[wolvoleo]

You actually like onenote? Note taking is my primary tool at work but I really hate onenote. The web version can't even search properly in all folders. And there's no desktop Linux version.

Privately I use obsidian with self hosted livesync which is amazing. But at work I have to use Copilot. In some ways I don't mind it in onenote because it actually succeeds in finding stuff the search function doesn't. Syncing to mobile often doesn't work right either.

To me it's the worst O365 app and the one I need the most :(

[ethbr1]

> can't even search properly in all folders

I'd be fascinated by anyone from the Office team to tell me why Microsoft can't get global search right in their products.

E.g. SharePoint has had broken search for decades at this point (on multiple entirely different platforms of the product!)

It's a solved technical problem -- it's just like no one at MS cares.

[randycupertino]

Sharepoint's search may be the one search that is actually worse than reddit's search.

[randycupertino]

I do like it! I have been using it since college though so maybe I am just set in my ways and lazy to move to something new.

The way I set it up I don't find myself searching for things much as I know the way it's organized to quickly find things I need.

[wolvoleo]

Ah I see. I don't find it very fast and I really need good search because my notes are total chaos like my brain :)

[lenkite]

I have observed that people who are used to Onenote mainly like it for its inline-box style notes which can be inserted at any point in the page. Obsidian due to its markdown backend can't support this. Unless you painfully mess with tables, you have to stick to linear top-down approach and don't have free-form flexibility.

[wolvoleo]

Ahh yes could be. And people taking notes on tablets with pens perhaps. I hate that because I have the fine motor skills of a 2 year old. My handwriting is still a mess and very slow. Despite this being the only way to get through school in my time.

I always hate when OneNote opens random text boxes when I click somewhere. But yeah some people could like that too.