when will the ios app release for all.

Maverick

Hey any idea when will the ios app release for all.

That was answered here https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1132541528825413696

@Steffen wrt to the twitter API changes - you know how you still the live tweets on the page? Isn't it possible to just screenshot that and add that image as a saved tweet?

just an idea not sure of the feasability

Cvlr

just an idea not sure of the feasability

I think that could work but then we'd still need to extract the text to make it useful. Also, does not work for threads. But I wrote it down. Thanks for sharing

Steffen

I think that could work but then we'd still need to extract the text to make it useful. Also, does not work for threads. But I wrote it down. Thanks for sharing

Some version of ocr perhaps

Cvlr

@Steffen wrt to the twitter API changes - you know how you still the live tweets on the page? Isn't it possible to just screenshot that and add that image as a saved tweet?

the German Federal Ministries do this kind of media hack for documentation on their websites... ... so it has some authoritative credibility and backing

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@Steffen in general, is there any pro or con to using the web editor vs the standalone PC client? Just curious if there's any limitation I just haven't hit before. I still sometimes hit those performance lags that I reported a while ago but I haven't been able to track down why or how to cause it. I never seem to see it in the web editor (edited)

I'm finding it interesting that Capacities has Spell Check, but using Capacities in Web View allows me to integrate Grammarly Chrome extension with my writing which is a nice touch! (edited)

@Steffen Hi is there any plans for a kaban board or somesort, cause it'll be easier for planning projects or vacation!

1) I know there's the /now option to add the current time stamp, but is there a way to retroactively add a time stamp for a thing earlier in the day that I forgot to pin down at the time? 2) Is there an option to always auto-add the current time for anything in the daily note?

Queenie

1) I know there's the /now option to add the current time stamp, but is there a way to retroactively add a time stamp for a thing earlier in the day that I forgot to pin down at the time? 2) Is there an option to always auto-add the current time for anything in the daily note?

well, found the solution for 1, I have to go through /date thought there might be a command /time but there's not

(also apologies this is probably the wrong channel, I'll post in #❓・help-and-questions next time!) (edited)

Notice: You probably got logged out This is expected behavior. We updated some backend systems which requires you to login again.

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Has anyone been able to login already

Login not working in the browser, on the iOS app you can login but when you navigate you get logged out

8:09 AM

chrisindublin

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this is the same thing it shows me

chrisindublin

Login not working in the browser, on the iOS app you can login but when you navigate you get logged out

Is it working in the app?

Steffen

Is it working in the app?

You can login but when I navigate I get kicked out

chrisindublin

You can login but when I navigate I get kicked out

Are you on 1.26.20?

Steffen

Are you on 1.26.20?

Similarly struggling, my end keeps telling me my (now reset) password is incorrect

8:20 AM

On Desktop

yup totally same

Can’t login either to the iPhone app or Mac desktop app

@paulwilson @Beathan @skyetate @chrisindublin just shipped an updated. Could you respond in the thread if this fixed your problem?

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Steffen

@paulwilson @Beathan @skyetate @chrisindublin just shipped an updated. Could you respond in the thread if this fixed your problem?

I also got logged out due too the update just now, but have no authentication problems, can confirm login works for me (MacOS dekstkop App)

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continuously being booted to login screen on web and Windows app. Android gave synchronization failed error and then dumps to login screen. Unable to access Capcities anywhere!

T_Alan

continuously being booted to login screen on web and Windows app. Android gave synchronization failed error and then dumps to login screen. Unable to access Capcities anywhere!

for me in the mac app, re-installed the app can solve the login issue

Login not working in browser here

9:47 AM

Login issues Instructions For everybody having issues with logging in, follow these instructions: Desktop:

Make sure to be on version 1.26.20. If you're still having issues please uninstall Capacities completely and install it from https://capacities.io/download-app Web:
Try to clear the cache in your browser and try again Android:
Make sure to be on 1.26.20. Uninstall and install again if necessary iOS:
Waiting for App Store Review at the moment. Need to wait for that. Sorry for the inconvenience. We're working on it

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Thank you @Steffen grateful for you

Thanks @Steffen ... web spontaneousley resolved itself. WIN app was resolved by removal and re-download (server must be getting crushed - took about 20 min on a 1 Gig DSL line)

T_Alan

Thanks @Steffen ... web spontaneousley resolved itself. WIN app was resolved by removal and re-download (server must be getting crushed - took about 20 min on a 1 Gig DSL line)

Ok great!!

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Followed instructions for web, didn’t resolve the issue

i tried the instructions for web doesn't work -- wil ltry to uninstall and install again on desktop tomorrow

this is what shows when pressing on the download button at the website @Steffen

10:25 AM

and it is still not working for both web and app

I had to log in again to the Win app but had no issues getting in

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Waiting for the update from the App Store but reinstalled the Mac app (latest version) and still can't login

Login issues Instructions (UPDATE)

Probably found the issue which stopped most here from logging in. It should work now again. For everybody still having issues with logging in, follow these instructions: Desktop:

Make sure to be on version 1.26.20. If you're still having issues please uninstall Capacities completely and install it from https://capacities.io/download-app Web:
Try to clear the cache in your browser and try again Android:
Make sure to be on 1.26.20. Uninstall and install again if necessary iOS:
Waiting for App Store Review at the moment. Need to wait for that. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your help

Resolved on my end for desktop mac

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12:14 PM

Thank you!!

I'm still getting this error when attempting to download the latest version:

AccessDeniedAccess DeniedYRGPCG0S0W5600RPxxvwcfPPCJ3SepAWcXWuoMQIek+T2IV7ZOa1XuQYq4hD6Brne+RcPLf73ly1rb0Ys8o8w1Ihol/u2UrUUFPs7g==

Cleared cache and getting this as well: AccessDeniedAccess DeniedH2VCHJRC72YBGKEF7bdWVvhYwKZMdF0B1QziQ8N4ilFceEl16w8nzpdZwNA9xZi6SMLNv2a2BEdTeeBMAr7IE6MpF2k=

Howell the Night Owl

Cleared cache and getting this as well: AccessDeniedAccess DeniedH2VCHJRC72YBGKEF7bdWVvhYwKZMdF0B1QziQ8N4ilFceEl16w8nzpdZwNA9xZi6SMLNv2a2BEdTeeBMAr7IE6MpF2k=

Same for me, seems like a problem with the download link (settings?) on the AWS side cc: @Steffen (edited)

I switched from Chrome to Arc and can log into the Web client but I'm also getting the XML error on download.

I am getting the same error

same here. I'm getting errors when trying to download new version for Windows.

@DarkKnight_Bruce17 @aclessa @boonikad9300 @jeffcdo @Howell the Night Owl, problem is fixed. Should be working again. Thanks for sharing

Hi, I'm unable to download the windows version 1.26.20 July 2023

Jawsire

Hi, I'm unable to download the windows version 1.26.20 July 2023

Here's the link: https://capacities-frontend-app.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/Capacities-1.26.20.exe

When launching Capacities for Windows version July 2023 . It shows "Something went wrong"

@Steffen Do you have a direct link for the Mac M1/M2 download?

3:28 PM

Nevermind - the internal link worked

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You're killing me softly with your song, Steffen....

3:46 PM

The web side works

Same for me in Android, even after re-install

3:53 PM

But fixed clearing cache and data!

Although in Arc browser I can do this slick dual-pane thing which is pretty awesome

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guys, is anyone having problem loging in?

RManguel

guys, is anyone having problem loging in?

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1133438640123555902

Raffaele started a thread. 7/25/2023 4:07 PM

Raffaele

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1133438640123555902

thanks. I deleted the app, and re-downloaded. Still can not login

4:27 PM

Really, I need to delete my cache>

4:27 PM

in my browser?

4:27 PM

that's a mess....

The app is still in beta I believe so I think issues like this are going to be expected

@RManguel if you're having issue with the app (mac or windows), deleting the browser's cache should not help. I suggest to wait for some feedback tomorrow

4:33 PM

this is within the app.

4:33 PM

Of course, I understand that browser and app are 2 completely different things

4:34 PM

thanks anyway

Similar experience. I cannot log in as well through web browser (edited)

the download-app page is also showing blank for me https://capacities.io/download-app

Download the app

Capacities is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows and as a web app for all other devices. A mobile app is under development and available for Capacities Believer as early access.

butts

the download-app page is also showing blank for me https://capacities.io/download-app

i switched from chrome to safari and was able to download from there

Hey! I stumbled across this app after a TON of research hearing it's a good blend between notion and obsidian. I have a couple of questions: 1) Since this is an online-first app, how well does it handle large long-form content? Like if I'm writing a book, I'd have objects for characters, locations, chapters, etc. 2) Could someone explain what "semi-offline" means? Like if I'm working on a note on the app, and I shut off the internet, what would happen? Would I only have access to that note? If I make a change and save, then close the app and re-open would that change still be there? Thank you

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Cyber

Hey! I stumbled across this app after a TON of research hearing it's a good blend between notion and obsidian. I have a couple of questions: 1) Since this is an online-first app, how well does it handle large long-form content? Like if I'm writing a book, I'd have objects for characters, locations, chapters, etc. 2) Could someone explain what "semi-offline" means? Like if I'm working on a note on the app, and I shut off the internet, what would happen? Would I only have access to that note? If I make a change and save, then close the app and re-open would that change still be there? Thank you

my Pathfinder 2e document is currently 9k+ words and no problems using web view. I have had weird performance issues in the standalone client working on this object but it's not consistent

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11:43 PM

it also has like 12 images

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ok, thank you. I currently have around 23k words (which is why I'm a little hesitant lol). I'll probably try it out anyway, if it ends up getting to slow...oh well at least I tried.

I would consider breaking up the book into an object type "Chapters" and then each object is a chapter

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honestly, that's not a bad idea. Thank you I'll probably do that

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Happy writing!

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Thank you

mayamaya

i switched from chrome to safari and was able to download from there

Thanks for the idea. I switched from Edge to Chrome and it worked

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butts

the download-app page is also showing blank for me https://capacities.io/download-app

Should be fixed. Is this Arc? there seems to be an issue sometimes with it.

Somebody else has this issue? In Webapp (Brave) and Desktop Version (Windows 11)

Pascal

Somebody else has this issue? In Webapp (Brave) and Desktop Version (Windows 11)

Could you follow these instructions: Desktop: Make sure to be on version 1.26.20. If you're still having issues please uninstall Capacities completely and install it from https://capacities.io/download-app Web: Try to clear the cache in your browser and try again. Maybe also try another browser. Android: Make sure to be on 1.26.20. Uninstall and install again if necessary. iOS: Make sure to be on 1.26.20. Uninstall and install again if necessary.

Download the app

Capacities is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows and as a web app for all other devices. A mobile app is under development and available for Capacities Believer as early access.

Will Capacities at some point have a function to duplicate other peoples' templates or even complete spaces, similar to Notion?

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Steffen

Should be fixed. Is this Arc? there seems to be an issue sometimes with it.

nope, firefox. still occuring. tried again with inspector open and cache disabled. content flashes for a brief moment before disappearing. console logging v1.26.0

5:30 AM

loads fine on chrome

Mac M1 - is there some local cached file that needs to be deleted?

Steffen started a thread. 7/26/2023 8:17 AM

Update on the "Something went wrong" issue We are working full steam on a solution. We just shipped an update (v1.26.30) that should hopefully fix the issue. Please follow these steps: 1. Based on your platform: Desktop: Make sure to be on version 1.26.30. If you're not on the latest version uninstall Capacities completely and install it from https://capacities.io/download-app Web: Try to clear the cache in your browser and try again. Maybe also try another browser. It can also help to remove all cookies from the domain. Android: Make sure to be on 1.26.20 or later. Uninstall and install again if necessary. It helps to clear the cache and delete the data of Capacities in your Android settings. iOS: Make sure to be on 1.26.20 or later. Uninstall and install again if necessary. 2. With the latest update you can use the "Logout & reload" button on the error screen. This will log you out and you can log in again. This should fix the issue. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience.

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Just realized I forgot Capacities handles PDFs more than just a viewer and so imported my 92 page PDF into it for running a Pathfinder 2nd Edition game and oh ya, that's gonna help searching text in the guide without leaving Capacities. I've been working multiple window for 2 weeks

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It would be nice to zoom out though

Hi @Steffen, when will the mobile app be scheduled to release to the public ?

Cren09

Hi @Steffen, when will the mobile app be scheduled to release to the public ?

No exact timeline yet

RangerBen

There is a beta iOS version (via TestFlight) however I think it is only available to users on Believer plan...

OK, R.B, Ty. I’m looking @believer anyway, coz’ I believe in this app: Big Time, CharlieB!

Would you consider adding a GPT 4 option included with the Capacities subscription price, albeit with lower limits than GPT 3.5 to contain costs?

Hello, is there any plans for adding spaced repetition?

trudx

Hello, is there any plans for adding spaced repetition?

no offense - but I really think people should read the forum rules and take to heart the plea of first utilizing search – before asking questions... https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/940599731439153192/1116601806710128730 ... sorry, @trudx , this is not really personally on you – as I thought this more often recently, with some very basic 'when will x?', or 'is y planned?' questions appearing... – as to your question: no; not yet officially planned. but asked for / proposed several times

best way to check on planned features is either Canny board, where things are marked as 'under consideration', 'planned', 'in progress' – https://capacities.io/feedback (& where you can also add your voice / vote!) – or on the roadmap within the Capacities webpage... https://capacities.io/roadmap

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Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

Roadmap

We ship new features and improvements nearly every day. Heres an overview on what will come next.

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GunnersaurusFlex

Would you consider adding a GPT 4 option included with the Capacities subscription price, albeit with lower limits than GPT 3.5 to contain costs?

Yes, just don't have access yet

Anyone have any suggestions on how to create a wishlist and gift idea list in capacities?

I think I heard someone make a Gift Idea workflow where you have an object type "Gift" that has Recipient, URL, Price, etc., and then an Object type "Person" so you can assign the gifts to one or multiple people via the Gift object's property

12:30 PM

then with backlinks you can see what person has gifts assigned to them, or opposite see how many people a gift is assigned to so you buy that many of them when you go shopping

12:30 PM

as for wishlist for yourself I presume? Maybe in the "Gift" object or something create a collection that is your wishlist via tag on the object or something like that

That might work. If I end up buying something for myself the object type could change from Gift to Asset. (I’m planning on using assets to store items model/serial and pdf manuals)

Indeed! I do this with "Vehicles" where I store VIN #'s, year/make/model, tire sizes, stuff like that in my space

1:23 PM

then in the block notes I record events like the date i got tires rotated, oil changed, etc. Then I save scans of my receipts as PDFs and tag the PDF to the vehicle so I can pull up past records

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Just made another object type called loan that has a property of lendee. If we can eventual embed queries into a page this program is gonna be amazing.

I might be mistaken but I think you embed a collection which can be populated by a smart query. Correct me if I'm wrong anyone

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I have embedded a collection. But you can’t auto populate a collection right?

2:02 PM

Like what I would like to achieve is in person x’s page have a table that shows all the loan objects assigned to them.

Brandon

I have embedded a collection. But you can’t auto populate a collection right?

not until smart queries. So eventually, yes

How likely do you guys think it is that we would get a self hosted option?

Brandon

How likely do you guys think it is that we would get a self hosted option?

my personal speculation with 0 evidence is likely not until an enterprise version is made

Steffen

Update on the "Something went wrong" issue We are working full steam on a solution. We just shipped an update (v1.26.30) that should hopefully fix the issue. Please follow these steps: 1. Based on your platform: Desktop: Make sure to be on version 1.26.30. If you're not on the latest version uninstall Capacities completely and install it from https://capacities.io/download-app Web: Try to clear the cache in your browser and try again. Maybe also try another browser. It can also help to remove all cookies from the domain. Android: Make sure to be on 1.26.20 or later. Uninstall and install again if necessary. It helps to clear the cache and delete the data of Capacities in your Android settings. iOS: Make sure to be on 1.26.20 or later. Uninstall and install again if necessary. 2. With the latest update you can use the "Logout & reload" button on the error screen. This will log you out and you can log in again. This should fix the issue. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience.

Hey, I updated to the latest version but I can't log into my account :(( I'm on M1 Macbook

Capacities is not reachable?

ya servers look to be down at the moment

Hmmm....

4:04 PM

Ouch, I'm so invested.

in my few months of using Capacities this is the first outage I've experienced

Ditto

Issues are resolved

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I blinking love this app

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Little question: Where is Capacities storing all the content? Like obsidian in a local directory? Thanks in advance for an answer.

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@Thies Stahl Capacities is a cloud based service so presumably your data is stored in some hosted architecture in one of the major cloud vendors. The capacities team does not state this publicly anywhere I can find. So unlike obsidan your data is not stored on your local system at all. There is talk of an offline mode of some sort but it's not here yet.

Maskim

@Thies Stahl Capacities is a cloud based service so presumably your data is stored in some hosted architecture in one of the major cloud vendors. The capacities team does not state this publicly anywhere I can find. So unlike obsidan your data is not stored on your local system at all. There is talk of an offline mode of some sort but it's not here yet.

Thanks.

to be clear, they state they are cloud based, just not what cloud or what the underlying structure looks like.

Thanks again. I will stay with obsidian...

Thies Stahl

Thanks again. I will stay with obsidian...

just curious what's your stance for not going cloud based?

Json Blob

just curious what's your stance for not going cloud based?

Noting that the Capacities export options already seem to be fairly robust if you want to move your content elsewhere.

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Hello! I'm very new to Capacities, but I love what I see so far. I see that integrated task management is "planned" but I'm wondering if there's an ETA on when that will be delivered. I'm a consultant working on various types of projects and need the ability to track many tasks on each project. Does anyone have a workaround that you're using currently? Would love to hear how others are handling task management. Thanks in Advance!!

Hay @Starlord welcome to the fold I have a task type and a projects type. the tasks type has a single select project field that ties back to the projects type. so when I create a task that is for a specific project I can make a clear association right away.

5:28 PM

then when you go the project entry you can see all the tasks in the backlinks. you can't currently filter the backlinks view by type yet.

5:30 PM

the work around for lack of sorting would be to create a collection in tasks for each project but you would have to manually add tasks to each collection witch is not ideal.

Maskim

Hay @Starlord welcome to the fold I have a task type and a projects type. the tasks type has a single select project field that ties back to the projects type. so when I create a task that is for a specific project I can make a clear association right away.

Thanks for the quick reply and suggestions. I will definitely give that a try. I've used Notion in the past, but I really like what I'm seeing in Capacities. I love the Daily Notes and having universal tags. Also, the UI in Capacities is much more visually appealing than other apps I've tested. Thanks again -- I'm sure I will have more questions as I start playing around.

I did something similar in Notion, Had an entire dashboard built out, fairly complex. the problem was I never used it becuase it required to much configureation before had. I love the fact that with Capacities you can create objects in line on the fly and go back and flesh them out later.

Maskim

I did something similar in Notion, Had an entire dashboard built out, fairly complex. the problem was I never used it becuase it required to much configureation before had. I love the fact that with Capacities you can create objects in line on the fly and go back and flesh them out later.

I love the flexibility of Notion, but my problem is that I spend WAY too much time designing my space instead of actually taking notes or completing tasks.

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Agreed. This has been the most natural to actually spend time using instead of fiddling with

5:38 PM

I mean, I enjoy the designing at times, but I don't like for it to consume me

For me, Capacities has the right amount of flexibility but I don't feel like my space is constantly "under construction".

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5:41 PM

With Notion, I was always customizing pages and dashboards, watching hours of YouTube vidieos, and ultimately wasting time building something that I never used.

Starlord

With Notion, I was always customizing pages and dashboards, watching hours of YouTube vidieos, and ultimately wasting time building something that I never used.

this was 100% me (edited)

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Starlord

With Notion, I was always customizing pages and dashboards, watching hours of YouTube vidieos, and ultimately wasting time building something that I never used.

Kind of the digital version of how bullet journaling went, imo. If you know anything about that community. It was a really simply analog journaling method, but the talk of it quickly got overtaken by heavily designed projects

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Exactly. To me, Notion became a "fad" and everybody was (is) trying it because it's so popular.

5:44 PM

Anyway, enough about that. I'm looking forward to playing around with Capacities and making it my new go-to app!

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The only thing I genuinely use Notion for now is to run my website.

8:07 PM

That's it.

8:07 PM

But as a PKM, it's a no.

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It's definitely complicated. Though, to be fair, it's insanely powerful. I've found other apps do knowledge management so much better than Notion, but there are some very powerful features that nearly no other app touches to the level and quality Notion does (formula columns, 2-way relations in databases, etc). It's such a give and take. I essentially gave up on the idea that I could find an app that does everything I need.

@Steffen When are you guys planning to allow the Capacities app to run on chromebooks and tablets. the few times I've been able to trick it to work on my chromebooks it ran flawlessly.

Maskim

@Steffen When are you guys planning to allow the Capacities app to run on chromebooks and tablets. the few times I've been able to trick it to work on my chromebooks it ran flawlessly.

I've been using the web version on my tablet and it seems to work fine!

yes it does but a stand alone app would be neat.

4:22 PM

I also assum if/when an ofiline mode comes it will hit apps before the web version.

4:22 PM

if it hits the web version at all

There are some things you can’t do on iPad like change object settings

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Maskim

then when you go the project entry you can see all the tasks in the backlinks. you can't currently filter the backlinks view by type yet.

Will be added

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@Steffen / @pkmbeth , What do you think of potentially putting the roadmap link pinned to discord somehow? Like the #⚡・bugs-and-issues is currently or something like the #📰・announcements and #📣・releases channel that just stores a link to the roadmap? Unless that is actually what #💻・features-forum is? Not that we, the community mind answering frequent questions about "Is [insert thing] a feature?" it would be more discoverable perhaps for people to self-service finding features. Just my $.02

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Json Blob

@Steffen / @pkmbeth , What do you think of potentially putting the roadmap link pinned to discord somehow? Like the #⚡・bugs-and-issues is currently or something like the #📰・announcements and #📣・releases channel that just stores a link to the roadmap? Unless that is actually what #💻・features-forum is? Not that we, the community mind answering frequent questions about "Is [insert thing] a feature?" it would be more discoverable perhaps for people to self-service finding features. Just my $.02

good point! ... you could also put it up in the 'channel rules'. ... but it won´t be read there

... so this seems a very intelligent way to keep it present, and afloat 'in view'!

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Json Blob

@Steffen / @pkmbeth , What do you think of potentially putting the roadmap link pinned to discord somehow? Like the #⚡・bugs-and-issues is currently or something like the #📰・announcements and #📣・releases channel that just stores a link to the roadmap? Unless that is actually what #💻・features-forum is? Not that we, the community mind answering frequent questions about "Is [insert thing] a feature?" it would be more discoverable perhaps for people to self-service finding features. Just my $.02

Done ✅ thanks for the idea

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... using means comparing... it is this: Capacities just has the right flight level and cruising altitutde to organize everything according to common day logics, keeping with an intuitive way to 'overview' that, and still leverage all the digitial-meta-hadidadi systems leverage ... and it then it even adds doses of signature magic, that is still unique and unmatched ... and highly usable. That´s it.

The Capacities Way.

️ And it makes it feel like home studio, where otherwise you feel like Alice jumping into this or that technical rabbit hole... has to be said.

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Anyone else not able to log in?

yes

11:43 AM

i am in the middle of my bachelor thesis, yikes

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I'm also not able to log in, I just pulled the trigger on believer too.

@Steffen Any warning lights firing off on your end?

https://status.capacities.io

capacities status

Welcome to capacities status page for real-time and historical data on system performance.

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If we all sit in a circle, light candles, create an object type "Steffen", we might be able to summon him

️

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hahaha

~~Looks like I can log in now.~~ nvm (edited)

I emailed team@capacities.io with the same issue.

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11:57 AM

I'd say do the same if you are able, that way they know it's a widespread issue instead of just a user network problem.

Bleff

I emailed team@capacities.io with the same issue.

well that's way more boring than a summoning circle, but yeah probably more effective

Oh the summoning circle is burning as we speak. Just covering my bases.

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I am logged-in on desktop app but showing status as offline. @Steffen - i remain 200% committed as a Believer, but not being able to work offline is definitely a concern, especially since server downtime seems to have increased over the past few weeks.

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based on 0 concrete evidence I have, I suspect they have a large influx of users from the recent ProductHunt campaign and the servers are experiencing higher stress than normal and thus the higher instances of downtime in the last 2 weeks which for me personally has been twice for no more than an hour each I believe (edited)

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Json Blob

based on 0 concrete evidence I have, I suspect they have a large influx of users from the recent ProductHunt campaign and the servers are experiencing higher stress than normal and thus the higher instances of downtime in the last 2 weeks which for me personally has been twice for no more than an hour each I believe (edited)

That seems likely. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case.

Similarly down for me

Down for me as well.

Steffen is showing a

now so let's give him a few to look into things

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12:11 PM

9.9 times out of 10 it's a simple 2-second "reboot" button somewhere

12:17 PM

now this

12:17 PM

so not down I guess

12:17 PM

I wish the offline mode comes soon

12:17 PM

I hope it isn't like notion. That kept saying it'll come but never did

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Thats my biggest issue with cloud

12:18 PM

I was contemplating switching to noteplan

12:18 PM

its not as extensive as capacities but is close

Notion has 350 employees according to Google. Capacities, as far as I know has 2.5 (PKMBeth being their volunteer outreach person). I think we should have a little perspective on accomplishing gigantic features

not to say I wouldn't LOVE offline too (edited)

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Json Blob

Notion has 350 employees according to Google. Capacities, as far as I know has 2.5 (PKMBeth being their volunteer outreach person). I think we should have a little perspective on accomplishing gigantic features

not to say I wouldn't LOVE offline too (edited)

Oh absolutely - its just that I've been burned once with Notion for the whole offline feature. I mean their 350 employees couldn't accomplish it. I have high hopes from capacities and I am rooting for them!

What I do love about small teams like Capacities here is they can pivot super fast unlike 350 employees can

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There is a SiYuan - but havent really dived into it

Json Blob

What I do love about small teams like Capacities here is they can pivot super fast unlike 350 employees can

and are more perceptive to feedback!

12:23 PM

Its up!

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I could back the idea of a "Release day" save for hotfixes that need to go out immediately so we can plan around downtime potential for updates

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@here its back up running

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quickly extinguishes all my Steffen candles around the house

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Similarly back online!

This all does assume it was an update and not Capacities software not having an appropriate message so falls back to displaying "We're installing an update" because that's all it has to give

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12:27 PM

But yes, definitely an idea for the devs to think on having a planned "Update Day"

Do the believer benefits unlock right after purchase? I unfortunately made the purchase during this downtime and it doesn't look like it has been applied yet.

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in bottom left, does it say Believer?

12:32 PM

I THINK mine took a handful of minutes to show up and maybe a relaunch or two before it took effect but I remember it was fairly quick

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It does not.

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afaik the downtime shouldn't affect billing and upgrades, typically those types of systems are run on different servers than the product server

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Json Blob

Notion has 350 employees according to Google. Capacities, as far as I know has 2.5 (PKMBeth being their volunteer outreach person). I think we should have a little perspective on accomplishing gigantic features

not to say I wouldn't LOVE offline too (edited)

100%. As a non-tech person I admittedly have zero understanding of how much work offline entails

‍♂️

I go by the rule, if it sounds easy - it probably isn't. I also work in software QA and tackle this regularly

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12:45 PM

to make offline it requires an ironclad way of determining which data is correct, server or local and then syncronizing that data. That gets into a huge can of worms to make sure it works well

Json Blob

to make offline it requires an ironclad way of determining which data is correct, server or local and then syncronizing that data. That gets into a huge can of worms to make sure it works well

yeah I've heard its super tricky. Thats why I am skeptical when a service says its on the roadmap

that's fair. So far I'd say this team has proven they have a great understanding of their product and also how to succeed at it the first time. So I have high hopes in them and standby the title "believer" as what it is - we believe the product will get where we want someday but may not be today or tomorrow. But I definitely recognize the value-add that would be offline mode ⭐

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are tables planned to come soon?

Cvlr

are tables planned to come soon?

How about a quick look at the roadmap page?

‍♀️ ✨

frau.rauni

How about a quick look at the roadmap page?

‍♀️ ✨

ah my bad

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1:34 PM

Just curious - anyone here switched from Notion? What made you switch?

And please, people be reasonable. Why would you write critical documents like a bachelors thesis on a web app that is in development. The anxiety…

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1:35 PM

I could never sleep again

well, to be fair the software needs people brave enough to take that full dive approach and trust the software and team but yeah that is quite the project to entrust

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1:36 PM

I was hesitant even running my TTRPG game out of Capacities until my first session using it and realized it works great

1:37 PM

well, albeit PDF load time on a 92 page PDF is a bit too slow to use right now

frau.rauni

And please, people be reasonable. Why would you write critical documents like a bachelors thesis on a web app that is in development. The anxiety…

I feel like important documents are safe, because of the easy ability to download a full backup, but needing something always available is a different story

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Json Blob

I was hesitant even running my TTRPG game out of Capacities until my first session using it and realized it works great

Haha kinda felt brave already for storing all work meeting notes in there

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frau.rauni

Haha kinda felt brave already for storing all work meeting notes in there

Ya I'm doing that too in another Space. I have 3 spaces, work, personal, and TTRPG (Pathfinder 2e)

Json Blob

Ya I'm doing that too in another Space. I have 3 spaces, work, personal, and TTRPG (Pathfinder 2e)

I’m jealous. Would love to have several spaces but I don’t have enough stuff to fill in a personal space

1:41 PM

No hobby worth taking notes on

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my personal space is by far my least used space right now

1:42 PM

i'm really just tracking some DIY projects around the house and the purchase process for my new truck

Cvlr

Just curious - anyone here switched from Notion? What made you switch?

I did make that switch. It's really the self organization with using objects/tags that did it for me. Also being able to email info in easily is big (though I could do that in Notion too). Can't wait for tables and smart queries! (edited)

Cvlr

Just curious - anyone here switched from Notion? What made you switch?

Everything being an object. I’m used to object oriented programming and my brain naturally thinks the way this is setup.

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I would never write important documents in an app other than Word, locally installed. Likewise, I would now not store the pieces of info outside of Capacities. Both apps are equally important to me and no app should be doing everything because it does half of it only on average level and performance goes to hell at the same time. That's why I am not interested in task management, as I have another great tool for that (which is in return not useful for long-term info storing. With that said, Capacities is one of those corner puzzle pieces that are essential for my digital life.

Jan O. Dvořák

I would never write important documents in an app other than Word, locally installed. Likewise, I would now not store the pieces of info outside of Capacities. Both apps are equally important to me and no app should be doing everything because it does half of it only on average level and performance goes to hell at the same time. That's why I am not interested in task management, as I have another great tool for that (which is in return not useful for long-term info storing. With that said, Capacities is one of those corner puzzle pieces that are essential for my digital life.

What do you store in capacities?

Cvlr

Just curious - anyone here switched from Notion? What made you switch?

Because of its object-oriented nature, I feel more comfortable just dropping info into the daily note and worrying about processing later. Whereas with Notion, I always felt like if I dropped info in the wrong place without immediately sorting it into the database it needed to go in, I would lose it.

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Cvlr

Just curious - anyone here switched from Notion? What made you switch?

I switched from Notion+Mem I used Notion for the database and used Mem for convenient bidirectional-linking I realized I can have both in Capacities

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Notice on connection issues yesterday There was a temporary outage of our servers for a few minutes yesterday. We apologize for any issues with this. Data changes made during that unavailability might be lost, sorry. It was only a connection issue due to a high server load. As some speculated, many new people have been using Capacities since the Product Hunt launch – which is great. We are in the process of increasing our servers. There was no problem with your data. If we have planned updates that include temporary unavailability, we usually announce them. There will be another five minutes of downtime in the next 15 minutes. We'll keep you updated here.

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Changes applied, everything up and running

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anyone got this problem? bi directiona linking words don't color blue?

2:50 AM

just like this

Cvlr

What do you store in capacities?

Basically metting notes, excerptions from work documents for further ference, family related events, cooking info (well, 2 records are not that much:-) ), legislation process notes, a mix of everything really, so that I will not rely on notes on paper. They get lost and sometimes I cannot read my handwriting:-). But when I am writing, I do it in Word (copying relevant parts from Capacities, if needed).

wenyuan

just like this

Will be fixed

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We don’t need believer to use android app?

Cvlr

We don’t need believer to use android app?

for now it's beta. only believer can access. later when it releases completely, it will be for everyone AFAIK (edited)

cp9

for now it's beta. only believer can access. later when it releases completely, it will be for everyone AFAIK (edited)

The android app is available in the app store so wasnt sure if non believers can use that

6:36 AM

or if its a account level thing on the backend

Cvlr

The android app is available in the app store so wasnt sure if non believers can use that

you can install and login. if your account is not believer, it will prompt you to be one and can't do anything in the app

cp9

you can install and login. if your account is not believer, it will prompt you to be one and can't do anything in the app

ah got it

6:37 AM

I actually signed up for believer yesterday

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hi there...is tasks released for believers yet?

keen

hi there...is tasks released for believers yet?

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1135449045515640843

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ah i somehow glossed over the column heading thanks

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Down again?

Is for me yeah ^^

Break time!

Josem Co

Down again?

Yes

yep

wonder if this are cloudflare issues again... I'm also having some issues with a slack server I'm on (edited)

yeah my slack also won't let me log in to a certain bot dashboard my work uses

no wonder

Josem Co

Down again?

yes

down here but no issues with slack or other web apps

says its offline

Relative newbie here, trying not to be obnoxious but also wanting to make an informed decision about my own workflow. I depend heavily on long-form notes for teaching and writing, and I am extremely impressed with the functionality of Capacities. But I am also increasingly nervous about being unable to access my own notes when I need them. This has happened twice in the past week, out of maybe three or four times I have used Capacities, and both times it has been a huge disruption. The first time the status page said everything was fine, so I posted here (https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1133413974344487074) to see if the problem might have been on my end. It resolved with no further action so I assumed it was a blip...but then today I was interrupted mid-thought by a request to restart the app, which didn't work, thanks I assume to the outage that others are reporting. I think I am just hoping for some perspective from others with more experience using the app. How pervasive is this problem? I had hoped to test-drive Capacities by using it for my fall semester classes (philosophy professor here) and it would be a big pain to rework the structure I have started creating there in a less sophisticated app. But it is even worse to be unpredictably unable to take notes (and reference existing ones) in the expected fashion. More specifically, what is best practice when running into unexpected trouble accessing the app? I also happen to be in the middle of a move and working in different locations, so I never know if it is just my problem or something deeper. (edited)

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devin

Relative newbie here, trying not to be obnoxious but also wanting to make an informed decision about my own workflow. I depend heavily on long-form notes for teaching and writing, and I am extremely impressed with the functionality of Capacities. But I am also increasingly nervous about being unable to access my own notes when I need them. This has happened twice in the past week, out of maybe three or four times I have used Capacities, and both times it has been a huge disruption. The first time the status page said everything was fine, so I posted here (https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1133413974344487074) to see if the problem might have been on my end. It resolved with no further action so I assumed it was a blip...but then today I was interrupted mid-thought by a request to restart the app, which didn't work, thanks I assume to the outage that others are reporting. I think I am just hoping for some perspective from others with more experience using the app. How pervasive is this problem? I had hoped to test-drive Capacities by using it for my fall semester classes (philosophy professor here) and it would be a big pain to rework the structure I have started creating there in a less sophisticated app. But it is even worse to be unpredictably unable to take notes (and reference existing ones) in the expected fashion. More specifically, what is best practice when running into unexpected trouble accessing the app? I also happen to be in the middle of a move and working in different locations, so I never know if it is just my problem or something deeper. (edited)

Some of it is answered here https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1136171816675721216 But I've been a believer for I think 3 months or something and I've only experienced outages since a couple weeks ago when the ProductHunt campaign happened and a big influx of users joined and I think the servers are struggling to stay up with the traffic - this is also addressed in Steffen's message. As for operating on high-priority content like teaching a class, Capacities is a great tool for it. I think there is a friction point where us customers need to understand this product is young and growing fast, the dev team is 2 people, and funding is from Believers paying in to the product's future and maybe less so its current state of things. Outages are super painful even for low-impact content. That said, if you wish to use Capacities and I would hope you choose to because it needs people with legitimate and high-impact use cases to provide feedback into the future direction of the product but in the meantime you may need to reinforce your workflow with exporting locally and having Obsidian or something as a backup tool JUST IN CASE you show up to class and the servers take a dump on your way to the classroom. It may not be 100% what you see in Capacities due to things like columns and text formatting, etc, but it would get you most of the way there and let you run your lectures with a small ding to efficiency or what you expected to present. Being markdown files in its core, Capacities and Obsidian can display the content in most of the same ways

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12:06 PM

I too have had to rapidly pivot to taking quick notes in notepad because Capacities throws a server warning or sync issue and i just still type the markdown formatting codes by hand

Really sorry about the outage, it seems to be an unexpected new issue. We're working on a fix right now!

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Moral of my long winded answer, @devin your use-case of running a class lecture i think is super valuable so I hope you stick around

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Michael_v_H

Really sorry about the outage, it seems to be an unexpected new issue. We're working on a fix right now!

Hey, why when Capacities crashes it always logs the user off from the apps and appears as if the user was offline in the web app? I mean - I'm curious about the technical choice that makes it behave like that

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Json Blob

Moral of my long winded answer, @devin your use-case of running a class lecture i think is super valuable so I hope you stick around

Thank you so much for the perspective and the suggestions. I will stick around, at least for now, but with some more caution about backing up and exporting. I am particularly excited about using the object types to do things like tracking interactions with individual students (through Daily notes + people database) and exploring connections between the various readings and topics I teach in various courses.

devin

Thank you so much for the perspective and the suggestions. I will stick around, at least for now, but with some more caution about backing up and exporting. I am particularly excited about using the object types to do things like tracking interactions with individual students (through Daily notes + people database) and exploring connections between the various readings and topics I teach in various courses.

I'm running a Pathfinder 2nd edition TTRPG game out of capacities with one long-form object as my "DM's Guide" and then integrated in all the characters and locations and such as you mentioned in other notes all linking together to form the world. Sounds a bit similar

and I think it'll do great at it once the servers stabilize with their upgrades

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WFT ... when I try to log in, it says I don have an account?

I tried AnyType and abandoned it by the next day... I couldn't figure out how to use it

I was baffled for some reason

soooo ... the servers are down again?

yeah it's like the same tools are there but for some reason exponentially less intuitive to use

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Torak One Eye

soooo ... the servers are down again?

Feel free to scroll up like 2 seconds and answer your own questions dude https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1136344985004937248

12:47 PM

they're actively working on it

12:47 PM

don't be pissy

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Json Blob

I tried AnyType and abandoned it by the next day... I couldn't figure out how to use it

I was baffled for some reason

Very similar to my own experience. I'd been very curious about Anytype's beta arrival, but as soon as I was able to try it out I was underwhelmed pretty fast.

I tried Twos, but it was not a great experience

Json Blob

I tried AnyType and abandoned it by the next day... I couldn't figure out how to use it

I was baffled for some reason

Same here.....I thought it was just me!

Man some spicy people in discord today. I wanna post "This aint the airport and you do not need to announce your departure." in response to each one but here is just my 1 jab. Now back to work

❤️ (edited)

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Is capacities down for anyone else - been unable to access via desktop or web for about 1.75 hours now.

2:44 PM

MorpheusBrainCramp668

Click to see attachment 🖼️

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1136344985004937248

down for me too. hopefully some cool updates coming

I imagine they must be the middle of migrating/adding new servers. Since this is evening in Europe I bet this is the time that made the most sense to do it.

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AnyType, I found to be wildly unintuitive and buggy to a point that made it unusable.

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Json Blob

I tried AnyType and abandoned it by the next day... I couldn't figure out how to use it

I was baffled for some reason

Oh, same! I feel like I pick up software relatively quickly and it was such a confusion.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought AnyType was impossible

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I really love some of the design aspects.

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2:51 PM

The way it's laid out and how you can incorporate properties into the body of your pages.

2:51 PM

But beyond that... it was a mess.

Maskim

down for me too. hopefully some cool updates coming

Nope, just an outage

only been a user for a few weeks; seeing an unplanned outage this early into using the tool is a bit troubling

DuRand B

only been a user for a few weeks; seeing an unplanned outage this early into using the tool is a bit troubling

Well, if it serves you, outages are very rare. I've been using it since march and this is the first one that messed up my day, so... it's okay, considering the size of the team...

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Same. I've been using much longer, maybe a year? Only with the new influx has it gone down, and they've stated they are going to improve servers with regards to that.

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This outage definately highlights the need for a completely offline mode!

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FYI: just another user that can't get into Capacities today. None of the options given to open program have worked.

Guys, the servers are literally down for maintenance

they're actively working on it so please have some patience ❤️

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4:09 PM

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1136344985004937248

We're live, guys

4:34 PM

Is it just me or did we all have a massive rollback?

4:35 PM

Oh, we're down again

... let's hope it's over in the nex fortyeight minutes... ... meanwhile: https://vimeo.com/198648721

GrymSTN

This outage definately highlights the need for a completely offline mode!

totally, totally agree!

I'm actively and impatiently waiting for a local backup or ideally a local file solution. I love ❤️ the object oriented nature of Capacities. It's inspired. But I stick with Obsidian because it's immune to server outages - my data is mine - in files on my hard drive. Really, really really hoping you guys find some way to compromise here. Local first is a powerful draw for people like me with Obsidian. Hoping for the beat for you - I'm a Believer - but I can't switch over until I have a smooth local solution or something like auto local backups - or whatever clever thing you come up with! (edited)

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HiroMike 🗾

I'm actively and impatiently waiting for a local backup or ideally a local file solution. I love ❤️ the object oriented nature of Capacities. It's inspired. But I stick with Obsidian because it's immune to server outages - my data is mine - in files on my hard drive. Really, really really hoping you guys find some way to compromise here. Local first is a powerful draw for people like me with Obsidian. Hoping for the beat for you - I'm a Believer - but I can't switch over until I have a smooth local solution or something like auto local backups - or whatever clever thing you come up with! (edited)

https://capacities.io/feedback/p/auto-backup-of-selected-content-to-selected-folders – sorry for double-posting; but I think a) it really is an (attempt to) 'answer' this; b) belongs in this channel, really (given circumstances) ... basically an argument / idea / request for a more elaborate, scheduled & fine grain back-up solution, tied to the granularity of the local file system; and an intermediate / makeshift solution, as long as there is no real local file storage ... which seems quite impossible after everything said on technocal architecture of CAP by Michael & Steffen...

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Speaking from experience, you can still lose hours of work even if you backup regularly when something like this happens. I'm still assessing the damage

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@Desiderata my comment was not directed at your suggestion, timimg is everything!

my memory is so bad that I can't even remember which data I lost

anw, as much as I hate to have lost my forgotten data, I'm not moving an inch from Capacities to any other app

Keep going, CAP team!

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@Steffen I had signed up for believer earlier today before system went down. Everything including the app was working fine. Now it won’t reflect my status and won’t allow me to use the app

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Automated is key for me. If the server is down between backups my data is unavailable if it is on a server somewhere. That's the point.

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Also the local backup option doesn’t always work.

Time to give anytype a shot too

Ugh - I lost hours of work as well. As a supporter via the Believer plan, this is very disappointing.

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I would assume something like Anytype is also exposed to "unexpected" events, just like with any other app in early stages. Luckily i did not use the app today so I lost no data, otherwise I would have rage quitted haha. Was close to subscribing yesterday, now decided to give it a month to see how this program develops. Also, very grateful for the generous free version to try the software out! Also the daily backup seems like a good idea, Will look into that!

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I tried AnyType and abandoned it by the next day... I couldn't figure out how to use it

I was baffled for some reason

Almost same experience here. I feel like AnyType has a lot of potential but it's so needlessly complex. They are building an app that very much feels like Notion which is going to hurt them, because when people start using it thinking it will be like Notion they will be sorely disappointed. It is super tough to figure out. But their mobile app is pretty great.

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I tried Twos, but it was not a great experience

I really like Twos, but it still needs some polishing. It's almost exactly what I want in a lightweight app for quick notes.

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I would assume something like Anytype is also exposed to "unexpected" events, just like with any other app in early stages. Luckily i did not use the app today so I lost no data, otherwise I would have rage quitted haha. Was close to subscribing yesterday, now decided to give it a month to see how this program develops. Also, very grateful for the generous free version to try the software out! Also the daily backup seems like a good idea, Will look into that!

It is. I used AnyType for about a week and it was not realiable whatsoever. I'd enter info on the app and open the program on my computer to find my changes weren;t saved.

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While I understand why folks would like an offline option, it's clearly a need no PKM tool has properly solved just yet. It seems to me there's no simple solution, or every PKM tool would come with it out of the box (as, clearly, there's a set of users willing to pay for it). (edited)

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It's funny some tools are offline and people pay for online and then here it's online and people would pay for offline

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Exactly.

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I'm definitely part of the user set that is very happy to let my files sit on the provider's servers as I've never been fussed with privacy or data loss. Haha. Though I certainly wouldn't mind if the feature was introduced in the rare cases when I don't have internet access. It simply isn't a dealbreaker for me. (edited)

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It is. I used AnyType for about a week and it was not realiable whatsoever. I'd enter info on the app and open the program on my computer to find my changes weren;t saved.

It needs to sync so make sure the top of the app shows the green icon

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It needs to sync so make sure the top of the app shows the green icon

I did! It always said it was synced!

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I'm definitely part of the user set that is very happy to let my files sit on the provider's servers as I've never been fussed with privacy or data loss. Haha. Though I certainly wouldn't mind if the feature was introduced in the rare cases when I don't have internet access. It simply isn't a dealbreaker for me. (edited)

Offline access just adds that extra comfort of having access to your data in situations where you don’t have Internet. Might even save you from data loss like today

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Totally. I see the advantages.

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But I also see why it's not at the top of developers' priority list considering how complex it is weighed next to the volume of people who are happy to use the cloud.

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It's def a catch 22.

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Functionality seems to have not quite returned to normal. I can't link to an existing person in my daily note, for example.

An outage that leads to data loss indicates two likely issues: 1. A lack of data redundancy. 2. A low operational maturity, meaning that something like this could happen again. In all of my years of note-taking, I've not experienced data loss as the result of a service outage. Today's events have given me serious pause in terms of my willingness to continue to use Capacities. Which is sad, because it is such a feature rich tool. (edited)

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Functionality seems to have not quite returned to normal. I can't link to an existing person in my daily note, for example.

for me, the global search does not function as expected

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for me, the global search does not function as expected

I had noticed that as well

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for me, the global search does not function as expected

The same is happening to me. Nor the global search nor the +, @ or / works as expected. It doesn't find the data in my databases.

It looks like if some cache was lost with the outage.

makes sense

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for me, the global search does not function as expected

hi, same here. It's been such a difficult morning work-wise because I could not find (and link) meetings/reports/files.

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@Steffen anything we can do to "restart" the search cache?

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An outage that leads to data loss indicates two likely issues: 1. A lack of data redundancy. 2. A low operational maturity, meaning that something like this could happen again. In all of my years of note-taking, I've not experienced data loss as the result of a service outage. Today's events have given me serious pause in terms of my willingness to continue to use Capacities. Which is sad, because it is such a feature rich tool. (edited)

I hate to say it but this is exactly right. A single hard disk failing should not have any effect on operations of the service. Everything fails all the time. This needs to be accounted for. It was the first outage I experienced but this leaves a bad taste for me.

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Oh I am not saying faults can’t happen. I am also not saying that data loss can’t happen even for big players. I just agree, operating and developing distributed systems myself, that an outage which is explained by a disk failure leaves me uneasy. I hope the team uses a post Mortem or after action review to derive actions to prevent this.

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Oh I am not saying faults can’t happen. I am also not saying that data loss can’t happen even for big players. I just agree, operating and developing distributed systems myself, that an outage which is explained by a disk failure leaves me uneasy. I hope the team uses a post Mortem or after action review to derive actions to prevent this.

Agree a post-mortem would be very helpful, but let's refrain from speculation and assumptions until it's there, as they probably still need time to figure out why and how it happend exactly!! ✅

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Well, as a believer, I hope the same. But we don’t know that. I was arguing based of the observations and the communication here. … Also to be clear, this doesn’t diminish all the good things about the product. I am a believer for a reason and I know the product is young

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Nope, no need. I don’t think I said that either. I don’t want to care and I want to feel that my data is secure and safe and available. If I could wish for more, I would love some form of write-up about the outage and the derived actions. (edited)

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At this point I would just repeat what I already said. So I suggest we stop it here.

Wow that's sucks, just woke up to all my work from yesterday gone! This is very alarming.. Making me second guess my decision to switch to capacities...

Is this likely to happen again? Anything being done to prevent this? I shouldn't need to feel like running manual backups everyday for a note taking service I pay for..

hey at capacities do you peopel offer affiliate programs?

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Search coming back We're indexing the search engine in the background. All spaces should come back throughout the day.

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Post-mortem This is a good idea. We're currently investigating and improving our infrastructure. We'll summarize once we have a good understanding of what happened.

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Hey everyone! Sorry for the question, I have searched but didn't find an answer. I know that because of the problems yesterday, Capacities needed to return to the 6am backup. My question is: all the notes we have made in between are for sure lost, or the team can recover them and will just take some time to return them to our account? It's important for me, because if yesterday's notes are for sure lost, I need to start ASAP write everything I can recall because I need everything today

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Hey everyone! Sorry for the question, I have searched but didn't find an answer. I know that because of the problems yesterday, Capacities needed to return to the 6am backup. My question is: all the notes we have made in between are for sure lost, or the team can recover them and will just take some time to return them to our account? It's important for me, because if yesterday's notes are for sure lost, I need to start ASAP write everything I can recall because I need everything today

Notes since yesterday morning are unfortunately lost

we're really sorry for this.

Steffen

Search coming back We're indexing the search engine in the background. All spaces should come back throughout the day.

can confirm that search is much better now

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Notes since yesterday morning are unfortunately lost

we're really sorry for this.

But why?!?

Lost? ... I have so many important meetings today and everything was in yesterday's notes. Ok, thanks for the warning

Only been using it for 24h and I was so sad when left to my own devices... That app grew on me really fast ! Makes me see inherent value in the product. Will implement routine back ups, tried it and its not much of a hassle. Victim of his success I guess... Product hunt overload. (edited)

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What didnt you like about Siyuan?

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It’s not. You have the option of using their cloud too.

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That’s the risk you take with any cloud service though. Any type despite its issues has good offline support. Having data local first is always great.

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People have lost data with notion too

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Maybe you can use obsidian if you really don’t like anytype

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Are they the other competitors?

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A hardware failure is indeed not the devs fault. Not having mechanisms in place to deal with unforeseen issues is, in my opinion.

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can confirm that search is much better now

it is still not working for me - basically I can't search for any page that I created before yesterday. I'm searching for the page within the "pages" object (and have to go through page by page) for the page I'm looking for

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I’m a systems engineer and I manage other professionals who deal with business continuity and server availability. There’s no bullet proof solution, but data loss is (mostly) avoidable.

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To be fair, a highly resilient infrastructure can be quite expensive. So, I should temper my opinion with that in mind.

Would it be possible to receive vat number invoices for believer subscription if you pay for it from your company? @Steffen

Btw it's not a cheap price we're getting charged as Believers and I would expect for this price any of our notes on the app wouldn't be just "lost" and "unrecoverable" (edited)

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I’m a systems engineer and I manage other professionals who deal with business continuity and server availability. There’s no bullet proof solution, but data loss is (mostly) avoidable.

... or maybe chip in an hour of consultation for the greater good? don't know if this really helps, and is what is needed; nor whetherit's realistic to expect a 1hr hangout to help at some neuralgic point; nor do I want to impose on your time & willingness, in any way or form... (in a way it's a rather general thought, sparked by your answer and given your profile) ... but given the nature & promise of the project, I sometimes think (= feel) the 12€ = 'believer' re-i troduces a kind of expectation of service culture that might just not be what fits the project at this stage... or, in other words: I think there should be some reasonable multi-way community culture, if this really is about 'believing in something', ... that is surely worthwhile, in substance and principle... – so maybe there is a way to re-triangulate the set-up of 'believers', 'customers', 'commentators'; in some constructive & appropriate form...?! (edited)

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... or maybe chip in an hour of consultation for the greater good? don't know if this really helps, and is what is needed; nor whetherit's realistic to expect a 1hr hangout to help at some neuralgic point; nor do I want to impose on your time & willingness, in any way or form... (in a way it's a rather general thought, sparked by your answer and given your profile) ... but given the nature & promise of the project, I sometimes think (= feel) the 12€ = 'believer' re-i troduces a kind of expectation of service culture that might just not be what fits the project at this stage... or, in other words: I think there should be some reasonable multi-way community culture, if this really is about 'believing in something', ... that is surely worthwhile, in substance and principle... – so maybe there is a way to re-triangulate the set-up of 'believers', 'customers', 'commentators'; in some constructive & appropriate form...?! (edited)

I’d actually be willing to share thoughts on how to improve availability and resiliency with the devs, and I would not turn it into a “but first, pay me” conversation

Not a bad idea.

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... I also think people should be aware / conscious about what it means for a whole service-ecology, in the case it consciously opts not to go the VC way (or related), but declare – on principles (that we might cherish?!) – that it goes for a community 'bootstrapped' way... ... at least I would wish to see some traces of awareness in comments about all this fundamental contexts; – without holding back on expressing expectations, critical perspectives etc. ... like in: 'things have consequences'

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I’d actually be willing to share thoughts on how to improve availability and resiliency with the devs, and I would not turn it into a “but first, pay me” conversation

Not a bad idea.

... in a real community, and given context, there are many ways and meanings to renumeration, anyways.

but this sounds like a really noble offer. – regardless of whether this is exactly what can help / contribute here. – so appreciate your move to the highest, @DuRand B ! ... surely is for @Steffen & @Michael to signal what makes sense... (edited)

Yesterday I have done a fresh restart in Capacities, deleting old data, creating a new space, setting up necessary properties, importing markdown notes, manually tagging them, creating collections... Now, I have nothing. I don't blame anyone and I am always keeping the exports stored on my Onedrive, it's just I am really p...d and have no intention to do the whole process again. With that said, I need the data on my holiday and whenever I need to, so I am just jumping off the ship, at least for several months. I do not regret anything, even annual Believer plan, I know how hard this must be for anyone but especially for the devs, I just need confidence in my tool and at this moment, Capacities are not that. So long and thanks for all the fish!

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Yesterday I have done a fresh restart in Capacities, deleting old data, creating a new space, setting up necessary properties, importing markdown notes, manually tagging them, creating collections... Now, I have nothing. I don't blame anyone and I am always keeping the exports stored on my Onedrive, it's just I am really p...d and have no intention to do the whole process again. With that said, I need the data on my holiday and whenever I need to, so I am just jumping off the ship, at least for several months. I do not regret anything, even annual Believer plan, I know how hard this must be for anyone but especially for the devs, I just need confidence in my tool and at this moment, Capacities are not that. So long and thanks for all the fish!

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a great book! I’m not jumping ship, but I am pressing “pause” on my adoption of this tool and my monthly Believer plan. I need to know more about how the data loss occurred and the plans to protect data in the future.

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To all those who are now in doubt and anger, I would like to appeal for a little forbearance and patience. Data loss due to a material failure or any other reasons sucks, sure. I myself imported quite a lot of stuff yesterday, which is now no longer present. But I'm sure these two guys won't just sweep it under the carpet and go on as if nothing happened. Personally, I look at it like this: Currently, I've subscribed to the Believer plan because I think we have a very cool product which still needs to mature. Please bear in mind that we don't have an official "Pro" Plan yet which admittedly should also provide a certain degree of stability. But to get Capacities to be a really good, reliable and stable product they need our support and money right now. But that's just my two cents.

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To all those who are now in doubt and anger, I would like to appeal for a little forbearance and patience. Data loss due to a material failure or any other reasons sucks, sure. I myself imported quite a lot of stuff yesterday, which is now no longer present. But I'm sure these two guys won't just sweep it under the carpet and go on as if nothing happened. Personally, I look at it like this: Currently, I've subscribed to the Believer plan because I think we have a very cool product which still needs to mature. Please bear in mind that we don't have an official "Pro" Plan yet which admittedly should also provide a certain degree of stability. But to get Capacities to be a really good, reliable and stable product they need our support and money right now. But that's just my two cents.

Just to clear things a bit : I am not deleting my account so I can come back anytime, being an annual Believer. I just don't feel confident enough to put any data in the app just now and I need an app for that at the same time. (edited)

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I just checked out SiYuan and it doesn't seem to be object based. I don't see what is the benefit of it other than local storage which can be achieved with other apps.

DuRand B

I’d actually be willing to share thoughts on how to improve availability and resiliency with the devs, and I would not turn it into a “but first, pay me” conversation

Not a bad idea.

Dito, I run a high availability DevOps team. If the Capacities team would be willing to have a comunity round table post mortum I'd be happy to sit in and share thoughts.

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I agree with what others have said, this is a maturity thing. Highly redundant infrastructure is expensive. I'm a believer, and will remain so. The Capacities team needs to show the project is viable to both pull in more paying customers and potential investors to be able to afford the sort of infrastructure I'm sure they want. I think what will be most telling is how they handle the outage. A bit of transparency goes a long way. There seems to be a lot of technical people on the board, a detailed explanation would put a lot of minds at ease.

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also, on a side note. If they lost data due to a bad drive in a DB server that implies they are running their own bare metal infrastructure. That is a very different approach for a start up these days. I'd love to know more about the decisions there. It's not necessarily a bad thing, I run a lot of bare metal, but it does require some extra considerations that I think the team may be learning about.

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Hi! I'm quite new to Capacities, but I really like it so far! I have used Obsidian and Notion before, but somehow Capacities seems to do the trick for me. I'm just curious to hear if anyone made some kind of workflow or organisation around travels. Like where you travelled, what places you visited and so on. Maybe also where you want to go next?

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Hi! I'm quite new to Capacities, but I really like it so far! I have used Obsidian and Notion before, but somehow Capacities seems to do the trick for me. I'm just curious to hear if anyone made some kind of workflow or organisation around travels. Like where you travelled, what places you visited and so on. Maybe also where you want to go next?

I haven't done that with the intention of documenting travel, but I have started tracking it. I have a Places object and a checkbox for if it's somewhere I visited. You could easily use that to filter between places you have/haven't been or create collections for them

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I haven't done that with the intention of documenting travel, but I have started tracking it. I have a Places object and a checkbox for if it's somewhere I visited. You could easily use that to filter between places you have/haven't been or create collections for them

That is a really good and easy tip to implement! Thanks! That way it is easy to create a list of places to visit in the future

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Hi! I'm quite new to Capacities, but I really like it so far! I have used Obsidian and Notion before, but somehow Capacities seems to do the trick for me. I'm just curious to hear if anyone made some kind of workflow or organisation around travels. Like where you travelled, what places you visited and so on. Maybe also where you want to go next?

I do this currently. Still not sure if it's the right approach, but anyway here's what I got:

"Country" object to have a high level distinction
"Location" object for cities, which simply has a "Country" object as property.
"Place" object for accommodations, restaurants, places of interest etc. (you can create collections for any of these). Also has "Country" and "Location" objects as property.
"Trip" object: this object is for my actual trips, with objects like Start Date, End Date, Country, Location(s), Place(s). Planning details, documents etc. go here.

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I do this currently. Still not sure if it's the right approach, but anyway here's what I got:

"Country" object to have a high level distinction
"Location" object for cities, which simply has a "Country" object as property.
"Place" object for accommodations, restaurants, places of interest etc. (you can create collections for any of these). Also has "Country" and "Location" objects as property.
"Trip" object: this object is for my actual trips, with objects like Start Date, End Date, Country, Location(s), Place(s). Planning details, documents etc. go here.

Oh, this one is elaborate! Thanks! I like this approach, especially the generic place object!

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Just to clear things a bit : I am not deleting my account so I can come back anytime, being an annual Believer. I just don't feel confident enough to put any data in the app just now and I need an app for that at the same time. (edited)

Also, now that I have cooled off, I have found the main culprint of my frustration: Not the data loss itself, as I have said I had a saved backup, but the need of importing them again one by one. Admiting that my 88 notes are not that much, I should be probably able to import these. Well, the main thing: I have already imported the backup into two other tools I have used and trusted in the past - but after meeting Capacities, these relations seem...unsatisfying, so to speak. Luckily I am going on vacation and that should clear my head even more. I should take this as an Early Access software, that would help ease my mind.

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Just to clear things a bit : I am not deleting my account so I can come back anytime, being an annual Believer. I just don't feel confident enough to put any data in the app just now and I need an app for that at the same time. (edited)

I can understand that completely. One has to be very cautious about importing sensitive and important data right now.

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Also, now that I have cooled off, I have found the main culprint of my frustration: Not the data loss itself, as I have said I had a saved backup, but the need of importing them again one by one. Admiting that my 88 notes are not that much, I should be probably able to import these. Well, the main thing: I have already imported the backup into two other tools I have used and trusted in the past - but after meeting Capacities, these relations seem...unsatisfying, so to speak. Luckily I am going on vacation and that should clear my head even more. I should take this as an Early Access software, that would help ease my mind.

I think that is important to remember, Capacities is still in Beta. That is exactly the time they should be working out these sorts of issues.

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Also, now that I have cooled off, I have found the main culprint of my frustration: Not the data loss itself, as I have said I had a saved backup, but the need of importing them again one by one. Admiting that my 88 notes are not that much, I should be probably able to import these. Well, the main thing: I have already imported the backup into two other tools I have used and trusted in the past - but after meeting Capacities, these relations seem...unsatisfying, so to speak. Luckily I am going on vacation and that should clear my head even more. I should take this as an Early Access software, that would help ease my mind.

I'd say it's an alpha version...

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I guess I understand what you mean, but I tend to differentiate between Places, which I can pinpoint exactly on a map, and Locations, which could be towns, cities, but also regions or National Parks. Does that make sense?

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I guess I understand what you mean, but I tend to differentiate between Places, which I can pinpoint exactly on a map, and Locations, which could be towns, cities, but also regions or National Parks. Does that make sense?

btw: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/make-place-a-thing-mapview-geodata-gps ... in case you want to join making the 'case for place'

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Can anyone expert in obsidian explain the difference between obsidian and capacities?

@Steffen why don't you kind of make a social media place like where people can share their capacities notes. It would be interesting plus it has its own network effects

hi guys. I`m new here. I see everyone talking about data lose. And does anyone have problem with sign in? i just joined yesterday and now i can not login to my account. btw it is not letting me to reset my password too.

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hi guys. I`m new here. I see everyone talking about data lose. And does anyone have problem with sign in? i just joined yesterday and now i can not login to my account. btw it is not letting me to reset my password too.

Hi Ishida. Yes, I’d been using capacities since December and it is the first time I lose some data. The developers wrote te yesterday clarifying that they had to restore a database backup and every new people yesterday would have to create their profile again.

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ah i see. i thought its just about information but its even about accounts that were created. thank you. will create new one

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I’d actually be willing to share thoughts on how to improve availability and resiliency with the devs, and I would not turn it into a “but first, pay me” conversation

Not a bad idea.

Jan O. Dvořák

Also, now that I have cooled off, I have found the main culprint of my frustration: Not the data loss itself, as I have said I had a saved backup, but the need of importing them again one by one. Admiting that my 88 notes are not that much, I should be probably able to import these. Well, the main thing: I have already imported the backup into two other tools I have used and trusted in the past - but after meeting Capacities, these relations seem...unsatisfying, so to speak. Luckily I am going on vacation and that should clear my head even more. I should take this as an Early Access software, that would help ease my mind.

I'm here too. I didn't realise that I was in beta world - my mistake. I can't face importing backup notes one by one . I have too many.

Perhaps it's too early for asking for our money? I am more than a bit sorry about this. I love the product, but I don't know how to work with a beta product to stretch it and give feedback, yet find I lose critical data like I have done. Should I just be putting in test/trial data?

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Thanks, I’ll try

I think all tools like this have had a scenario like this that has cropped up - Roam and Tana both jump to mind... I'm sure there's others. Data loss is basically the biggest issue they could have, no doubt the team have taken it seriously. If it becomes a persistent issue, totally get people up and going but given the tool is still early days I feel like some patience and understanding is necessary. If it's too risky for you, then I'd suggest using an offline-first tool like Obsidian.

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Thank @tom I agree very much.

Thanks @Desiderata that is so fantistically useful. I wish I'd asked at the beginning!

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It looks to me like every other networked notetaking app in early stages. I don't think it has the databases like Notion. Other than the option for local offline data, I don't see the reason to go down yet another PKM app road.

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Question: when was this software 1st available for the public or launched and on average when does a software stop being in "early stages" or "beta" ? Couple years? Just wondering

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Hi, I use Snipd (a podcast app) and was trying to save snips and listen inside capacities but when I pasted the link, it was saved as a weblink. Is there any workaround to listen the audio file inside capacities without having to open it in a browser? (edited)

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Question: when was this software 1st available for the public or launched and on average when does a software stop being in "early stages" or "beta" ? Couple years? Just wondering

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With just two devs years are possible. I have a game by single developer in EA and it's 3 years or so.

GraB

Perhaps it's too early for asking for our money? I am more than a bit sorry about this. I love the product, but I don't know how to work with a beta product to stretch it and give feedback, yet find I lose critical data like I have done. Should I just be putting in test/trial data?

The money at this stage are for development support. Without at least someone supporting this, software od this magnitude will either die or be in development for decades. There is a reason why it's named Believer and there is not a standard Pro plan yet.

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Hi, I use Snipd (a podcast app) and was trying to save snips and listen inside capacities but when I pasted the link, it was saved as a weblink. Is there any workaround to listen the audio file inside capacities without having to open it in a browser? (edited)

Have you tried embedding after you generated the weblink?

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To all those who are now in doubt and anger, I would like to appeal for a little forbearance and patience. Data loss due to a material failure or any other reasons sucks, sure. I myself imported quite a lot of stuff yesterday, which is now no longer present. But I'm sure these two guys won't just sweep it under the carpet and go on as if nothing happened. Personally, I look at it like this: Currently, I've subscribed to the Believer plan because I think we have a very cool product which still needs to mature. Please bear in mind that we don't have an official "Pro" Plan yet which admittedly should also provide a certain degree of stability. But to get Capacities to be a really good, reliable and stable product they need our support and money right now. But that's just my two cents.

I think we need a clear response about how they are going to move forward. Data loss is a huge no-no for any note-taking application and mechanical failures are very common and should have been accounted for

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I think we need a clear response about how they are going to move forward. Data loss is a huge no-no for any note-taking application and mechanical failures are very common and should have been accounted for

Absolutely. I don’t get why they are staying quiet.

When are we going to have the app on our phones?

I think they are probably staying quiet as they are taking stock of the situation and want to report back their findings properly. They are a team of two and I am sure they spent the last few days in an absolute panic not only trying to resolve the issue and get back up and running but also having to face up to the reality that people lost notes, which cannot be easy to digest. I am sure they are simply recharging the batteries (or the server, sorry, had to be done) and will be back strong. It is not like they don't usually communicate or shy away from issues. Just needs a bit of patience all round.

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Hey guys, how do you download capacities on windows? I know on the site it says you can "show more detail-run anyway" but I don't get that prompt. When I try to download the app it's just a text file saying "unconfirmed" and wants to open in firefox that I undownloaded to see if i could open it. Firefox just says the same thing that you can't open it.

you using Chrome? "unconfirmed" means it's still downloading or operating the built-in virus scan (i think)

Json Blob

you using Chrome? "unconfirmed" means it's still downloading or operating the built-in virus scan (i think)

Edge. in the "type" it says CRDOWNLOADFILE

Weird, I get an EXE from Chrome. You getting it from here? https://capacities.io/download-app

Download the app

Capacities is available as a desktop app for Mac and Windows and as a web app for all other devices. A mobile app is under development and available for Capacities Believer as early access.

Hmm I will try in chrome and see if that helps.

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Okay it worked when I did it from chrome, thank you!

Glad it worked! Not sure what's up with the others... maybe their virus protection kicked in somehow to stop the file? Might be worth @Steffen taking a look at that as it may be an issue they need to address if the exe is like unsigned or something and should be. Might deter some downloads if it's not working right

And yes I tried to download from the direct site from the other browsers. I think that there might be some type of either firewall or extra protection from the other browsers, since they....try (and I say that loosely as browsers from big companies regardless) to help with privacy and safety when downloading anything. Different sites for example have different settings on the different browsers; for example, even just a background from a site my therapist uses doesn't work on firefox, but works on edge or chrome. Not sure if I'm making much sense

but TLDR: some sites and programs can run differently depending on the browser, for whatever reason.

Yep absolutely makes sense, and yes browsers are a labyrinth of security and file handling

10:15 AM

what's interesting is Chrome and Edge are both Chromium OS so it's odd that one works and the other doesn't

I know!!

who knows what M$ tinkered with under the hood.

10:20 AM

it probably couldn't asign tracking data to your download so it blew up

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When are we going to have the app on our phones?

If you become a Believer you’re able to download an app for mobile (not iPad). I have iOS so I’m not sure if Android is available yet.

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Android is available but I think the devs email you the link to download iirc

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you can download it from the andorid app store

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just if you aren't a beliver you get an error when you log in.

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Andorid app does not work on tablets or cromebooks yet

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When are we going to have the app on our phones?

#🛣・roadmap

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If you become a Believer you’re able to download an app for mobile (not iPad). I have iOS so I’m not sure if Android is available yet.

It’s in the play store

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I think they are probably staying quiet as they are taking stock of the situation and want to report back their findings properly. They are a team of two and I am sure they spent the last few days in an absolute panic not only trying to resolve the issue and get back up and running but also having to face up to the reality that people lost notes, which cannot be easy to digest. I am sure they are simply recharging the batteries (or the server, sorry, had to be done) and will be back strong. It is not like they don't usually communicate or shy away from issues. Just needs a bit of patience all round.

Thank you for summarizing so well what I thought while reading many upset comments! Unfortunately in situations like these, some users might lose their trust, but I am confident that this is instead an opportunity to have an even more robust and reliable system in the future

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Absolutely. I don’t get why they are staying quiet.

Probably because it takes time to investigate

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Let’s see. HugOps go out to the team for the time being. Good learnings ahead and if played right a good opportunity for the product to become better.

Root Cause Analyses can definitely take a good bit of time to pick through every tiny detail that happened leading up to a point in time. It could have been 500 code changes between "then" and "outage" that they have to sort through for all we know

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Entirely possible it wasn't even their fault if they're relying on a 3rd party cloud operator, maybe they changed something that the team wasn't expecting

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I really appreciate the latest #📰・announcements.

Still a great product and great team behind it.

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I really appreciate the latest #📰・announcements.

Still a great product and great team behind it.

I second this! Sometimes in startups shit happens. That’s just life. Keep pushing on and improving as you go.

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It may seem a bit counterintuitive, but this data loss incident is making me think about turning back to Capacities. I didn't use Capacities for the last two months, because was a bit upset with the app and editor performance for a long time, so decided to wait for improvements while using another local-first app (I enjoy not having any loading time and lagging at all, working directly with markdown). But knowing the guy's passion and attitude to development, I'm pretty sure they learned their lesson, sadly, the hard way. I only can imagine how much stress it was (If I were they, I would probably be depressed for a couple of weeks, before I could return to actual work). So now they will do everything to prevent anything like this from happening in the future, making sure that servers and speed of access to it will be bulletproof. I think a lot of great improvements in terms of stability and reliability waiting for us. Of course, these steps require some time. But I think it's a great time to stop for a moment with new shiny features like AI or query (okay, maybe realize query first, I need it

), take a step back, and make sure that the core of the app - text editor, database, sync - are polished and stable as possible, loading instantly, the text editor can handle large documents like a whole book, the database can handle like 10000-20000 thousands of notes, the conflict resolving working perfectly - and then move to next big things like task management and other stuff. This, of course, will delay Pro and reduce the number of new believers - but will make the loyalty of old users even stronger than it was before this incident, as, for example, mine. It's just my two cents, of course, sorry if I'm taking on too much with my opinion

Either way, I'm strongly supporting the team, and pretty sure that this incident only is going to make Capacities better for us all. (edited)

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You can not grow without mistakes. Still very happy to be part of this journey. Heads up an keep on going

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I can only iterate how confident I am with Michael and Steffen ✨⭐️✨ Having worked in a startup environment before, I certainly relate to how it feels when the work you have at heart stumbles upon bumps and things go wrong (whether or not it’s your fault). Add to that the frustrated users voicing their anger, and you can feel quite depressed for sure. But then, issues are occasions to learn and grow as a team, and to improve the product and make users happy. That is the happy path of fast-developing products. Issues and data loss are very frustrating, there’s no doubt. It’s frustrating for the users and it’s even more frustrating for the team at work, because it takes their time & energy away from value-added development. As others have said, root cause analysis takes time, I’ve been there, and communication is key. Our 2 devs here have never failed in that, they just need to be given a little time to figure out the best way forward. When issues happen, I remind myself that a team of 2 devs brought to us the best PKM app most of us have ever seen, with lightning-fast feature development and bug-fixing, they listen to their user base very closely (this is rare!), and they deliver on their promises. That alone makes me a solid Believer in Capacities Just wanted to send some gratitude

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Anytype made by Russians. Never trust Russians.

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Tbh the fact that this is a German product gives me way more trust and confidence than us or russian devs. We Germans take data privacy seriously

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Anyone knows if someone created a blog post or overview (technical) of the recent events? I think it would be very interesting to share the technical side, as I would love to see the transparancy but most of all as I would maybe try to give tips and contribute in that way. I also think there are a few people related in IT in their day-to-day job using capacities. I'm wondering if it is really infrastructure related or more down to the architecture/programming side for example. Sorry if the question was already mentioned, couldn't find it when searching some channels.

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while I am not i to the idea of national essence (beyond regulatory frameworks maybe), nor 'nationhood' in general im these planetary times, I did take a look at the video. as disclaimer: I only peeked once and superficially into Anytype. so, I'd hope some of the folks here (regardless of where they come from) who have experience weigh in, later. from the video itself, I wouldn't get any new thoughts, really. for one, one main argument to classify seems 'learning curve'. while wuestions of complexity, opinionated structuredness, and configurabiöty are certainly often measured viia 'learning curve', it can also say things about unhelpful design. be that as it may, I think the structural soundness of Capacities is obviously a plus many prefer, and I would add that Capacities is one of the most intuitively structured apps I have come across, flattening its learning curve – but not really on basis of 'inferiority' (whatever that is) two, the folk seems to make a lot of 'much more customizable', using types and 'relations' as (only?) supporting argument. well, what he shows doesn't back that up, if one knows CAP. you can also create any type you want here; the types have very flexible, totally customizable properties, too! it seems he relies on the fact that Anytype s 'relations' collect relations globally – ... but so do CAP tags; which he doesn't seem to mention at all. overall the poster seems to like / onvested in Anytype (which is cool); but he doesnt give the impression to know CAP deeply at all... which ... well... takes away from any real comparison, unfortunately – however well intended. jm2c

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Anyone knows if someone created a blog post or overview (technical) of the recent events? I think it would be very interesting to share the technical side, as I would love to see the transparancy but most of all as I would maybe try to give tips and contribute in that way. I also think there are a few people related in IT in their day-to-day job using capacities. I'm wondering if it is really infrastructure related or more down to the architecture/programming side for example. Sorry if the question was already mentioned, couldn't find it when searching some channels.

... hm... not sure these technicals really fall into @pkmbeth territory... ... but, I think, she'd be the only one, theoretically, to be in any position to write such a thing meaningfully. I am sure M&S will have (lots of) things at their hands right now. and by nature of the 'incident', an outsiders piece would really be pure speculation – ... and thus not be helpful at all (rather create more confusion & follow-up work

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lerone

... hm... not sure these technicals really fall into @pkmbeth territory... ... but, I think, she'd be the only one, theoretically, to be in any position to write such a thing meaningfully. I am sure M&S will have (lots of) things at their hands right now. and by nature of the 'incident', an outsiders piece would really be pure speculation – ... and thus not be helpful at all (rather create more confusion & follow-up work

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Yes I get what your saying. They have enough work as it is probably. But that's the catch, somethimes outside viewes help in tackling a problem with a solution you would never think of. I love pretty much everything about CAP, and of course there are a few things that have been "annoying" me but rather small things as well as little features that would be awesome that are on the roadmap. But if there is one thing that is essentially a number one focus here. It is the online-first approach. I understand it, I understand the why, I do not love it but I'm not against it. However if that choice works against the users, I still think it is beneficial that the users are able to understand - the why. If there was a button that we could press to sync manually, you would always have all files on disk on your devices and the impact would be less I feel. I fail to understand that a revision locally on disk will get data removed because online the state is different on the server. tl;dr (and this is not an attack in any means), With a bit of an IT background in my bones, I feel like a business choice is causing technical issues here and maybe thats the real thing I want transparancy about (edited)

@Michael_v_H in the last announcement you mentioned some DevOps people reaching out, is it an idea to create a channel where people can join the conversation where possible?

I take it all back. I’m sorry to all. I love this app. I have missed it deeply these last two days and simply nothing compares. These things happen and at the end of the day it is still an app in beta. You guys are awesome and made me realise how privileged I am to have a group like you around what is an incredible app. I am here for the long run and am back with my tail between my legs.

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yes, agreed. ... but add to that the many reports of people open / favorable talking about it's unintuitive UI / UX (also my impression) and not too few bugs... I'd also add in the some magical 'details' of CAP – like e.g. auto related tags, the whole interlooping of elements and it's versatility / ease, right sidebar ('stackbar') ... and some more are still underappreciated / -discovered / -discussed...

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@Michael_v_H in the last announcement you mentioned some DevOps people reaching out, is it an idea to create a channel where people can join the conversation where possible?

see everything around this: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/969304624848855050/1136608292504875029 ... and, I guess, a DM always works with M&S

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Yes I get what your saying. They have enough work as it is probably. But that's the catch, somethimes outside viewes help in tackling a problem with a solution you would never think of. I love pretty much everything about CAP, and of course there are a few things that have been "annoying" me but rather small things as well as little features that would be awesome that are on the roadmap. But if there is one thing that is essentially a number one focus here. It is the online-first approach. I understand it, I understand the why, I do not love it but I'm not against it. However if that choice works against the users, I still think it is beneficial that the users are able to understand - the why. If there was a button that we could press to sync manually, you would always have all files on disk on your devices and the impact would be less I feel. I fail to understand that a revision locally on disk will get data removed because online the state is different on the server. tl;dr (and this is not an attack in any means), With a bit of an IT background in my bones, I feel like a business choice is causing technical issues here and maybe thats the real thing I want transparancy about (edited)

hey @Ciberth – I totally hear you. I dont have headspace right now, but I would 'factorize' what you say into different threads. 1) there has been some discussion (+ often attached to FR at Canny) initially (early phase) about the whole 'online first' thing. M&S at some point even put up a explainer section bec of that on the landing page. so there is discourse, there is attempts to account, there is engagement. – I´d encourage you to do a quick search in Canny board for this – for a start: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/working-offline (... you´ll also find that a) I agree with where you are coming from, generally; b) earlier on, as part of that discussion, I was pointing to likelihood that this will at some point make users – with certain kind of mindset – feel forced to chose btw Anytype + Capacities, for exactly those basic grounds...) – and here, I agree: it might be appropriate for M&S to go into more detail about the why (their motivations) of basing everything on webtechnologies in the first place... 2) I also think, in light of the new 'constellation', there could be some kind of more policy-/strategical response on how to work between online-first and back-up/local file system (now / perspective). I think a lot of people are currently uncertain to uneasy about this. – maybe there should also be some dedicated 'collectivized' discussion where to take this. (with the Cap-team of course in driver/decision seat). 3) you will also find, that I tried to make a rather 'practical' (conceptually) proposition here https://capacities.io/feedback/p/auto-backup-of-selected-content-to-selected-folders – – + I think it would be good / helpful if people bring in more of their requirements / expectations in terms of manageable propositions on the grounds that Capacities is standing on... so, I understand your thoughts completely, + think you bring them forward in a very senseful way. then, maybe, it´s 2 or even 3 alleys to flow this into?! (edited)

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hey @Ciberth – I totally hear you. I dont have headspace right now, but I would 'factorize' what you say into different threads. 1) there has been some discussion (+ often attached to FR at Canny) initially (early phase) about the whole 'online first' thing. M&S at some point even put up a explainer section bec of that on the landing page. so there is discourse, there is attempts to account, there is engagement. – I´d encourage you to do a quick search in Canny board for this – for a start: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/working-offline (... you´ll also find that a) I agree with where you are coming from, generally; b) earlier on, as part of that discussion, I was pointing to likelihood that this will at some point make users – with certain kind of mindset – feel forced to chose btw Anytype + Capacities, for exactly those basic grounds...) – and here, I agree: it might be appropriate for M&S to go into more detail about the why (their motivations) of basing everything on webtechnologies in the first place... 2) I also think, in light of the new 'constellation', there could be some kind of more policy-/strategical response on how to work between online-first and back-up/local file system (now / perspective). I think a lot of people are currently uncertain to uneasy about this. – maybe there should also be some dedicated 'collectivized' discussion where to take this. (with the Cap-team of course in driver/decision seat). 3) you will also find, that I tried to make a rather 'practical' (conceptually) proposition here https://capacities.io/feedback/p/auto-backup-of-selected-content-to-selected-folders – – + I think it would be good / helpful if people bring in more of their requirements / expectations in terms of manageable propositions on the grounds that Capacities is standing on... so, I understand your thoughts completely, + think you bring them forward in a very senseful way. then, maybe, it´s 2 or even 3 alleys to flow this into?! (edited)

Thank you very much for this, you have formulated it perfectly!

mikecufc

I take it all back. I’m sorry to all. I love this app. I have missed it deeply these last two days and simply nothing compares. These things happen and at the end of the day it is still an app in beta. You guys are awesome and made me realise how privileged I am to have a group like you around what is an incredible app. I am here for the long run and am back with my tail between my legs.

Haha, I too miss working in the app when I don’t use it for a few days. Kinda like I miss my real sketch and notebooks and feeling them in my hands.

capaci-lovers ✨

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Anytype made by Russians. Never trust Russians.

You're using more Russian products on a daily basis than you think.

Jerzy Rajkow

You're using more Russian products on a daily basis than you think.

Do tell. I’m just curious:-)

Will not. Find out yourself.

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Anytype made by Russians. Never trust Russians.

Bro

As an example: telegram

I'm kinda surprised that it took so long for something to go wrong with such a product. You are doing great guys. Don't be too hard on yourself.

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@Adelon ... there is this Irish(!) joke, where a peasant answers a lost person asking for his way: 'If I were you, I wouldn't start from here...!' ... maybe adding 'Bro' to that is the correct version for the time of the global tech-stack... ... where National logics doesn't cut it anymore; even less nationalist flavors... maybe there can be a seperate Bro-channel here, where people can fight it out...?! and the rest of us can get ahead, either more generous; or more specific in topical adequacy...

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... like (most of) the money behind Anytype...

https://www.noteapps.ca/anytype/ 'it's complicated' is the status sign of our times...

Anytype

A cross-platform, crazy fast, "open" note-taking app with a good looking UI, linking of notes, graph view, inline images, cool bookmarking, templates and a lot more.

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... because it changes the whole basis (&context &model) of the proposition... referencing 'the Russians' in such a context... I wasn't meaning to be offensive against you or anyone neither here... ... simply making a case why I would never start off a conversation by 'the Russians' or 'the (U.S.) Americans' ... or any other national denomination claiming 'national traits' ...

... even less on a specific PKM tool forum...

Peace! (edited)

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right! & totally legit, IMO! (& no ounce of nationalism in there, too!

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... I get you... ... I also read it as a tongue-in-cheek reaction... ... I think generally, then, we should move on and leave that slippy, cat-woolery slope ...!

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Quoting @lerone here. Let’s talk pkm, journaling, or even cats here

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What are everyone’s favorite apps alongside capacities? What’s your perfect match?

My other most used app used to be Apollo for Reddit. Since it’s shut down, I’ve replaced it with Memmy that I use for the site Lemmy. It’s already grown enough for me to get a wide use.

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My other most used app used to be Apollo for Reddit. Since it’s shut down, I’ve replaced it with Memmy that I use for the site Lemmy. It’s already grown enough for me to get a wide use.

Oh I never heard of that site before

will check it out!

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I’ve been adoring Logseq at work. I just wish its UI was better. (edited)

frau.rauni

What are everyone’s favorite apps alongside capacities? What’s your perfect match?

Mine is todoist. I feel its UX is perfect for me. Basically I put something permanent in Capacities and I put temporary ones in Todoist. I like the way I add tasks in Todoist and they are gone after I complete them (not stored anywhere)

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Mine is todoist. I feel its UX is perfect for me. Basically I put something permanent in Capacities and I put temporary ones in Todoist. I like the way I add tasks in Todoist and they are gone after I complete them (not stored anywhere)

I ended up switching to ticktick for its calendar view

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What are everyone’s favorite apps alongside capacities? What’s your perfect match?

Bear (multipurpose; again, for ease and central availability), Raindrop & Eagle (quick&dirty collection bucket), Things (quick lists, to-dos and jots), DevonThink (consistent on-off 'underground' library), Scrivener (output assembly), iA presenter (topical journalling), Typora (simple, focussed writing / MD handling)... Local searching: a situational combo of HoudahSpot, FoxtrotPro, PDFs Search, and DevonAgent ... TheBrain (rather theoretically; for high-level sense-making / mapping) 'perfect match' depends on what is matched; or maybe it indicates that there is one complementary twin app... which, in this case, I couldn´t come up with – see above

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Bear (multipurpose; again, for ease and central availability), Raindrop & Eagle (quick&dirty collection bucket), Things (quick lists, to-dos and jots), DevonThink (consistent on-off 'underground' library), Scrivener (output assembly), iA presenter (topical journalling), Typora (simple, focussed writing / MD handling)... Local searching: a situational combo of HoudahSpot, FoxtrotPro, PDFs Search, and DevonAgent ... TheBrain (rather theoretically; for high-level sense-making / mapping) 'perfect match' depends on what is matched; or maybe it indicates that there is one complementary twin app... which, in this case, I couldn´t come up with – see above

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Once again taking notes, googling and bookmarking. Is Houdahspot like Alfred and Raycast? Also ::cough cough:: https://devontechnologies.com/promotions/summerfest DevonThink Scrivener Houdahspot and more on sale I love Bear, Tick Tick, DevonThink, Scrivener and Typora. I was using Typora today for exactly that, for focused writing, while I had my sources/references opened in Capacities using the embed feature.

DEVONtechnologies | SummerFest

DEVONtechnologies develops DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and other Mac and iOS apps for document and information management and web research.

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I ended up switching to ticktick for its calendar view

Tick Tick is the only thing that helps me get my calendar reminders. I don't know what I've done to my calendar that it doesn't remind me of anything anymore.

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Once again taking notes, googling and bookmarking. Is Houdahspot like Alfred and Raycast? Also ::cough cough:: https://devontechnologies.com/promotions/summerfest DevonThink Scrivener Houdahspot and more on sale I love Bear, Tick Tick, DevonThink, Scrivener and Typora. I was using Typora today for exactly that, for focused writing, while I had my sources/references opened in Capacities using the embed feature.

... seems we could even work in the same internationalist studio, as to set-ups

... Houdah is really just a very comfortable super-Spotlight w/ all kinds of Benefits (elaborate filter sets, secondary filtering of paths, including / excluding certain locations, saving custom search-set-ups (very handy). very quick, very usable / fun as to surface, and under the hood capable of dealing with all kinds of file formats, attributes etc - letting you configure anything to any level off depth... or just not, and still enjoy a 'better spotlight' ... so more visual (traditional; 3 pane) UX than chatty Alfred, Raycast...

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... seems we could even work in the same internationalist studio, as to set-ups

... Houdah is really just a very comfortable super-Spotlight w/ all kinds of Benefits (elaborate filter sets, secondary filtering of paths, including / excluding certain locations, saving custom search-set-ups (very handy). very quick, very usable / fun as to surface, and under the hood capable of dealing with all kinds of file formats, attributes etc - letting you configure anything to any level off depth... or just not, and still enjoy a 'better spotlight' ... so more visual (traditional; 3 pane) UX than chatty Alfred, Raycast...

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That's it! I'm in! I'm a temporarily embarrassed millionaire whose trust fund is in need of liberation from my family's royal rural estate. I don't buy clothes, makeup or fancy things, I buy software

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I've had my eye on iA Presenter for a long time too, but I don't have my three book deal yet to justify it.

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I'm amazed by those app names you guys mentioned

How can you manage to involve that many

While here I am, just trying to minimize the number of my productivity tools I use from 5 to 2

Desiderata

I've had my eye on iA Presenter for a long time too, but I don't have my three book deal yet to justify it.

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... will come. for sure!

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cp9

I'm amazed by those app names you guys mentioned

How can you manage to involve that many

While here I am, just trying to minimize the number of my productivity tools I use from 5 to 2

... and I am embarassed... that it´s a) not even all of them – just the 'favs' (and I even forgot Napkin in that set... bec of very casual use); and b) because I once swore to myself to bring it down to 5. ... I had (have?) this working idea of a 'working hand' of central software... amounting to 5, w/ one 'thumb' (central organizing piece). while with Capacities I found the thumb, my hand certainly still has to many fingers...

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... tldr.: I´d be happy to be in your position, really!

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dirty secret: they involve you, making you think it´s you in charge

... it´s like in the rest of life... (edited)

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lerone

... and I am embarassed... that it´s a) not even all of them – just the 'favs' (and I even forgot Napkin in that set... bec of very casual use); and b) because I once swore to myself to bring it down to 5. ... I had (have?) this working idea of a 'working hand' of central software... amounting to 5, w/ one 'thumb' (central organizing piece). while with Capacities I found the thumb, my hand certainly still has to many fingers...

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... tldr.: I´d be happy to be in your position, really!

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dirty secret: they involve you, making you think it´s you in charge

... it´s like in the rest of life... (edited)

using your term, I can definitely say Cap is my thumb too! Todoist should be my index finger. Evernote is my pinkie

I have stopped using Mem and Craft. then there is Notion which used to be my thumb before. Now I think I will still use it for Creating instead of Managing. I hope someday Cap can support freehand drawing (like Evernote) so my hand can be like this

(with only Cap and Todoist)

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frau.rauni

What are everyone’s favorite apps alongside capacities? What’s your perfect match?

Well, concerning task management, I've tried really a lot of apps and platforms and eventually landed at Amazing Marvin, which I adore after using it for several months now. I use Coda for database stuff as it has great features and formulas. And for pkm, Cap will quite certainly replace Craft. That's pretty much all I need for my private and job related productivity.

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frau.rauni

What are everyone’s favorite apps alongside capacities? What’s your perfect match?

I am still somehow in love with Obsidian (and I guess i always will be ), but that tweaking around just sucks so much time. A really interesting note app I use is napkin, very minimalist, atomic notes, with magic auto tagging ✨, but as i can only afford one subscription i am thinking about switching completely to capacities (if they introduce auto linking and/or tagging) (edited)

Johnny ⚡

I am still somehow in love with Obsidian (and I guess i always will be ), but that tweaking around just sucks so much time. A really interesting note app I use is napkin, very minimalist, atomic notes, with magic auto tagging ✨, but as i can only afford one subscription i am thinking about switching completely to capacities (if they introduce auto linking and/or tagging) (edited)

what do you mean by tweaking around?

cp9

what do you mean by tweaking around?

I mean u can invest a lot of time in setting up the right theme, plug ins, the right system (Folders, tagging, linking etc.) and working around with the frontmatter and the data view, which i sometimes do more, cause it can give amazing insides, than really creating notes or content. It is super customizable, which is it greatest advantage also over capacities but also a black hole you can get sucked in:) capacities seems to be enough customizable but u can still just work almost out of the box in comparison, lets see, i wanna marry them both (edited)

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Johnny ⚡

I mean u can invest a lot of time in setting up the right theme, plug ins, the right system (Folders, tagging, linking etc.) and working around with the frontmatter and the data view, which i sometimes do more, cause it can give amazing insides, than really creating notes or content. It is super customizable, which is it greatest advantage also over capacities but also a black hole you can get sucked in:) capacities seems to be enough customizable but u can still just work almost out of the box in comparison, lets see, i wanna marry them both (edited)

Don't they have similar function? How can you decide which one to use for use case A and use case B?

cp9

Don't they have similar function? How can you decide which one to use for use case A and use case B?

hm thats the thing i have to figure out, i am just starting with cap and as long as there is no import function in cap from opsidian i will use both, i guess maybe obsidian is still somehow better for long content writing, as it is not block based and really smooth just plain writing, but for (daily) note taking and so on cap seems really nice.

Johnny ⚡

hm thats the thing i have to figure out, i am just starting with cap and as long as there is no import function in cap from opsidian i will use both, i guess maybe obsidian is still somehow better for long content writing, as it is not block based and really smooth just plain writing, but for (daily) note taking and so on cap seems really nice.

I see. I also have concern regarding long writing in Cap. but I decided to cope with it using the share feature. I have trouble copying long content from blocks. but if I share the page, copy the link, open it in incognito, it becomes plain text without blocks. I can copy it more conveniently (better output when Paste) . that's all I need. (edited)

Landogarner

Well, concerning task management, I've tried really a lot of apps and platforms and eventually landed at Amazing Marvin, which I adore after using it for several months now. I use Coda for database stuff as it has great features and formulas. And for pkm, Cap will quite certainly replace Craft. That's pretty much all I need for my private and job related productivity.

Amazing Marvin is the way I do my tasks too. Other task management tools keep disappointing me on regular basis, when I retry them, AM is my anchor.

Jan O. Dvořák

Amazing Marvin is the way I do my tasks too. Other task management tools keep disappointing me on regular basis, when I retry them, AM is my anchor.

Interested about Amazing Marvin, I didn't know this app. I'm using TickTick and it had been great for me. What are the key points of Amazing Marvin? Can you compare it with TickTick, please? Thanks for your support and help with my curiosity, hehehe.

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Desiderata

Once again taking notes, googling and bookmarking. Is Houdahspot like Alfred and Raycast? Also ::cough cough:: https://devontechnologies.com/promotions/summerfest DevonThink Scrivener Houdahspot and more on sale I love Bear, Tick Tick, DevonThink, Scrivener and Typora. I was using Typora today for exactly that, for focused writing, while I had my sources/references opened in Capacities using the embed feature.

I dream of the day they bring these to Windows. It often feels like I have to choose between decent software or games. I will keep choosing games, but I'd quite like more of the software

10:53 AM

DevonThink especially is one I come back to look occasionally in hopes they've expanded platforms (edited)

cp9

I see. I also have concern regarding long writing in Cap. but I decided to cope with it using the share feature. I have trouble copying long content from blocks. but if I share the page, copy the link, open it in incognito, it becomes plain text without blocks. I can copy it more conveniently (better output when Paste) . that's all I need. (edited)

Ah thanks a lot

for that interesting export tipp. For now i will go with both, still relying on obsidian, but starting with short notes and maybe daylies in cap (to make that daily overviews in obsidian it is really a hack full of tweaking, that is really nice in cap). Let's see and maybe share how it goes in the next weeks and months (edited)

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Johnny ⚡

Ah thanks a lot

for that interesting export tipp. For now i will go with both, still relying on obsidian, but starting with short notes and maybe daylies in cap (to make that daily overviews in obsidian it is really a hack full of tweaking, that is really nice in cap). Let's see and maybe share how it goes in the next weeks and months (edited)

... would be interesting! if you feel like it, feel free to fill in here: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001365576314261555/1126640168993050735 – or here on Canny: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/focus-minimal-mode-for-writing ... would be nice & helpful, I think, to find some way in here to gather all the insights, proposals, aspectuals, expectations, ideas etc

️ ... as to Capacities and (long-)form writing.

– it's a meta-functional demand that pops up regularly...

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Requests, ideas, bugs

Get an overview of requested features and ideas.

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hfsandovalm

Interested about Amazing Marvin, I didn't know this app. I'm using TickTick and it had been great for me. What are the key points of Amazing Marvin? Can you compare it with TickTick, please? Thanks for your support and help with my curiosity, hehehe.

Well, generally I would suggest to dive into their website, but to be honest I only learned about all its features and possibilities after I signed up and used it during the trial period, which is 30 days as far as I remember. Basically, I would claim you can do everything you can do in TickTick, Todoist, Things etc, and a whole lot more. There's a huge amount of features you can activate one for one if you want to use them, and several ways you can set it up to serve your workflow the way you want it. In the end it's up to you if you like its UI and philosophies or not. Personally, I'm sure I won't go back to any of the previous tools. (edited)

For GTD I use 3 apps:

Elisi for personal stuff, its UX is nice (although it could do with some freshening) it doesn’t evolve much, but it’s got a nice layout for weekly view that you can toggle alongside habits and notes (which I use for journaling). And it’s free
ClickUp for work because it’s very flexible, you can build all kinds of views and the tasks can contain notes, attachments etc, it’s like a personal Jira (or Trello on steroids), I use it as my main hub for work GTD. Their free plan can take you quite far
Workflowy is my inbox for anything digital For personal email: I use ‘Hey’ (by the basecamp team). I found they nailed how to simplify the email workflow, with simple but nice features like the way you view newsletters with a view called ‘the feed’, the ability to read multiple emails together, a view for ‘focus & reply, etc. It’s paid (yes, you pay for an email service) but the data is yours and yours only and there’s no ads. Instapaper to read & annotate articles

Feedly for RSS CookBook for recipes (edited)

nicolas67🥨⛵🛠🎵

For GTD I use 3 apps:

Elisi for personal stuff, its UX is nice (although it could do with some freshening) it doesn’t evolve much, but it’s got a nice layout for weekly view that you can toggle alongside habits and notes (which I use for journaling). And it’s free
ClickUp for work because it’s very flexible, you can build all kinds of views and the tasks can contain notes, attachments etc, it’s like a personal Jira (or Trello on steroids), I use it as my main hub for work GTD. Their free plan can take you quite far
Workflowy is my inbox for anything digital For personal email: I use ‘Hey’ (by the basecamp team). I found they nailed how to simplify the email workflow, with simple but nice features like the way you view newsletters with a view called ‘the feed’, the ability to read multiple emails together, a view for ‘focus & reply, etc. It’s paid (yes, you pay for an email service) but the data is yours and yours only and there’s no ads. Instapaper to read & annotate articles

Feedly for RSS CookBook for recipes (edited)

yeah! Instapaper was a long-time lover! umatched aesthetics and cut-to-task! …lately it got substituted by Omnivore in my RIL-world… and then by scraping webcontent directly to MD-files that I can a) style any way I want, b) organize any way I want… (organization was always the soft spot of Instapaper, IMO…) (edited)

lerone

yeah! Instapaper was a long-time lover! umatched aesthetics and cut-to-task! …lately it got substituted by Omnivore in my RIL-world… and then by scraping webcontent directly to MD-files that I can a) style any way I want, b) organize any way I want… (organization was always the soft spot of Instapaper, IMO…) (edited)

You workflow is much more advanced than mine but it sounds really useful

I recently heard about omnivore, I like that they propose an open source approach to reading & annotating but haven’t tested it yet.

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I love omnivore! The ability to highlight key points is really nice.

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nicolas67🥨⛵🛠🎵

You workflow is much more advanced than mine but it sounds really useful

I recently heard about omnivore, I like that they propose an open source approach to reading & annotating but haven’t tested it yet.

it doesn‘t (yet) have the final aesthetic finesse / solidity of Insta; but it‘s VERY close… main benefits overtaking Insta: • multitagging (as filing system) • supernatural audio reader voices (that really make the leap to something like podcast level quality) • article notes (added to highlight notes), searchable! • direct (automated!) export to Obsidian, Logseq… equals MD auto conversion(!)… carrying over MD highlights(!!!)… (which I wish CAP could also come around to, too, sigh

) • … they are just starting on rss (edited)

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Landogarner

Well, generally I would suggest to dive into their website, but to be honest I only learned about all its features and possibilities after I signed up and used it during the trial period, which is 30 days as far as I remember. Basically, I would claim you can do everything you can do in TickTick, Todoist, Things etc, and a whole lot more. There's a huge amount of features you can activate one for one if you want to use them, and several ways you can set it up to serve your workflow the way you want it. In the end it's up to you if you like its UI and philosophies or not. Personally, I'm sure I won't go back to any of the previous tools. (edited)

Thank you! It sounds great. I’ll give it a try.

frau.rauni

What are everyone’s favorite apps alongside capacities? What’s your perfect match?

Many many interesting insights from various users following your question, thank you! Narrowing down "alongside" to the applications I use with Capacities or that generate content that feeds into Capacities, here's my list:

Arc Browser: my primary browser, fantastic for enriching Capacities with various Boosts
SigmaOS: I still use it as a secondary browser mainly for the integrated AI function, although the recent integration into Capacities has made it less necessary
Telegram: while waiting for new ways to save data in Capacities, it's my sharing hub for quickly transferring data between apps and Capacities
Reader by Readwise: I used to enjoy using Omnivore + Feedly, this one now replaces both (in addition to saving transcripts of YouTube videos), but somehow I still prefer Omnivore
For general reading: Kindle app, Refind, and Headway
Snip: I save excerpts from podcasts which I then share on Capacities
Spotify: great in embed mode in Capacities for building listening narratives
NextCloud bookmarks: almost completely replaced by my use of Capacities itself
Cleanshot X for screenshots on Mac
Mailbrew: essentially a dead app where you can't even log in unless you use Twitter, but I still can't find an alternative that works as well for getting a so good daily recap by email of the creators I follow on YouTube and other channels
FoldingText: an alternative to Typora for a quiet space to write, though recently replaced by an Arc Boost that removes all Capacities markup except text
SourceTree: to version my manual (for now) backup of Capacities with Git
Lastly, a custom browser extension that uses Capacities' x-callbacks to save webpage in markdown... although it doesn't actually work that well (I just spent few mins to add the needed code to an open source one, would need more effort), so I often find myself simply copying a page in markdown and then pasting manually

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hey, is there any benefit to download the desktop app (for mac). Is it somehow faster than web app or something?

I personally find the desktop slightly snappier than the web app but the difference is minimal in my experience

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AntoineFou

I personally find the desktop slightly snappier than the web app but the difference is minimal in my experience

... in some cases browser can / could have more conflicting shortcuts... ... also, aestheticslly speaking, it (browser) usually has more 'chrome'... ... bit as someone said earlier: the app is kind of a luxus-browser-wrap itself, really ...

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I really enjoy reading through all of your answers and discovering new amazing apps. ✨

5:41 AM

My ride or die team is Cap + Reader + Todoist, running everything in Arc browser

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Johnny ⚡

hey, is there any benefit to download the desktop app (for mac). Is it somehow faster than web app or something?

The desktop version has the ability to open local files. For example I have created links to items on my filesystem. The web version cannot open them in Finder but the desktop version can.

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Raffaele

Many many interesting insights from various users following your question, thank you! Narrowing down "alongside" to the applications I use with Capacities or that generate content that feeds into Capacities, here's my list:

Arc Browser: my primary browser, fantastic for enriching Capacities with various Boosts
SigmaOS: I still use it as a secondary browser mainly for the integrated AI function, although the recent integration into Capacities has made it less necessary
Telegram: while waiting for new ways to save data in Capacities, it's my sharing hub for quickly transferring data between apps and Capacities
Reader by Readwise: I used to enjoy using Omnivore + Feedly, this one now replaces both (in addition to saving transcripts of YouTube videos), but somehow I still prefer Omnivore
For general reading: Kindle app, Refind, and Headway
Snip: I save excerpts from podcasts which I then share on Capacities
Spotify: great in embed mode in Capacities for building listening narratives
NextCloud bookmarks: almost completely replaced by my use of Capacities itself
Cleanshot X for screenshots on Mac
Mailbrew: essentially a dead app where you can't even log in unless you use Twitter, but I still can't find an alternative that works as well for getting a so good daily recap by email of the creators I follow on YouTube and other channels
FoldingText: an alternative to Typora for a quiet space to write, though recently replaced by an Arc Boost that removes all Capacities markup except text
SourceTree: to version my manual (for now) backup of Capacities with Git
Lastly, a custom browser extension that uses Capacities' x-callbacks to save webpage in markdown... although it doesn't actually work that well (I just spent few mins to add the needed code to an open source one, would need more effort), so I often find myself simply copying a page in markdown and then pasting manually

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Ticktick for task management (I do project planning in Capacities.io and make next actions in Cap), which I then move to ticktick for scheduling. Gmail as the main conduit of all online receipts and documents before I forward to Cap. I've started using WhatsApp more and more as my inbox for quick thoughts, ideas and links. Read it Later apps: I have Meco, Instapaper and Omnivore. I'm trying to consolidate everything in Omnivore now. I use the Arc browser too. That's where I use an Arc boosted Gmail as my main email client (I've Consolidated all my emails here for simplicity). I also use tmetric from here for time tracking. Oh, and Ferdium for all my messaging.

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Does anyone have thoughts about Amplenote? In theory I love their approach to task management (and would love some of their principles to be implemented in Capacities as well) - but I just can't quite get over its design, since it feels juuuust a tiny bit dated and unintuitive to me (especially compared to Cap, which is an absolute joy to use). In terms of other apps I use Notion to manage my apartment, and Readwise Reader as my Read It Later app of choice (can't wait for Readwise integration!).

Jan

Does anyone have thoughts about Amplenote? In theory I love their approach to task management (and would love some of their principles to be implemented in Capacities as well) - but I just can't quite get over its design, since it feels juuuust a tiny bit dated and unintuitive to me (especially compared to Cap, which is an absolute joy to use). In terms of other apps I use Notion to manage my apartment, and Readwise Reader as my Read It Later app of choice (can't wait for Readwise integration!).

I find Amplenote to be perfect for average day-to-day use. its features feel complete for work and personal without any complexity. someone can use Amplenote without any other app. I can say it's the very definition of simple. I choose Cap because I need the complex system to maintain all the things I love. (edited)

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Jan

Does anyone have thoughts about Amplenote? In theory I love their approach to task management (and would love some of their principles to be implemented in Capacities as well) - but I just can't quite get over its design, since it feels juuuust a tiny bit dated and unintuitive to me (especially compared to Cap, which is an absolute joy to use). In terms of other apps I use Notion to manage my apartment, and Readwise Reader as my Read It Later app of choice (can't wait for Readwise integration!).

I used Amplenote for a long time. It's pretty much the ideal notetaking and task management app minus the design

They tick a lot of boxes right - there's the possibility to create encrypted notes, native Android and iOS apps, top notch task management with recurrence AND timeblocking with bidirectional sync to Google Calendar, the team is responsive. Three things better right now in Capacities - the email forwards include attachments (not in Amplenote), the implementation of the toggles is top notch (in Amplenote, not so much), AI is better implemented in Capacities. One thing that is better in Amplenote compared to Capacities is the possibility to share notes based on a tag: you create a shared tag between two people, and everytime a note is tagged with it, the other person automatically gains access to the note.

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As I come back to Capacities, I want to add that the weblink function, where it pulls the meta data for the page, is just so wildly helpful.

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Jan

Does anyone have thoughts about Amplenote? In theory I love their approach to task management (and would love some of their principles to be implemented in Capacities as well) - but I just can't quite get over its design, since it feels juuuust a tiny bit dated and unintuitive to me (especially compared to Cap, which is an absolute joy to use). In terms of other apps I use Notion to manage my apartment, and Readwise Reader as my Read It Later app of choice (can't wait for Readwise integration!).

I used Amplenote and was quite sold on it for some time, but I kept using it alongside Craft because I just found Amplenote to be ugly. Eventually I left Amplenote for a combination of TickTick and Craft, and ultimately now TickTick and Capacities. One of the reasons I went with Amplenote initially was the promise of being able to use AN as a content organizer for a Wordpress site I was developing. The integration did not live up to my expectations, though.

Locatino

I used Amplenote and was quite sold on it for some time, but I kept using it alongside Craft because I just found Amplenote to be ugly. Eventually I left Amplenote for a combination of TickTick and Craft, and ultimately now TickTick and Capacities. One of the reasons I went with Amplenote initially was the promise of being able to use AN as a content organizer for a Wordpress site I was developing. The integration did not live up to my expectations, though.

Hi @Locatino . Can you detail more about your TickTick and Capacities workflow? What do you have in each one and how do you synchronize some tasks? I'm struggling with this. @randAlThor mentioned he uses Capacities for project planning and next actions, and later he moves the next actions to TickTick. I use the GTD methodology, so I was thinking about having all the perspective (Horizons of focus: purpose, vision, goals, Responsibilities and Projects) and reference material in Capacities and the responsibility areas, the projects and actions (all the actions, including next actions) in TickTick, but it does require some rework. @randAlThor could you explain a few more about why and how you use that setup, please? (edited)

What is the current status of Capacities.io? I can no longer get signed in to the desktop app. The web app has not included any content that I have sent to capacities.io since Aug 3. Is there something I should be doing on my end to get reconnected?

Seems to be up for me. I have no trouble logging into desktop or web.

I can log into the web app and I can enter a new note in the web app. But tweets that I want to save are sent to the save.capacities email inbox is not working, even still today.

The app is working fine to me. I'd not tried the email functionality today. (edited)

Using the Apple Share function, send the tweet to save.capacities.io. Has worked as expected for months. But not since August 3.

hfsandovalm

Hi @Locatino . Can you detail more about your TickTick and Capacities workflow? What do you have in each one and how do you synchronize some tasks? I'm struggling with this. @randAlThor mentioned he uses Capacities for project planning and next actions, and later he moves the next actions to TickTick. I use the GTD methodology, so I was thinking about having all the perspective (Horizons of focus: purpose, vision, goals, Responsibilities and Projects) and reference material in Capacities and the responsibility areas, the projects and actions (all the actions, including next actions) in TickTick, but it does require some rework. @randAlThor could you explain a few more about why and how you use that setup, please? (edited)

Hi @hfsandovalm, mine is still a work in progress. But so far, I've moved my Horizons of Focus to Cap as you mentioned (I just call it "Mission" for simplicity). I put all my Projects in Capacities too. I find that the Project table view makes it so much easier to make next actions. All these next actions are moved to Ticktick inbox. I don't do a strict GTD implementation in Ticktick. I follow Carl Pullein's Time Sector System so my Ticktick lists are the following: THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, THIS MONTH, NEXT MONTH, SOMEDAY. I personally find that it's easier to do planning on a time-based way than on a Project level, so during my weekly planning, I just move these Next Actions to the corresponding lists, focus on the "THIS WEEK" list and put the actual dates for each task in that list. So to summarise: PROJECT PLANNING happens in Cap. And TASK MANAGEMENT happens in Ticktick. Carl Pullein talks about the advantages of doing it this way. You can check his videos on Youtube. But you can start with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfAc8OxcBX8

Carl Pullein

Why I Don't Use Projects In Todoist

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randAlThor

Hi @hfsandovalm, mine is still a work in progress. But so far, I've moved my Horizons of Focus to Cap as you mentioned (I just call it "Mission" for simplicity). I put all my Projects in Capacities too. I find that the Project table view makes it so much easier to make next actions. All these next actions are moved to Ticktick inbox. I don't do a strict GTD implementation in Ticktick. I follow Carl Pullein's Time Sector System so my Ticktick lists are the following: THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, THIS MONTH, NEXT MONTH, SOMEDAY. I personally find that it's easier to do planning on a time-based way than on a Project level, so during my weekly planning, I just move these Next Actions to the corresponding lists, focus on the "THIS WEEK" list and put the actual dates for each task in that list. So to summarise: PROJECT PLANNING happens in Cap. And TASK MANAGEMENT happens in Ticktick. Carl Pullein talks about the advantages of doing it this way. You can check his videos on Youtube. But you can start with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfAc8OxcBX8

Thank you @randAlThor. Wow! it’s a very different concept, I’ll analyze it and I’ll see how I can improve my setup with this improvements.

randAlThor

Hi @hfsandovalm, mine is still a work in progress. But so far, I've moved my Horizons of Focus to Cap as you mentioned (I just call it "Mission" for simplicity). I put all my Projects in Capacities too. I find that the Project table view makes it so much easier to make next actions. All these next actions are moved to Ticktick inbox. I don't do a strict GTD implementation in Ticktick. I follow Carl Pullein's Time Sector System so my Ticktick lists are the following: THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, THIS MONTH, NEXT MONTH, SOMEDAY. I personally find that it's easier to do planning on a time-based way than on a Project level, so during my weekly planning, I just move these Next Actions to the corresponding lists, focus on the "THIS WEEK" list and put the actual dates for each task in that list. So to summarise: PROJECT PLANNING happens in Cap. And TASK MANAGEMENT happens in Ticktick. Carl Pullein talks about the advantages of doing it this way. You can check his videos on Youtube. But you can start with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfAc8OxcBX8

The Time Sector System is great! I've been using it for the last few years in Todoist

thijsoost

The Time Sector System is great! I've been using it for the last few years in Todoist

yes; it's also kind of built in (in minimal way) in Things. I learned to appreciate it too, from there.

hfsandovalm

Hi @Locatino . Can you detail more about your TickTick and Capacities workflow? What do you have in each one and how do you synchronize some tasks? I'm struggling with this. @randAlThor mentioned he uses Capacities for project planning and next actions, and later he moves the next actions to TickTick. I use the GTD methodology, so I was thinking about having all the perspective (Horizons of focus: purpose, vision, goals, Responsibilities and Projects) and reference material in Capacities and the responsibility areas, the projects and actions (all the actions, including next actions) in TickTick, but it does require some rework. @randAlThor could you explain a few more about why and how you use that setup, please? (edited)

Hi @hfsandovalm I mainly use Ticktick for timeblocking. I don't use it strictly with a GTD or other system, I just schedule tasks immediately on the calendar and have lists for different contexts such as around the house, at desk, out and about. I like Ticktick for it's ease of use, rock-solid integration with Google Calendar, excellent ios App. I am a self-employed person who doesn't have a lot of meetings and complex projects at this point, so I don't really use Ticktick to it's full capabilities. I tried just using Google Calendar but it was not as friendly. I do need to integrate with GCal, however. As far as Capacities, I don't really have a "workflow" that connects it with Ticktick. I just find it helpful to have a central place to store thoughts, learnings, meeting notes, etc. I hope Capacities is my last stop! Once bulk import is available, I will move my old notes into a separate Capacities space and integrated them into my main space as the need arises.

Locatino

Hi @hfsandovalm I mainly use Ticktick for timeblocking. I don't use it strictly with a GTD or other system, I just schedule tasks immediately on the calendar and have lists for different contexts such as around the house, at desk, out and about. I like Ticktick for it's ease of use, rock-solid integration with Google Calendar, excellent ios App. I am a self-employed person who doesn't have a lot of meetings and complex projects at this point, so I don't really use Ticktick to it's full capabilities. I tried just using Google Calendar but it was not as friendly. I do need to integrate with GCal, however. As far as Capacities, I don't really have a "workflow" that connects it with Ticktick. I just find it helpful to have a central place to store thoughts, learnings, meeting notes, etc. I hope Capacities is my last stop! Once bulk import is available, I will move my old notes into a separate Capacities space and integrated them into my main space as the need arises.

Hi @Locatino. I see that your escenario is a little different. I have an employed full time job, a personal business and many personal projects (a lot of things to do, hehehe), so I found that GTD was my best friend to reduce the stress by overload and Capacities is the perfect place to have some mind relax and to have my starting point every day where I can remember the important things (some quotes, important habits -that I follow in TickTick, my mission and others, in escence why I do what I do), besides of all the information that is interesting for me. I agree with you that TickTick is a great tool! I love their pomodoro (focus) mode, simplicity, excellent iOS app, the chrome, gmail and outlook integrations and its continuous improvement. About Capacities I have been moving slowly data from TheBrain, OneNote, Logseq and Notion. I took advantage to depurate my data in the process, I foun a lot of notes that were outdated and useless now. I agree with you that the best way is having it in a separate space and move it selectively. Thanks for you answer!

Is Capacities stable on Windows 11? It gives me a warning that the install could be Malicious software

It is stable, I use it literally daily on Windows 11 (edited)

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Json Blob

It is stable, I use it literally daily on Windows 11 (edited)

Me too

Json Blob

It is stable, I use it literally daily on Windows 11 (edited)

I downloaded it, then windows removed the download because it’s not a common program and can be malicious…”isn’t downloaded enough”

@Steffen Can you chime in on this one? This is outside my expertise and something you guys may need to address with qualifying your .exe to not be flagged by Windows security

It downloaded, can I move it to my D drive?

The last time i iused the windows version, it was not signed with a digital certificate. This is actually pretty common for alpha/beta software and generally resolved once it has a public release. I imagine they plan on signing the application once it goes "1.0". In the mean time, you can ignore/bypass the warnings. Just make sure you are only downloading and installing from the capacities web site.

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I would love Capacities to be able to pull metadata into a Book List object, like the Book Search plugin for Obsidian. Anyone figure out how to do something like that?

scott

The last time i iused the windows version, it was not signed with a digital certificate. This is actually pretty common for alpha/beta software and generally resolved once it has a public release. I imagine they plan on signing the application once it goes "1.0". In the mean time, you can ignore/bypass the warnings. Just make sure you are only downloading and installing from the capacities web site.

@JustCodeItAll @Json Blob, @scott is 100% right

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I would love Capacities to be able to pull metadata into a Book List object, like the Book Search plugin for Obsidian. Anyone figure out how to do something like that?

I've never seen that plug in and I want to try to see how/if I can make a similar way to input this data in Capacities because I suspect the native visualition and data capture will be pretty awesome. I'm a book fanatic and I'd love to be able to have them classified/sorted/searchable etc.

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I think this maybe can be created now with existing parameters based on @pkmbeth 's course. There are just so many scalable/expandle fields, etc. That I think it might be possible.

Karen Tucker

I would love Capacities to be able to pull metadata into a Book List object, like the Book Search plugin for Obsidian. Anyone figure out how to do something like that?

certainly this would be nice, for any kind of knowledge base! I'd say this belongs to the broader category of media annotation. so, you could add that aspect – and your voice / vote – here: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/media-annotations-and-smart-media-features ... for me, there are some related issues around other established metadata-formats for media & media registration (like IPTC image metadata, which in large parts of the image / photo community really belong to the image)

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I would love Capacities to be able to pull metadata into a Book List object, like the Book Search plugin for Obsidian. Anyone figure out how to do something like that?

You can get some basic meta (like title, cover, some description, url) via converting Goodreads/Amazon Weblink to your Book object (https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001362840092946562/1039628757851447326), but rest of info you need to write by hands or try your luck with AI assistance. I'm personally using https://app.thestorygraph.com/browse for this because it provides better descriptions and tags, and also fetches the author's name. But would be cool sometime in the future to have some integrations with books/movies/games databases API to fill these fields automatically. (edited)

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You can get some basic meta (like title, cover, some description, url) via converting Goodreads/Amazon Weblink to your Book object (https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001362840092946562/1039628757851447326), but rest of info you need to write by hands or try your luck with AI assistance. I'm personally using https://app.thestorygraph.com/browse for this because it provides better descriptions and tags, and also fetches the author's name. But would be cool sometime in the future to have some integrations with books/movies/games databases API to fill these fields automatically. (edited)

Do you mean that you're doing an object conversion (per your tips-and-tricks) via a TheStoryGraph link instead of Goodreads/Amazon? The Obsidian plugin (Book Search) uses the Google Books API to fetch the information. Is there any way to do that with what we've got in CAP?

Karen Tucker

Do you mean that you're doing an object conversion (per your tips-and-tricks) via a TheStoryGraph link instead of Goodreads/Amazon? The Obsidian plugin (Book Search) uses the Google Books API to fetch the information. Is there any way to do that with what we've got in CAP?

Yes, I do this for every book I want to add. Luckily, I'm not a researcher and rarely add new books, like once or twice a month, so not a big deal for me. I can write a short video of this process if you want. No, for now, there is no automatic way, like in the Obsidian plugin, besides AI Assistance, which is not very reliable. Google Books provide bad metadata when fetched as Weblinks. Maybe it will be possible in the future with the release of Capacities API, who knows. (edited)

Adelon

Yes, I do this for every book I want to add. Luckily, I'm not a researcher and rarely add new books, like once or twice a month, so not a big deal for me. I can write a short video of this process if you want. No, for now, there is no automatic way, like in the Obsidian plugin, besides AI Assistance, which is not very reliable. Google Books provide bad metadata when fetched as Weblinks. Maybe it will be possible in the future with the release of Capacities API, who knows. (edited)

I would love a video of the process if possible. I just tried (via the tips-and-tricks method) and must have a few things wrong because it didn't pull over much. And I couldn't get the AI assistant to fill in things like page #.

Karen Tucker

I would love a video of the process if possible. I just tried (via the tips-and-tricks method) and must have a few things wrong because it didn't pull over much. And I couldn't get the AI assistant to fill in things like page #.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fzMhGid7v6Q5FlAKrU9gbJwlJOEetU7B/view?usp=sharing My steps: 1. Ctrl+C to copy browser link 2. Ctrl+P/K to get search 3. Ctrl+V to paste link and Enter to create Weblink 4. Wait for fetching data and then Convert -> Books 5. Check if all fields are correct and Change type 6. Add necessary data Also, an additional advantage of this method - the cover image doesn't add to the Image database, so it's a bit cleaner than when you add images by hand. (edited)

Capacities Books Process.mp4

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I would love a video of the process if possible. I just tried (via the tips-and-tricks method) and must have a few things wrong because it didn't pull over much. And I couldn't get the AI assistant to fill in things like page #.

Also example with more fields and how AI Assistance can help, but it's only for text fields for now https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g-n_LlsFESm272x4-qxocy5LVr_4d61l/view?usp=sharing (edited)

Capacities 2023-08-09 18-02-07.mp4

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Software download seems to have encountered a problem, the error is as shown in the figure.

10:47 AM

Is there any other place to download, such as GitHub?

chenv_

Software download seems to have encountered a problem, the error is as shown in the figure.

Working again

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The What's New page has a non-working link located in the below line: "X-Callback action for appending to today’s daily note. You can read more about it here. (Aug 9, 2023)"

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capacities and anytype are very similar, how should we choose for analysis?

I have been looking for "one-for-all" tool to keep notes and pm in one place for about two years now shifting between several apps (10+). I can now announce that I've decided not to join capacities as a free user. But to join as believer!

Awesome app, and can't wait for the integrated task management!

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How should tags and attributes be distinguished in use? What is the difference between a label and an attribute of type "tag"? I feel like they are completely the same.

chenv_

How should tags and attributes be distinguished in use? What is the difference between a label and an attribute of type "tag"? I feel like they are completely the same.

Graph view, imo, is where that makes a difference. If you put the tag as a property (I assume that's what you mean by attribute), the property name is displayed in the graph along the arrow. So it's good when you want the tag to have additional context.

12:40 PM

This is an example from one of my book objects.

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I think it is possible to merge the tags into the attributes, so as to unify the concepts and logic of operation. The only problem is inline tags.

chenv_

I think it is possible to merge the tags into the attributes, so as to unify the concepts and logic of operation. The only problem is inline tags.

... don't inow if I get the rationale here, totally. but as properties are configured and assigned on level of types and not globally (like tags), I think any concept of integration would run-up against that... ... but maybe I am misunderstading the line of thought here... ... ?

chenv_

How should tags and attributes be distinguished in use? What is the difference between a label and an attribute of type "tag"? I feel like they are completely the same.

... also tags (or subsets of the tags type) can be turned i to 'local' attributes; but attributes can also be different kinds of metadata (textfields, booleans / checkboxes etc). so it seems not as easy as equating tags and attributes; especially as tags cut across the global / local scope in some very specific way in CAP...

How do I get the Grammarly chrome app to woirk when using the Capacities web app? And any update on fixing Microsoft Editor while using the web app? Thanks!

I have used Notion consistently for a few years now, and although I look at productivity apps for part of my work, I initially didn't want to check out capacities because it didn't have a mobile app (at the time). But, when my notes started disappearing from Notion (again) I started to look into look-alikes that were new on the market. I found capacities again and gave it a try...and so far, it's been a very streamline experience. I didn't have to do hours of learning about the app like I did with Notion, and everything links to eachother if you know how to do it right, and does a timeline, so you can actually look back at your notes without...needing to do anything. (besides a simple mention). I will need to do more organization in due time, and figure out how to more organize consistent meetings with the same people, but other than that...I think capacities is better than Notion at this time??

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Where is the iOS app? Can't find it in the App Store.

davepatrick

The What's New page has a non-working link located in the below line: "X-Callback action for appending to today’s daily note. You can read more about it here. (Aug 9, 2023)"

I guess it's a typo link. "developer" should be without "s" like this https://docs.capacities.io/developer/x-callback-urls

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Deleted User

I have used Notion consistently for a few years now, and although I look at productivity apps for part of my work, I initially didn't want to check out capacities because it didn't have a mobile app (at the time). But, when my notes started disappearing from Notion (again) I started to look into look-alikes that were new on the market. I found capacities again and gave it a try...and so far, it's been a very streamline experience. I didn't have to do hours of learning about the app like I did with Notion, and everything links to eachother if you know how to do it right, and does a timeline, so you can actually look back at your notes without...needing to do anything. (besides a simple mention). I will need to do more organization in due time, and figure out how to more organize consistent meetings with the same people, but other than that...I think capacities is better than Notion at this time??

for me yes, Capacities is much better. but for people who like the in-depth complexity and broad integrations, they may still prefer Notion

davepatrick

The What's New page has a non-working link located in the below line: "X-Callback action for appending to today’s daily note. You can read more about it here. (Aug 9, 2023)"

Fixed

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Those who have been using Capacities for a few months now, what is your general feedback? Did you go all-in and move from your other PKM/note app of choice? Are you using the free version or have you become a believer? If the latter, how do you find iOS app and sync? Any deal breakers? How are you finding support?

Sri

Those who have been using Capacities for a few months now, what is your general feedback? Did you go all-in and move from your other PKM/note app of choice? Are you using the free version or have you become a believer? If the latter, how do you find iOS app and sync? Any deal breakers? How are you finding support?

I have only used Cap for less than a month but already went all in

moved everything from Mem, Notion, Craft, and Discord (I have personal server to act as note taking and link saving

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Just paid my 3rd month of believer, moved from free to paid on same day I found cap. Went all in moving from ticktick and notion, has been great I'm happy I switched but in the last few weeks task management has been lack luster and couldn't wait any longer for the tasks update so I've moved back to ticktick for tasks and cap for pkm. So it's just replaced notion so far, hopefully soon both. IOS app is great, never had a problem with syncing always instant or few seconds to grab changes. I still don't like the way text is selected within a page, just seems glitchy sometimes. I've tried every other alternative but capacities is so far the best for me personally. Support seems good, only comment I have on that is updates it's very hard or impossible to know what's changed. On each update I'd like a list of fixes and changes so I know what to check out. Without that it makes updates feel meaningless as I often can't tell what has been changed or added.

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Just paid my 3rd month of believer, moved from free to paid on same day I found cap. Went all in moving from ticktick and notion, has been great I'm happy I switched but in the last few weeks task management has been lack luster and couldn't wait any longer for the tasks update so I've moved back to ticktick for tasks and cap for pkm. So it's just replaced notion so far, hopefully soon both. IOS app is great, never had a problem with syncing always instant or few seconds to grab changes. I still don't like the way text is selected within a page, just seems glitchy sometimes. I've tried every other alternative but capacities is so far the best for me personally. Support seems good, only comment I have on that is updates it's very hard or impossible to know what's changed. On each update I'd like a list of fixes and changes so I know what to check out. Without that it makes updates feel meaningless as I often can't tell what has been changed or added.

For task management, timeblocking with calendar entries, custom items and habits I use Lunatask. It has a 1-time payment option, a very responsive developer, a beautiful interface, and active Slack community. (edited)

Mike

Just paid my 3rd month of believer, moved from free to paid on same day I found cap. Went all in moving from ticktick and notion, has been great I'm happy I switched but in the last few weeks task management has been lack luster and couldn't wait any longer for the tasks update so I've moved back to ticktick for tasks and cap for pkm. So it's just replaced notion so far, hopefully soon both. IOS app is great, never had a problem with syncing always instant or few seconds to grab changes. I still don't like the way text is selected within a page, just seems glitchy sometimes. I've tried every other alternative but capacities is so far the best for me personally. Support seems good, only comment I have on that is updates it's very hard or impossible to know what's changed. On each update I'd like a list of fixes and changes so I know what to check out. Without that it makes updates feel meaningless as I often can't tell what has been changed or added.

On every update, they literally have a large blue button "What's new" in notification message, which linked to https://capacities.io/whats-new with changelog

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Adelon

On every update, they literally have a large blue button "What's new" in notification message, which linked to https://capacities.io/whats-new with changelog

(edited)

I'm sure when I clicked that ages ago it was just a generic changelog without the latest updates included.. Thanks for pointing out

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I have used Notion consistently for a few years now, and although I look at productivity apps for part of my work, I initially didn't want to check out capacities because it didn't have a mobile app (at the time). But, when my notes started disappearing from Notion (again) I started to look into look-alikes that were new on the market. I found capacities again and gave it a try...and so far, it's been a very streamline experience. I didn't have to do hours of learning about the app like I did with Notion, and everything links to eachother if you know how to do it right, and does a timeline, so you can actually look back at your notes without...needing to do anything. (besides a simple mention). I will need to do more organization in due time, and figure out how to more organize consistent meetings with the same people, but other than that...I think capacities is better than Notion at this time??

I agree. I've used Notion on and off for the last couple of years, but I like Capacities much better so far. Cap doesn't have all of the functionality that Notion has YET, but I'm able to make it work for my workflow for now.

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I came from Obsidian and I think I upgraded to paid Capacities within a week or something. I haven't touched Obsidian since despite I do miss Canvases and I never paid for Obsidian (edited)

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I have used Notion consistently for a few years now, and although I look at productivity apps for part of my work, I initially didn't want to check out capacities because it didn't have a mobile app (at the time). But, when my notes started disappearing from Notion (again) I started to look into look-alikes that were new on the market. I found capacities again and gave it a try...and so far, it's been a very streamline experience. I didn't have to do hours of learning about the app like I did with Notion, and everything links to eachother if you know how to do it right, and does a timeline, so you can actually look back at your notes without...needing to do anything. (besides a simple mention). I will need to do more organization in due time, and figure out how to more organize consistent meetings with the same people, but other than that...I think capacities is better than Notion at this time??

For building a PKM, I definitely agree Capacities is better than Notion. I've tried using Notion to build a PKM, but gave up as I couldn't find a way that worked for me. I've only been using Capacities for a few weeks, and I've already established a routine. For me, Notion works as a tool for business (project management, etc.), but when it comes to PKM - Capacities is the far better choice.

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For building a PKM, I definitely agree Capacities is better than Notion. I've tried using Notion to build a PKM, but gave up as I couldn't find a way that worked for me. I've only been using Capacities for a few weeks, and I've already established a routine. For me, Notion works as a tool for business (project management, etc.), but when it comes to PKM - Capacities is the far better choice.

I used Notion for a while. Honestly, I keep trying new tools, but keep coming back to Capacities. Just seems to work better for how I think.

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Sri

For task management, timeblocking with calendar entries, custom items and habits I use Lunatask. It has a 1-time payment option, a very responsive developer, a beautiful interface, and active Slack community. (edited)

Thanks for the reminder about Lunatask. I tried it a year ago and was very impressed by its direction but it lacked a mobile app and few other features. Just checked it out again and looks like developer has made great progress! Signed up for the beta iOS app

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Hey guys, just getting started on Capacities and joined as a Believer right away for the extra feature set and to support development. I find this app extremely compelling, and wanted to enable the AI assistant to use GPT-4. I went to OpenAI and set up an account for the API usage to get my key. Unfortunately it's saying it needs to be a business account and not a personal account. Anyone have this issue and work around it? If I delete my OpenAI account that's it, I can't re-open it again iwth a new setup, so I'm at a loss rihgt now. Would lvoe to get rolling with this and GPT-4 right out the gate if possible.

chenv_

capacities and anytype are very similar, how should we choose for analysis?

I just gave Anytype a try today out of curiosity. The main advantages over Capacities are local storage and speed. Capacities has huge advantages in UI/UX and several features (e.g., block references). The Capacities interface has such better discoverability, and it displays your data in so many useful ways. (edited)

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Hey guys, just getting started on Capacities and joined as a Believer right away for the extra feature set and to support development. I find this app extremely compelling, and wanted to enable the AI assistant to use GPT-4. I went to OpenAI and set up an account for the API usage to get my key. Unfortunately it's saying it needs to be a business account and not a personal account. Anyone have this issue and work around it? If I delete my OpenAI account that's it, I can't re-open it again iwth a new setup, so I'm at a loss rihgt now. Would lvoe to get rolling with this and GPT-4 right out the gate if possible.

afaik OpenAI assigned / opened GPT-4 to anyone who had at least one successful billing over 1$. Key worked for me on personal account in another app (Elephas) ... then, I wasn't aware CAP already accepts personal keys...

lerone

afaik OpenAI assigned / opened GPT-4 to anyone who had at least one successful billing over 1$. Key worked for me on personal account in another app (Elephas) ... then, I wasn't aware CAP already accepts personal keys...

Yes they do, but when I put it in I get a message that it can't be a personal key from OpenAI but a business key. So I'm SOL. Cap letting you use your own key is awesome because GPT4 is incredible which is why it's sad that I can't get that functionality. Also not able to sign in to the beta app, says my account doesn't exist.

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Just newbie stuff, I'll get it figured out lol.

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Yes they do, but when I put it in I get a message that it can't be a personal key from OpenAI but a business key. So I'm SOL. Cap letting you use your own key is awesome because GPT4 is incredible which is why it's sad that I can't get that functionality. Also not able to sign in to the beta app, says my account doesn't exist.

sounds like something @Michael_v_H & @Steffen should take a second look at...

anyone else needs a feature to "lock" pages? I think it's relevant to not only writers, but here the request thread is titled as for writers. So, in case anyone didn't recognize this, you can upvote this one if you think it's relevant to you. https://capacities.io/feedback/p/capacities-for-writers

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I am setting up a small workflow for passing search terms from Alfred to CAP. Does anyone know where I can find the official logo that looks good on dark background?

Sri

I am setting up a small workflow for passing search terms from Alfred to CAP. Does anyone know where I can find the official logo that looks good on dark background?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l3JDKGpWzqQIWl2x3lPEw3W3rs5Ox2Hk

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Ty.

Set up ⌘⇧U to save the current webpage as a Weblink in CAP. A single keypress!

1:12 AM

and dn to append the typed string in Alfred to the daily note.

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Hey Team! Been a Believer for months and it’s been one of the very best investments into organizing my life! I am finding one thing a bit difficult and that’s the pinned sidebar ought to have sections. I’m finding it’s become a “dumping ground” for lots of items I need to quickly reference, but the topics are all over the place. I’m not sure if this has been discussed already, but that’s just my two cents. But overall I am overjoyed with the direction, management and development of Capacities. Can’t wait to see Task Management implemented, that should be fun

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Hey Team! Been a Believer for months and it’s been one of the very best investments into organizing my life! I am finding one thing a bit difficult and that’s the pinned sidebar ought to have sections. I’m finding it’s become a “dumping ground” for lots of items I need to quickly reference, but the topics are all over the place. I’m not sure if this has been discussed already, but that’s just my two cents. But overall I am overjoyed with the direction, management and development of Capacities. Can’t wait to see Task Management implemented, that should be fun

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+1 for anything that develops and re-enlivens the right sidebar (a.k.'stackbar')!

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] ... meanwhile: as the entries in the sidebar are moveable. – you can possibly emulate this in a very similar way as to the left sidebar: if you bring in 'prop'-entries created for this very purpose, titled '----' (etc), you can arrange everything into faux-sections (dirty fix) (edited)

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lerone

+1 for anything that develops and re-enlivens the right sidebar (a.k.'stackbar')!

[auto-repeat off

] ... meanwhile: as the entries in the sidebar are moveable. – you can possibly emulate this in a very similar way as to the left sidebar: if you bring in 'prop'-entries created for this very purpose, titled '----' (etc), you can arrange everything into faux-sections (dirty fix) (edited)

For now, I guess it’s best to create a special tag for those items, create a Collection and pin the collection.

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For now, I guess it’s best to create a special tag for those items, create a Collection and pin the collection.

... good one, too. it sounded like you need more finegrain control in the use-stage you are at... ... but generally, it's not only the stackbar that is underestimated in CAP, it's personally also what can – already – be done with it; ... like dropping tags and collections etc. I do that too... ... thing like this I have never seen mentioned here in the forums, aside from you now...

I think it's for a reason. – a complex one, having to do with use-cases, Notion-culture, ... but also with it not really being promoted/ developed as one of Capacitties many ' edges '.... ... affordances in Capacities like the one you mention give the right sidebar HUGE potential! (just imagine the effect more global drag'n'drop would have on the usability / leverage effect of the sidebar! etc)

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For now, I guess it’s best to create a special tag for those items, create a Collection and pin the collection.

I do a lot of these moves too (using tags as temporary containers / collectors)... ... problem with it (if little one, admittedly...) is: it clutters the tag set; practically, and conceptually-of-sorts... ... which being unnecessary/ unwanted slack / friction...

Suggestion/request: Screenshots in documentation should open to their full/larger versions in a lightbox when clicked.

3:59 AM

Typo on https://docs.capacities.io/reference/navigation in "Opening the calendar in a new tab: Hold the command key on Mac or the ctrl key on Windwos when clicking on "Calendar" in the left sidebar."

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and in the para below that.

Cybermind

Hey Team! Been a Believer for months and it’s been one of the very best investments into organizing my life! I am finding one thing a bit difficult and that’s the pinned sidebar ought to have sections. I’m finding it’s become a “dumping ground” for lots of items I need to quickly reference, but the topics are all over the place. I’m not sure if this has been discussed already, but that’s just my two cents. But overall I am overjoyed with the direction, management and development of Capacities. Can’t wait to see Task Management implemented, that should be fun

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if this is what you mean, you can upvote this and comment if needed https://capacities.io/feedback/p/bundle-objects-types-in-groups

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Is it possible to move objects between spaces?

jeffwllms

Is it possible to move objects between spaces?

no. unfortunately. ... quick search here and at https://capacities.io/feedback will give you details, on this and also all things spaces etc. ... (edited)

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lerone

+1 for anything that develops and re-enlivens the right sidebar (a.k.'stackbar')!

[auto-repeat off

] ... meanwhile: as the entries in the sidebar are moveable. – you can possibly emulate this in a very similar way as to the left sidebar: if you bring in 'prop'-entries created for this very purpose, titled '----' (etc), you can arrange everything into faux-sections (dirty fix) (edited)

The "stackbar" is so tantalizingly close to being a killer tool.

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Typo on https://docs.capacities.io/reference/navigation in "Opening the calendar in a new tab: Hold the command key on Mac or the ctrl key on Windwos when clicking on "Calendar" in the left sidebar."

Thanks, fixed! ✅

lerone

+1 for anything that develops and re-enlivens the right sidebar (a.k.'stackbar')!

[auto-repeat off

] ... meanwhile: as the entries in the sidebar are moveable. – you can possibly emulate this in a very similar way as to the left sidebar: if you bring in 'prop'-entries created for this very purpose, titled '----' (etc), you can arrange everything into faux-sections (dirty fix) (edited)

I think @Cybermind is talking about the "Pinned" section in the LEFT sidebar, am I correct? I don't fully see the connection of this with the left sidebar.

Michael_v_H

I think @Cybermind is talking about the "Pinned" section in the LEFT sidebar, am I correct? I don't fully see the connection of this with the left sidebar.

... yeah; indeed could be a mix-up

.. we have been there before . I think the similarity in using the terms of 'pinning' and 'sidebar' would make such misunderstandings more probable... ... but, it's of course up to @Cybermind to clarify for everyone here. ... in any way, seeing @mpmanti chipping in, it might be something pertaining to both bars, anyways... (edited)

I think if the left bar will have the ability to drag-n-drop like Notion (I mean for sub-pages, sub-sub-pages, etc.), together with query (if it allows embedding the full database on the page) it will be enough to create any hierarchy and organization structure you want. https://capacities.io/feedback/p/drag-and-drop-for-sub-pages-in-sidebar

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lerone

... yeah; indeed could be a mix-up

.. we have been there before . I think the similarity in using the terms of 'pinning' and 'sidebar' would make such misunderstandings more probable... ... but, it's of course up to @Cybermind to clarify for everyone here. ... in any way, seeing @mpmanti chipping in, it might be something pertaining to both bars, anyways... (edited)

Sorry, I’ve been out all day… I meant the left side bar originally, but I’m learning a lot from what everyone has written here!

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Sorry, I’ve been out all day… I meant the left side bar originally, but I’m learning a lot from what everyone has written here!

... yeah, take it as a promotion of the right sidebar as additional – good – option. (it's not so visible in the reference materials, and also a little hidden in the UI) – but, one advantage of it: the right sidebar is linked to tabs instead of global space. so it gives some additional options / flexibility, to work more 'session'-oriented (which is why I personally cherish it so much...!

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little hidden in the UI

I told that the right panel needed a button on the toolbar 10 months ago when it was first introduced

Most users probably even don't know that the app has it. https://capacities.io/feedback/p/side-panel-improvements

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little hidden in the UI

I told that the right panel needed a button on the toolbar 10 months ago when it was first introduced

Most users probably even don't know that the app has it. https://capacities.io/feedback/p/side-panel-improvements

oh! never seen this at Canny

– great! will add to that; as I left several ideas about improvememts and extensions here in the forums over time, in the hope to spark some general discussion about it's potential... thx forpointing to that! always good to put votes to this, and have collected discussion / reflection! (edited)

lerone

... yeah, take it as a promotion of the right sidebar as additional – good – option. (it's not so visible in the reference materials, and also a little hidden in the UI) – but, one advantage of it: the right sidebar is linked to tabs instead of global space. so it gives some additional options / flexibility, to work more 'session'-oriented (which is why I personally cherish it so much...!

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Does the right sidebar work on mobile?

Adelon

I think if the left bar will have the ability to drag-n-drop like Notion (I mean for sub-pages, sub-sub-pages, etc.), together with query (if it allows embedding the full database on the page) it will be enough to create any hierarchy and organization structure you want. https://capacities.io/feedback/p/drag-and-drop-for-sub-pages-in-sidebar

This is exactly what I’m asking about, +1 for this!! I’m dumping too many things in the pinned section.

Cybermind

Does the right sidebar work on mobile?

... lucid / good point & question: no! I guess part of the reason is certainly space, and certain reduction on mobile; .... then another part is, I would guess, it not being that central (yet) ... so, the question would again be interesting for iPad app, for example!

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Does anyone use capacities for content creation ideas/flow?

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Does anyone use capacities for content creation ideas/flow?

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1114517322804244500 (search is always worthwhile in these rich forum channels!

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lerone

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1114517322804244500 (search is always worthwhile in these rich forum channels!

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yeah, tryin' to search I just rarely get info I want when I search discord for some reason

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lerone

... lucid / good point & question: no! I guess part of the reason is certainly space, and certain reduction on mobile; .... then another part is, I would guess, it not being that central (yet) ... so, the question would again be interesting for iPad app, for example!

An iPad app would be incredible, but I understand that’s further along in the timeline.

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yeah, tryin' to search I just rarely get info I want when I search discord for some reason

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yeah; Discord is a bit special, and like Slack it's not best at keeping knowledge / contributions afloat or ready for structured findability. therefore, a lot here also hinges on the care and culture of filing things in a good way (like use of channels, threads etc). a lot also hinges on people taking a serious look / dive into search; ... for me, putting 'content creation' into search bar and hit enter brought up this result as 5th entry (below yours, which is the latest). and a lot is dependent on people here long enough to remember to unearth / re-float preexisting helpful content / knowledge / input, where they can (in this case I remembered this thread as I also participated) so, it was meant as encoragement not criticism. altogether we can make the forum more productive, conducive, and less redundant (energy wasting) – to the benefit of all of us!

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... yeah; indeed could be a mix-up

.. we have been there before . I think the similarity in using the terms of 'pinning' and 'sidebar' would make such misunderstandings more probable... ... but, it's of course up to @Cybermind to clarify for everyone here. ... in any way, seeing @mpmanti chipping in, it might be something pertaining to both bars, anyways... (edited)

Sorry for the digression. I was distracted by the mention of the right-side stackbar--nice coinage, BTW--which I like to use with bigger objects on the left and smaller objects on the right to either disaggregate the bigger object into smaller objects or aggregate smaller objects into a bigger object. For example, taking blocks from my notes on a book, and pulling them out into notes on a topic, or organizing smaller notes into a bigger outline. More drag-and-drop facilities for moving, copying, or transcluding blocks to-and-fro would be handy.

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little hidden in the UI

I told that the right panel needed a button on the toolbar 10 months ago when it was first introduced

Most users probably even don't know that the app has it. https://capacities.io/feedback/p/side-panel-improvements

Up-voted. Thanks for linking it.

mpmanti

Sorry for the digression. I was distracted by the mention of the right-side stackbar--nice coinage, BTW--which I like to use with bigger objects on the left and smaller objects on the right to either disaggregate the bigger object into smaller objects or aggregate smaller objects into a bigger object. For example, taking blocks from my notes on a book, and pulling them out into notes on a topic, or organizing smaller notes into a bigger outline. More drag-and-drop facilities for moving, copying, or transcluding blocks to-and-fro would be handy.

I think the 'disgression', which I 'triggered', turned out to be of some relation, at least. ... I think whenever there are question about 'pinning' (turning the database into a real studio-working- &assembling-environment) it makes some sense to consider the whole functional space of 'pinning' (left & right)... ... simply because there sems so much room for different use-cases, scenarios, and development – turning Capacities into a real 'studio' allowing for actions of temporary ordering, comlation, re-arrangement, internal visual workspaces etc. also: wow! I hope you bring that functional idea / scenario (work with small chunks vis-a-vis larger documents) into the Canny thread on improving the right sidebar! – it sounds like a real good & helpful scenario, especially given Capacities capacity and potential to work with a modular but structured logic...! (edited)

lerone

I think the 'disgression', which I 'triggered', turned out to be of some relation, at least. ... I think whenever there are question about 'pinning' (turning the database into a real studio-working- &assembling-environment) it makes some sense to consider the whole functional space of 'pinning' (left & right)... ... simply because there sems so much room for different use-cases, scenarios, and development – turning Capacities into a real 'studio' allowing for actions of temporary ordering, comlation, re-arrangement, internal visual workspaces etc. also: wow! I hope you bring that functional idea / scenario (work with small chunks vis-a-vis larger documents) into the Canny thread on improving the right sidebar! – it sounds like a real good & helpful scenario, especially given Capacities capacity and potential to work with a modular but structured logic...! (edited)

Thanks for the nudge. I added my comment to the Canny thread on the stackbar.

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Steffen

On the feature side, we'll do Queries, Capacities Pro, Mobile release

No timeline yet

Do you have a timeline now?

liorix

Do you have a timeline now?

... this is 2 weeks later... like a second in terms of development-timescales... ... plus right in the cleaning up process of the most serious technical lapse of Capacities to date... ... so, am I correct in taking the '

' marking a rather literal joke here...?

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... this is 2 weeks later... like a second in terms of development-timescales... ... plus right in the cleaning up process of the most serious technical lapse of Capacities to date... ... so, am I correct in taking the '

' marking a rather literal joke here...?

Didn’t know there was a technical lapse, I’m not using Capacities yet cause an iPhone app is something that’s really important for me. I didn’t expect to get a “yes”, but it was worth trying. (edited)

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Didn’t know there was a technical lapse, I’m not using Capacities yet cause an iPhone app is something that’s really important for me. I didn’t expect to get a “yes”, but it was worth trying. (edited)

I see / understand. definitely legit interest. no questioning that at all! – just proposing to look, and get up to speed w/ forum, roadmaps, official communication

... before asking so robustely about timelines etc. - kind of out of respect.

... like: https://capacities.io/whats-new

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What's new?

New features, releases, and current improvements

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anytype updated 12 languages on crowdin in just half a month. As a loyal user, I hope Capacities can also catch up with I18N, so that more people can use this excellent product. In today's globalized world, I18N has become an essential part. By updating versions in multiple languages, not only can the usage rate of the product be improved, but also user satisfaction can be increased. Therefore, I suggest that the Capacities team strengthen their updates and maintenance work on I18N in the near future.

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anytype updated 12 languages on crowdin in just half a month. As a loyal user, I hope Capacities can also catch up with I18N, so that more people can use this excellent product. In today's globalized world, I18N has become an essential part. By updating versions in multiple languages, not only can the usage rate of the product be improved, but also user satisfaction can be increased. Therefore, I suggest that the Capacities team strengthen their updates and maintenance work on I18N in the near future.

Thanks for the input!

Greetings. How can I activate the "graph view"?

DGB#3000

Greetings. How can I activate the "graph view"?

The documentation page is your go-to for this

https://docs.capacities.io/tutorials/networked-note-taking#graph-view

Capacities Docs

nicolas67🥨⛵🛠🎵

The documentation page is your go-to for this

https://docs.capacities.io/tutorials/networked-note-taking#graph-view

But my "top right" looks different...

DGB#3000

But my "top right" looks different...

It looks like you’re on an object view - to open the graph view, you first need to open a page (or any other kind of object) and you’ll find the button. That’s because the graph view is generated starting from the item you’re viewing, which is placed at the center, and the graph shows everything else relatively to the item you’re viewing

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nicolas67🥨⛵🛠🎵

It looks like you’re on an object view - to open the graph view, you first need to open a page (or any other kind of object) and you’ll find the button. That’s because the graph view is generated starting from the item you’re viewing, which is placed at the center, and the graph shows everything else relatively to the item you’re viewing

I finally understand.

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I’m using the mobile app and I don’t see a way to zoom in on my images. I need to be able to do that because of photos of our work schedules which I keep in note apps. Is there something that I am not seeing? (edited)

Nenge

I’m using the mobile app and I don’t see a way to zoom in on my images. I need to be able to do that because of photos of our work schedules which I keep in note apps. Is there something that I am not seeing? (edited)

You also can’t zoom into PDFs on mobile. I hope this will be possible some time in the future, as reading important information on the go is one of the most important use cases for the mobile app. At least for me.

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I’m using the mobile app and I don’t see a way to zoom in on my images. I need to be able to do that because of photos of our work schedules which I keep in note apps. Is there something that I am not seeing? (edited)

@Nenge @Gonzales Gee, is noted

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Not that familiar with Discord so a bit overwhelmed as a starter. I wonder if Capacities is designed to use it for project management & client project documentation. I watch some videos about PKM tools, and I am not much interested in documenting everything I read, I consume, I eat, and note when I brush my teeth - I am more interested in finding a tool I can use in a professional way as a sole trader. I want to manage client project, work out concepts, create tutorials for re-use later, do project documentation, meeting notes, etc. Overall, I wonder if those are things that can be accomplished easily with Capacities or if it requires a lot of fiddling around. I try this in Notion for ages, but I just can't get along with the sidebar and navigation in Notion. Spaces in Confluence are way better (clear separation of projects). What about Capacities?

markus

Not that familiar with Discord so a bit overwhelmed as a starter. I wonder if Capacities is designed to use it for project management & client project documentation. I watch some videos about PKM tools, and I am not much interested in documenting everything I read, I consume, I eat, and note when I brush my teeth - I am more interested in finding a tool I can use in a professional way as a sole trader. I want to manage client project, work out concepts, create tutorials for re-use later, do project documentation, meeting notes, etc. Overall, I wonder if those are things that can be accomplished easily with Capacities or if it requires a lot of fiddling around. I try this in Notion for ages, but I just can't get along with the sidebar and navigation in Notion. Spaces in Confluence are way better (clear separation of projects). What about Capacities?

if what you mentioned are all done by you alone (no collaboration on documentation), then it should be possible in Capacities

cp9

if what you mentioned are all done by you alone (no collaboration on documentation), then it should be possible in Capacities

yes, I read that collaboration is another complex topic as you can't just share a single page or "folder" .. even though collaboration is necessary in my life, I anyway gave up convincing others to use tools so it's email and slack anyways .. however there is a big difference between "should be possible" or "that's one of the use cases it was built for". I know in the end I must figure it out myself, trying to get some first input about use cases

markus

yes, I read that collaboration is another complex topic as you can't just share a single page or "folder" .. even though collaboration is necessary in my life, I anyway gave up convincing others to use tools so it's email and slack anyways .. however there is a big difference between "should be possible" or "that's one of the use cases it was built for". I know in the end I must figure it out myself, trying to get some first input about use cases

it's just because I have no knowledge nor experience about being a sole trader, I can't put so much certainty in my statement

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Not that familiar with Discord so a bit overwhelmed as a starter. I wonder if Capacities is designed to use it for project management & client project documentation. I watch some videos about PKM tools, and I am not much interested in documenting everything I read, I consume, I eat, and note when I brush my teeth - I am more interested in finding a tool I can use in a professional way as a sole trader. I want to manage client project, work out concepts, create tutorials for re-use later, do project documentation, meeting notes, etc. Overall, I wonder if those are things that can be accomplished easily with Capacities or if it requires a lot of fiddling around. I try this in Notion for ages, but I just can't get along with the sidebar and navigation in Notion. Spaces in Confluence are way better (clear separation of projects). What about Capacities?

For this other tools are better suited imo. Ex.: Nifty. https://niftypm.com/

Nifty: Project Management

Nifty is the remote collaboration hub to manage projects, tasks, and communications — all in one place. Remote work has never been easier, fun, and more efficient.

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or https://www.plutio.com/

Plutio - One app to run your business and get work done

The complete suite to manage projects, collaborate in real-time, share files, create proposals, get paid and automate your workflow - all from one app.

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Asana, ClickUp, Monday, Ora, Freedcamp. (edited)

Nice write up on Capacities object dashboards and AI assistant here: https://productivus.substack.com/p/5-productinews-july-2023

#5 Productinews - July 2023

In this article, I will talk about the latest updates and features of popular PKM tools like Capacities, Obsidian, and Reflect. Additionally, I will introduce new tools such as Albus and Fabric.

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markus

Not that familiar with Discord so a bit overwhelmed as a starter. I wonder if Capacities is designed to use it for project management & client project documentation. I watch some videos about PKM tools, and I am not much interested in documenting everything I read, I consume, I eat, and note when I brush my teeth - I am more interested in finding a tool I can use in a professional way as a sole trader. I want to manage client project, work out concepts, create tutorials for re-use later, do project documentation, meeting notes, etc. Overall, I wonder if those are things that can be accomplished easily with Capacities or if it requires a lot of fiddling around. I try this in Notion for ages, but I just can't get along with the sidebar and navigation in Notion. Spaces in Confluence are way better (clear separation of projects). What about Capacities?

I used to use Notion as well. I use it completely for work. Project/Program management, documentation, personal work knowledgebase

@Steffen Yesterday, I subscribed for capacities believer. Now, I’m not sure how to get mobile app access & task management access.

Akhilesh singh

@Steffen Yesterday, I subscribed for capacities believer. Now, I’m not sure how to get mobile app access & task management access.

As soon as the payment goes through, you would have received an email (which was almost instant for me) similar to the following. The links for accessing iOS and Android apps can be found in it.

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yes, I read that collaboration is another complex topic as you can't just share a single page or "folder" .. even though collaboration is necessary in my life, I anyway gave up convincing others to use tools so it's email and slack anyways .. however there is a big difference between "should be possible" or "that's one of the use cases it was built for". I know in the end I must figure it out myself, trying to get some first input about use cases

I share/collaborate from Taskade just because I don’t want to accidentally share the wrong thing from any workspace where I have my own content. I also use ClickUp, but I won’t share from ClickUp, again because I don’t want to accidentally give access to the wrong thing. Capacities is a studio for my mind, so even if collaboration is added, I’m not using it. I also don’t share pages, because I don’t want to risk sharing a linked page by accident (I think that’s how it works- I could be wrong). I use Capacities for specific projects and it’s been an excellent way to collate/organize/access information.

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@Steffen Yesterday, I subscribed for capacities believer. Now, I’m not sure how to get mobile app access & task management access.

If you don't receive the email, reach out to us at team@capacities.io

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@Steffen Hello Steffen, wonderful app you've developed. Although I have one requirement, and that is the capacity to be able to store my notes offline on my own computer. Will this ever be added to capacities?

Because I am a bit worried about this not being implemented in the near future. It's a crucial feature, that would get you tons of new users. But the fact that this hasn't been prioritized, and the fact that it's still "under review" makes me worried

eerrrraaaaa

@Steffen Hello Steffen, wonderful app you've developed. Although I have one requirement, and that is the capacity to be able to store my notes offline on my own computer. Will this ever be added to capacities?

hey @eerrrraaaaa – welcome to the community!

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first, credit is also due (pari-pari) to @Michael_v_H – and indeed both are a wonderful, extraordinary team of development wizards – ... magically also still very active in the community (nobody knows how they pull this off

) your question is, of course, of more general concern – to a rather large part of the community. – this community is wonderful, ... but comes also with a 'requirement' (see https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/940599731439153192 – forum rules) – ... which is especially important as sooooo many new wonderful people land at the Capacities-shore: it is advised re. all questions – and even more so on fundamental expectations / inquiries of critical (some say 'killer') features – to consult the resources before 'asking once more' what was already tabled here ... on occassion

... ❕ basically those

resources

are: ❕ • the forum here (search term 'offline' brings dozens of results) • the roadmap pinned on the homepage and here (https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1135449045515640843) • the Canny 'feature-board', also promoted on the landing page (with lots more of info to start off from) – ... as case in point (and also speaking to your concern) : https://capacities.canny.io/feedback/p/working-offline

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(❣️ don't take this personal; it's basically meant as cultural road sign / pointer to everyone here (= 'all of us') – particularly in the face of a massively rejuvenating community (which is great!

). so, having said that, welcome to that community!

– and don't hesitate if there is a follow-up question! (... there are probably few communities as helpful & constructive as the one Michael & Steffen have attracted via their gem-app...

; and I have dwelled some of them...

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working offline | Feedback | capacities

in the long run an app like this should work offline. I must have access to my data at all times in order to be able to work with it in a meaningful way.

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Thanks, I am new to discord. Is there a channel for requesting coaching (paid) help?

Andy_P

Thanks, I am new to discord. Is there a channel for requesting coaching (paid) help?

There’s a course that you can get a discount too linked here: https://capacities.io/tutorials @pkmbeth is our resident expert and she has content on Medium, YouTube, her own blog and a paid course. You can fill out the form on her blog to reach her. https://pkmbeth.typedream.app/capacities (edited)

Tutorials

Read and follow our simple guides on specific features and concepts of Capacities

Capacities

I teach you how to make your life easier with digital tools, particularly Capacities.

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There’s a course that you can get a discount too linked here: https://capacities.io/tutorials @pkmbeth is our resident expert and she has content on Medium, YouTube, her own blog and a paid course. You can fill out the form on her blog to reach her. https://pkmbeth.typedream.app/capacities (edited)

Thank you for sharing @Desiderata ! @Andy_P, happy to chat about coaching via DM or email (beth@pkmbeth.com)

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pkmbeth

Thank you for sharing @Desiderata ! @Andy_P, happy to chat about coaching via DM or email (beth@pkmbeth.com)

I’m like a @pkmbeth / Capacities commercial

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I’m like a @pkmbeth / Capacities commercial

I very much appreciate your support

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Could someone help me with AI Property Auto-Fill? It isn't showing up for me under settings

I realized it only works for text properties now and not for my custom object types. (edited)

yo is it down rn

Someone can help me with how to search easily ?. 80% time in this tool is I use search...Every time, I have to click search button or control+P(which is kind of difficult...somehow this is not my fav shortcut)...Is there any other option ? Just like anybrowser....open app, you always see seach box on top... (edited)

shifumaster

Someone can help me with how to search easily ?. 80% time in this tool is I use search...Every time, I have to click search button or control+P(which is kind of difficult...somehow this is not my fav shortcut)...Is there any other option ? Just like anybrowser....open app, you always see seach box on top... (edited)

You could look into automating it using software like AutoHotKey or MacroExpress. As a Mac user, I've set up F4 to switch to Capacities and press ⌘K for me. Alternatively, I've also set up ns <search term> to pass input from Alfred (a system-wide launcher) to search in Capacities and show the results.

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hey can i get help

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internet is 100% working fine

Hi guys, how can I create a simple table as a content hub? For example I want to be there the content itself and an information of on what platformed it was linked with each link. Thanks

zuni_

Hi guys, how can I create a simple table as a content hub? For example I want to be there the content itself and an information of on what platformed it was linked with each link. Thanks

Not possible at the moment. It is PLANNED: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/simple-table

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I am unsure if it has been discussed elsewhere: It would be essential to have the possibility to comment text. Is this planned (soon)?

markus

I am unsure if it has been discussed elsewhere: It would be essential to have the possibility to comment text. Is this planned (soon)?

hey @Markus, this is discussed in various channels and sidearms here; ... but under different labels; like: notes, annotations, footnotes, sidenotes... I think 'annotation' is the best container catwgory – especially since @Michael_v_H once pre-conceptually remarked they are thinking about a very general 'annotation layer' to deal with (kind of) all these cases / variations (up to the pdf annotations, Read It Later integration) etc https://capacities.canny.io/feedback/p/footnotes-memo-of-a-text https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001365576314261555/1134129993631408129

Footnotes / memo of a text | Feedback | capacities

To remark a text in a block is necessary

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hey @Markus, this is discussed in various channels and sidearms here; ... but under different labels; like: notes, annotations, footnotes, sidenotes... I think 'annotation' is the best container catwgory – especially since @Michael_v_H once pre-conceptually remarked they are thinking about a very general 'annotation layer' to deal with (kind of) all these cases / variations (up to the pdf annotations, Read It Later integration) etc https://capacities.canny.io/feedback/p/footnotes-memo-of-a-text https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001365576314261555/1134129993631408129

Thank you so much, @lerone !

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Why is anype getting more attention than capacities? I feel like capacities is better than anytype

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I also appreciate the Word export in Capacities, since that's what is most accessible for most people and it's what my work uses most of the time. Notion only printed PDFs if you don't want weird markup and sometimes it exported weird

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10:15 AM

Exporting in capacities has been seamless so far for me.

Deleted User

Why is anype getting more attention than capacities? I feel like capacities is better than anytype

Because some people prefer offline-first app. I choose capacities because I prefer online-first. I don't want to spare local storage on every device I use for second brain

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so this is kind of key for me, online-first. I would love to have an offline version as well but I need my notes accessible everyware. Accessibility is far more important to me the the ability to operate offline. That said total first world privileged there. I am almost never completely offline. I can almost always access my notes at least on my phone. If I was in an area where the network was more spotty my priorties would probably change.

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Same for me. If internet is out, I typically resort to mobile-hotspot, so I'm never really without

Also, given the architecture of capacities. From a development perspective offline mode would be really hard. Capacities works with nodes in a database. You would have to cache all the nodes belonging to a user and their relationships. Tracking changes would be complex and merging them back in would be super hard. What do you do if there are merge conflicts. Could you support offline on multiple devices? I mean you could provide a local DB and do a DB sync of some sort but that comes with it's own complexities. Really an Offline mode is a huge lift with a ton of big considerations to make. I'm pretty ok with it being far down the list for now. A project like that would quickly eat up all the development cycles meaning no other enhancements would get worked on. If the team needs to wait till they have more resources to devote to offline I think thats probably a good plan.

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Why is anype getting more attention than capacities? I feel like capacities is better than anytype

also Marketing, PR, Advertising etc

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Why is anype getting more attention than capacities? I feel like capacities is better than anytype

@Deleted User what makes capacities better than anytype?

zuni_

@Deleted User what makes capacities better than anytype?

I like the daily note view, where you get to have your thoughts each day, and get to see everything you worked on that day. You can date things even in advance, and it will show up on the day in your daily note. The meetings you have for the day with their agenda will show up here as well, categorized by time. I also like the structure of capacities, as there are a few objects already built-in, and automatically updated when you paste the object; such as if you pasted a weblink in a page, it will automatically also be in the weblink object without you doing anything. If you pasted in a PDF, a PDF object with automatically generate and your PDF will automatically show up there without you doing anything. Anytype seems more like Notion in that you have to create your own objects/workflow from scratch. And though there is more customizability in Anytype (for example, existence of tables) there is therefore more of a learning curve, more setup, and just more work to make it work if that makes sense?

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If you love building and updating and creating your own workflow, as well as importance over keeping/owning your data offline, anytype may be better for you. If you like more structure (with wiggle room), being able to have your workflow online, like a calendar view, seamless exporting, then capacities may be better.

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generic pkm app #324

I'm new to Cap, and now struggling to import all my stuff into it. I've got all of my individual notes saved as .md files. Is there a way for me to bulk import all of these as pages?

That feature is coming in the future, not released yet

Json Blob

That feature is coming in the future, not released yet

This is all I need to make that switch from Mem. Seems like a basic thing to have if you want to get new users.

Spicy Sotong

This is all I need to make that switch from Mem. Seems like a basic thing to have if you want to get new users.

... second part of the statement is certainly a truth that few people would dispute per se (truism). – then, development and prioritization – especially in a betaphase and in a bootstrapped project not only looking to numbers, but also character and quality of experience – seems more complex than just any such general statement / expectation (– w/o btw rendering it 'false', per se). ... a lot of people, and especially a lot of 'believers' I guess, are here precisely because they are convinced (– also by experiences here, so far–) that the overall vector, intention, and ecology of development (shouldered by just two!), and en grosso modo: the balancing out of these necessary prioritizations, is something they can trust in...

... but, certainly, we all are interested in better (bulk) import options in some, not too far future.

otherwise, feel free to vote on that particular point.

https://capacities.canny.io/feedback/p/bulk-import-from-md-and-other-apps – there is, as you will see on good looking, a good culture of steering decisions via voting – ... and thought- and respectful debate here...!

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Bulk import from md and other apps | Feedback | capacities

Upload a zip folder of markdown files to capacities. Considerations upload as a specific type and use front matter content to determine type and set properties

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Spicy Sotong started a thread. 8/19/2023 9:27 AM

Spicy Sotong

This is all I need to make that switch from Mem. Seems like a basic thing to have if you want to get new users.

What is wrong with Mem? Why will you leave?

Primajudy

What is wrong with Mem? Why will you leave?

Nothing "wrong" but that team doesn't have a published roadmap. If I'm going to put all my information in there, I would like to have a better idea of where they're going.

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Is it just me or is the mobile web app an absolute pain to use?

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KS84

Is it just me or is the mobile web app an absolute pain to use?

... currently... unfortunately, yes. it had some (much) smoother times for me.

currently, it stalls for 1-2 mins when changing spaces, or even object types.

I also now have regularly the case that when I finally progress to 'new entry' it freezes completely, with the cursor completely stalled... for minutes... until I give up... ❄️❄️❄️

– actually, the best channel for negotiating all this is (one of) the dedicated mobile app channel.

https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1046733669613711390 // I say 'channels' because there is an alpha channel for alpha testers, too

... – I am part of that (is my assumption, ... I lost a little track here

) also, has to be said, that from traffic and reactions there, it seems to me, the problems are not experienced globally. – so might be imteresting to investigate who is afflicted here for what reason...

It doesn’t freeze for me but editing notes is a pain. Almost unusable. I’ve resorted to taking notes in drafts on my phone and then transferring them to capacities via the desktop app.

KS84

It doesn’t freeze for me but editing notes is a pain. Almost unusable. I’ve resorted to taking notes in drafts on my phone and then transferring them to capacities via the desktop app.

... yeah; me too... resorting to 'buffer apps' 'freezing' was meant broadly here. sometimes I call it that, when posed w/ question whether to continue waiting after 2 minutes of stalling (which probably better describes what is happening). ... but then, what I also experience newly, is flash blank screens (sometimes white, sometimes black

), and a self-restart of the app... ... whatever the details... it's currently not usable for me, unfortunately...

so just wanted to a) confirm your experience; b) add mine; c) point to the channel...

(edited)

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Spicy Sotong

Nothing "wrong" but that team doesn't have a published roadmap. If I'm going to put all my information in there, I would like to have a better idea of where they're going.

@Spicy Sotong couldn't agree more. One of the reasons I left Mem for capacities was the lack of transparency regarding their roadmap. Mem is a cool product don't get me wrong, but there were so many minor issues (poor syncing, poor text search, bi-directional links didn't work) with the product making it unusable at times. I can deal with that knowing the devs are working on it but it was never clear if they would be fixed. Nothing against the team over there! I love the vision and think they could do something great; however, the uncertainty with that was being prioritized was enough turn me away.

lindon

@Spicy Sotong couldn't agree more. One of the reasons I left Mem for capacities was the lack of transparency regarding their roadmap. Mem is a cool product don't get me wrong, but there were so many minor issues (poor syncing, poor text search, bi-directional links didn't work) with the product making it unusable at times. I can deal with that knowing the devs are working on it but it was never clear if they would be fixed. Nothing against the team over there! I love the vision and think they could do something great; however, the uncertainty with that was being prioritized was enough turn me away.

Well said!

In all fairness I hated using Obsidian on mobile. I just found Capacities to be both not much better (yet) and rarely the way I work with my notes anyways

11:45 AM

Recently, Reflect posted a YouTube video announcing and giving instructions on how to install the iOS #lockscreen widget allowing you to record an audio note directly to Reflect without unlocking your iPhone. This is a great idea and should remove much of the friction adding a note into Reflect. The video had very good instructions, but for one, perhaps so, minor exception. How to you get the widget?

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ADRHoward

Recently, Reflect posted a YouTube video announcing and giving instructions on how to install the iOS #lockscreen widget allowing you to record an audio note directly to Reflect without unlocking your iPhone. This is a great idea and should remove much of the friction adding a note into Reflect. The video had very good instructions, but for one, perhaps so, minor exception. How to you get the widget?

If you cannot wait for Capacities to build the audio transcription widget, you can create a shortcut to transcribe via Whisper, then send to Whatsapp/Telegram account, which linked with your Capacities

Oh, I thought they already built the widget

I bet you asked the wrong server

. This is Capacities' server, not the Reflect's one.

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Hierarchy vs. network when structuring your content: I am not entirely sure yet if Capacities is the right tool, but I am not giving up immediately. I think I am looking at a way to get some hierarchy into the system, even though it's all about connected objects. 1. I want an object type Project, everything about a client project goes in there 2. I don't want only connected pages and other object types floating around within each project, I need some kind of structure in there as known from a hierarchy. I'll give you an example: Project: Relaunch Website XYZ

Organizational

----Timeline ----Meeting Notes ----Decisions

Infrastructure

----Hosting ----Domain & DNS ----Email & SMTP ----Licencing

Analysis

----SEO Audit ----Content Analysis

Design

----CI ----Website Style Guide

Website

----Sitemap ----Content Right now, I want to figure out if I require such kind of structure whether Capacities is even the right tool for it. It's difficult to believe that it'll work out when all elements are just floating around and somehow connected (edited)

markus

Hierarchy vs. network when structuring your content: I am not entirely sure yet if Capacities is the right tool, but I am not giving up immediately. I think I am looking at a way to get some hierarchy into the system, even though it's all about connected objects. 1. I want an object type Project, everything about a client project goes in there 2. I don't want only connected pages and other object types floating around within each project, I need some kind of structure in there as known from a hierarchy. I'll give you an example: Project: Relaunch Website XYZ

Organizational

----Timeline ----Meeting Notes ----Decisions

Infrastructure

----Hosting ----Domain & DNS ----Email & SMTP ----Licencing

Analysis

----SEO Audit ----Content Analysis

Design

----CI ----Website Style Guide

Website

----Sitemap ----Content Right now, I want to figure out if I require such kind of structure whether Capacities is even the right tool for it. It's difficult to believe that it'll work out when all elements are just floating around and somehow connected (edited)

want to confirm: do you need those notes as personal? or you plan to use them for teamwork (some people can edit)? (edited)

markus

Hierarchy vs. network when structuring your content: I am not entirely sure yet if Capacities is the right tool, but I am not giving up immediately. I think I am looking at a way to get some hierarchy into the system, even though it's all about connected objects. 1. I want an object type Project, everything about a client project goes in there 2. I don't want only connected pages and other object types floating around within each project, I need some kind of structure in there as known from a hierarchy. I'll give you an example: Project: Relaunch Website XYZ

Organizational

----Timeline ----Meeting Notes ----Decisions

Infrastructure

----Hosting ----Domain & DNS ----Email & SMTP ----Licencing

Analysis

----SEO Audit ----Content Analysis

Design

----CI ----Website Style Guide

Website

----Sitemap ----Content Right now, I want to figure out if I require such kind of structure whether Capacities is even the right tool for it. It's difficult to believe that it'll work out when all elements are just floating around and somehow connected (edited)

hey @markus , that is a well posed question, neuralgic for the (different) ways CAP works. indeed hierarchy comes second in CAP, but there are ways. then, I think your sentiment might be right: you have to find out whether – in face of all the other benefits CAP brings – a folder-like base-structure is of primary / sole importance to you. in that case: I think there are better tools for that out there. now, as to ways to have hierarchy: 1) within an object as linking / referencing / embedding works so well in CAP, you can structure the block-based object-'pages' well in any way you eant. so they can 'mimick' a folder-structure... allowing for some extras (annotation, folding, imagery, etc) 2) MOCs (as illustradet by @pkmbeth ) can be used as elaborate TOCs; that can be sorted very nicely (kind of a variant of '# 1') 3) collections at least for one level (your case?!) they work quite well, as they are reorderable in the left sidebar – ... plus: with a good tagging / properties system in place – then dynamicslly / ad-hoc / per use filter for further hirarchies (lean method; but not strong on instant self-disclosure of hierarchy; seems workable though, if – as your case seem to be – there is a very clear / habituated hierarchy (mentally) 'in place' already) 4) most indirect, but maybe also a very versatile way: as Capacities lets you define properties ot of every tag / type, these can be used to generate very elaborate, 'intelligent' ordering structures in the objects own sidebar, where these are sorted alphabetically. you can then open any such hierarchy-point in the right sidebar to 'look into it' I am sure some others come up with some more ideas here; those are my first ones... otherwise 'network vis-a-vis hierarchy / folder' is a very good, puvotal topic. would love to see more discussions / features / presentations around such structural, 'architectural' and 'meta-functional' topics!

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Hierarchy vs. network when structuring your content: I am not entirely sure yet if Capacities is the right tool, but I am not giving up immediately. I think I am looking at a way to get some hierarchy into the system, even though it's all about connected objects. 1. I want an object type Project, everything about a client project goes in there 2. I don't want only connected pages and other object types floating around within each project, I need some kind of structure in there as known from a hierarchy. I'll give you an example: Project: Relaunch Website XYZ

Organizational

----Timeline ----Meeting Notes ----Decisions

Infrastructure

----Hosting ----Domain & DNS ----Email & SMTP ----Licencing

Analysis

----SEO Audit ----Content Analysis

Design

----CI ----Website Style Guide

Website

----Sitemap ----Content Right now, I want to figure out if I require such kind of structure whether Capacities is even the right tool for it. It's difficult to believe that it'll work out when all elements are just floating around and somehow connected (edited)

In your place I would give it a try in Capacities, I would create a sort of map of contents page using simple links or embeds (as suggested above, points 1 & 2 by lerone), as this allows you to order items the way you want. I would also try using a "project"property: all objects you create can have a "project" property, so you can relate any item in your DBs to your project. That way, you have the benefit of viewing things both ways: networked (with properties & graph) or hierarchichal (with your map of contents page) (edited)

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KS84

Is it just me or is the mobile web app an absolute pain to use?

on my side(iOS) I haven't had issues but then I don't use it very extensively yet (just ~once a day to capture a thought) (edited)

Here is a brief mention of Capacities in this review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyNnmAW6D08&ab_channel=DPA

DPA

Best notion alternatives right now

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cp9

want to confirm: do you need those notes as personal? or you plan to use them for teamwork (some people can edit)? (edited)

In an ideal world there is an option to share one area with the client - I did that in the past with the client but only to build a dashboard for them to view project information / status. It never worked out with a client to actually collaborate within because the only thing they know is email and phone calls -- so I would say it has a lower priority right now edit: sorry for my late reply, not often on discourd and didn't receive notificaiton emails (edited)

markus

Hierarchy vs. network when structuring your content: I am not entirely sure yet if Capacities is the right tool, but I am not giving up immediately. I think I am looking at a way to get some hierarchy into the system, even though it's all about connected objects. 1. I want an object type Project, everything about a client project goes in there 2. I don't want only connected pages and other object types floating around within each project, I need some kind of structure in there as known from a hierarchy. I'll give you an example: Project: Relaunch Website XYZ

Organizational

----Timeline ----Meeting Notes ----Decisions

Infrastructure

----Hosting ----Domain & DNS ----Email & SMTP ----Licencing

Analysis

----SEO Audit ----Content Analysis

Design

----CI ----Website Style Guide

Website

----Sitemap ----Content Right now, I want to figure out if I require such kind of structure whether Capacities is even the right tool for it. It's difficult to believe that it'll work out when all elements are just floating around and somehow connected (edited)

from those hierarchy components in your example, can you choose 1 component (i.e. Meeting notes) and elaborate a bit on how do you manage to "try" to do it in Capacities?

lerone

hey @markus , that is a well posed question, neuralgic for the (different) ways CAP works. indeed hierarchy comes second in CAP, but there are ways. then, I think your sentiment might be right: you have to find out whether – in face of all the other benefits CAP brings – a folder-like base-structure is of primary / sole importance to you. in that case: I think there are better tools for that out there. now, as to ways to have hierarchy: 1) within an object as linking / referencing / embedding works so well in CAP, you can structure the block-based object-'pages' well in any way you eant. so they can 'mimick' a folder-structure... allowing for some extras (annotation, folding, imagery, etc) 2) MOCs (as illustradet by @pkmbeth ) can be used as elaborate TOCs; that can be sorted very nicely (kind of a variant of '# 1') 3) collections at least for one level (your case?!) they work quite well, as they are reorderable in the left sidebar – ... plus: with a good tagging / properties system in place – then dynamicslly / ad-hoc / per use filter for further hirarchies (lean method; but not strong on instant self-disclosure of hierarchy; seems workable though, if – as your case seem to be – there is a very clear / habituated hierarchy (mentally) 'in place' already) 4) most indirect, but maybe also a very versatile way: as Capacities lets you define properties ot of every tag / type, these can be used to generate very elaborate, 'intelligent' ordering structures in the objects own sidebar, where these are sorted alphabetically. you can then open any such hierarchy-point in the right sidebar to 'look into it' I am sure some others come up with some more ideas here; those are my first ones... otherwise 'network vis-a-vis hierarchy / folder' is a very good, puvotal topic. would love to see more discussions / features / presentations around such structural, 'architectural' and 'meta-functional' topics!

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Thanks @lerone and sorry for only getting back now .. I'll go over you message few more times while looking at it. I think overall I understand how CAP works differently (network first) to the classical approach (hierarchy/folder) but as you said there are some mental structures in place already - and hierarchy is not only bad. Of course there are things where I really struggle with hierarchy - most simple example, where to put the information when it belongs to several places, e.g. documentation belongs to client, but also to a global knowledge base. I got the idea already to enable a first level of hierarchy with collections, just not sure if that was the right approach. As I understand CAP not well enough yet, I can't see it unfold yet As you mentioned linking, here is the thing, I can have high level object Pages and can build a structure by linking. What I try to stay away is to start with a workaround. If I am misusing the tool from the very beginning, then it might be the wrong tool. On the other hand it can help me reconsider some systems already in place. It'll be perhaps a compromise and change process to get the match with CAP Had already a look at videos from @pkmbeth

but can't recall MOCs yet, will check it out again Overall, I try to figure out if I must workaround a lot (not ideal) or if I can make it work by just better understanding how to set up the base

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cp9

from those hierarchy components in your example, can you choose 1 component (i.e. Meeting notes) and elaborate a bit on how do you manage to "try" to do it in Capacities?

I need to play around with it myself a bit more, it'll perhaps take a few hours to make progress and see some things clearer, I can elaborate after that. as of right now I understand it's more a generic question to get an idea whether CAP is meant to be used for that use case (project documentation from early beginning till ongoing logging for different client projects)

markus

I need to play around with it myself a bit more, it'll perhaps take a few hours to make progress and see some things clearer, I can elaborate after that. as of right now I understand it's more a generic question to get an idea whether CAP is meant to be used for that use case (project documentation from early beginning till ongoing logging for different client projects)

here is my example to give some insight hopefully 3 meetings, 2 projects

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Thanks @lerone and sorry for only getting back now .. I'll go over you message few more times while looking at it. I think overall I understand how CAP works differently (network first) to the classical approach (hierarchy/folder) but as you said there are some mental structures in place already - and hierarchy is not only bad. Of course there are things where I really struggle with hierarchy - most simple example, where to put the information when it belongs to several places, e.g. documentation belongs to client, but also to a global knowledge base. I got the idea already to enable a first level of hierarchy with collections, just not sure if that was the right approach. As I understand CAP not well enough yet, I can't see it unfold yet As you mentioned linking, here is the thing, I can have high level object Pages and can build a structure by linking. What I try to stay away is to start with a workaround. If I am misusing the tool from the very beginning, then it might be the wrong tool. On the other hand it can help me reconsider some systems already in place. It'll be perhaps a compromise and change process to get the match with CAP Had already a look at videos from @pkmbeth

but can't recall MOCs yet, will check it out again Overall, I try to figure out if I must workaround a lot (not ideal) or if I can make it work by just better understanding how to set up the base

hey Markus, I am getting the impression, you are quite aware of structural issues, and seem to have the right sensorium as to track these things by 'digging in'. I am happy to chime in ideas + hints. but in the end this will be a personal search, as in these matters where one has to 'emulate' certain things, 'solutions' are always connected to questions of personal style, the details of use etc. but reading you, I thought to drop one more thing: when you talk of ' information [that] belongs to several places, e.g. documentation belongs to client, but also to a global knowledge base.', my first reaction again is: tags (especially hierarchical tags*.) you can write something like '#kb-info/@client' giving you all the options to implement a filtered view under knowledge base, and client. – the reason for this slashed tag-syntax: it prepare you for the time to come (soon) of hierarchical tags – which will give even more options as to filter, query, display things (then '@client' will be a sub-tag under 'kb-info'. already, you can 'play' with filters after calling up (referencing + embedding) such a tag re. things like type, description, title, tag, ... etc to use for differentiated /selected views). as to playing with that: you can even set up two views like that with different filters etc. (you can see in @pkmbeth tutorial) ... and as to further playing with this: • setting up an intermediary category to hold information that will be distributed / shared btw. certain other categories (object types) gives you even more structure to work with, and a kind of general bucket / 'inbox' for such shared information • using tags on per block level lets you combine something like @cp9 s structured meeting templates with this kind of 'tag-forwarding' into the filtered embed-views w/in the categories (folders)... adding the surplus that you´ll have an auto-reference back to the meeting ... etc!

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markus started a thread. 8/22/2023 2:27 AM

markus started a thread. 8/22/2023 2:29 AM

markus

Thanks @lerone and sorry for only getting back now .. I'll go over you message few more times while looking at it. I think overall I understand how CAP works differently (network first) to the classical approach (hierarchy/folder) but as you said there are some mental structures in place already - and hierarchy is not only bad. Of course there are things where I really struggle with hierarchy - most simple example, where to put the information when it belongs to several places, e.g. documentation belongs to client, but also to a global knowledge base. I got the idea already to enable a first level of hierarchy with collections, just not sure if that was the right approach. As I understand CAP not well enough yet, I can't see it unfold yet As you mentioned linking, here is the thing, I can have high level object Pages and can build a structure by linking. What I try to stay away is to start with a workaround. If I am misusing the tool from the very beginning, then it might be the wrong tool. On the other hand it can help me reconsider some systems already in place. It'll be perhaps a compromise and change process to get the match with CAP Had already a look at videos from @pkmbeth

but can't recall MOCs yet, will check it out again Overall, I try to figure out if I must workaround a lot (not ideal) or if I can make it work by just better understanding how to set up the base

the video specific to MOCs is referenced here: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001363266414592122/1142380846049939476

I like the email comms about the server going down, a very good reminder I can leave in my inbox or snooze until the day of so I can remember on top of the Discord announcement. Thanks @Steffen !

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10:40 AM

Is anyone else here using Cap. for TTRPG's either as a player or Game Master?

For any other users in Australia, the scheduled downtime is on the 24th (tomorrow) from 12 pm to 2 pm AEST. (edited)

Just wondering if capacities pro has an approximate release date.

Any ETA on smart queries? Thanks!

GunnersaurusFlex

Any ETA on smart queries? Thanks!

let's see tomorrow. hopefully it's included in the release. if no, we never know any ETA

Any ETA on task management?

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Deleted User

Any ETA on task management?

nope. we can only guess. and my guess is it will be next year (edited)

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Json Blob

Is anyone else here using Cap. for TTRPG's either as a player or Game Master?

cool use case!

I was wondering (as a Capacities newbie): If object types are such a big deal in Capacities, why is the Project object not using a list of People objects as members instead of simply just "Text" ?

7:09 AM

Or can an object not nest other objects inside them?

7:10 AM

i looked at the object settings, but can't see a way to change the text field to "People"

Michael Aye

Or can an object not nest other objects inside them?

no. ... this is one of the basic info architecture presets of Capacities. everything is connected via tags... ... maybe check some of the intros for a basic feel... esp those of @pkmbeth are worth it for structural overview...

also good for this kind of basic structural intro:

https://medium.com/@john.e.hall/structural-approaches-for-capacities-in-pkm-development-e48997031882 (edited)

Structural Approaches for Capacities in PKM Development

Capacities compared to other PKM apps.

Michael Aye

i looked at the object settings, but can't see a way to change the text field to "People"

Welcome to capacities! If you want to connect the project and people objects together as a property you can use a “multi select” object. I have a demo on how to do that on YouTube/written instructions linked in the description if you’re interested Selects and Fixed Sets in Capacties https://youtu.be/m-FHJzQQjBA

PKMBeth

Selects and Fixed Sets in Capacties

pkmbeth

Welcome to capacities! If you want to connect the project and people objects together as a property you can use a “multi select” object. I have a demo on how to do that on YouTube/written instructions linked in the description if you’re interested Selects and Fixed Sets in Capacties https://youtu.be/m-FHJzQQjBA

... yeah go with this @Michael Aye ! this is actually the better answer. mine was solely focussing on the principle separation of object types. your question, I saw on 2nd reading & from @pkmbeth answer is rather a question on how to configure properties. so technically, its rather 'referencing', not 'nesting' per se, or in the 'normal', expected sense ... but, it is what you want

– so, welcome, also to another kind of logics / terminology as compared to the one most of us are used to from other (folder-centric) apps!

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lerone

... yeah go with this @Michael Aye ! this is actually the better answer. mine was solely focussing on the principle separation of object types. your question, I saw on 2nd reading & from @pkmbeth answer is rather a question on how to configure properties. so technically, its rather 'referencing', not 'nesting' per se, or in the 'normal', expected sense ... but, it is what you want

– so, welcome, also to another kind of logics / terminology as compared to the one most of us are used to from other (folder-centric) apps!

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"Linked" or "Connected" seems a bit simpler than "Referencing"

boonikad9300

"Linked" or "Connected" seems a bit simpler than "Referencing"

... yeah. in principal, I agree. then there is the UI talking about referencing blocks, and @ conjuring 'mention'... ... so we definitely need a vade mecum, or glossary at some point... ... lets also include 'nesting', 'database', and 'object' vs 'object type' in that... and some dozen others

lerone

... yeah. in principal, I agree. then there is the UI talking about referencing blocks, and @ conjuring 'mention'... ... so we definitely need a vade mecum, or glossary at some point... ... lets also include 'nesting', 'database', and 'object' vs 'object type' in that... and some dozen others

I agree. The problem is that they are mostly synonyms and could have different semantic meanings in your other popular apps and platforms, haha!

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I was wondering (as a Capacities newbie): If object types are such a big deal in Capacities, why is the Project object not using a list of People objects as members instead of simply just "Text" ?

do you mean the "Collaborators" property? it's because with text field, we can mention People object or Teams object. more flexible. but if your use case only requires Project to involve People individually, you can delete that "Collaborators" property and create new one with multi-select instead of text. and assign the multi-select to choose from People object type.

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do you mean the "Collaborators" property? it's because with text field, we can mention People object or Teams object. more flexible. but if your use case only requires Project to involve People individually, you can delete that "Collaborators" property and create new one with multi-select instead of text. and assign the multi-select to choose from People object type.

ah, one cannot specifically link to a specific collection of the same type. Wouldn't that be useful, if one was defining "Teams" as just a collection of "People" and then in the multi-select property for People I was allowed both to select specific People or collections of it?

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Michael Aye

ah, one cannot specifically link to a specific collection of the same type. Wouldn't that be useful, if one was defining "Teams" as just a collection of "People" and then in the multi-select property for People I was allowed both to select specific People or collections of it?

... making collections part of the properties pool sounds like an interesting idea, on first look. I have never come across it as use-case yet... but if you have: why not make a proposition about it at Canny?!

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@KS84 @lerone I use what's app to write and capture during the day and just move stuff to the dedicated pages (if nessecary) the next time I am at my computer. works nice so far

A sign you're a Capacities user...

You're typing in a Google Doc trying to use the shortcuts to move a block up or down and wondering why the shit the text isn't moving

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Json Blob

A sign you're a Capacities user...

You're typing in a Google Doc trying to use the shortcuts to move a block up or down and wondering why the shit the text isn't moving

That happened to me today in PowerPoint, I pasted a link on a selected word and was surprised by the result…

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lerone

... making collections part of the properties pool sounds like an interesting idea, on first look. I have never come across it as use-case yet... but if you have: why not make a proposition about it at Canny?!

It’s simply a more efficient way to add a bunch of items at once. Imagine you have a team at one location as a collection of people and this group (equal one collection ) works on a project so then it could be added as a collaborator / member at one calling out the collections team instead of listing them all separately.

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Michael Aye

ah, one cannot specifically link to a specific collection of the same type. Wouldn't that be useful, if one was defining "Teams" as just a collection of "People" and then in the multi-select property for People I was allowed both to select specific People or collections of it?

That's a good idea, you should request it

Hello folks. Can the cursor be moved to the next line using only the keyboard?

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Hitting refresh over and over and over. Can't wait to see what's coming up. New features, or just stability fixes? (edited)

and now

I'm in!

Spicy Sotong

Hitting refresh over and over and over. Can't wait to see what's coming up. New features, or just stability fixes? (edited)

IIRC it said performance and stability improvements in the email.

9:57 PM

yes, it's back.

Good to be home!

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still waiting for this https://capacities.io/whats-new

What's new?

New features, releases, and current improvements

can't wait for the next few days

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10:23 PM

Nevertheless, Capacities will not become a local-first software in the foreseeable future. We wrote about this in detail here. We hope that makes sense to you.

this is what makes Capacities perfect for me, since I'm the type who prefer online-first. ❤️ I can't seem to open the link mentioned "here" can anyone access it?

cp9

Nevertheless, Capacities will not become a local-first software in the foreseeable future. We wrote about this in detail here. We hope that makes sense to you.

this is what makes Capacities perfect for me, since I'm the type who prefer online-first. ❤️ I can't seem to open the link mentioned "here" can anyone access it?

Fix is on the way. Link here: https://docs.capacities.io/more/data-protection

Capacities Docs

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Steffen

Fix is on the way. Link here: https://docs.capacities.io/more/data-protection

thanks steffen

Congrats on the smooth upgrade @Steffen & @Michael_v_H!

After reading the responses right after the outage and the quick resolution and improvements I now have full confidence to upgrade my believer plan to annual

Keep up the good work and curious to see what new goodies will land in the next few days / weeks

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Root cause found: We know what caused the issue and resolved it so it cannot happen again. A very unlikely user action combined with a bug in our database version caused the corruption of our main database data. There was no hardware failure and no attack on Capacities.

How much redundancy/parity is now built into the database (not backups, but redundancy in general?)

Steffen started a thread. 8/24/2023 1:09 PM

What plans do you have for AI? Would be be able to use it to gain insights from our notes?

Spicy Sotong

What plans do you have for AI? Would be be able to use it to gain insights from our notes?

You can already add notes as context to the AI assistant! I believe there are plans to support 'local' indexing of your entire space so it can build on / reason with / make use off all your collected knowledge gems! You can read more about the feature here (in beta for believers): https://docs.capacities.io/reference/ai-assistant (edited)

Capacities Docs

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boonikad9300

You can already add notes as context to the AI assistant! I believe there are plans to support 'local' indexing of your entire space so it can build on / reason with / make use off all your collected knowledge gems! You can read more about the feature here (in beta for believers): https://docs.capacities.io/reference/ai-assistant (edited)

Oh yes, I mean local indexing. Can't wait for that

Spicy Sotong

Oh yes, I mean local indexing. Can't wait for that

Would be great indeed! As AI is still pretty 'expensive' right now..

@Steffen call me dumb, but the latest update was not a client update, right? Just a backend update?

Is it just me, or does the latest update have a slightly toned-down white background? It seems easier on the eyes. ???

Json Blob

@Steffen call me dumb, but the latest update was not a client update, right? Just a backend update?

No, was just a backend update

But app will follow at the beginning of next week

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Steffen

No, was just a backend update

But app will follow at the beginning of next week

Any hints on what we can look forward to?

Spicy Sotong

Any hints on what we can look forward to?

That would be boring

Nothing big but you'll like it

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New user here (tho dabbled a few times before). I just want to check I'm doing this right. Let's say I'm in a Daily Note, and I mention someone's name. I now either want to link to that person's existing People entry, OR... if they don't exist in my database yet then I want to create a new People entry from scratch. When I create a new block, the prompt says: "use + or / to create, and @ or [[ to link". Does this mean I have to first remember if I've already added this person, to know which shortcut to use? The prompt seems to suggest this. And if so, it seems quite a clunky process. I have to first type @, and then start typing their name... and then maybe discover their name doesn't appear in the list... so then I have to delete the @ and start again typing a + and then add them anew from there. Can anyone suggest the smoothest workflow for linking to OR adding new entries within a block (assuming I don't yet know if I have an entry for that object or not)? Let's use a Person as an example. I'll be either linking to or creating new entries a LOT and right now it feels like quite a bit of friction. Thanks for helping a newbie

davefoy

New user here (tho dabbled a few times before). I just want to check I'm doing this right. Let's say I'm in a Daily Note, and I mention someone's name. I now either want to link to that person's existing People entry, OR... if they don't exist in my database yet then I want to create a new People entry from scratch. When I create a new block, the prompt says: "use + or / to create, and @ or [[ to link". Does this mean I have to first remember if I've already added this person, to know which shortcut to use? The prompt seems to suggest this. And if so, it seems quite a clunky process. I have to first type @, and then start typing their name... and then maybe discover their name doesn't appear in the list... so then I have to delete the @ and start again typing a + and then add them anew from there. Can anyone suggest the smoothest workflow for linking to OR adding new entries within a block (assuming I don't yet know if I have an entry for that object or not)? Let's use a Person as an example. I'll be either linking to or creating new entries a LOT and right now it feels like quite a bit of friction. Thanks for helping a newbie

I basically always use the @ syntax because you can use it to both link and create

You can type @people (my person object plural form is called people) and hit enter then you can search through all your persons and either select an existing person from your database or if it doesn't produce a match in your database create a new one

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4:12 AM

If I hit enter, this will create a new person in your people object database and create a link on the place where you typed the @

4:14 AM

@davefoy like this:

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boonikad9300

I basically always use the @ syntax because you can use it to both link and create

You can type @people (my person object plural form is called people) and hit enter then you can search through all your persons and either select an existing person from your database or if it doesn't produce a match in your database create a new one

This is PERFECT. Thank you for taking the time. @boonikad9300!

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After his excellent Platformer article on note taking apps, looks like we have an influential new user in Casey Newton.

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Sorry if this has been asked or maybe something has changed. I noticed in the documentation that if you go to a specific tag it would show all related objects broken down, my current version doesn't have the similar view, am I missing something? See both attachments. One from the documentation and one from my Work Space. As you can see my tags are sorted by the object its in. Any help would be appreciated.

Sumit

Sorry if this has been asked or maybe something has changed. I noticed in the documentation that if you go to a specific tag it would show all related objects broken down, my current version doesn't have the similar view, am I missing something? See both attachments. One from the documentation and one from my Work Space. As you can see my tags are sorted by the object its in. Any help would be appreciated.

If I were to guess, it might be an old version of CAP where a feature is shown that isn't available anymore in newer versions

Hi everyone, has anyone explored versioning drafts in Capacities yet? What are some tips and tricks?

tpc911

Hi everyone, has anyone explored versioning drafts in Capacities yet? What are some tips and tricks?

Capacities does not support versioning on objects at the moment, however, one might achieve some kind of versioning by manually duplicating an object: by selecting it and then hitting cmd+d and then adding some kind of suffix to it to track your versions. It's quite cumbersome, but it does create some kind of versioning.. (edited)

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boonikad9300

Capacities does not support versioning on objects at the moment, however, one might achieve some kind of versioning by manually duplicating an object: by selecting it and then hitting cmd+d and then adding some kind of suffix to it to track your versions. It's quite cumbersome, but it does create some kind of versioning.. (edited)

Thank you for sharing the manual approach to versioning. We'll make it work for the time being; we've managed with less before. Thanks again.

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BIG ISSUE Hi guys, please pay attention to the following: our corporation has blocked access to https://app.capacities.io/ due to the fact that the sitelookup service of mcafee is categorising this site as a high risk malicious site. At current time, I can no longer use capacities at my work anymore. Could you please contact mcafee to find out the issues and resolve this please? @Steffen

Capacities

Shared with Capacities – a powerful note-taking tool that helps you organize your mind.

Aliad

BIG ISSUE Hi guys, please pay attention to the following: our corporation has blocked access to https://app.capacities.io/ due to the fact that the sitelookup service of mcafee is categorising this site as a high risk malicious site. At current time, I can no longer use capacities at my work anymore. Could you please contact mcafee to find out the issues and resolve this please? @Steffen

I've had a similar issue recently, see here: https://discord.com/channels/940596022344843336/1001364765051994132/1143173180287094804 also because the URL was listed as "high risk" by "Global Protect" (my company's firewall) I contacted my IT about this, they were looking into it (whitelisting the url) but in the meantime, access was working again this morning withouth IT changing anything. (edited)

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I did in the meantime find a workaround that did the trick for me: the webapp was blocked but windows app was not, so I was able to download the installer (from another device and copying it to my laptop with a USB drive), launched it and the installer wasn't blocked. The app launched and worked perfectly

6:11 AM

I have no idea if the devs can influence this in anyway on the antivirus editors side, maybe through a certification of the url or webapp but I am no expert in that area (edited)

Aliad

BIG ISSUE Hi guys, please pay attention to the following: our corporation has blocked access to https://app.capacities.io/ due to the fact that the sitelookup service of mcafee is categorising this site as a high risk malicious site. At current time, I can no longer use capacities at my work anymore. Could you please contact mcafee to find out the issues and resolve this please? @Steffen

"HIGH RISK": Employees using Capacities during work are too productive, block application !!

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andcam

After his excellent Platformer article on note taking apps, looks like we have an influential new user in Casey Newton.

@andcam Could you please share the link to this post?

Michael_v_H

@andcam Could you please share the link to this post?

Ok, found it already.

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Ok, found it already.

hope you didn't hit the Medium paywall

lerone

hope you didn't hit the Medium paywall

It was on threads.net

But I know what you mean. https://www.threads.net/@crumbler/post/Cwax3zWvgoS?hl=en

Casey Newton (@crumbler) on Threads

Ok so I downloaded Capacities and it’s actually quite good …

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Looks like there are some syncing delays related to object counts? Only when clicking on objects the count is being updated, have seen this both in web app and mac app. and ios web app required a restart to receive the daily note sync, while the desktop mac app daily note took suspiciously long to arrive, i already thought the sync was lost...

Michael Aye

Looks like there are some syncing delays related to object counts? Only when clicking on objects the count is being updated, have seen this both in web app and mac app. and ios web app required a restart to receive the daily note sync, while the desktop mac app daily note took suspiciously long to arrive, i already thought the sync was lost...

I believe it's a known issue and the team has it on their radar! If i'm correct, it isn't a syncing delay, but rather a 'bug' in the count or something like that

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The counters do not refresh. Not the only app that has this issue in my life. Probably not the highest priority just now, so we have to be patient.

Caps spoiled me that there would be an update every month (which is exciting to look forward) so now I wonder if this month has any updates besides the security and outage fix?

Hủ Tíu Mì Sủi Cảo Hai Vắt

Caps spoiled me that there would be an update every month (which is exciting to look forward) so now I wonder if this month has any updates besides the security and outage fix?

Soon TM, continuous updates

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Michael Aye

Looks like there are some syncing delays related to object counts? Only when clicking on objects the count is being updated, have seen this both in web app and mac app. and ios web app required a restart to receive the daily note sync, while the desktop mac app daily note took suspiciously long to arrive, i already thought the sync was lost...

the 'object count' issue seems to be a display bug and not a sync issue, it was reported here, feel free to upvote: https://capacities.io/feedback/p/object-collection-backlink-numbers-not-accurate

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Hủ Tíu Mì Sủi Cảo Hai Vắt

Caps spoiled me that there would be an update every month (which is exciting to look forward) so now I wonder if this month has any updates besides the security and outage fix?

https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-27

Small card view customization

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Any ETA on smart queries yet? Thanks!

Also any update on GPT-4 without using an API key? Thanks!

GunnersaurusFlex

Also any update on GPT-4 without using an API key? Thanks!

this is already possible (in the believer plan) if I understand your ask correctly. As for other feature developments, there are generally no ETAs given, but we can follow the sequence of developments in the