Bear 2 is a major update to the popular note-taking app Bear, which was an immediate hit when it launched in 2016. The new version has taken a long time to build, over 5 years, as the developers decided to completely rewrite the underlying text editor to enable features like tables, GIFs, and footnotes. The developer says building a great text editing system proved more difficult than expected due to edge cases and complications. While Bear 2 has many new features, the developer wants to stay focused on the needs of average users rather than power users, and is skeptical of AI assistants in note-taking apps for now. Based on my experience with the beta, Bear 2 still captures what made the original great - it’s simple and fast like Apple Notes but with more powerful features.

  • Jagget@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Though it’s without web app, but I owe all my notes in Obsidian + Logseq. Sync over iCloud on all 3 my devices (Windows, MacBook, iPhone)

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      1 year ago

      logseq is amazing. I love that tool. I made the graph analysis plugin. have you ever tried it?

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        1 year ago

        Not yet. I discovered Logseq just about a week ago, so there is no much of a graph to analyze. But I sure will!